1879–80 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1879–80 season was the seventh Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level.

Dumbarton
1879–80 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish CupSemi Final

Scottish Cup

Dumbarton began by beating the previous season's champions, Vale of Leven, in the first round. Thereafter Dumbarton enjoyed some big wins, including an 11–0 thrashing of Clyde, to reach the semi final, only to lose out to eventual winners, Queen's Park, Scotland's top side at the time.[1]

20 September 1879 Cup R1Dumbarton4-3[2][3]Vale of LevenBoghead Park
Lawrence
 55'

 85'
McDougall
Attendance: 5,000
11 October 1879 Cup R2Dumbarton7-0[4][5]HelensburghBoghead Park
Lindsay
 (OG)




 Attendance: 5,000
1 November 1879 Cup R3Dumbarton5-0[6][7]RentonBoghead Park




 Attendance: 5,000
22 November 1879 Cup R4Dumbarton11-0[8][9]ClydeBoghead Park










 Attendance: 5,000
20 December 1879 Cup R5Dumbarton6-2[10][11]KilbirnieBoghead Park
Attendance: 5,000
3 January 1880 Cup R6Dumbarton6-2[12][13]HibernianBoghead Park





 Rourke Attendance: 2,000
17 January 1880 Cup SFQueen's Park1-0[14][15]DumbartonHampden Park
Ker  75' Attendance: 8,000

Glasgow Charity Cup
Main article: Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup

Dumbarton were one of the four invitees to take part in the Glasgow Charity Cup but lost out to Rangers in the semi final.

10 April 1880 SemiFinalDumbarton1-3[16]RangersHampden Park
Lawrence Struthers
Steel
Hill

Friendlies

Dumbarton's fixture list continued to grow and expand across the country, with home and away fixtures being played against local rivals Vale of Leven, Rangers (Glasgow), Hearts and Hibs (Edinburgh) and Ayrshire Cup holders, Kilmarnock Athletic. In all, 16 'friendly' matches were played during the season, of these 7 were won, 2 drawn and 7 lost, scoring 48 and conceding 30.

6 September 1879 FriendlyDumbarton3-4Vale of LevenBoghead Park
Lindsay  65', 75'
  15'
13 September 1879 FriendlyAlclutha0-4DumbartonDumbarton
4 October 1879 FriendlyAlexandra Athletic2-2DumbartonKinning Park
Douglas  20'
Gossland  52'		 Carruthers
McKinnon 		Referee: D Hamilton
18 October 1879 FriendlyDumbarton8-0GovanBoghead Park
Lindsay






23 October 1879 FriendlyHibernian0-4DumbartonMayfield, Edinburgh
Lindsay
Lawrence
Hartley 		Attendance: 2,500
8 November 1879 FriendlyDumbarton4-2ParkgroveBoghead Park
15 November 1879 FriendlyKilmarnock Athletic4-1DumbartonHolm Quarry, Kilmarnock
29 November 1879 FriendlyRangers1-0DumbartonKinning Park
Steel Attendance: 1,000
10 January 1880 FriendlyPartick3-2DumbartonWhiteinch
7 February 1880 FriendlyVale of Leven1-0DumbartonAlexandria
Paton Attendance: 4,000
14 February 1880 FriendlyHearts4-0DumbartonPowderhall
Barber,G
Mitchell
Nelson
scrimmage 		Attendance: 500
21 February 1880 FriendlyDumbarton3-3RangersBoghead Park
Lawrence
Hartley


28 February 1880 FriendlyDumbarton7-1Kilmarnock AthleticBoghead Park
Hartley
Carruthers




Smith  5'
13 March 1880 FriendlyLennox0-5DumbartonLennoxtown
20 March 1880 FriendlyDumbarton5-2HeartsBoghead Park
Attendance: 500
27 March 1880 FriendlyJamestown3-0DumbartonJamestown

Player statistics

Only includes appearances and goals in competitive Scottish Cup matches.

Player Position Appearances Goals
John Kennedy[17] GK 7 0
Jock Hutcheson DF 7 0
Archie Lang DF 7 0
J Anderson[18] MF 7 0
Peter Miller MF 7 0
Robert Brown FW 7 0
J Carruthers[19] FW 7 0
David Hartley[20] FW 7 0
Alex Lawrence[21] FW 7 1
Joe Lindsay FW 7 1
William McKinnon FW 7 0

Source:[22]

International Caps
Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

A series of international trial matches were played to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games against England and Wales, the first taking place on 28 February where J Anderson, Archie Lang, Alex Lawrence and Joe Lindsay all took part. The following week Lang played for the 'Improbables' XI to finally decide on the eleven to play against England - but was unsuccessful.

A further trial was held on 20 March to decide on the team to play Wales and as a result, Dumbarton's first international caps were awarded when Archie Lang[23] and Joe Lindsay[24] were selected to play for Scotland on 27 March 1880, the match resulting in a 5-1 win for Scotland with Lindsay scoring one of the goals.

Representative Matches

A series of trial matches were played at Cathkin Park on 10 January 1880 to decide on a United Counties team to play Birmingham & District. John Kennedy, Jock Hutcheson, Archie Lang and Alex Lawrence all played with Lang being selected for the final XI. However as the game fell on the same day as the Scottish Cup semi final, he decided to play for the club.

Five weeks later, on 14 February, Lang was selected to play for Scotch Counties against a Scottish Canadian XI at Kinning Park - the game ending in a 2-2 draw.

References
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  18. "Anderson - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  19. "J Carruthers - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  20. "David Hartley - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  21. "Alex Lawrence - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  22. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
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  24. "Joseph Lindsay". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
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