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Dumbarton
1891–92 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Football LeagueChampions
Scottish CupSeventh Round
Top goalscorerLeague: John Bell (19)
All: John Bell (21)

Season 1891–92 was the 19th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the second time, and the Scottish Cup for the 19th time.

Overview

Dumbarton retained the Scottish League Championship with 37 points, 2 ahead of runners-up Celtic. In the process a 100% home record in league fixtures was maintained.[1] In addition John Bell finished as league top goalscorer for the second season running, with 19 goals to his credit.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost out to their old rivals Queen's Park in the seventh round, after a 2-2 draw.

In other competitions, Dumbarton retained the Dumbartonshire Cup, again beating Vale of Leven in the final, but in the Greenock Charity Cup were defeated by the hosts Morton in the final. After a gap of three years, Dumbarton were again invited to take part in the Glasgow Charity Cup, but lost out to Celtic in the semi final.

During the season, 6 'other' matches were played, including an 8-0 thrashing of Celtic. Of these matches, 3 were won, 1 drawn and 2 lost, scoring 22 goals and conceding 14.

Note that the overall unbeaten home record extended into a second successive season. In addition, Dumbarton scored 124 goals in all matches during the season, the fifth season in a row and the seventh time in the club's history that the 'century' had been broken.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1891-92 Scottish Football League
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
15 August 1891 Cambuslang A 2-0 Taylor;Thomson,W
22 August 1891 Abercorn H 8-1 Bell;unknown(7) 3,000
29 August 1891 Hearts A 1-3 OG 7,000
5 September 1891 Rangers A 3-1 Taylor(3) 5,000
12 September 1891 Leith Athletic H 6-0 Taylor(2);Miller,J(2);McNaught;Bell
19 September 1891 Hearts H 5-1 NcNaught;Miller,J(2);Bell(2) 3,000
26 September 1891 Celtic A 0-2 12,000
3 October 1891 Vale of Leven A 2-1 Miller,J;OG
17 October 1891 Third Lanark H 2-0 Miller,J(2)
24 October 1891 St Mirren H 4-2 Taylor(2);Miller,J;McMillan 1,500
31 October 1891 Leith Athletic A 3-1 Bell;McMillan;OG 5,000
7 November 1891 Renton A 3-2 Thomson,W;McMillan;Taylor 3,000
14 November 1891 Clyde H 8-2 OG;Taylor(3);Bell(3);McNaught 1,500
5 December 1891 Third Lanark A 5-2 Bell(3);McNaught;Thomson,W
12 December 1891 Vale of Leven H 8-0 Taylor(2);Miller,J(2);Thomson,W;McDonald;McNaught(2)
26 December 1891 Renton H 2-1 McNaught;Bell
19 March 1892 St Mirren A 3-2 OG;Bell(2)
26 March 1892 Cambuslang H 5-2 McLeod(2);Miller,J(2);Bell
23 April 1892 Celtic H 1-0 Miller,J 12,000
30 April 1892 Clyde A 1-4 Bell 6,000
4 May 1892 Rangers H 6-0 Bell(3);Miller,J;Thomson,W;Galbraith 1,000
7 May 1892 Abercorn A 1-1 Thomson,W

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1891-92 Scottish Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
28 November 1891 R5 Thistle H 4-0 Taylor;Bell(2);Miller,J
19 December 1891 R6 Third Lanark A 3-1 Miller,J;Taylor(2) 4,000
23 January 1892 R7 Queen's Park H 2-2 Boyle;Miller,J
30 January 1892 R7r Queen's Park A 1-4 Taylor 15,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
12 March 1892 SF Methlan Park H 9-0 Thomson(2);McLeod(2);Johnston;Taylor;McNaught;Keir;OG
16 April 1892 F Vale of Leven H 2-0 Miller,J;unknown 3,000

Greenock Charity Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
14 May 1892 SF Dykebar A 1-0 unknown
28 May 1892 F Morton A 1-4 unknown

Glasgow Charity Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
21 May 1892 SF Celtic A 1-3 Miller,J 10,000

Other Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
8 August 1891 5th KRV A 3-3 McNaught;Bell;Miller
12 August 1891 Airdrie A 0-2 2,000
1 January 1892 Celtic A 8-0 Taylor(3);Thomson(2);Bell;McMillan;McNaught 15,000
2 January 1892 Hearts A 1-7 Thomson 10,000
4 January 1892 Aberdeen A 6-1 Thomson(2);Wilson(2);Reid;OG
9 April 1892 Rangers H 4-1[2] Boyle(2);Taylor;Bell

Appearances

Club

Dumbarton used 24 players during the season (2 more than the previous season) in 26 Scottish League and Cup matches, as detailed below. Dickie Boyle was the only player to feature in all of these matches.[3]

Player Position[4] Appearances Goals[5]
Scotland John Barr GK 5
Scotland John Bell FW 23 21
Scotland W Bell FW 1
Scotland Black FW 1
Scotland Dickie Boyle HB 26 1
Scotland Buchan FW 1
Scotland James Galbraith FW 7 1
Scotland John Gillan HB 2
Scotland Hodge FW 1
Scotland Richard Hunter BK 1
Scotland Leitch Keir HB 23
Scotland Alex Lang HB 1
Scotland Alex McDonald HB 9 1
Scotland John McIndewar FW 1
Scotland John McLeod GK 22 2
Scotland Tom McMillan HB 20 3
Scotland James McNaught FW 25 7
Scotland Alex Miller BK 21
Scotland John Miller FW 24 17
Scotland Richmond BK 7
Scotland Alf Smith BK 10
Scotland John Taylor FW 21 18
Scotland William Thomson FW 24 5
Scotland Daniel Watson BK 9
Scotland A N Other FW 1

International

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

Four Dumbarton players were selected to play for Scotland in the 1892 British Home Championship.

John Bell earned his second cap against England, and John McLeod earned his fourth cap in the same game. Bell scored Scotland's goal in the 4-1 defeat.

John Taylor and William Thomson both earned their first caps against Wales, with Thomson scoring a goal in the 6-1 win.

In addition, John Bell, Dickie Boyle, John McLeod and John Taylor were all selected to play in the first Scottish League XI against the English League - the game finishing in a 2-2 draw, with Bell scoring one of the goals.

Other Representative

On 30 May 1892, a Scottish League select played a Scottish Alliance XI. John Miller was selected to play in the 'League' team and scored twice in the 4-3 win.

Reserve Team

Dumbarton reached the semi final of the Scottish Second XI Cup before losing out to Annbank after a 2-2 draw, but again retained the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup, beating Smithston Hibs in the final.

Scottish Second XI Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result
12 September 1891 R1 Rangers H 2-1
3 October 1891 R2 Cowlairs H 5-2
31 October 1891 R3 E Stirling H 10-3
21 November 1891 R4 Celtic H 4-1
5 December 1891 R5 5th KRV A 5-1
9 January 1892 SF Annbank A 2-2
30 January 1892 SFr Annbank A 1-2

Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result
6 February 1892 R1 Clydebank A 4-4
13 February 1892 R1r Clydebank H 8-1
21 May 1892 SF Vale of Leven H 4-1
30 May 1892 F Smithston Hibernian H 6-3

See also

References

  1. ^ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. ^ This match was to be a league fixture, but the referee failed to turn up, and so it was agreed that a Dumbarton official stand in. However the League authorities subsequently ordered a replay.
  3. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  4. ^ The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two backs, three half backs and five forwards).
  5. ^ Due to the limited reporting of football at the time, the scorers of 7 of the 88 goals scored in Scottish League and Cup matches are unknown.
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