1897–98 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1897–98 season
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Cup First Round

Season 1897–98 was the 25th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level entering the Scottish Cup for the 25th time.

Overview

In the absence of any league commitments, the Dumbarton committee had to work hard to bring together a fixture list which would meet the club's financial needs.

Things were not helped by the briefest of involvements in the Scottish Cup, where Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by St Bernards, after a 1-1 draw.[1]

Nevertheless, locally there was better news with Dumbarton winning the Dumbartonshire Cup for the ninth time, beating Vale of Leven in the final.

During the season, 23 'other' matches were arranged, where there was much to be pleased about. There was an impressive unbeaten run of 8 games at the beginning of the season, several wins against league opposition and a successful 'mini' tour of the highlands during the New Year holidays. Of these matches 13 were won, 4 drawn and 6 lost, scoring 69 goals and conceding 49.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
8 January 1898R1St Bernard'sA1-1Murphy3,500
15 January 1898R1rSt Bernard'sH1-3Gillies6,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
26 March 1898FVale of LevenA3-2Speedie(2);Littlejohn3,000

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
2 September 1897RentonA2-0Reid;Mackie
4 September 1897StenhousemuirA4-4unknown
11 September 1897Queen's ParkA4-2McFarlane(2);Speedie;OG2,000
18 September 1897Vale of LevenH6-1Morrice(2);Richmond;unknown(3)
2 October 1897Leith AthleticA2-2Speedie;Mackie
9 October 1897FalkirkA2-1Morrice;Reid
16 October 1897AbercornA2-2Speedie;Murphy
23 October 1897Queen's ParkA1-1Mauchan
30 October 1897RentonH2-1unknown
13 November 1897St MirrenH0-1
20 November 1897MortonA1-2unknown
27 November 1897Vale of LevenA3-1Watt;Forrest;Thomson
18 December 1897ClydeA4-5Reid;unknown(3)
25 December 1897KilmarnockH2-9unknown
1 January 1898Inverness ClachnacuddinA10-4unknown3,500
3 January 1898AberdeenA2-0OG(2)
22 January 1898Partick ThistleA3-1McNab(2);Littlejohn1,500
5 February 1898CelticH2-3Mitchell;Richmond
19 February 1898E StirlingA4-1McNab;Speedie;Littlejohn;unknown
5 March 1898Kilmarnock AthleticH9-1unknown
19 March 1898MortonH2-1unknown
11 April 1898St Bernard'sA0-51,000
16 April 1898AirdrieH2-1unknown

Appearances

Club

Dumbarton used the same 11 players for both Scottish Cup matches, as detailed below.[2]

Player Position[3] Appearances Goals
Scotland Daniel Coll FW 2
Scotland John Docherty GK 2
Scotland Alexander Gillies FW 21
Scotland Morrice HB 2
Scotland Hugh Murphy FW 21
Scotland Thomas Reid FW 2
Scotland James Richmond HB 2
Scotland Samuel Skinner BK 2
Scotland Willie Speedie FW 2
Scotland Daniel Thomson BK 2
Scotland William Thomson HB 2

County

A Dumbartonshire representative match was played against a Lanarkshire XI on 29 January 1898 in which Docherty, Daniel Thomson, William Thomson, Lewis Mackie and Speedie were all selected to play - Willie Speedie scored the Dumbarton county goal in the 1-1 draw.

International

William Thomson earned his third and fourth caps against Wales and Ireland respectively in the 1898 British Home Championship.

Reserve Team

Dumbarton lost in the first round of the Scottish Second XI Cup to Queen's Park.

Scottish Second XI Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResult
?R1Queen's ParkH?

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 2-3-5 (two backs, three half backs and five forwards).

External links

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