1877–78 Dumbarton F.C. season

1877–78 season

Stadium

Townend, Dumbarton

Second Round

Season 1877–78 was the fifth Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the fifth time.

Overview

Dumbarton were on the move again and played their home games during the season at Townend.

During the early years of the Scottish Cup, the earlier rounds of the competition were played on a regional basis, which was always a tough proposition as three of the top Scottish clubs at the time were from Dumbartonshire. This season Dumbarton came up against Vale of Leven in the second round, and lost (to the eventual champions) after a 1-1 draw.^[1]

During the season, 12 'other' matches were played, including home and away fixtures against locals Renton and Alexandria, and Glasgow sides, Rangers and South Western. Of these matches, 8 were won, 1 drawn and 3 lost, scoring 32 goals and conceding 8. Note that South Western's victory at Dumbarton on 30 March, was Dumbarton's first home defeat for almost 3 years - a record consisting of 16 wins and 3 draws.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1877–78 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
29 September 1877	R1	Waverley	H	4-0	Lawrence(2);McMaster;Anderson
20 October 1877	R2	Vale of Leven	H	1-1	unknown	3,000
27 October 1877	R2r	Vale of Leven	A	1-4	Hartley	5,000

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
1 September 1877	Renton	H	2-1	unknown
15 September 1877	South Western	A	2-1	Meikleham;unknown
24 November 1877	Rangers	A	0-1
1 December 1877	Lancefield	H	9-0	unknown
15 December 1877	Mauchline	A	0-1
22 December 1877	Renton	A	1-1	unknown
2 March 1878	Alexandria	A	3-0	unknown
16 March 1878	Alexandria	H	6-0	unknown
23 March 1878	Rangers	H	2-1	unknown
30 March 1878	South Western	H	1-2	Galbraith
13 April 1878	Renton	H	4-0	unknown
20 April 1878	Lennox	H	2-0	unknown

Appearances

Club

This shows appearances made for Dumbarton in Scottish Cup matches only.^[2]

Player	Position^[3]	Appearances	Goals^[4]
William Anderson	FW	3	1
James Boyd	HB	3
Alex Galbraith	FW	2
David Hartley	FW	3	1
Jock Hutcheson	BK	2
Andrew Kennedy	BK	1
John Kennedy	GK	3
Archie Lang	BK	3
Alex Lawrence	FW	3	2
William McKinnon	FW	1
J McMaster	FW	3	1
James Meikleham	FW	3
Peter Miller	HB	3

International

The process to select a 'Scotland' team to play against England and Wales commenced with international trial matches, and one was held for Dunbartonshire players on 9 February 1878 at Alexandria. Archie Lang, Peter Miller, Alex Galbraith, Joe Lindsay and J McMaster all played but failed to be selected for the final teams.

References

↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
↑ The usual formation would be 2-2-6 (two backs, two half backs and six forwards)
↑ Due to the limited reporting of football at the time, the scorer of 1 of the 6 goals scored in Scottish Cup matches is unknown.

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