1877–78 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1877–78 season
Stadium Townend, Dumbarton
Scottish Cup 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

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
29 September 1877R1WaverleyH4-0Lawrence(2);McMaster;Anderson
20 October 1877R2Vale of LevenH1-1unknown3,000
27 October 1877R2rVale of LevenA1-4Hartley5,000

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
1 September 1877RentonH2-1unknown
15 September 1877South WesternA2-1Meikleham;unknown
24 November 1877RangersA0-1
1 December 1877LancefieldH9-0unknown
15 December 1877MauchlineA0-1
22 December 1877RentonA1-1unknown
2 March 1878AlexandriaA3-0unknown
16 March 1878AlexandriaH6-0unknown
23 March 1878RangersH2-1unknown
30 March 1878South WesternH1-2Galbraith
13 April 1878RentonH4-0unknown
20 April 1878LennoxH2-0unknown

Appearances

Club

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

Player Position[3] Appearances Goals[4]
Scotland William Anderson FW 31
Scotland James Boyd HB 3
Scotland Alex Galbraith FW 2
Scotland David Hartley FW 31
Scotland Jock Hutcheson BK 2
Scotland Andrew Kennedy BK 1
Scotland John Kennedy GK 3
Scotland Archie Lang BK 3
Scotland Alex Lawrence FW 32
Scotland William McKinnon FW 1
Scotland J McMaster FW 31
Scotland James Meikleham FW 3
Scotland 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.

See also

References

  1. Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  3. The usual formation would be 2-2-6 (two backs, two half backs and six forwards)
  4. 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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