1966–67 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1966–1967 season
Manager	Willie Toner
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 2	14th
Scottish Cup	First Round
Scottish League Cup	Prelims
Top goalscorer	League: Harry Kirk (13); All: Harry Kirk (13)

Season 1966–67 was the 83rd football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 61st time, the Scottish Cup for the 72nd time and the Scottish League Cup for the 20th time.

Overview

This was to be an uninspiring league season from the start, with only two wins achieved by December, and which ultimately saw Dumbarton finish in 14th place, with 33 points, a massive 36 behind champions Morton.

In the Scottish Cup, after a win over local rivals Clydebank in the second preliminary round, Dumbarton fell to Division 1 opponents Partick Thistle in the first round proper.

In the League Cup, there was little to cheer with only a single win and a draw from the six sectional matches which meant no further progress in the competition.

Locally, Dumbarton's bad luck in the Stirlingshire Cup continued to 'dog' them. A first round draw against Stirling Albion was decided by the toss of a coin - which Dumbarton lost - the second such loss in successive seasons.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
24 August 1966	Forfar Athletic	A	0-1
7 September 1966	Raith Rovers	H	2-3	McGowan;Kirk
10 September 1966	Clydebank	A	3-1	McMahon(2);McDonald	3,500
14 September 1966	Raith Rovers	A	0-2
17 September 1966	East Fife	H	0-3		500
21 September 1966	Forfar Athletic	H	1-2	Kirk
24 September 1966	Brechin City	A	0-0
1 October 1966	Cowdenbeath	H	2-2	Kirk;Nelson
8 October 1966	Hamilton	A	2-4	McMahon;McDonald
15 October 1966	East Stirling	H	4-1	Kirk(2);Nelson(2)	500
22 October 1966	Stranraer	A	1-2	McBeth	900
29 October 1966	Queen of the South	H	1-1	Nelson
5 November 1966	Stenhousemuir	A	1-1	Young	500
12 November 1966	Arbroath	H	1-1	McMahon	800
19 November 1966	Montrose	A	1-3	McEachran	400
26 November 1966	Morton	H	0-1		1,200
3 December 1966	Albion Rovers	H	3-0	Young;Lynas;Kirk	800
10 December 1966	Berwick Rangers	A	1-0	Kirk	450
17 December 1966	Queens Park	A	1-1	Young
24 December 1966	Alloa Athletic	H	1-2	Kirk
31 December 1966	Third Lanark	A	1-0	Kirk	400
2 January 1967	Clydebank	H	2-2	McCormack;McMahon	1,000
3 January 1967	East Fife	A	1-2	McMahon
14 January 1967	Cowdenbeath	A	1-6	McCormack	600
21 January 1967	Hamilton	H	1-3	Lynas	700
4 February 1967	East Stirling	A	0-4		500
11 February 1967	Stranraer	H	1-0	Watson	300
18 February 1967	Brechin City	H	0-2		500
25 February 1967	Queen of the South	A	3-2	McCormack(2);Young
4 March 1967	Stenhousemuir	H	3-1	McMahon(2);Nelson
11 March 1967	Arbroath	A	1-1	Nelson
18 March 1967	Montrose	H	2-0	Nelson;Kirk	350
25 March 1967	Morton	A	0-4
1 April 1967	Albion Rovers	A	2-2	Watson(2)
8 April 1967	Berwick Rangers	H	3-1	Watson(2);Kirk	600
11 April 1967	Queens Park	H	4-0	Moffat;Buckley;Watson;McMillan
22 April 1967	Alloa Athletic	A	1-2	Moffat
28 April 1967	Third Lanark	H	5-1	McMillan(2)Kirk(2);McCormack

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
7 January 1967	P2	Clydebank	H	2-0	McCormack;McMahon	6,505
28 January 1967	1	Partick Thistle	A	0-3		7,000

Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
13 August 1966	P	Airdrie	A	0-3		1,500
17 August 1966	P	Queens Park	H	1-2	Young
20 August 1966	P	Queen of the South	H	1-1	McMahon	1,000
27 August 1966	P	Airdrie	H	1-2	Veitch
31 August 1966	P	Queens Park	A	3-0	Veitch(2);Nelson
3 September 1966	P	Queen of the South	A	2-4	McDonald;Nelson	200

