1948–49 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1948–1949 season
Manager William Guthrie
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League B Division 15th
Scottish Cup Third Round
Scottish League Cup Prelims
B Division Supplementary Cup First Round
Top goalscorer League: Hugh Goldie (12)
All: Hugh Goldie (17)

Season 1948–49 was the 72nd Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 43rd time, the Scottish Cup for the 54th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 3rd time.

Overview

By mid November, Dumbarton were challenging the leaders of the B Division, but a disastrous spell, which saw only one victory from 17 games, meant that hopes faded and Dumbarton eventually finished 15th out of 16 with 22 points - 20 behind champions Raith Rovers.

In the Scottish Cup, as in previous seasons where league performances were poor, Dumbarton brought some cheer to their fans before losing out in the third round to A Division opponents Hearts.

Progress from their League Cup section was again to prove too much of a challenge, finishing 4th and last, with just a draw being taken from their 6 games.

The Supplementary Cup was a similar story with a first round exit to Cowdenbeath.

In the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton won a thrilling first round tie against A Division Falkirk but due to other teams' commitments the competition was never completed.

Note that the number of goals conceded in all games during the season was 113, the 13th time this unwanted 'century' had been broken, and the second seson in a row.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
14 August 1948Dundee UnitedH3-2Bootland(2);Grant5,000
18 August 1948Ayr UnitedA2-3Lynch;Crichton
21 August 1948Queen's ParkH5-2Lynch;Crichton;Goldie;Grant;Bootland2,500
28 August 1948StenhousemuirA0-53,000
1 September 1948ArbroathH1-1Goldie
4 September 1948CowdenbeathA2-1Donegan;Grant4,000
23 October 1948Raith RoversA3-4Donegan;Goldie;Bootland7,000
30 October 1948East StirlingH2-2Stirling;Bootland2,500
6 November 1948East StirlingA3-2Goldie;Stirling;Bootland2,000
13 November 1948HamiltonH5-3Stirling(3);Goldie;Bootland3,000
20 November 1948Dunfermline AthleticH3-3Goldie;Stirling;Bootland
27 November 1948KilmarnockA2-4Grant(2)7,000
4 December 1948AirdrieH0-44,000
11 December 1948Stirling AlbionH1-5Grant2,500
18 December 1948St JohnstoneA1-3Stirling6,000
25 December 1948Ayr UnitedH0-03,000
1 January 1949Queen's ParkA0-25,000
3 January 1949StenhousemuirH2-2Spiers(2)
8 January 1949Dundee UnitedA0-48,000
15 January 1949CowdenbeathH1-3Stirling
29 January 1949ArbroathA0-33,000
12 February 1949Alloa AthleticA4-2Goldie(3);McLean4,000
26 February 1949HamiltonA0-42,500
5 March 1949Dunfermline AthleticA2-3Spiers(2)
12 March 1949KilmarnockH2-2Goldie;OG2,500
19 March 1949AirdrieA1-3Stirling
26 March 1949Stirling AlbionA1-3Goldie6,000
2 April 1949St JohnstoneH1-0Cantwell1,000
9 April 1949Raith RoversH0-1
16 April 1949Alloa AthleticH5-3Cantwell(2);Spiers;Goldie;McLean

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
22 January 19491KilmarnockH5-2Goldie(3);Stirling;McLean)10,000
5 February 19492Dundee UnitedH1-1Hepburn9,000
9 February 19492RDundee UnitedA3-1Grant;Stirling;McLean10,000
19 February 19493HeartsA0-330,241

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
11 September 1948PAirdrieA1-8Bootland7,500
18 September 1948PAyr UnitedH1-2Goldie3,000
25 September 1948PArbroathA2-4Goldie;McNee,C4,000
2 October 1948PAirdrieH0-53,000
9 October 1948PAyr UnitedA1-2Bootland6,000
16 October 1948PArbroathH1-1Cantwell3,000

Supplementary Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
25 August 19481CowdenbeathA2-4Lynch;Crichton

Stirlingshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
18 April 19491FalkirkH7-1Goldie(2);Spiers(2);Cantwell(2);Donegan

Appearances

Dumbarton used 23 players for the 41 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and Supplementary Cup matches, as detailed below. Tom Donegan featured in all but one of these matches. Note that unnamed trialist(s) played in two matches[1]

Player Position[2] Appearances Goals
Scotland Charlie Bootland FW 1810
Scotland Jackie Cantwell FW 164
Scotland Johnny Crichton FW 73
Scotland Bobby Donaldson MF 32
Scotland Tom Donegan FW 402
Scotland George Ferguson DF 31
Scotland John Fulton MF 9
Scotland Hugh Goldie FW 3817
Scotland Peter Grant FW 397
Scotland Ian Hepburn MF 26
Scotland Jim Jamieson GK 8
Scotland Matt Lynch MF 333
Scotland Gordon McFarlane MF 7
Scotland Archie McIndewar FW 7
Scotland Neil McLean FW 144
Scotland Chris McNee FW 111
Scotland Jack McNee DF 37
Scotland Alex Menzies MF 13
Scotland George Paton GK 31
Scotland Joe Spiers FW 75
Scotland Bob Stirling FW 2311
Scotland Ormond Tyrell GK 1
Scotland Willie Walmsley FW 1

Reserve Team

Dumbarton played only one competitive 'reserve' fixture by entering the Scottish Second XI Cup where they lost in the first round to Partick Thistle.

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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