1941–42 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1941–1942 season
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Southern League 12th
Summer Cup First Round
League Cup South Prelims
Top goalscorer League: Felix McGrogan (14)
All: Felix McGrogan (14)
Highest home attendance 8,000
Lowest home attendance 2,000
Average home league attendance 4,200

Season 1941–42 was the 65th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level and the third season of special wartime football during World War II.

Overview

The second season of the Scottish Southern League saw Dumbarton continue to improve their performances by finished 12th out of 16 with 26 points - 32 behind champions Rangers. Boosted by player 'guest' appearances Dumbarton could just about compete on an equal footing with the 'bigger' clubs.

In the Summer Cup, however, Dumbarton failed to deliver by falling at the first hurdle to Motherwell.

Similarly, the League Cup South was little better with Dumbarton failing to qualify from the sectional games.

Note that the number of goals conceded in all games during the season was 112, the ninth time the 'century' had been broken, and the third season in a row.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Southern League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
9 August 1941AirdrieH3-5Jeffrey;Farr;Rodger4,000
16 August 1941Third LanarkA3-4McBride;Jeffrey;Rodger3,500
23 August 1941CelticH2-5McBride(2)8,000
30 August 1941St MirrenA4-2Jeffrey(2);Ross;McGrogan5,000
6 September 1941FalkirkH0-12,500
13 September 1941HibernianA0-46,000
20 September 1941Partick ThistleH2-7Milne;McAloon2,500
27 September 1941MotherwellA3-2Jeffrey(2);Dougall2,000
4 October 1941MortonH3-1McAloon;Ross;McGrogan3,000
11 October 1941RangersA0-78,000
18 October 1941Albion RoversH5-2McGrogan(2);McAloon;Rodger;Jeffrey3,000
25 October 1941HeartsA4-7Milne(3);Rodger5,000
1 November 1941HamiltonH3-2Rodger;Jeffrey;McGrogan2,500
8 November 1941ClydeH6-0McGrogan(2);McAloon Rodger;Dougall;Milne4,000
15 November 1941Queen's ParkA2-1Ross(2)2,000
22 November 1941AirdrieA2-3Rodger;McGrogan3,000
29 November 1941Third LanarkH1-5Ross2,500
6 December 1941CelticA2-4Jeffrey;McAloon3,000
13 December 1941St MirrenH5-1Gould(3);McAloon;McGrogan2,000
20 December 1941Partick ThistleA3-4Gould(2);Hickie5,000
27 December 1941MotherwellH2-1Milne;Gould3,000
1 January 1942FalkirkA1-3Hickie
3 January 1942HibernianH2-1Gould;McGrogan2,500
10 January 1942MortonA2-2Gould(2)4,000
17 January 1942RangersH3-3McGrogan;Jeffrey;McAloon6,000
31 January 1942HeartsH3-3McGrogan(2);Gould4,000
14 February 1942ClydeA4-5McAloon;Gould;Henderson;McGrogan6,000
21 February 1942Queen's ParkH2-1Hepburn;McAloon4,000
2 May 1942Albion RoversA0-01,500
9 May 1942HamiltonA1-4Henderson1,500

League Cup South

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
28 February 1942PMortonA1-4Hepburn4,000
14 March 1942PSt MirrenA3-1McGrogan(2);Gould4,000
21 March 1942PMortonH3-4Gould(3)6,000
28 March 1942PFalkirkA0-53,000
4 April 1942PSt MirrenH4-2Ross(2);Gould;McGrogan2,000
11 April 1942PFalkirkH3-3Ross(2);Gould2,500

Summer Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
30 May 19421(1)MotherwellH1-0McGrogan3,500
6 June 19421(2)MotherwellA2-4McAloon;Reid3,000

Appearances

Dumbarton used 28 players for the 38 League, Cup and League Cup matches, as detailed below. George Urquhart was to top the 'selection charts' by featuring in 35 of these matches. Note that an unnamed trialist played in one match.[1]

Player Position[2] Appearances Goals
Scotland Boyd FW 1
Scotland Robert Chalmers MF 1
Scotland Andy Cheyne DF 1
Scotland David Corbett MF 7
Scotland Edward Currie FW 2
Scotland Robert Dougall MF 262
Scotland Andrew Farr FW 31
Scotland Charlie Gavin MF 26
Scotland Johnny Gould FW 2017
Scotland George Henderson MF 102
Scotland John Hepburn FW 132
Scotland Jimmy Hickie DF 332
Scotland James Hornall GK 11
Scotland George Jeffrey FW 2110
South Africa Patrick Kelly GK 10
Scotland Johnny Mathers FW 5
Scotland Gerry McAloon FW 2810
Scotland John McBride FW 44
Scotland Felix McGrogan FW 3018
Scotland Jackie Milne FW 286
Scotland A Vincent Pritchard FW 7
Scotland Willie Reid FW 41
Scotland Fally Rodger FW 167
Scotland Sammy Ross FW 229
Scotland Willie Savage DF 27
Scotland William Smith DF 9
Scotland George Urquhart MF 35
Scotland Jock Wallace GK 17

See also

References

  1. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  2. The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two defenders, three midfielders and five forwards).

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