1954–55 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1954–1955 season

Manager

Peter McGown

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League C Division (South West)

4th

Scottish Cup

Third Round

Scottish Supplementary League Cup

Prelims

Top goalscorer

League: Hughie Gallacher (27)
All: Hughie Gallacher (32)

← 1953–54

1955–56 →

Season 1954–55 was the 78th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the 60th time.

Overview

With club finances re-structured, a new manager (Peter McGown having taken over from Willie Irvine) and a new youthful team in place, the season was approached with some confidence, in the knowledge that only winning the league would guarantee a return to the top 'tiers' of Scottish football.

However, things were not going to be easy, since apart from Stranraer, their league opponents would be the reserve (or 'A') sides of the bigger clubs from the top two divisions - and so it was to prove, for despite challenging strongly throughout the season, only a 4th place out of 13 was achieved, Nevertheless, league re-construction at the end of the season meant that the Divisions C were brought to an end, with Dumbarton, Stranraer, Montrose, East Stirling and Berwick Rangers all joining a revamped 19 team Second Division for season 1955-56.

In the Scottish Cup, there was an early exit with Dumbarton losing to Montrose in the third round.

No progress was made from the sectional games in the Supplementary League Cup, finishing 5th of 7, with four wins and two draws from 12 matches.

There was also a first round defeat in the Stirlingshire Cup, to East Stirling.

In addition to league and cup duties, a number of friendlies were played, including an impressive win against a strong Dundee side.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1954–55 in Scottish football

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
6 November 1954	Motherwell 'A'	H	3-0	Johnston;Gallacher,H;Heaney
13 November 1954	Airdrie 'A'	A	3-3	Gallacher,H(3)
20 November 1954	Ayr United 'A'	A	5-1	Gallacher,H(2);Johnston;Heaney;Auld
27 November 1954	Clyde 'A'	H	4-1	Gallacher,H;Johnston;Anderson;Auld	2,200
4 December 1954	St Mirren 'A'	H	2-2	Gallacher,H;Heaney
18 December 1954	Motherwell 'A'	A	2-1	Gallacher,H(2)
25 December 1954	Queen's Park Strollers	A	3-4	Gallacher,H;Heaney;OG
1 January 1955	Rangers 'A'	H	1-1	Gallacher,H
3 January 1955	Stranraer	A	3-3	Heaney(2);Anderson
8 January 1955	Stranraer	H	1-3	Gallacher,H
29 January 1955	Queen of the South 'A'	H	3-1	Liddell(3)
5 February 1955	Third Lanark 'A'	H	2-0	Johnston;Heaney
12 February 1955	Kilmarnock 'A'	H	2-1	McKay;Heaney
19 February 1955	Queen's Park Strollers	H	2-1	McDonald;Heaney	2,100
5 March 1955	Airdrie 'A'	H	7-1	Gallacher,H(3);Liddell(3);Johnston
12 March 1955	Ayr United 'A'	H	1-1	Gallacher,H
19 March 1955	Clyde 'A'	A	1-4	Gallacher,H
26 March 1955	St Mirren 'A'	H	1-1	Gallacher,H
9 April 1955	Partick Thistle 'A'	A	4-1	Gallacher,H(3);McDonald
16 April 1955	Queen of the South 'A'	H	4-1	Gallacher,H(2);Vine;Auld
18 April 1955	Third Lanark 'A'	A	2-1	Gallacher,H(2)
23 April 1955	Kilmarnock 'A'	A	0-4
27 April 1955	Rangers 'A'	A	0-3
30 April 1955	Partick Thistle 'A'	H	2-8	Gallacher,H;OG

League table

Top Four

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Partick Thistle 'A'	24	18	4	2	89	36	53	40
2	Rangers 'A'	24	16	4	4	53	26	27	36
3	St Mirren 'A'	24	14	6	4	57	39	18	34
4	Dumbarton	24	12	6	6	58	46	12	30