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
17 October 1966	1	Stirling Albion	H	1-1 *	Kirk

* - lost on toss of coin

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
9 August 1966	Vale of Leven	H	5-6	Kirk(2);Young;Lynas;McBeth
11 October 1966	Ashfield	H	5-2	unknown
1 November 1966	Shettleston	H	2-2	McEachran;Crawford
22 November 1966	Vale of Leven	H	7-1	Lynas(4);unknown(3)

Player statistics

Squad^[1]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Andy Crawford	41	0	33	0	2	0	6	0
	GK		Maurice Dunne	6	0	5+1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Tommy Govan	29	0	24	0	2	0	3	0
	DF		Andy Jardine	40	0	33	0	2	0	5	0
	DF		Willie Scullion	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Ronnie Curran	36	0	30	0	2	0	4	0
	MF		Stuart Gordon	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Hugh Harra	33	0	29	0	1	0	2+1	0
	MF		Bobby Johnstone	8	0	4	0	0	0	4	0
	MF		Ron McDonald	17	3	12	2	0	0	5	1
	MF		Jimmy Veitch	7	3	2+1	0	0	0	3+1	3
	FW		Ray Buckley	6	2	6	2	0	0	0	0
	FW		Tommy Campbell	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Tommy Gallagher	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Des Herron	9	0	8+1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		John Kelly	6	0	1+1	0	0	0	3+1	0
	FW		Harry Kirk	40	13	32	13	2	0	6	0
	FW		Jim Lynas	31	2	25	2	2	0	4	0
	FW		Hugh Mackrell	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Andy McBeth	7	1	6	1	0	0	1	0
	FW		Roy McCormack	15	6	13	5	2	1	0	0
	FW		Andy McEachran	11	1	11	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		John McGhee	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Mike McGowan	35	1	28+1	1	1	0	5	0
	FW		Tommy McLeod	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Hugh McMahon	28	10	22+1	8	2	1	3	1
	FW		Ally McMillan	8	3	8	3	0	0	0	0
	FW		Alex Moffat	4	2	4	2	0	0	0	0
	FW		Drew Nelson	38	9	30	7	2	0	6	2
	FW		Ian Rodger	10	0	9	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Allan Watson	7	6	7	6	0	0	0	0
	FW		Bobby Young	33	5	25+1	4	1	0	6	1

Transfers

Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:^[2]

Players in

Player	From	Date
Mike McGowan	Celtic	12 Jul 1966
Harry Kirk	Falkirk	9 Aug 1966
Bobby Young	Berwick Rangers	9 Aug 1966
Roy McCormack	Yoker Ath	6 Jan 1967
Allan Watson	Vale of Leven	8 Apr 1967
John McGhee	Vale of Leven	15 Apr 1967

Players out

Player	To	Date
Jimmy Veitch	Berwick Rangers	20 Sep 1966
Drew Nelson	East Fife	23 Mar 1967
Bobby Young	Freed	1 Apr 1967
Tommy Govan	Freed	30 Apr 1967
Hugh Harra	Freed	30 Apr 1967
Andy Jardine	Freed	30 Apr 1967
John Kelly	Freed	30 Apr 1967
Andy McBeth	Freed	30 Apr 1967

Factfile

* This season saw the first introduction of substitutes in all competitive matches - one replacement was allowed in each game.
* The League match against East Fife on 17 September marked Drew Nelson's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 55th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* The League match against Arbroath on 12 November marked Andy Crawford's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 56th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* The League match against Arbroath on 30 October marked Tommy Govan's 300th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 2nd Dumbarton player to achieve this accolade.
* In what was to be his final match for Dumbarton, Andy Jardine's appearance in the League match against Third Lanark on 28 April was his 364th competitive match for the club - setting a new club record. That same match was also Third Lanark's last ever match before the club was liquidated in the summer of 1967.

References

↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
↑ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

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[1] McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.

[2] Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

1966–67 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup (Final) European Cup Winners' Cup (Final) Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1968 qualifying (Group 8) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Ayr United Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Stirling Albion
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Morton Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stranraer Third Lanark