1959–60 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1959–1960 season

Manager

Bobby Combe

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division 2

6th

Scottish Cup

First Round

Scottish League Cup

Prelims

Top goalscorer

League: Hugh Gallacher (23)
All: Hugh Gallacher (25)

← 1958–59

1960–61 →

Season 1959–60 was the 83rd football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 53rd time, the Scottish Cup for the 65th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 13th time.

Overview

A perfect start of 4 wins from the first four games was followed by a run of 13 games with only a single win, meaning that Dumbarton fell away and were never serious challengers for the Division 2 title, finishing in 6th place with 43 points, 10 behind champions St Johnstone.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton were to fall at the first hurdle, losing to Queen of the South.

In the League Cup, with only a single win and a draw from their 6 games, Dumbarton again failed to progress to the knock out stages.

Locally Dumbarton lost out to Falkirk in the semi final of the Stirlingshire Cup, after a drawn game.

Finally, a number of friendlies were played during the season, including home and away fixtures against English Midland League opponents, North Shields, and a benefit match against Clyde for long serving player, Hughie Gallacher.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1959–60 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
19 August 1959	Stranraer	A	1-0	Gallacher
2 September 1959	Alloa Athletic	H	2-1	Gallacher;Duchart	3,000
5 September 1959	Queens Park	H	3-2	Gallacher(2);Allison
9 September 1959	Dundee United	H	3-2	Prentice;McCulloch;Duchart	3,000
12 September 1959	St Johnstone	A	2-7	Gallacher;Allison
16 September 1959	Alloa Athletic	A	1-1	Cunningham
19 September 1959	Berwick Rangers	H	0-4
23 September 1959	Dundee United	A	1-2	Anderson	3,600
26 September 1959	Brechin City	A	1-3	Allison
3 October 1959	Stenhousemuir	H	0-1		3,000
10 October 1959	East Fife	A	2-2	Duchart(2)
17 October 1959	Queen of the South	H	1-3	Anderson	1,850
24 October 1959	Forfar Athletic	H	4-1	Gallacher(2);Anderson;McCulloch	3,500
7 November 1959	Morton	A	2-3	McCulloch;Anderson	4,500
14 November 1959	Falkirk	A	0-0		5,000
21 November 1959	Montrose	H	0-1		3,000
28 November 1959	Albion Rovers	A	0-0		900
5 December 1959	East Stirling	H	4-2	Gallacher(2)Fagan;Clydesdale	1,500
12 December 1959	Cowdenbeath	H	6-0	Gallacher(2);Clydesdale(2);Duchart;Whalen	2,000
19 December 1959	Hamilton	A	0-5		4,000
26 December 1959	Stranraer	H	4-1	Whalen(2);Gallacher;Duchart	1,000
1 January 1960	Queens Park	A	3-2	Clydesdale(2);Whalen
2 January 1960	St Johnstone	H	1-0	Gallacher	5,000
9 January 1960	Berwick Rangers	A	0-0		1,731
16 January 1960	Brechin City	H	2-0	Whalen;Gallacher	3,250
23 January 1960	Stenhousemuir	A	2-1	Gallacher(2)
13 February 1960	Morton	H	1-1	Gallacher	1,800
27 February 1960	Forfar Athletic	A	0-1		1,100
12 March 1960	Albion Rovers	H	6-0	Duchart(3);Gallacher;Whalen;Craig	900
19 March 1960	Falkirk	H	1-0	Duchart	2,000
26 March 1960	Montrose	A	2-1	Gallacher;OG	1,200
6 April 1960	Queen of the South	A	0-1		5,000
13 April 1960	East Fife	H	4-2	McCulloch;Gallacher;Craig;Duchart	400
16 April 1960	East Stirling	A	2-2	Gallacher;Duchart
23 April 1960	Cowdenbeath	A	4-0	Gallacher(2);McGinlay;Black
30 April 1960	Hamilton	H	2-1	Whalen;Duchart	3,500

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1959–60 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
30 January 1960	1	Queen of the South	A	1-2	Duchart	3,442

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1959–60 Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
8 August 1959	P	Arbroath	A	0-2		5,600
12 August 1959	P	Albion Rovers	H	3-3	McCulloch;Gallacher;Duchart
15 August 1959	P	Stenhousemuir	A	2-0	Prentice;Stewart	2,000
22 August 1959	P	Arbroath	H	3-4	Prentice;Stewart;Gallacher
26 August 1959	P	Albion Rovers	A	0-1
29 August 1959	P	Stenhousemuir	H	1-2	McDade	3,200

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
28 October 1959	1	East Stirling	H	3-1	Allison(2);OG
18 April 1960	SF	Falkirk	A	0-0
26 April 1960	SFR	Falkirk	H	0-2

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
21 October 1959	Partick Thistle	H	5-3	Gallacher;Black;Allison(2);Prentice
31 October 1959	North Shields	A	2-2	McCulloch;Gallacher
4 November 1959	Clyde	H	1-1	McCulloch
18 November 1959	Celtic	H	1-3	Duchart
2 December 1959	Scottish Command XI (Army)	H	3-4	Duchart(2);unknown
5 March 1960	North Shields	H	2-2	Whalen;Clydesdale	800

Appearances

Dumbarton used 33 players for the 43 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Alex Duchart was the only player to feature in all of these matches. Note that unnamed trialist(s) played in three matches.^[1]

Player	Position^[2]	Appearances	Goals
Kenny Allison	FW	19	4
Jimmy Anderson	FW	8	3
Gordon Black	MF	18	1
George Boyle	DF	6
Les Brown	FW	1
John Christie	FW	22
Gordon Clydesdale	FW	7	5
Bobby Combe	FW	2
Tommy Craig	MF	30	2
Bobby Crum	FW	2
Charlie Cunningham	MF	6	1
Dougan	MF	1
Alex Duchart	FW	43	15
David Fagan	MF	17	1
Hugh Gallacher	FW	38	25
Freddie Glidden	MF	40
Tommy Govan	DF	27
Donald Hamilton	GK	1
Andy Jardine	DF	36
Jim McCormack	MF	8
Willie McCulloch	FW	31	5
Jack McDade	DF	13	1
Finlay McDonald	FW	2	1
Gerry McGinlay	FW	2	1
Jim McGrogan	DF	1
John Prentice	MF	12	2
Doug Robertson	GK	38
Willie Robinson	MF	1
John Rowley	FW	2
Charlie Stewart	FW	10	2
Murdo Tait	FW	2
Tom Whalen	FW	21	6
James Woodburn	GK	3

Reserve Team

Dumbarton played only one competitive 'reserve' match in the Scottish Second XI Cup, losing to Clyde in the second round.

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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1959–60 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