1909–10 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1909–1910 season

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division Two

4th

Scottish Cup

First Round

Top goalscorer

League: Johnny Hill (13)
All: Johnny Hill (16)

← 1908–09

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Season 1909–10 was the 33rd Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 11th time, the Scottish Cup for the 28th time and the Scottish Qualifying Cup for the eighth time.

Overview

For the second successive season, Dumbarton finished 4th in the Second Division with 23 points, 10 behind champions Leith Athletic.^[1] However once again Dumbarton failed to gain promotion in the subsequent 'election' process.

For the first time in five years the club was successful in qualifying for the Scottish Cup, by reaching the semi final of the Scottish Qualifying Cup before losing to Bathgate. The first round draw in the Scottish Cup was however unkind to Dumbarton, but they put up a stiff resistance in losing only by the odd goal to Celtic.

Locally, the Dumbartonshire Cup continued to be played on a league basis. Dumbarton qualified for the final but as in the five previous seasons lost out, this time to Dumbarton Harp.

During the season there were also 3 'friendly' matches played, winning 1 and losing 2, scoring 5 goals and conceding 5.

Note that the first goal against Cowdenbeath on 25 December (scored by Johnny Hill) was Dumbarton's 1,000th in all national competitions.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1909–10 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
21 August 1909	Vale of Leven	H	1-1	Spence	3,500
28 August 1909	Raith Rovers	A	1-2	Brander	3,000
11 September 1909	Arthurlie	H	3-2	Ritchie;Spence;Hill	3,000
25 September 1909	St Bernard's	A	1-2	Gibson	1,000
23 October 1909	Abercorn	H	1-1	Hill	4,000
6 November 1909	Albion Rovers	A	1-3	Brander
20 November 1909	Vale of Leven	A	3-3	Speedie(2);Brander	4,000
27 November 1909	Ayr United	H	3-1	Brander;Lipton;Hill	2,000
4 December 1909	Arthurlie	A	2-1	Brander;Anderson
11 December 1909	Albion Rovers	H	0-0
18 December 1909	E Stirling	A	2-3	Gibson(2)
25 December 1909	Cowdenbeath	A	3-1	Hill;Brander;Speedie
1 January 1910	Raith Rovers	H	4-1	Hill(2);Speedie;Brander
15 January 1910	Leith Athletic	H	1-1	Urquhart
5 February 1910	Ayr Parkhouse	H	5-0	Speedie(2);Brander;Anderson;Ritchie
12 February 1910	Abercorn	A	2-5	Hill;Urquhart
19 February 1910	St Bernard's	H	1-0	Hill	2,000
26 February 1910	Ayr Parkhouse	A	2-4	Hill(2)
12 March 1910	Leith Athletic	A	1-2	Gordon,AE
19 March 1910	Ayr United	A	1-3	Gibson
2 April 1910	Cowdenbeath	H	1-0	Speedie	1,500
23 April 1910	E Stirling	H	5-2	Hill(3);Brander;OG

Promotion/Relegation Election Results

Team	Votes	Result
Morton	16	Re-elected to First Division
Port Glasgow Athletic		Resigned from the League
Raith Rovers	13	Promoted to First Division
Ayr United	2	Not promoted to First Division
Abercorn	1	Not promoted to First Division
Dumbarton	0	Not promoted to First Division

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1909–10 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
22 January 1910	R1	Celtic	H	1-2	Gordon,AE	10,000

Scottish Qualifying Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
4 September 1909	R1	Vale of Leven	A	2-1	Ritchie;Hill	4,000
18 September 1909	R2	Johnstone	H	5-1	Hill(2);Ritchie;Brander;Gibson	5,000
2 October 1909	R3	Dykehead	H	3-1	Speedie;Brander;Gibson
16 October 1909	R4	Bo'ness	A	1-0	Ritchie	5,000
30 October 1909	R5	Ayr United	H	1-0	Gibson	5,000
13 November 1909	SF	Bathgate	A	0-1		4,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
9 October 1909	P	Lennox	H	8-0	McNee(4);Brander(3);Spence
3 January 1910	P	Dumbarton Harp	H	2-1	Hill;Speedie	3,000
5 March 1910	P	Renton	H	3-0	Hill;Brander;Speedie
26 March 1910	P	Vale of Leven	A	0-0
16 April 1910	P	Vale of Leven	H	4-2	Hill(2);Speedie;Brander
19 April 1910	P	Dumbarton Harp	A	0-0
21 April 1910	P	Renton	A	0-1		1,500
30 April 1910	F	Dumbarton Harp	A	1-2	Hill	5,000

League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dumbarton Harp	8	5	2	1	18	7	11	12
2	Dumbarton	7	4	2	1	17	4	13	10
3	Renton	7	2	2	3	6	10	–4	6
4	Vale of Leven	8	2	2	4	10	14	–14	6
5	Lennox^[2]	6	1	0	5	5	21	–16	2

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
16 August 1909	Renton	H	2-0	Brander(2)
31 December 1909	Vale of Leven	H	0-1		1,000
5 January 1910	Renton	A	3-4	Brander;Hill;Gibson	1,000

Appearances

Dumbarton used 19 players for the 29 Scottish League, Scottish Cup and Qualifying Cup matches, as detailed below. Brander and Hynds topped the 'selection chart' by playing in all but one of these matches.^[3]

Player	Position^[4]	Appearances	Goals
David Anderson	FW	21	2
John Brander	FW	28	11
Daniel Forrester	GK	5
William Gibson	FW	16	7
Allister E Gordon	FW	9	3
Bob Gordon	DF	22
Johnny Hill	FW	27	16
David Hynds	MF	28
Edward Kane	FW	9
John Lipton	MF	13	1
Willie Lithgow	MF	16
Joe McCormick	GK	22
John McNee	FW	2
Robert Muirhead	DF	27
John O'Neill	DF	8
Duncan Ritchie	FW	19	5
Finlay Speedie	FW	20	8
Alexander Spence	FW	11	2
Arthur Urquhart	FW	14	2

References

↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
↑ The results of Lennox's home matches against Renton and Dumbarton are missing.
↑ 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 defenders, three midfielders and five forwards).

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

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1909–10 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Promotion/Relegation Election Results

Scottish Cup

Scottish Qualifying Cup

Dumbartonshire Cup

League table

Other Matches

Appearances

See also

References

External links