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1954–55 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
9 October 1954	3	Montrose	A	1-3	Anderson	2,000

Scottish Supplementary League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
14 August 1954	P	Third Lanark 'A'	A	0-1
18 August 1954	P	Rangers 'A'	H	2-3	Hepburn;Clements
21 August 1954	P	St Mirren 'A'	H	0-3
25 August 1954	P	Queen's Park Strollers	H	2-1	Duff(2)
28 August 1954	P	Third Lanark 'A'	H	1-0	Gallacher,H
1 September 1954	P	Clyde 'A'	A	2-2	McCall;Gallacher,H
8 September 1954	P	Queen's Park Strollers	A	1-0	McCall
13 September 1954	P	St Mirren 'A'	H	2-4	McCall;Walsh
18 September 1954	P	Clyde 'A'	H	0-2
2 October 1954	P	Partick Thistle 'A'	H	2-0	Gallacher,H(2)
25 April 1955	P	Partick Thistle 'A'	A	1-1	Gallacher,H
2 May 1955	P	Rangers 'A'	A	0-2

Section Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers 'A'	12	10	1	1	33	17	15	21
2	St Mirren 'A'	12	6	3	3	30	18	12	15
3	Partick Thistle 'A'	12	7	1	4	32	22	10	15
4	Clyde 'A'	12	4	3	5	23	28	–5	11
5	Dumbarton	12	4	2	6	13	19	–6	10
6	Queens Park Strollers	12	2	2	8	16	28	–12	6
7	Third Lanark 'A'	12	3	0	9	20	35	–15	6

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
23 October 1954	1	East Stirling	H	2-4	Gallacher,H;Vine

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5 August 1954	Third Lanark	A	1-2	unknown
11 September 1954	Dundee	A	1-0	Gallacher,H
25 September 1954	Kilmarnock 'A'	H	4-2	Gallacher,H(2);unknown
16 October 1954	Hibernian 'A'	H	0-3
11 December 1954	Hearts 'A'	H	2-3	Gallacher,H;Welsh	2,000
26 February 1955	Motherwell 'A'	H	0-8

Appearances

Dumbarton used 38 players for the 37 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish Supplementary League Cup matches, as detailed below. John McKay was best as the only player to feature in all of these matches. Note that unnamed trialist(s) played in two occasions.^[1]

Player	Position^[2]	Appearances	Goals
Anderson	FW	17	3
Bertie Auld	FW	19	3
Les Brown	FW	6
Joe Cadden	MF	7
Clements	FW	1	1
Don Cornock	MF	30
Tommy Craig	MF	2
Jim Davie	MF	5
Docherty	FW	1
Duff	FW	2	2
Jackie Fearn	FW	1
Jimmy Finnie	FW	1
Fraser	FW	1
Hugh Gallacher	FW	34	32
Joe Gallacher	MF	25
Willie Gibson	FW	1
Gilhooly	MF	8
Jim Gray	DF	33
John Heaney	FW	26	9
Tony Hepburn	FW	2	1
Tommy Irwin	MF	1
Joe Johnston	FW	22	5
Lawrence Leslie	GK	1
George Liddell	FW	10	6
Jim Maguire	FW	2
Alex Mayberry	FW	2
Gerry McCaffrey	FW	2
John McCall	MF	32	3
McCloy	FW	4
Jimmy McDonald	FW	2	1
John McKay	DF	37
Moran	MF	4
Wallace Murdoch	GK	22
Jimmy Ritchie	GK	15
Sandford	FW	2
Jimmy Timmins	FW	1
Jim Vine	FW	11	1
Walsh	FW	15	1

Reserve Team

Dumbarton only played one official 'reserve' match in the Second XI Cup, losing in the first round to Clyde, after a replay.

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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1954–55 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

League table

Scottish Cup

Scottish Supplementary League Cup

Section Table

Stirlingshire Cup

Other Matches

Appearances

Reserve Team

See also

References

External links