1947–48 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1947–1948 season
Manager William Guthrie
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League B Division 11th
Scottish Cup Third Round
Scottish League Cup Prelims
B Division Supplementary Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League: John Wardlaw (13)
All: Jackie Cantwell (16)
← 1946–47 1948–49 →

Season 1947–48 was the 71st Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 42nd time, the Scottish Cup for the 53rd time and the Scottish League Cup for the 2nd time.

Overview

A poor start, which saw only one point taken from the first 5 league games, meant that any hopes of challenging for promotion were quickly dashed and eventually Dumbarton finished 11th out of 16 with 25 points - 28 behind champions East Fife.

In the Scottish Cup, after negotiating a tricky trip to the Highlands, Dumbarton were defeated by high flying Division b opponents East Fife in the third round.

The League Cup saw Dumbarton again struggle to progress from their section, finishing 3rd of 4, with just 2 wins and a draw from their 6 games.

The Supplementary Cup saw Dumbarton again come up against East Fife and the outcome was the same, with the Fifers progressing to the semi final.

In the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton lost out to Division A Falkirk in the semi final.

Finally a 'benefit' match was arranged against Airdrie.

Note that the number of goals conceded in all games during the season was 111, the 12th time the 'century' had been broken.


Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
13 August 1947Raith RoversA1-2Cantwell
27 August 1947StenhousemuirH2-2Donegan;Morrison
20 September 1947Leith AthleticA2-4Shields;Bootland3,500
27 September 1947St JohnstoneH2-4Goldie(2)2,000
4 October 1947HamiltonA5-6Wardlaw(2);Donegan;Goldie;Bootland5,100
11 October 1947Dunfermline AthleticH4-2Bootland(2);Donegan;Wardlaw2,000
18 October 1947Dundee UnitedA1-0Donegan7,000
25 October 1947Ayr UnitedH3-1Bootland;Donegan;Wardlaw4,000
1 November 1947Alloa AthleticA1-4Bootland5,000
8 November 1947Albion RoversH1-1Wardlaw
15 November 1947Stirling AlbionH5-1Wardlaw(3);Ashe;Goldie4,500
22 November 1947East FifeA3-6Cantwell(2);Bootland5,000
29 November 1947CowdenbeathH1-1Cantwell4,000
6 December 1947KilmarnockA2-2Cantwell;Goldie6,000
13 December 1947ArbroathH3-3Cantwell;Goldie;Wardlaw4,500
20 December 1947Raith RoversH4-2Bootland(2);Cantwell;Wardlaw5,500
27 December 1947StenhousemuirA2-4Goldie(2)1,000
3 January 1948St JohnstoneA0-46,500
10 January 1948HamiltonH0-44,000
17 January 1948Dunfermline AthleticA1-5Caldwell2,000
24 January 1948Leith AthleticH5-1Caldwell(2);Cantwell;Goldie;McLean2,000
31 January 1948DundeeH3-2Wardlaw(2);McLean2,500
14 February 1948Ayr UnitedA1-1McLennan5,000
28 February 1948Albion RoversA3-5McLennan(3)5,000
6 March 1948Stirling AlbionA1-1Ashe
13 March 1948East FifeH2-4Cantwell;Ashe4,000
20 March 1948CowdenbeathA1-2Wardlaw4,000
26 March 1948KilmarnockH1-2Wardlaw
3 April 1948ArbroathA3-2Donegan(2);Cantwell3,500
24 April 1948Alloa AthleticH3-1Grant(2);Goldie3,000

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
7 February 19482PeterheadA2-1Goldie(2)5,473
21 February 19483East FifeH0-18,000

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
9 August 1947PStenhousemuirH5-5Cantwell(2);Goldie;Bootland;Ross4,500
16 August 1947PArbroathA3-1Morrison(2);Shileds4,000
23 August 1947PSt JohnstoneA0-17,500
30 August 1947PStenhousemuirA1-2Goldie2,000
6 September 1947PArbroathH4-2Cantwell(3);Donegan2,500
13 September 1947PSt JohnstoneH1-6Cantwell4,000

Supplementary Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
7 January 19481StenhousemuirH3-2Wardlaw;Goldie;McCreadie
12 April 19482East FifeA0-2

Stirlingshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
27 August 19471East StirlingH2-1Donegan;OG1,500
19 April 1948SFFalkirkA2-3Wardlaw;Goldie

Other Match

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
10 September 1947AirdrieA3-5Cantwell;Docherty;Wagstaffe

Appearances

Dumbarton used 33 players for the 40 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and Supplementary Cup matches, as detailed below. Hugh Goldie featured in all but one of these matches.[1]

Player Position[2] Appearances Goals
Scotland Tommy Ashe MF 323
Scotland Charlie Bootland FW 3010
Scotland Bobby Caldwell FW 53
Scotland George Campbell MF 3
Scotland Jackie Cantwell FW 3116
Scotland Hugh Docherty FW 1
Scotland Bobby Donaldson MF 32
Scotland Tom Donegan FW 389
Scotland Finlayson GK 1
Scotland Hugh Goldie FW 3915
Scotland Peter Grant FW 12
Scotland Stan Gullan GK 13
Scotland Ian Hepburn MF 8
Scotland Jim Hoey GK 34
Scotland Alex Kay DF 3
Scotland John Kelly MF 2
Scotland Lawrie Lindsay MF 3
Scotland Eddie McCreadie FW 21
Scotland Gordon McFarlane MF 5
Scotland Archie McFeat GK 8
Scotland Neil McLean FW 72
Scotland John McLennan FW 34
Scotland Jack McNee DF 28
Scotland Alex Menzies MF 22
Scotland Jimmy Michie DF 1
Scotland Dave Morrison FW 63
Scotland Jimmy Mulvaney DF 38
Scotland Ian Ogilvie GK 14
Scotland Bobby Ross MF 322
Scotland Jimmy Shields FW 42
Scotland Jimmy Smith FW 3
Scotland Edwin Wagstaffe FW 1
Scotland John Wardlaw FW 2014

Reserve Team

Dumbarton entered the Scottish Second XI Cup but lost in the first round to Ayr United.

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).

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