1952–53 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1952–1953 season

Manager

William Irvine

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League B Division

10th

Scottish Cup

First Round

Scottish League Cup

Prelims

Top goalscorer

League: Jackie Malloch (17)
All: Jackie Malloch (18)

← 1951–52

1953–54 →

Season 1952–53 was the 76th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 47th time, the Scottish Cup for the 58th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 7th time.

Overview

An uncharacteristic good start to the league campaign saw 5 points taken from the first 3 games, but this form was unable to be maintained and Dumbarton finished in a mid-table 10th place, 16 behind champions Stirling Albion.

In the Scottish Cup, there was a quick exit at the first hurdle with Dumbarton losing to Cowdenbeath.

Despite an unbeaten home record in the League Cup sectional games, with two wins and a draw - three away defeats, including an 1-11 thrashing by Ayr United (matching Dumbarton's heaviest defeat recorded in the 1925-26 season) ensured that Dumbarton finished 3rd of 4, resulting in no further progress in this competition.

However, silverware was achieved, with a first win in the Stirlingshire Cup, where Dumbarton defeated East Stirling in the final.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1952–53 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
8 September 1952	Albion Rovers	H	1-0	Irwin	3,500
13 September 1952	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2-2	Malloch(2)	4,000
20 September 1952	Queen's Park	H	2-1	McCaffrey;Finnie	4,000
27 September 1952	Ayr United	A	0-5		7,000
4 October 1952	Forfar Athletic	H	2-1	Irwin(2)
11 October 1952	Morton	A	1-6	Irwin	5,000
18 October 1952	Dundee United	H	1-3	Frame	2,500
25 October 1952	Alloa Athletic	A	1-4	Finnie
1 November 1952	Arbroath	H	5-5	Malloch(3);Gibbons(2)	2,000
8 November 1952	Kilmarnock	A	1-2	Frame
15 November 1952	Hamilton	A	1-3	Tait
22 November 1952	Cowdenbeath	H	4-0	Shaw;Donegan;Malloch;Frame
29 November 1952	St Johnstone	A	2-3	McCaffrey;Tait
6 December 1952	Stenhousemuir	H	1-0	Irwin
13 December 1952	Stirling Albion	A	1-2	Finnie
20 December 1952	Albion Rovers	A	1-3	Malloch
27 December 1952	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1-1	McCaffrey
1 January 1953	Queen's Park	A	0-1
3 January 1953	Ayr United	H	2-2	Shaw;Swan
10 January 1953	Forfar Athletic	A	2-5	Shaw;Donegan
17 January 1953	Morton	H	4-2	Malloch(2);Shaw;Donegan
31 January 1953	Dundee United	A	3-2	Irwin(2);Malloch	15,000
14 February 1953	Alloa Athletic	H	4-2	Donegan(2);McCaffrey;Malloch
21 February 1953	Arbroath	A	1-2	Scott
28 February 1953	Kilmarnock	H	4-2	Shaw;Bell,T;Maxwell;Scott
7 March 1953	Hamilton	H	1-2	McCaffrey
14 March 1953	Cowdenbeath	A	2-2	McCaffrey(2)	2,000
21 March 1953	St Johnstone	H	2-2	Malloch;OG
28 March 1953	Stenhousemuir	A	2-1	Malloch(2)
4 April 1953	Stirling Albion	H	4-1	Malloch(3);Finnie

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1952–53 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
24 January 1953	1	Cowdenbeath	H	1-3	Shaw	6,000

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1952–53 Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
9 August 1952	P	Dundee United	H	3-1	Donegan;Finnie;OG	3,000
13 August 1952	P	Ayr United	A	1-11	Donegan
16 August 1952	P	Stirling Albion	A	0-3		7,000
23 August 1952	P	Dundee United	H	0-1		7,000
27 August 1952	P	Ayr United	H	1-1	Finnie	3,000
30 August 1952	P	Stirling Albion	H	2-1	Irwin;Malloch

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
25 April 1953	SF	Alloa Athletic	H	2-2	Scott;Malloch
28 April 1953	SFR	Alloa Athletic	A	4-1	Malloch(2);Scott;Frame
9 May 1953	F	East Stirling	A	3-1	Finnie(2);unknown

Appearances

Dumbarton used 25 players for the 37 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. George Ferguson and Gerry McCaffrey were best by featuring in 33 of these matches. Note that an unnamed trialist played in one match.^[1]

Player	Position^[2]	Appearances	Goals
Danny Bell	DF	15
Tommy Bell	FW	2	1
Jack Cameron	DF	3
Tom Donegan	FW	24	7
George Ferguson	DF	33
Jim Finnie	FW	21	6
Jimmy Frame	FW	11	3
W Gaston	FW	1
John Gibbons	FW	4	2
John Glover	FW	1
Tommy Irwin	MF	27	8
Jackie Malloch	FW	31	18
Jim Maxwell	FW	6	1
Gerry McCaffrey	FW	33	7
Don McDonald	MF	18
Jack McNee	DF	16
Wallace Murdoch	GK	30
George Paton	GK	7
Jimmy Scott	FW	20	1
Hugh Shaw	MF	31	6
Jackie Swan	FW	10	1
Andy Tait	MF	31	2
Jimmy Whyte	MF	31
Jimmy Wilson	FW	1

Reserve Team

Dumbarton only played one competitive 'reserve' fixture - in the Second XI Cup - but lost in the first round to St Mirren.

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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1952–53 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Stirlingshire Cup

Appearances

Reserve Team

See also

References

External links