1958–59 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1958–1959 season

Manager

Peter McGown

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division 2

4th

Scottish Cup

Second Round

Scottish League Cup

Prelims

Top goalscorer

League: Hugh Gallacher (23)
All: Hugh Gallacher (26)

← 1957–58

1959–60 →

Season 1958–59 was the 82nd football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 52nd time, the Scottish Cup for the 64th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 12th time.

Overview

This was to be another 'almost' season for Dumbarton in Division 2, but as in the previous campaign the final run-in was to be decisive with only one win taken from the last six games. It was to be 4th place again, with 45 points, 15 behind champions Ayr United.

In the Scottish Cup, after a good win over Highland League opposition, Division 1 opponents Kilmarnock were to prove to be too good for Dumbarton in the second round.

In the League Cup, qualification was there for the taking, with 3 wins and a draw from the first 5 games, but a final home defeat to Arbroath meant that Dumbarton would miss out again on progression.

Locally Dumbarton lost out to Stenhousemuir in the semi final of the Stirlingshire Cup.

The failure to secure promotion was to result in manager, Peter McGown's resignation - and he was to be replaced by Bobby Combe - who was appointed as the club's first full-time manager.

Finally, Dumbarton scored 133 goals in all games during the seaon - the 11th time (and the fourth season in a row) that the 'century' had been broken.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1958–59 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
20 August 1958	Alloa Athletic	A	5-3	Smillie(3);Brown,L;Whalen	5,013
3 September 1958	Brechin City	H	2-3	Gallacher;Stewart
6 September 1958	Queens Park	H	1-0	McBriar
10 September 1958	East Stirling	A	2-3	Gallacher;OG
13 September 1958	Montrose	A	6-1	Smillie(3);Whalen(2);Stewart
16 September 1958	Brechin City	A	1-2	Smillie
20 September 1958	Dundee United	H	4-3	Combe(2);Brown,L;Smillie	4,000
27 September 1958	Berwick Rangers	A	3-0	Whalen;Smillie;OG	1913
4 October 1958	Morton	H	6-1	Smith(3);Stewart(3)	5,500
11 October 1958	St Johnstone	A	1-1	Smith
18 October 1958	Cowdenbeath	H	4-2	Smillie(4)
25 October 1958	Stranraer	A	3-2	Cunningham;Beveridge;Smith
1 November 1958	Ayr United	H	1-2	Stewart	7,000
8 November 1958	Arbroath	A	4-5	Gallacher(4)	3,173
22 November 1958	Stenhousemuir	A	0-2
29 November 1958	Albion Rovers	A	2-1	Gallacher;Smith
6 December 1958	Forfar Athletic	H	1-1	Gallacher
13 December 1958	East Fife	A	6-2	Whalen(3);Donnachie(2);Gallacher	2,000
20 December 1958	Hamilton	H	6-3	Gallacher(3);Donnachie(2);Combe	4,000
27 December 1958	Alloa Athletic	H	1-1	Combe	3,000
1 January 1959	Queens Park	A	4-2	Gallacher(2);McDonald;Combe
3 January 1959	Montrose	H	3-1	McCormack;Gallacher;Combe	4,000
10 January 1959	Dundee United	A	1-1	Whalen	3,000
24 January 1959	Morton	A	1-1	Gallacher
7 February 1959	St Johnstone	H	1-1	Govan
21 February 1959	Stranraer	H	4-1	Cunningham;Brown,L;Whalen;Combe	1,200
28 February 1959	East Fife	A	5-0	Gallacher(2);Craig;Stewart;Smith	2,000
7 March 1959	Arbroath	H	2-0	Gallacher;Stewart	5,100
21 March 1959	Stenhousemuir	H	5-1	Smith(3);Stewart(2)
28 March 1959	Albion Rovers	H	2-0	Gallacher;Stewart	4,000
4 April 1959	Forfar Athletic	A	1-3	Smith	1,600
18 April 1959	Hamilton	A	1-4	Gray
20 April 1959	Cowdenbeath	A	2-2	Stewart;OG
25 April 1959	East Stirling	H	2-1	Gallacher(2)	2,500
27 April 1959	Ayr United	A	1-3	Gallacher
29 April 1959	Berwick Rangers	H	0-2

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1958–59 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
31 January 1959	1	Buckie Thistle	H	4-0	Gallacher(2);Combe;Stewart	6,313
14 February 1959	2	Kilmarnock	H	2-8	Whalen;Gallacher	10,804

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1958–59 Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
9 August 1958	P	Queens Park	H	3-3	Brown,L;Beveridge;Stewart
13 August 1958	P	Alloa Athletic	A	3-1	Stewart(2);Combe
16 August 1958	P	Arbroath	A	3-6	Brown,L(2);Stewart
23 August 1958	P	Queens Park	A	3-0	Smillie(2);Brown,L	5,000
27 August 1958	P	Alloa Athletic	H	3-1	Brown,L(2);Smillie	4,400
30 August 1958	P	Arbroath	H	0-1		6,500

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
8 December 1958	1	Alloa Athletic	A	4-0	Donnachie;Combe;Brown,L;Gallacher
10 March 1959	SF	Stenhousemuir	A	1-2	unknown

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
6 October 1958	Raith Rovers	H	1-1	Whalen	3,000
20 October 1958	Accrington Stanley	H	1-1	Stewart	5,000
15 November 1958	Scottish Command XI (Army)	H	1-0	Trialist
20 December 1958	Johnstone Burgh	H	5-3	McInnes;Smillie(2);Symington;McCormack
7 April 1959	Morton	H	4-1	Whalen(2);Gallacher(2)

Appearances

Dumbarton used 28 players for the 44 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Tommy Craig and Andy Jardine were best by featuring in all of these matches.^[1]

Player	Position^[2]	Appearances	Goals
Ian Beveridge	FW	3	2
John Bonnar	GK	30
Jim Brown	FW	1
Les Brown	FW	43	9
Tommy Brown	FW	2
Stevie Chalmers	FW	1
Bobby Combe	FW	30	9
Tommy Craig	MF	44	1
George Cunningham	MF	42	2
Alex Donnachie	FW	16	4
Hugh Gallacher	FW	26	26
Tommy Govan	DF	37	1
Jim Gray	DF	3	1
Peter Haggerty	MF	3
Andy Jardine	DF	44
Frank McBriar	MF	1	1
John McCall	MF	11
Jim McCormack	MF	6	1
Jack McDade	DF	1
McDonald	FW	1	1
Bobby McInnes	MF	2
Con Murray	GK	14
Robert Paterson	DF	3
Jimmy Smillie	FW	14	16
John Smith	MF	38	11
Charlie Stewart	FW	40	17
Willie Symington	FW	1
Tom Whalen	FW	27	10

Reserve Team

Dumbarton played a 'reserve' team in the Combined Reserve League. The season was split into two 'series' - with Dumbarton finishing runners up to Morton in the First Series (with 4 wins and 2 draws from 8 games) and winning the Second (with 6 wins from 8 games).

In addition, Dumbarton entered the Scottish Second XI Cup but were knocked out in the first round by Rangers.

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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1958–59 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