1880–81 Dumbarton F.C. season

1880–81 season

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Runners Up

Season 1880–81 was the eighth Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the eighth time.

Overview

Season 1880-81 saw Dumbarton reach their first Scottish Cup final. Following some easy wins in the early rounds, two impressive away victories were recorded in the quarter and semi finals, against Rangers and local rivals Vale of Leven respectively. In the first playing of the final, Queen's Park defeated Dumbarton by the odd goal in three, but after a successful protest due to 'crowd encroachment', a replay was ordered. However despite good play Dumbarton were well beaten losing 1-3.^[1]

Elsewhere Dumbarton were again invited to take part in the Glasgow Charity Cup but were heavily defeated in the semi final by Rangers.

Dumbarton's fixture list for the season included home and away ties against the Ayrshire Cup holders, Beith and the first club 'tour' of the north of England was undertaken during the New Year holidays with a further match being played against Blackburn Rovers during the Easter break. Overall, 20 'other' matches were played during the season, of which 13 were won, 2 drawn and 5 lost, scoring 63 goals and conceding 28.

It should be noted that Dumbarton remained unbeaten at Boghead during the season, meaning that defeat had not been tasted on home soil since September 1879.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1880-81 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
11 September 1880	R1	Helensburgh Vics	H	7-0	unknown
2 October 1880	R2	Jamestown	H	2-1	Lindsay(2)	5,000
23 October 1880	R3	Falkirk	H	7-1	unknown
13 November 1880	R4	Glasgow Univ	H	9-0	McKinnon(2);Kennedy,A;Lindsay;Meikleham;OG(2);unknown(2)
4 December 1880	R5	St Mirren	A	5-1	unknown
25 December 1880	R6	Rangers	A	3-1	Meikleham;Lindsay;McKinnon	4,500
5 February 1881	SF	Vale of Leven	A	2-0	Lindsay;Kennedy,A	8,000
9 April 1881	F	Queen's Park	A	1-3	Meikleham	10,000

Glasgow Charity Cup

Main article: Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
16 April 1881	SF	Rangers	A	0-8		4,000

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
28 August 1880	South Western	A	4-1	OG;unknown(3)
4 September 1880	Kilmarnock	H	7-1	unknown
18 September 1880	Beith	H	6-1	Lindsay(4);Brown(2)
25 September 1880	Kilmarnock Portland	A	1-4	unknown
9 October 1880	Kilbirnie	H	2-2	Lindsay;Lang
16 October 1880	Pollokshields Athletic	H	6-1	Miller;Meikleham(2);Lindsay(2);Lang
30 October 1880	Abercorn	H	9-1	McKinnon;Miller;Kennedy;McAuley;unknown(5)
6 November 1880	3rd LRV	A	3-2	unknown
27 November 1880	Queen's Park	A	1-3	Kennedy
11 December 1880	Helensburgh	H	6-0	Brown(2);Hutcheson;unknown(3)
1 January 1881	Blackburn Rovers	A	4-1	Meikleham(2);Lindsay;McAulay
3 January 1881	Darwen	A	3-2	Lindsay(2);Lang	4,500
4 January 1881	Sheffield	A	0-1		600
12 February 1881	Rangers	A	1-0	Meikleham
19 March 1881	Jamestown	H	2-0	Kennedy(2)	3,000
26 March 1881	Queen's Park	A	1-2^[2]	McAulay	20,000
2 April 1881	Renfrew	A	4-0	unknown
23 April 1881	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-4		2,000
30 April 1881	Vale of Leven	A	2-1	unknown
7 May 1881	Beith	A	1-1	unknown

Appearances

Club

This shows appearances made for Dumbarton in Scottish Cup matches only.^[3]

Player	Position^[4]	Appearances	Goals^[5]
J Anderson	HB	8
Robert Brown	FW	5
Dunn	FW	2
Jock Hutcheson	BK	8
Andrew Kennedy	FW	6	2
John Kennedy	GK	8
Archie Lang	BK	7
James Liddell	FW	5
Joe Lindsay	FW	8	5
James McAulay	FW	5
William McKinnon	FW	8	3
James Meikleham	FW	6	3
Peter Miller	HB	8
Michael Paton	BK	1
Tom Veitch	FW	3

International

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

International trial matches were played on 26 February and 5 March 1881 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games against England and Wales. Jock Hutcheson, Andrew Kennedy, John Kennedy, Joe Lindsay, James McAulay, William McKinnon, James Meikleham and Peter Miller all took part.

As a result Dumbarton's Joe Lindsay picked up his second and third caps playing for Scotland against England and Wales respectively. James McAulay was selected as a reserve.

County

Robert Brown, John Kennedy, Joe Lindsay, William McKinnon and Peter Miller were all selected to play in the Scotch Counties team which played Birmingham & District on 19 February 1881. The 'Scotch' men won 6-0 with both Brown and Lindsay scoring twice.

References

↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
↑ This was the first playing of the Scottish Cup Final but the result was successfully protested by Dumbarton to the S.F.A..
↑ 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 scorers of 21 of the 36 goals scored in Scottish Cup matches are unknown.

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