1913–14 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1913–1914 season

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division One

19th

Scottish Cup

Second Round

Top goalscorer

League: John Rowan (12)
All: John Rowan (17)

Highest home attendance

13,000

Lowest home attendance

2,000

Average home league attendance

5,631

← 1912–13

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Season 1913–14 was the 37th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 15th time, the Scottish Cup for the 31st time and the Scottish Qualifying Cup for the 12th time.

Overview

Despite a good start which saw the club unbeaten in their first six league outings, Dumbarton finished 19th, out of 20, on their return to the First Division with 27 points, well behind champions Celtic.^[1] Nonetheless Dumbarton were re-elected to the 'top flight' for the following season.

Dumbarton qualified for the Scottish Cup by reaching the fourth round of the Scottish Qualifying Cup before losing to non-league Nithsdale Wanderers. It is probably worth noting that the match against Nithsdale Wanderers was played by the Dumbarton reserves, as on the same day the first team were on league duty against Airdrie.

The Scottish Cup campaign was short-lived as Dumbarton lost out to Third Lanark in the second round.

Locally, after an absence of three seasons, Dumbarton entered the Dumbartonshire Cup but as in their previous six attempts were defeated in the final, this time by Renton.

There was also a benefit match played for long serving player Robert Muirhead, against Third Lanark.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1913–14 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
16 August 1913	Queen's Park	H	4-0	Rowan(3);McDade	7,000
23 August 1913	Kilmarnock	H	1-1	Ferguson	13,000
30 August 1913	St Mirren	A	1-1	Speedie	6,000
1 September 1913	Ayr United	H	2-1	Murray,J(2)	4,000
17 September 1913	Ayr United	A	2-1	Blyth;Murray,J	4,000
27 September 1913	Motherwell	H	1-1	Blyth	5,000
11 October 1913	Hibernian	H	0-3		7,000
18 October 1913	Airdrie	A	1-4	OG	7,000
25 October 1913	Partick Thistle	H	1-0	Rowan	7,000
1 November 1913	Third Lanark	A	0-1		8,000
8 November 1913	Rangers	A	2-3	McConnell(2)	12,000
15 November 1913	Celtic	H	0-4		10,000
22 November 1913	Falkirk	A	1-3	Speedie	7,000
29 November 1913	Hamilton	H	1-1	McConnell	4,000
6 December 1914	Dundee	A	1-5	Pender	8,000
13 December 1913	St Mirren	H	2-1	Speedie;McConnell	5,000
20 December 1914	Aberdeen	A	3-2	Speedie;McConnell;Pender	6,000
27 December 1913	Clyde	A	0-0		4,000
1 January 1914	Raith Rovers	A	2-1	Rowan;Lawrie	8,000
3 January 1914	Falkirk	H	0-4		6,000
10 January 1914	Celtic	A	0-4		11,000
17 January 1914	Hearts	H	2-1	Rowan;Brown	7,000
24 January 1914	Kilmarnock	A	0-6		4,000
31 January 1914	Aberdeen	H	0-1		3,000
14 February 1914	Partick Thistle	A	1-2	Rowan	15,000
21 February 1914	Clyde	H	1-3	Gildea	5,000
28 February 1914	Motherwell	A	3-4	Rowan(3)	5,000
7 March 1914	Dundee	H	2-3	Ferguson;Thom	3,000
14 March 1914	Rangers	H	0-3		8,000
21 March 1914	Morton	A	1-3	Brown	10,000
28 March 1914	Morton	H	2-6	Gildea;Murray,J	4,000
31 March 1914	Queen's Park	A	0-3		5,000
4 April 1914	Hearts	A	1-5	Murray,J	6,500
6 April 1914	Raith Rovers	H	2-2	Gildea;Speedie	2,000
11 April 1914	Hamilton	A	1-3	Rowan	3,000
15 April 1914	Hibernian	A	1-1	Gildea	5,000
18 April 1914	Airdrie	H	1-0	Rowan	5,000
23 April 1914	Third Lanark	H	2-0	Murray,J;Gettins	2,000

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1913–14 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
7 February 1914	R2	Third Lanark	A	0-2		6,000

Scottish Qualifying Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
6 September 1913	R1	Vale of Leven	A	0-0		6,000
13 September 1913	R1r	Vale of Leven	H	2-0	Speedie;Rowan	6,000
20 September 1913	R2	Johnstone	H	4-0	Rowan(2);Speedie;Blyth	4,000
4 October 1913	R3	Hurlford	H	5-1	Riddell(2);Rowan(2);McConnell
18 October 1913	R4	Nithsdale Wanderers	A	1-3	Murray,J

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
31 December 1913	SF1	Dumbarton Harp	H	1-3	McDade
25 April 1914	SF2	Dumbarton Harp	A	4-0	Rowan(4)	3,000
29 April 1914	F	Renton	A	0-0		4,000
30 April 1914	Fr	Renton	A	0-1		3,000

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5 January 1914	Third Lanark	H	1-4	McDermid

Appearances

Dumbarton used 36 players for the 44 Scottish League, Scottish Cup and Qualifying Cup matches, as detailed below.^[2] James Ferguson topped the 'selection chart' by playing in 40 of these matches.^[3]

Player	Position^[4]	Appearances	Goals
James C Blyth	FW	20	3
James Brown	MF	2
John Brown	FW	10	2
Robert Bryson	GK	15
James Chalk	MF	1
Alexander Clarkson	DF	9
John Davie	DF	1
James Ferguson	FW	40	2
Alex Forsyth	GK	1
Archibald Frew	GK	11
Alfred Gettins	FW	5	1
Harry Gildea	MF	27	4
Samuel Hendry	FW	1
Charles Keir	DF	22
Thomas Lawrie	FW	3	1
William McAlpine	DF	25
Thomas McConnell	FW	28	6
James McDade	FW	9	1
Peter McFie	MF	36
Alex McGillvray	FW	1
Raeburn McLay	DF	1
John B Miller	GK	17
John Murray	FW	11	7
William Murray	FW	1
Robert Pender	FW	6	2
John Plank	FW	3
Andrew Potter	MF	5
James Riddell	MF	32	2
John Robertson	FW	10
John Rowan^[5]	FW	35	17
David Slimmon	DF	2
Finlay Speedie^[6]	FW	36	7
Daniel Steel	MF	5
Alexander Thom	FW	24	1
James Thomson	DF	27
Walter Wilson	FW	2

References

↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
↑ A new record number of players used during the season, beating the previous highest of 34 set in the 1896-97 season.
↑ 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).
↑ The league match against Motherwell on 28 February marked John Rowan's 100th appearance for the club in national competitions.
↑ The league match against Ayr United on 1 September marked Finlay Speedie's 100th appearance for the club in national competitions.

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

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1913–14 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Scottish Qualifying Cup

Dumbartonshire Cup

Other Matches

Appearances

See also

References

External links