1949–50 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1949–1950 season
Manager William Guthrie
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League B Division 15th
Scottish Cup Second Round
Scottish League Cup Prelims
B Division Supplementary Cup First Round
Top goalscorer League: Joe Spiers (7)
All: Tom Donegan / Joe Spiers (8)

Season 1949–50 was the 73rd Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 44th time, the Scottish Cup for the 55th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 4th time.

Overview

If the 1948-49 league campaign was a disappointment, this season was to prove a disaster, with just 16 points being won and a 15th-place finish - a distant 31 behind champions Morton. Things might have been worse, however, with only 4 points separating them from relegation to Division C.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost out in the second round to Stirling Albion, after two drawn games.

The League Cup sectional games were no more successful, finishing 3rd of 4, with two wins and a draw being taken from their 6 games.

The Supplementary Cup again saw a first round exit, this time to Stenhousemuir.

In the Stirlingshire Cup, Alloa were to prove too strong for Dumbarton in their first round clash.

Finally, two 'benefit' matches were played against strong Rangers and Clyde sides, resulting in wins in both cases.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
10 September 1949ArbroathA1-1Grant3,500
17 September 1949StenhousemuirH3-0Donegan;Goldie;McLean
24 September 1949Queen's ParkA1-4Goldie8,000
1 October 1949CowdenbeathH1-2Cook
8 October 1949Dundee UnitedA0-512,000
15 October 1949Ayr UnitedH2-0Carson;McLean1,000
22 October 1949HamiltonH0-13,000
29 October 1949Alloa AthleticA0-15,000
5 November 1949MortonH3-4Spiers(2);Leitch
12 November 1949Albion RoversA1-2Cantwell2,000
19 November 1949Dunfermline AthleticA0-55,000
26 November 1949KilmarnockH0-12,000
3 December 1949AirdrieA2-5Grant;Johnston6,000
10 December 1949Forfar AthleticA1-2Donegan2,000
17 December 1949St JohnstoneH0-21,200
24 December 1949ArbroathH4-2Donegan(2);Spiers(2)
31 December 1949StenhousemuirA2-1Spiers;Dunbar2,000
2 January 1950Queen's ParkH1-3Johnston
3 January 1950CowdenbeathA2-3Johnston;Dunbar
7 January 1950Dundee UnitedH3-0Spiers;Johnston;McLaren3,000
14 January 1950Ayr UnitedA2-4Stirling;OG6,000
21 January 1950HamiltonA1-1Grant3,000
4 February 1950Alloa AthleticH4-0Stirling(2);Peden;Sheridan3,000
18 February 1950Albion RoversH0-31,500
4 March 1950KilmarnockA1-1Johnston9,000
11 March 1950AirdrieH0-15,000
18 March 1950Forfar AthleticH1-1Johnston
25 March 1950St JohnstoneA1-2Spiers
1 April 1950MortonA0-15,000
8 April 1950Dunfermline AthleticH2-4Peden;Stirling2,000

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
28 January 19501Queens ParkH1-0Stirling8,500
11 February 19502Stirling AlbionA2-2Tait;Johnston10,072
15 February 19502RStirling AlbionH1-1Grant9,700
22 February 19502R2Stirling AlbionA2-6Dunlop;Spiers16,000

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
13 August 1949PArbroathH5-1Donegan(2);Goldie;Leitch;Dunbar3,000
17 August 1949PDundee UnitedA1-5Goldie10,000
20 August 1949PAirdrieA2-2Donegan;Dunbar8,000
27 August 1949PArbroathA1-3Dunbar4,500
31 August 1949PDundee UnitedH3-1Goldie(2);Cantwell1,000
3 September 1949PAirdrieH0-46,000

Supplementary Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
29 April 19501StenhousemuirA1-2Donegan

Stirlingshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
23 August 19491Alloa AthleticA2-3Gillies;Neill

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
5 September 1949RangersH7-1Goldie(2);Cantwell(2);Grant;McLean;Dunbar
12 September 1949ClydeH5-2Goldie(3);Carson;McLean

Appearances

Dumbarton used 27 players for the 41 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and Supplementary Cup matches, as detailed below. George Ferguson featured in all but two of these matches.[1]

Player Position[2] Appearances Goals
Scotland Jackie Cantwell FW 202
Scotland George Carson FW 51
Scotland Ian Cook FW 61
Scotland Bobby Donaldson MF 19
Scotland Tom Donegan FW 358
Scotland Roy Dunbar FW 215
Scotland Rex Dunlop FW 71
Scotland George Ferguson DF 39
Scotland Donald Gillies FW 4
Scotland Hugh Goldie FW 96
Scotland Peter Grant FW 254
Scotland Ian Hepburn MF 9
Scotland Willie Johnston FW 207
Scotland Willie Leitch FW 42
Scotland Jim McGown MF 3
Scotland Willie McLaren MF 251
Scotland Neil McLean FW 172
Scotland Jack McNee DF 30
Scotland Ian Ogilvie GK 15
Scotland George Paton GK 26
Scotland Jim Peden MF 222
Scotland John Sharp MF 22
Scotland John Sheridan FW 31
Scotland Joe Spiers FW 228
Scotland Alex Stirling FW 165
Scotland Andy Tait MF 131
Scotland John Turnbull DF 14

Reserve Team

Dumbarton played a reserve team for the first time in many seasons and competed in Division C (South West) finishing 18th and bottom, recording 6 wins and 8 draws from 34 matches. Note that in addition to the reserve sides of the bigger Division A teams in South and West Scotland, the first team of Stranraer also competed in this league.

In the Second XI Cup, Dumbarton were dumped out in the first round by Queen of the South.

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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