1905–06 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1905–1906 season

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish Combination League

1st

Top goalscorer

League: Crawford/McCormack (10)
All: Crawford/McCormack/Stewart (10)

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Season 1905–06 was the 29th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Combination League for the first time and the Scottish Qualifying Cup for the fourth time.

Overview

After an absence of four seasons, Dumbarton returned to competitive professional football when an application to join the Scottish Combination League was accepted. A slow start meant that just 3 points were taken from the first four fixtures, but Dumbarton then went on a 15 match winning streak to win the title with some ease. This resulted in promotion to Scottish League Division 2.

However the attempt to qualify for the Scottish Cup was short-lived following a second round defeat in the Scottish Qualifying Cup to Hamilton.

Locally, the Dumbartonshire Cup was played on a league basis. Three teams entered with the top two in the league to play off in the final. Dumbarton finished top of the league but lost out to Vale of Leven in the final.

During the season, 13 'other' matches were played, including an impressive win over a strong Rangers side. Of these matches, 9 were won, 3 drawn and just 1 lost, scoring 43 goals and conceding 16.

Note that Dumbarton had scored 119 goals in all matches during the season, the seventh time that the 'century' had been broken.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Combination League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
19 August 1905	Renton	H	3-0	Speedie;McMillan;McMurray	2,000
26 August 1905	Alloa	A	3-5	Stewart;McMillan;OG
9 September 1905	Galston	A	1-1	Colquhoun
23 September 1905	Dykehead	H	1-2	McMillan
30 September 1905	Ayr Parkhouse	H	4-0	Stevenson;Colquhoun;Stewart;McHarg
7 October 1905	Renton	A	2-1	Stewart;Crawford
28 October 1905	Bathgate	A	2-1	Anderson;McMurray
11 November 1905	Stenhousemuir	H	4-0	Crawford(2);Anderson;McMurray
18 November 1905	Ayr Parkhouse	A	5-2	McMurray(2);Stewart;Crawford;McCormack
2 December 1905	Dykehead	A	3-2	unknown
16 December 1905	Stenhousemuir	A	4-3	McCormack(2);Stewart;Lockhart
23 December 1905	Bathgate	H	4-0	unknown
30 December 1905	Queen's Park Strollers	H	1-0	McKinlay
13 January 1906	Royal Albert	H	5-1	unknown
3 February 1906	Royal Albert	A	4-1	Stewart(2);Crawford;McCormack
10 February 1906	Galston	H	5-2	Crawford(3);Stewart;Brander
3 March 1906	Queen's Park Strollers	A	6-1	Crawford(2);McCormack(2);Galbraith;Gordon
17 March 1906	Beith	H	3-0	McCormack(3)
31 March 1906	Beith	A	3-0	Colquhoun;Gordon;McCormack

Note: The return fixture against Alloa Athletic was never played, presumably as the result would not have affected the outcome of the league championship.

Scottish Qualifying Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
2 September 1905	R1	Carfin Emmett	H	4-0	Stewart(2);Speedie;Colquhoun
16 September 1905	R2	Hamilton	H	0-2		2,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
4 November 1905	P	Renton	A	6-1	McCormack(2);Stevenson;Anderson;Stewart;McMurray	2,000
27 January 1906	P	Renton	H	3-0	Stewart;Galbraith;OG
24 March 1906	P	Vale of Leven	H	0-1
21 April 1906	P	Vale of Leven	A	0-1
5 May 1906	F	Vale of Leven	A	0-1

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dumbarton	4	2	2	15	9	6	4
2	Vale of Leven	4	2	2	3	3	0	4
3	Renton	4	2	2	4	10	–6	4

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
8 August 1905	Rangers XI	H	3-1	Stewart;Speedie;McMillan
23 August 1905	Queen's Park	H	3-3	Stewart(2);McMurray	1,000
24 August 1905	Vale of Leven	A	1-2	Stevenson	2,000
14 October 1905	Thornliebank	H	3-1^[1]	unknown
25 November 1905	Royal Albert	H	4-1^[2]	McCormack(2);McMurray;Stevenson
9 December 1905	King's Park	H	5-1	unknown
6 January 1906	Clyde	H	6-3	McKinlay;McCormack;unknown(4)
20 January 1906	Stenhousemuir	H	5-0	Crawford(2);McCormack;Stewart McMurray
17 February 1906	Abercorn	H	1-0	McCormack
24 February 1906	Clyde	H	2-2	Crawford;Stewart	1,500
14 April 1906	Johnstone	H	6-0	unknown
10 May 1906	Vale of Leven	A	2-0	unknown
12 May 1906	Renton	A	2-2	Stevenson;McCormack

Appearances

Dumbarton used 29 players for the 21 Combination League and Qualifying Cup matches, as detailed below. Cairney and Stewart topped the 'selection' chart by each playing in 20 of these matches.^[3]

Player	Position^[4]	Appearances	Goals^[5]
Anderson	FW	5	2
John Brander	FW	2	1
Thomas Cairney	MF	20
William Colquhoun	MF	19	3
John Crawford	MF	18	10
Charles Davie	GK	3
Robert Ferguson	BK	1
George Galbraith	FW	5	1
Bob Gordon	FW	3	2
John Hendry	MF	3
Hoall	FW	1
Tom Kelso	BK	1
Alex Lockhart	FW	2	1
Alex McCallum	MF	8
Francis McCormack	FW	15	10
David McGregor	BK	2
McHarg	FW	1	1
John McKinlay	BK	2	1
Hugh McLachlan	MF	1
Peter McMillan	FW	6	3
Alex McMurray	FW	13	5
Harry Mitchell	BK	19
Richard Oldcorn	GK	15
Porterfield	FW	2
Willie Speedie	FW	6	2
James Stevenson	MF	17	1
James Stewart	FW	20	10
John Temple	MF	18
Walker	GK	3

References

↑ This match was originally a Combination League fixture but Thornliebank were subsequently expelled from the League and all their results expunged.
↑ This match was to be a Combination League fixture but the referee failed to turn up and the teams therefore agreed to play a friendly.
↑ 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 2-3-5 (two backs, three half backs and five forwards).
↑ Due to the limited reporting of football at the time, the scorers of 12 of the 63 goals scored in Combination League matches are unknown.

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

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1905–06 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish Combination League

Scottish Qualifying Cup

Dumbartonshire Cup

Final League table

Other Matches

Appearances

See also

References

External links