1890–91 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1890–91 season
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Football League Champions
Scottish Cup Runners Up
Top goalscorer League: John Bell (20)
All: John Taylor (28)

Season 1890–91 was the 18th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the inaugural Scottish Football League and entering the Scottish Cup for the 18th time.

Overview

Dumbarton took part in the first ever Scottish League Championship, and with 11 wins and 3 draws from their first 14 fixtures, it looked likely that they would win the title. However losses to Celtic and Rangers in their final four ties meant that Dumbarton finished up with the same number of points as Rangers. With no rules on what should happen in such circumstances, the Scottish League decided on a play-off decider, which finished 2-2, and rather than arrange for a further play-off, the inaugural championship was shared.[1]

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton almost made it a league and cup double, but lost out to Hearts in the final.

Individual honours fell to John Bell by being the first ever League topscorer with 20 goals - although it was John Taylor who was the club's overall topscorer in national competitions, with 28 goals, to Bell's 25. (Bear in mind that 4 of the goals scored in Scottish League and Cup matches are unknown.)

In other competitions, there was a lot of silverware heading towards Boghead. Dumbarton again retained the Dumbartonshire Cup (fourth time overall), beating Vale of Leven in the final, retained the Greenock Charity Cup, by beating the hosts Morton in the final, and in the first (and only) League Charity Cup, Dumbarton beat Celtic in the final. Easily the club's most successful season to date.

Despite all the competitive games, Dumbartons still managed to play 8 'other' matches, of which 5 were won, 2 drawn and 1 lost, scoring 29 goals and conceding 12.

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 1889. In addition, the total number of goals scored in all games was 165, beating the previous record set in season 1887-88.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
16 August 1890CowlairsH1-1Taylor3,000
23 August 18903rd LRVA3-1Bell;Taylor;McMillan4,000
30 August 1890HeartsH3-1Taylor;Bell;Mair3,000
13 September 1890RangersH5-1Mair;Bell(3);Taylor4,000
4 October 1890Vale of LevenA3-1OG;Mair;unknown
11 October 1890AbercornH5-1Taylor(3);Galbraith(2)
25 October 1890CowlairsA6-1OG(3);Bell(2);Taylor
27 December 1890AbercornA2-1Taylor(2)6,000
24 January 1891CambuslangH5-0McNaught;Bell(2);Keir;Thomson
21 February 1891CelticH2-2Galbraith;Boyle6,000
28 February 1891Vale of LevenH4-0Keir;Taylor;OG;Boyle
7 March 1891St MirrenH5-1Bell(4);McNaught
21 March 1891CambuslangA2-2Taylor;Bell
28 March 18913rd LRVH5-1Bell;McLeod;Hutcheson;Taylor;OG
11 April 1891CelticA0-110,000
20 April 1891HeartsA4-0Bell(2);Taylor;Galbraith5,500
25 April 1891RangersA2-4Bell(2)12,000
2 May 1891St MirrenA4-2Galbraith(2);Bell;Miller,J

In the decider, played at Cathkin Park on 21 May 1891 in front of 10,000 spectators, Dumbarton and Rangers drew 2-2, with Taylor and J. Miller scoring for Dumbarton. It was subsequently decided that the Championship be shared.

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1890-91 Scottish Cup
DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
6 September 1890R1Smithston HibernianH8-2McNaught;Taylor(2);Galbraith;OG;unknown(3)
27 September 1890R2HibernianA9-1Taylor(3);Galbraith(2);Boyle;Mair;McNaught;Bell3,000
18 October 1890R3ClydebankH6-0Taylor(4);McMillan;Bell
8 November 1890R4Mossend SwiftsH7-3McNaught(2);McMillan;Mair;Taylor;Miller,A;Galbraith
6 December 1890R55th KRVH8-0Taylor(3);Bell;McNaught(2);Boyle;Galbraith
20 December 1890R6CelticH3-0Mair(2);Bell10,000
17 January 1891SFAbercornH3-1Galbraith;McNaught;Bell10,000
7 February 1891FHeartsA0-110,836

Dumbartonshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
R1Dumbarton AlbionWO
22 November 1890R2Duntocher HarpA10-2Bell;Galbraith;Taylor;unknown(7)
13 December 1890SFClydebankA4-1Boyle;Mair;Taylor;OG
14 February 1891FVale of LevenH4-1Mair(2);Taylor;Bell

League Charity Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
16 May 1891SFRangersA1-0Taylor7,000
10 June 1891FCelticA3-0Bell;Taylor(2)8,000

Greenock Charity Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
4 April 1891SFPartick ThistleA2-0Bell(2)
6 June 1891FMortonA5-1Galbraith;unknown(4)4,000

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
9 August 1890RangersA1-3[2]unknown
20 August 1890Leith AthleticA3-1Wilson(2);Mair5,500
29 November 18905th KRVH2-0[3]Taylor;unknown
1 January 1891CelticA1-1Taylor15,000
2 January 1891ArbroathA6-0unknown
3 January 1891King's ParkH8-3unknown
22 May 1891ArbroathA2-2unknown
23 May 1891AberdeenA6-2Galbraith;Boyle Mallor;OG;unknown(2)5,000

Appearances

Club

Dumbarton used 21 players during the season in 27 Scottish League, League Play Off and Cup matches, as detailed below. John Bell and John McLeod played in all of these matches.[4]

Player Position[5] Appearances Goals[6]
Scotland John Bell FW 2725
Scotland Dickie Boyle HB 264
Scotland James Galbraith FW 2612
Scotland John Hannah BK 9
Scotland William Henderson FW 1
Scotland Alex Hutcheson FW 61
Scotland Jones HB 1
Scotland Leitch Keir HB 212
Scotland Neil Kerr FW 1
Scotland Alex Lang HB 5
Scotland Hugh Mair FW 167
Scotland Alex McDonald BK 3
Scotland John McLeod GK 271
Scotland Tom McMillan HB 203
Scotland James McNaught FW 259
Scotland Alex Miller BK 241
Scotland John Miller FW 22
Scotland John Taylor FW 2428
Scotland William Thomson FW 21
Scotland Daniel Watson BK 26
Scotland Wilson FW 5

County

A Dumbartonshire representative match was played against Renfrewshire on 15 November 1890 in which McLeod; Watson; McMillan; Boyle; Taylor; Galbraith; Mair and McNaught were all selected to play - Dumbarton county won 3-1.

Reserve Team

Dumbarton were knocked out at the second round stage of the Scottish Second XI Cup, but once again retained the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup, beating Clydebank in the final.

Scottish Second XI Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResult
13 September 1890R1Kirkintilloch AthleticA4-0
4 October 1890R2Queen's ParkA0-9

Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResult
8 November 1890R1Dalmuir ThistleA6-2
8 April 1891SFVale of LevenH4-3
5 May 1891FClydebankA4-0

See also

References

  1. Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. This match was reported as the final tie of a Rangers F.C. Sports Tournament.
  3. This match was to be a fifth round Scottish Cup tie but was postponed due to a frozen pitch. The teams however decided to play a friendly.
  4. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  5. The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two backs, three half backs and five forwards).
  6. Due to the limited reporting of football at the time, the scorers of 4 of the 107 goals scored in Scottish League and Cup matches are unknown.

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