1925–26 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1925–1926 season
Manager	Donald Colman
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two	11th
Scottish Cup	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	League: McLardie (11); All: Cameron/ McLardie (11)
	← 1924–25 1926–27 →

Season 1925–26 was the 49th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 27th time and the Scottish Cup for the 38th time.

Overview

The fourth season in a row in the Second Division did not start well, and with only 3 wins recorded by December any hopes of promotion had long gone. In the end however Dumbarton finished 11th out of 20 with 38 points - 21 behind champions Dunfermline Athletic.^[1]

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton reached the fourth round before losing out to Celtic.

Locally, Dumbarton were runners-up in the Dumbartonshire Cup, losing to Helesburgh in the final.

Elsewhere a benefit match was played against Clydebank.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
15 August 1925	Bo'ness	H	3-0	Sharp;Travers;Russell	3,000
22 August 1925	King's Park	A	1-1	Sharp	3,000
29 August 1925	Clyde	H	1-1	McLardie	4,000
5 September 1925	Nithsdale Wanderers	A	1-5	Travers
12 September 1925	Arthurlie	H	0-0		3,000
19 September 1925	Arbroath	A	0-6
26 September 1925	Ayr United	H	1-1	McLardie	3,000
3 October 1925	St Bernard's	A	2-2	McLardie;Russell	3,000
10 October 1925	Bathgate	A	4-1	Swan;Broadley;McGrath;Russell	3,000
17 October 1925	East Fife	A	1-6	McGrath	3,000
24 October 1925	East Stirling	H	3-0	McGrath(2);McLardie	2,000
31 October 1925	Armadale	A	2-6	McDonald,W;McGrath
7 November 1925	Third Lanark	H	1-1	McLardie	3,000
14 November 1925	Broxburn United	A	1-1	Russell	1,000
21 November 1925	Stenhousemuir	H	1-1	McDonald,W	2,000
28 November 1925	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0-1		3,000
5 December 1925	Albion Rovers	H	0-1		2,000
12 December 1925	Alloa Athletic	A	2-0	Swan;McLardie
19 December 1925	King's Park	H	4-1	McLardie(2);Mair;McGrath
26 December 1925	Ayr United	A	2-1	Harvie(2)
1 January 1926	Arbroath	H	1-0	Russell	2,000
2 January 1926	Arthurlie	A	2-1	McLardie;Cameron
4 January 1926	Nithsdale Wanderers	H	2-2	McLardie;OG	3,000
9 January 1926	Third Lanark	A	2-1	Swan;Harvie	5,000
16 January 1926	East Fife	H	2-1	Cameron(2)	2,000
30 January 1926	Albion Rovers	A	1-11	Swan	3,000
13 February 1926	Queen of the South	A	3-1	Russell(2);Cameron
17 February 1926	Armadale	H	2-0	Carlow;Harvey	1,000
24 February 1926	Broxburn United	H	5-1	Cameron(4);McLardie
27 February 1926	Bo'ness	A	0-1
10 March 1926	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1-3	Murray
13 March 1926	East Stirling	H	1-3	McGrath	3,000
20 March 1926	St Bernard's	H	1-0	Russell
27 March 1926	Bathgate	H	0-5
3 April 1926	Queen of the South	H	1-1	Hosie
10 April 1926	Stenhousemuir	A	0-4		1,000
17 April 1926	Clyde	A	0-6		8,000
24 April 1926	Alloa Athletic	H	0-0

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
23 January 1926	1	Buckie Thistle	H	1-1	Harvey	1,200
26 January 1926	1r	Buckie Thistle	A	2-1	Swan(2)	2,500
6 February 1926	2	Forfar Athletic	A	2-2	Swan;Russell	1,500
10 February 1926	2r	Forfar Athletic	H	4-1	Cameron;Swan;Harvie;Peters	2,000
20 February 1926	3	Clyde	H	3-0	Cameron;Swan;Harvie	8,500
6 March 1926	4	Celtic	A	1-6	Cameron	19,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
	SF	Vale of Leven	A	WO
28 April 1926	F	Helensburgh	A	1-3	Murray	1,500

Dumbartonshire Charity Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
9 May 1926	SF	Helensburgh	A	1-0	unknown
17 May 1926	F	Clydebank	A	1-4	unknown

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
26 August 1925	Clydebank	A	1-8	Malloy

Player Statistics

Squad^[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Harry Britton	18	0	15	0	3	0
	GK	SCO	Albert Ferguson	23	0	20	0	3	0
	GK	SCO	Archibald McNish	3	0	3	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	John Anderson	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	William Gibson	40	0	34	0	6	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Hunter	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Joseph McDonald	3	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	William Murray	20	1	20	1	0	0
	DF	SCO	Adam Swanson	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	James Warden	30	0	29	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	David Broadley	36	1	31	1	5	0
	MF	SCO	Robert Hosie	19	1	18	1	1	0
	MF	SCO	Andrew Mair	33	1	27	1	6	0
	MF	SCO	Thomas McKinney	4	0	4	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Ronald Cameron	18	11	13	8	5	3
	FW	SCO	Francis Carlow	4	1	3	1	1	0
	FW	SCO	Robert Dennett	35	0	29	0	6	0
	FW	SCO	John Harvie	28	7	22	4	6	3
	FW	SCO	William McDonald	18	2	18	2	0	0
	FW	SCO	John McGrath	23	7	21	7	2	0
	FW	SCO	Archibald McLardie	42	11	36	11	6	0
	FW	SCO	Martin Peters	1	1	0	0	1	1
	FW	SCO	John Russell	36	9	32	8	4	1
	FW	SCO	Robert Sharp	6	2	6	2	0	0
	FW	SCO	John Swan	33	9	28	4	5	5
	FW	SCO	Martin Travers	5	2	5	2	0	0
	FW	SCO	Trialist	2	0	2	0	0	0

Transfers

Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:^[3]

Players in

Player	From	Date
John Swan	Clydebank	22 Sep 1925
John Harvie	Johnstone	1 Dec 1925

Players out

Player	To	Date
William Hyslop	Vale of Leven	14 May 1925
Philip Kennedy	Bo'ness	8 Sep 1925
Ronald Cameron	Huddersfield Town	13 Mar 1926
Thomas Love	Luton

Factfile

* There were a number of heavy defeats during the season, none more than the 1-11 trouncing from Albion Rovers on 30 January, which still remains as Dumbarton's heaviest league defeat.
* The Scottish Cup tie against Buckie Thistle on 27 January marked Willie Gibson's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 21st Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* During the season, 104 goals were conceded in all matches, the fourth time the unwanted 'century' had been broken.

References

^ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

[1] Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.

[2] McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.

[3] Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

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