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)

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

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
19 August 1905RentonH3-0Speedie;McMillan;McMurray2,000
26 August 1905AlloaA3-5Stewart;McMillan;OG
9 September 1905GalstonA1-1Colquhoun
23 September 1905DykeheadH1-2McMillan
30 September 1905Ayr ParkhouseH4-0Stevenson;Colquhoun;Stewart;McHarg
7 October 1905RentonA2-1Stewart;Crawford
28 October 1905BathgateA2-1Anderson;McMurray
11 November 1905StenhousemuirH4-0Crawford(2);Anderson;McMurray
18 November 1905Ayr ParkhouseA5-2McMurray(2);Stewart;Crawford;McCormack
2 December 1905DykeheadA3-2unknown
16 December 1905StenhousemuirA4-3McCormack(2);Stewart;Lockhart
23 December 1905BathgateH4-0unknown
30 December 1905Queen's Park StrollersH1-0McKinlay
13 January 1906Royal AlbertH5-1unknown
3 February 1906Royal AlbertA4-1Stewart(2);Crawford;McCormack
10 February 1906GalstonH5-2Crawford(3);Stewart;Brander
3 March 1906Queen's Park StrollersA6-1Crawford(2);McCormack(2);Galbraith;Gordon
17 March 1906BeithH3-0McCormack(3)
31 March 1906BeithA3-0Colquhoun;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

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
2 September 1905R1Carfin EmmettH4-0Stewart(2);Speedie;Colquhoun
16 September 1905R2HamiltonH0-22,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
4 November 1905PRentonA6-1McCormack(2);Stevenson;Anderson;Stewart;McMurray2,000
27 January 1906PRentonH3-0Stewart;Galbraith;OG
24 March 1906PVale of LevenH0-1
21 April 1906PVale of LevenA0-1
5 May 1906FVale of LevenA0-1

Final League table

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

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
8 August 1905Rangers XIH3-1Stewart;Speedie;McMillan
23 August 1905Queen's ParkH3-3Stewart(2);McMurray1,000
24 August 1905Vale of LevenA1-2Stevenson2,000
14 October 1905ThornliebankH3-1[1]unknown
25 November 1905Royal AlbertH4-1[2]McCormack(2);McMurray;Stevenson
9 December 1905King's ParkH5-1unknown
6 January 1906ClydeH6-3McKinlay;McCormack;unknown(4)
20 January 1906StenhousemuirH5-0Crawford(2);McCormack;Stewart McMurray
17 February 1906AbercornH1-0McCormack
24 February 1906ClydeH2-2Crawford;Stewart1,500
14 April 1906JohnstoneH6-0unknown
10 May 1906Vale of LevenA2-0unknown
12 May 1906RentonA2-2Stevenson;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]
Scotland Anderson FW 52
Scotland John Brander FW 21
Scotland Thomas Cairney MF 20
Scotland William Colquhoun MF 193
Scotland John Crawford MF 1810
Scotland Charles Davie GK 3
Scotland Robert Ferguson BK 1
Scotland George Galbraith FW 51
Scotland Bob Gordon FW 32
Scotland John Hendry MF 3
Scotland Hoall FW 1
Scotland Tom Kelso BK 1
Scotland Alex Lockhart FW 21
Scotland Alex McCallum MF 8
Scotland Francis McCormack FW 1510
Scotland David McGregor BK 2
Scotland McHarg FW 11
Scotland John McKinlay BK 21
Scotland Hugh McLachlan MF 1
Scotland Peter McMillan FW 63
Scotland Alex McMurray FW 135
Scotland Harry Mitchell BK 19
Scotland Richard Oldcorn GK 15
Scotland Porterfield FW 2
Scotland Willie Speedie FW 62
Scotland James Stevenson MF 171
Scotland James Stewart FW 2010
Scotland John Temple MF 18
Scotland Walker GK 3

See also

References

  1. This match was originally a Combination League fixture but Thornliebank were subsequently expelled from the League and all their results expunged.
  2. 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.
  3. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  4. The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two backs, three half backs and five forwards).
  5. 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.

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