1946–47 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 1946–47 was the 70th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 41st time and the Scottish Cup for the 52nd time. In addition, following on from the successful format of the Southern League Cup during the war, the inaugural Scottish League Cup was played for, which Dumbarton entered.

Overview

Scottish football returned to normal after an absence of seven seasons. Dumbarton played in Division B and finished a disappointing 13th out of 14 with 18 points - 27 behind champions Dundee.

The return of the Scottish Cup, however, brought some much neaded cheer, and after dispatching A Division opponents St Mirren and Third Lanark, Dumbarton lost out narrowly to Hibernian in the fourth round.

The inaugural League Cup saw Dumbarton fail to progress from their section, finishing 3rd of 4 with just 2 wins from 6 games.

The Supplementary Cup continued, but Dumbarton fell at the first hurdle to Alloa.

There was a similar story in the Stirlingshire Cup, with East Stirling being the victors after a drawn match.

Finally two 'friendly' matches were arranged. One against A Division Partick Thistle and the other against a team of Polish internationalists, billed as a Polish Army XI who were touring post-war Europe.

Note that William Guthrie took over as manager on 20 August 1946, replacing Jackie Milne.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1946–47 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
10 August 1946	St Johnstone	H	2-3	Sneddon(2)	5,000
17 August 1946	Raith Rovers	A	1-5	Bootland	8,000
24 August 1946	Ayr United	H	2-2	MacMillan;Sneddon	2,000
31 August 1946	Albion Rovers	A	0-3		7,000
7 September 1946	Dundee	H	2-1	Young;Bootland	4,000
14 September 1946	Stenhousemuir	A	1-0	Bootland	2,000
2 November 1946	Alloa Athletic	A	2-0	Young;OG	4,000
9 November 1946	Arbroath	H	0-1		3,000
16 November 1946	Dundee United	A	1-2	Gilmour	5,000
23 November 1946	Airdrie	H	2-3	Gilmour(2)	1,500
30 November 1946	Cowdenbeath	H	5-1	Gilmour(2);Sneddon;Ashe;Bootland	2,000
7 December 1946	East Fife	A	0-1		3,500
14 December 1946	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1-2	Gilmour	1,500
21 December 1946	St Johnstone	A	2-5	Donegan(2)	4,000
28 December 1946	Raith Rovers	H	1-1	Morrison	2,500
1 January 1947	Ayr United	A	1-2	Morrison
2 January 1947	Albion Rovers	H	1-1	Morrison	3,000
4 January 1947	Dundee United	H	0-2		1,000
18 January 1947	East Fife	H	1-0	Milligan	3,000
15 February 1947	Alloa Athletic	H	2-2	Donegan;Stirling	6,000
8 March 1947	Stenhousemuir	H	4-1	Wallace;Donegan;Stirling;Bootland	5,000
22 March 1947	Airdrie	A	4-5	Wallace(2);Stirling(2)	8,000
5 April 1947	Dundee	A	0-4		5,873
12 April 1947	Cowdenbeath	A	1-2	Milligan	3,000
19 April 1947	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2-3	Stirling(2)	3,000
26 April 1947	Arbroath	A	3-2	Stirling(3)	3,500

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1946–47 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
25 January 1947	1	St Mirren	A	3-2	Stirling(2);Donegan	10,976
22 February 1947	3	Third Lanark	H	2-0	Stirling;Bootland	10,000
15 March 1947	4	Hibernian	A	0-2		32,579

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1946–47 Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
21 September 1946	P	Arbroath	A	1-4	Forshaw	4,000
28 September 1946	P	Dundee United	H	0-3		3,500
5 October 1946	P	Cowdenbeath	H	0-4		4,000
12 October 1946	P	Arbroath	H	8-0	Forshaw(3);Lindsay;Donegan;Young;Johnstone;Bootland	2,000
19 October 1946	P	Dundee United	A	1-2	Bootland	11,000
26 October 1946	P	Cowdenbeath	A	3-2	Young;Gilmour;Bootland	4,500

Supplementary Cup

Main article: B Division Supplementary Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
14 August 1946	1(1)	Alloa Athletic	A	1-4	McCulloch
21 August 1946	1(2)	Alloa Athletic	H	2-0	MacMillan;Donegan

Stirlingshire Cup

Main article: Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
27 August 1946	1	East Stirling	A	2-2	Sneddon;McCulloch	2,000
30 April 1947	1(R)	East Stirling	H	1-3	Johnstone

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
26 October 1946	Polish Army XI	H	4-6	unknown
29 March 1947	Partick Thistle	A	2-4	Timmins;Milligan

Appearances

Dumbarton used 27 players for the 37 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and Supplementary Cup matches, as detailed below. Bobby Donaldson was the only player to feature in all of these matches. Note that 5 unnamed trialist(s) played in four matches.^[1]

Player	Position^[2]	Appearances	Goals
Ron Aitken	FW	1
Tommy Ashe	FW	23	1
Charlie Bootland	FW	24	9
John Boyle	DF	3
George Campbell	MF	2
Tommy Coyle	DF	3
Bobby Donaldson	MF	37
Tom Donegan	FW	33	7
Jim Douglas	MF	10
Jim Forshaw	FW	8	4
Leon Galiski	FW	1
Rod Gilmour	FW	23	7
Jim Hoey	GK	34
George Johnstone	FW	13	1
Lawrie Lindsay	MF	21	1
Don MacMillan	FW	5	2
Colin McCalman	DF	33
John McCulloch	FW	11	1
Willie Miller	FW	3
Wallace Milligan	FW	11	2
Dave Morrison	FW	11	3
Ian Ogilvie	GK	2
Andy Sneddon	FW	10
Robert Stirling	FW	11	12
Jimmy Timmins	MF	18
Robert Wallace	DF	33	3
Willie Young	FW	16	4

Reserve Team

Dumbarton entered the Scottish Second XI Cup but lost in the first round to Albion Rovers.

References

↑ 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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