1898–99 Dumbarton F.C. season
1898–99 season | |||
Stadium | Boghead Park, Dumbarton | ||
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Scottish Cup | First Round | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: All: Willie Speedie | ||
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Season 1898–99 was the 26th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level entering the Scottish Cup for the 26th time and the Scottish Qualifying Cup for the first time.
Overview
For a second season Dumbarton were without league fixtures, and the task of building a fixture list with attractive opponents was becoming more difficult.
Since 1895, the smaller clubs required to enter the Scottish Qualifying Cup in order to gain access to the Scottish Cup proper. This season, for the first time, Dumbarton were required to pre-qualify for the Scottish Cup and did so by reaching the fourth round of the Qualifying Cup before losing out to Renton.
Dumbarton's appearance in the Scottish Cup itself was short-lived and were knocked out in the first round by East Stirlingshire.[1]
Locally, however, Dumbarton continued to dominate by retaining the Dumbartonshire Cup, beating Vale of Leven in a two-legged semi final then Renton in the final.
During the season, 15 'other' matches were played, including close defeats home and away against Celtic, and fixtures against Ayrshire Cup holders, Kilmarnock, Lanarkshire Cup holders, Airdrie and Perthshire Cup holders, Fair City Athletic. Of these matches, 6 were won and 9 lost, scoring 45 goals and conceding 45.
Results
Win |
Draw |
Loss |
All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.
Scottish Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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14 January 1899 | R1 | East Stirlingshire | A | 1-4 | Gillies | 4,000 |
Scottish Qualifying Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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24 September 1898 | R1 | Linthouse | H | 6-2 | Speedie(2);Littlejohn(2);Thomson;Miller;J | |
8 October 1898 | R2 | Thornliebank | A | 4-2 | Speedie;Littlejohn;unknown(2) | |
22 October 1898 | R3 | Glasgow University | H | 7-1 | Miller,J(3);Speedie(2);Littlejohn(2) | |
5 November 1898 | R4 | Renton | A | 2-3 | Speedie;unknown |
Dumbartonshire Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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11 February 1899 | SF1 | Vale of Leven | A | 2-3 | Speedie(2) | |
25 February 1899 | SF2 | Vale of Leven | H | 4-0 | Mackie;unknown(3) | |
22 April 1899 | F | Renton | A | 6-3 | Speedie(2);Mackie(2);unknown(2) | 600 |
Other matches
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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24 August 1898 | Celtic | H | 1–3 | Mackie | 4,500 |
27 August 1898 | Vale of Leven | A | 3–0 | Ward(2);Mackie | |
17 September 1898 | Kilmarnock | A | 2–8 | unknown | |
1 October 1898 | Renton | H | 2–3 | unknown | |
15 October 1898 | Scottish Amateur XI | H | 3–4 | Gillies(2);Morrice | |
10 November 1898 | Celtic | A | 2–3 | Littlejohn;Speedie | 2,500 |
26 November 1898 | Linthouse | H | 5–3 | Speedie(2);Gillies;Miller,J;Wingate | |
3 December 1898 | Queen's Park | A | 2–8 | Mackie;Speedie | |
10 December 1898 | Airdrie | H | 7–1 | Miller,J(2);Wingate(2)Speedie;Morrice;Littlejohn | |
24 December 1898 | Renton | A | 0–2 | ||
7 January 1899 | King's Park | H | 6–0 | Miller,J(2);Morrice;Mackie;Gillies;Wingate | |
4 February 1899 | Dundee | A | 3–5 | Wingate;unknown(2) | |
18 February 1899 | Renton | H | 4–1 | Lang;Speedie;Gillies;unknown | |
18 March 1899 | Fair City Athletic | A | 3–4 | unknown | |
8 April 1899 | Ayr Parkhouse | A | 2–0 | unknown |
Appearances
Dumbarton used 14 players for 5 Scottish Cup and Qualifying Cup matches, as detailed below.[2]
Player | Position[3] | Appearances | Goals[4] |
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John Gillan | HB | 4 | |
Alexander Gillies | FW | 4 | 1 |
Robert Hendry | FW | 1 | |
Kennedy | HB | 4 | |
James Littlejohn | FW | 4 | 5 |
Lewis Mackie | FW | 5 | |
Andrew Mauchlen | BK | 5 | |
G Millar | GK | 5 | |
John Miller | FW | 5 | 4 |
Henry Mitchell | HB | 3 | |
Morrice | HB | 5 | |
Willie Speedie | FW | 5 | 6 |
Daniel Thomson | BK | 4 | 1 |
Thomas Wingate | FW | 1 |
Reserve Team
Dumbarton lost in the second round of the Scottish Second XI Cup to Rangers.
Scottish Second XI Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result |
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? | R1 | Renton | A | ? |
? | R2 | Rangers | H | ? |
See also
References
- ↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
- ↑ 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 backs, three half backs and five forwards).
- ↑ Due to the limited reporting of football at the time, the scorers of 3 of the 19 goals scored in Scottish Qualifying Cup matches are unknown.