1944–45 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1944–1945 season
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Southern League 13th
Summer Cup First Round
League Cup South Prelims
Top goalscorer League: Willie Reid (13)
All: Willie Reid (15)

Season 1944–45 was the 68th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level and the sixth season of special wartime football during World War II.

Overview

Four seasons of improving performances were not to be continued, with Dumbarton suffering a disastrous start to the campaign which saw only 3 points earned from the first 11 games. Things were not helped by a high 'turn-over' of playing staff and Dumbarton slumped to 13th out of 16 in the Scottish Southern League with 21 points - 38 behind champions Rangers.

The cup results were no better, with Dumbarton again failing to escape from their qualifying section in the League Cup South.

In the Summer Cup, Dumbarton suffered another first round defeat, this time to Partick Thistle.

Note that Jackie Milne was appointed manager in June 1945.

Finally, the number of goals conceded in all games during the season was 104, the 11th time the 'century' had been broken.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Southern League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
12 August 1944MotherwellA3-4Reid;Brooks;Stead5,000
19 August 1944Partick ThistleH4-1Brooks(2);Reid;Timmins5,500
26 August 1944St MirrenA2-4Brooks;McLean7,000
2 September 1944HibernianH0-33,500
9 September 1944FalkirkA1-5McLean4,000
16 September 1944CelticH0-37,000
23 September 1944AirdrieA1-3Brooks3,000
30 September 1944Third LanarkH2-5Timmins(2)3,000
7 October 1944Queen's ParkH2-2Timmins;Mooney2,500
14 October 1944HeartsA0-45,000
21 October 1944MortonH0-45,000
28 October 1944Albion RoversA4-2Hepburn(2);Brooks;Reid1,000
11 November 1944RangersA2-5Brawley;Dolan12,000
18 November 1944ClydeH3-0Reid(2);Milne6,000
25 November 1944MotherwellH2-6Marshall(2)6,000
2 December 1944Partick ThistleA2-1Brooks;Reid5,000
9 December 1944St MirrenH3-1Pritchard;Reid;Murphy4,000
16 December 1944HibernianA0-05,000
23 December 1944AirdrieH2-0Reid(2)2,500
30 December 1944CelticA1-2Marshall9,000
1 January 1945FalkirkH1-4Brawley
2 January 1945ClydeA1-7Timmins
6 January 1945Third LanarkA2-0MacMillan;Marshall5,000
13 January 1945Queen's ParkA0-24,000
3 February 1945Albion RoversH3-2Pritchard(2);Filshie2,000
10 February 1945HamiltonA3-3Reid(2);Murphy1,000
17 February 1945RangersH3-6Milne;Murphy;OG4,000
7 April 1945MortonA1-2Reid5,000
21 April 1945HeartsH3-2Hepburn;Reid;Boyd1,300
28 April 1945HamiltonH0-2

League Cup South

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
24 February 1945PMotherwellA1-2Murphy4,000
3 March 1945PHeartsH0-04,000
10 March 1945PSt MirrenH5-1Brawley(2);Hepburn;Reid;Murphy3,000
17 March 1945PMotherwellH2-2Hepburn;Pritchard7,000
24 March 1945PHeartsA2-6Brawley;Reid15,000
31 March 1945PSt MirrenA1-3Filshie3,000

Summer Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
26 May 19451(1)Partick ThistleH4-4Murphy(2);Hepburn;Browning7,000
2 June 19451(2)Partick ThistleA1-2Timmins5,000

Appearances

Dumbarton used 39 players for the 38 League, Cup and League Cup matches, as detailed below. Willie Reid topped the 'selection chart' by featuring in 33 of these matches. Note that unnamed trialist(s) played in three matches.[1]

Player Position[2] Appearances Goals
Scotland Brendan Bell GK 2
Scotland Andrew Boyd FW 21
Scotland Tom Brawley MF 285
Scotland George Brooks FW 207
Scotland John Browning MF 21
Scotland George Campbell FW 27
Scotland Andy Cheyne DF 12
Scotland John Craig MF 6
Scotland Dolan FW 11
Scotland Bobby Donaldson MF 4
Scotland Frank Douglas MF 2
Scotland James Dover GK 9
Scotland Andrew Easton MF 1
Scotland Alexander Filshie FW 92
Scotland Stan Gullan GK 7
Scotland Hugh Hart MF 3
Scotland John Hepburn[3] FW 286
Scotland Jim Hoey GK 16
Scotland James Hoy DF 7
Scotland Alex Kay DF 26
Scotland Donald MacMillan FW 81
England Cliff Mansley MF 1
Scotland Ernest Marshall FW 154
Scotland Victor McAloney FW 1
Scotland Andrew McAlpine MF 3
Scotland Gordon McFarlane MF 2
Scotland James McGowan FW 2
Scotland Albert McLean FW 5
Scotland Jackie Milne MF 222
Scotland Mooney FW 71
Scotland John Mulvaney DF 4
Scotland Robert Murphy FW 267
Scotland A Vincent Pritchard FW 84
Scotland Willie Reid[4] FW 3315
Scotland Angus Stead FW 61
Scotland Jimmy Timmins MF 236
Scotland Robert Torrance MF 8
Scotland Robert Wallace DF 25
Scotland David Watson GK 4

Reserve Team

Dumbarton's Second XI had similar disappointing fortunes during the season to the first team.

In the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost in the first round to Falkirk, and finished 9th (of 11) in the Glasgow & District Reserve League.

See also

References

  1. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  2. The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two defenders, three midfielders and five forwards).
  3. The League Cup South tie against St Mirren on 31 March marked John Hepburn's 100th appearance for the club in all national competitions.
  4. The league match against Morton on 7 April marked Willie Reid's 100th appearance for the club in all national competitions.

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