1953–54 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1953–1954 season

Manager

William Irvine

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League B Division

16th

Scottish Cup

First Round

Scottish League Cup

Prelims

Top goalscorer

League: Jackie Malloch (13)
All: Jackie Malloch (14)

← 1952–53

1954–55 →

Season 1953–54 was the 77th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 48th time, the Scottish Cup for the 59th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 8th time.

Overview

After three seasons of mid-table finishes, Dumbarton fell to rock-bottom 16th place, with 22 points, 23 behind champions Motherwell. As Division C (North-East) was won by Brechin City this effectively relegated Dumbarton - the first time in 50 years that the club would play league football outside the top two divisions.

In the Scottish Cup, there was another disappointing first round exit with Dumbarton losing to Stirling Albion.

Another 'bottom' finish (4th of 4) was recorded in the League Cup sectional games, with only a single win and a draw from 6 matches.

And to complete a disastrous season, Dumbarton's grip on the Stirlingshire Cup was easily released by defeat in the first round to Falkirk.

Note that as the previous Stirlingshire Cup champions, Dumbarton were drawn to meet Buckie Thistle in the semi-final of the Dewar Shield - an annual competition between the county champions of Aberdeenshire, Forfarshire, Perthshire and Stirlingshire - but in the end Dumbarton withdrew.

Finally the number of goals conceded in all games during the season was 116, the 14th time this unwanted 'century' had been broken.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1953–54 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5 September 1953	Dundee United	A	1-2	Malloch	8,000
12 September 1953	Albion Rovers	H	5-1	Malloch(2);Donegan;McGairy;McCaffrey
19 September 1953	Morton	A	0-8
26 September 1953	Dunfermline Athletic	H	4-4	Donegan(2);McGairy;Malloch
3 October 1953	Queen's Park	A	0-6
10 October 1953	Ayr United	H	3-1	Malloch(2);Irwin
17 October 1953	Forfar Athletic	A	2-1	McGairy;Malloch
24 October 1953	Alloa Athletic	H	0-0		2,500
31 October 1953	Cowdenbeath	A	1-6	Cumming
7 November 1953	Motherwell	H	1-4	McGairy	5,000
14 November 1953	Kilmarnock	H	2-5	Shaw;McGairy
21 November 1953	Arbroath	A	3-2	Malloch(2);Goldie
28 November 1953	Stenhousemuir	A	0-6
12 December 1953	Third Lanark	A	1-2	Goldie	5,000
19 December 1953	Dundee United	H	2-2	Shaw;Weir	3,000
26 December 1953	Albion Rovers	A	1-4	Hepburn
1 January 1954	Morton	H	2-4	Weir;Hepburn
2 January 1954	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1-6	Goldie
9 January 1954	Queen's Park	H	1-1	Goldie
16 January 1954	Ayr United	A	0-0		3,500
23 January 1954	Forfar Athletic	H	0-1
6 February 1954	Alloa Athletic	A	2-2	McGairy(2)
20 February 1954	Cowdenbeath	H	2-2	Malloch;Hepburn
6 March 1954	Kilmarnock	A	2-7	Weir;Bell,T
13 March 1954	Arbroath	H	1-0	Malloch
20 March 1954	Stenhousemuir	H	1-2	Bell,T
27 March 1954	St Johnstone	A	1-3	Malloch
10 April 1954	Motherwell	A	6-6	Gibson(2);Weir(2);Donegan;Malloch
17 April 1954	St Johnstone	H	3-2	Maguire(2);Gibson
28 April 1954	Third Lanark	H	3-2	Hepburn(3)

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1953–54 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
30 January 1954	1	Stirling Albion	A	1-2	McGairy	6,086

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1953–54 Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
8 August 1953	P	Forfar Athletic	A	1-2	Malloch
12 August 1953	P	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1-3	Goldie
15 August 1953	P	Arbroath	H	3-0	Donegan(2);Goldie	4,000
22 August 1953	P	Forfar Athletic	H	0-0		3,000
26 August 1953	P	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1-6	Irwin
29 August 1953	P	Arbroath	A	0-4

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
7 September 1953	1	Falkirk	A	0-5

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
27 February 1954	Stranraer	A	2-2	Bell,T;McCaffrey
24 April 1954	Stranraer	H	3-0	unknown

Appearances

Dumbarton used 29 players for the 37 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Hugh Shaw was best by featuring in 31 of these matches.^[1]

Player	Position^[2]	Appearances	Goals
Danny Bell	DF	24
Tommy Bell	FW	10	2
John Black	MF	11
Ray Brown	FW	7
Don Cornock	MF	19
Andy Crossan	MF	2
Dick Cumming	FW	3	1
Jim Davie	MF	12
Tom Donegan	FW	29	6
H Doyle	MF	1
George Ferguson	DF	30
Willie Gibson	FW	8	3
Hugh Goldie	FW	23	6
Tony Hepburn	FW	21	6
Tommy Irwin	MF	13	2
Jim Maguire	FW	3	2
Jackie Malloch	FW	26	14
Tommy Martin	FW	4
Gerry McCaffrey	FW	16	1
Don McDonald	MF	2
Tom McGairy	FW	17	8
Jack McNee	DF	17
J McQueen	MF	1
Wallace Murdoch	GK	23
Walter Scott	GK	14
Hugh Shaw	MF	31	2
Jimmy Stevenson	MF	2
Jock Weir	FW	17	5
Jimmy Whyte	MF	21

Reserve Team

Dumbarton only played one official 'reserve' match in the Second XI Cup, losing in the first round to Third Lanark.

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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1953–54 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Stirlingshire Cup

Other Matches

Appearances

Reserve Team

See also

References

External links