1932–33 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1932–1933 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two	9th
Scottish Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Willie Parlane (21); All: Willie Parlane (22)
	← 1931–32 1933–34 →

Season 1932–33 was the 56th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 34th time and the Scottish Cup for the 45th time.

Overview

Dumbarton 11th successive season in the Second Division saw an improvement in performances as they climbed back into the top half of the league by finishing 9th out of 18, with 34 points – 20 behind champions Hibernian. The improvement could have been greater as there is no doubt that the campaign was handicapped by Dumbarton's inability to register a single win away from Boghead.^[1]

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton reached the second round before losing out to Albion Rovers.

Locally, Dumbarton retained the Dumbartonshire Cup, beating Vale Ocaba in the final.

Elsewhere a friendly match was played against local junior side, Dumbarton Harp United.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
20 August 1932	Leith Athletic	A	1–3	Nugent	1,000
24 August 1932	Stenhousemuir	H	2–0	Young(2)	2,000
27 August 1932	Edinburgh City	H	6–2	Nugent(3);Collins;Parlane,J;Parlane,W	2,000
3 September 1932	King's Park	A	3–3	Nugent(2);Kelso
10 September 1932	Albion Rovers	H	3–0	Kelso;Parlane,J;Parlane,W	3,000
17 September 1932	Dundee United	A	2–5	McGall(2)	1,500
24 September 1932	Arbroath	H	2–1	Young;Parlane,W	2,000
29 September 1932	Queen of the South	A	0–2		3,500
1 October 1932	East Fife	A	1–1	Kennedy,D	1,500
8 October 1932	Brechin City	H	2–0	McGall;Lang	2,500
15 October 1932	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–3		1,000
29 October 1932	St Bernard's	A	0–4		1,000
5 November 1932	Stenhousemuir	A	2–3	Parlane,W;Lang
12 November 1932	Queen of the South	H	1–1	Parlane,W	3,000
19 November 1932	Forfar Athletic	H	2–2	Liddell;Kennedy,D	2,500
26 November 1932	Alloa Athletic	A	1–4	Parlane,W	3,000
3 December 1932	Hibernian	H	3–2	Young(2);Heeps	3,000
10 December 1932	Montrose	A	1–3	Parlane,W	700
24 December 1932	Arbroath	A	1–3	Heeps
31 December 1932	Leith Athletic	H	3–0	Parlane,J;Parlane,W;Lang	2,000
2 January 1933	Albion Rovers	A	1–3	Parlane,W
3 January 1933	Dundee United	H	2–0	McGall(2)	2,000
7 January 1933	Edinburgh City	A	1–1	Nugent
14 January 1933	King's Park	H	2–0	McMeekin;Parlane,W	2,000
11 February 1933	East Fife	H	2–1	McMeekin;Parlane,W	2,000
18 February 1933	Raith Rovers	H	3–2	Heeps;Parlane,W;Kennedy,D	1,500
4 March 1933	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–2	Heeps	1,200
18 March 1933	St Bernard's	H	6–0	Parlane,W(3);Young(2);Kennedy,D
25 March 1933	Forfar Athletic	A	3–8	Young;Heeps;Parlane,W
1 April 1933	Brechin City	A	1–2	Parlane,W
8 April 1933	Alloa Athletic	H	3–1	Ballantyne;Kennedy,M;Parlane,W	1,000
15 April 1933	Hibernian	A	0–1
22 April 1933	Montrose	H	6–2	Cameron(3);Parlane,W(2);Lang	1,500
29 April 1933	Raith Rovers	A	2–2	Parlane,W;Kennedy,D

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
21 January 1933	1	Beith	H	3–1	McMeekin;Parlane,W;Young	3,000
4 February 1933	2	Albion Rovers	H	1–2	OG	3,500

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
28 January 1933	F	Vale Ocaba	H	2–0	Ballantyne;McMeekin	1,000

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
13 August 1932	Bo'ness	H	5–1 *	Parlane,J(4);Collins	2,000
22 October 1932	Armadale	H	3–1 *	Walker;Young;McGall	1,500
26 April 1933	Dumbarton Harp United	H	4–0	Murray;Kennedy;McGall;Miller

.* These matches were originally league fixtures but both Armadale and Bo'ness resigned during the season and their records up till that point were expunged.

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	William Gilmour	11	0	9	0	2	0
	GK	SCO	Kennedy	2	0	2	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	William Simpson	23	0	23	0	0	0
	DF	EIR	Harry Chatton	31	0	29	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Henderson	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Hendry	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jim Kelso	34	2	32	2	2	0
	DF	SCO	McDermid	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	McIvor	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Parlane	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Charles Ballantyne	35	1	33	1	2	0
	MF	SCO	Gray	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Matthew Kennedy	3	1	3	1	0	0
	MF	SCO	James Liddell	28	1	26	1	2	0
	MF	SCO	Henry McAvoy	9	0	9	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Joseph McMeekin	6	3	4	2	2	1
	MF	SCO	Sam McNee	5	0	5	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	William Murray	10	0	10	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	John Nugent	8	7	8	7	0	0
	MF	SCO	Johnny Parlane	22	3	20	3	2	0
	MF	SCO	Robert Taylor	12	0	10	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	Arthur	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Ronald Cameron	1	3	1	3	0	0
	FW	SCO	David Collins	5	1	5	1	0	0
	FW	SCO	Andrew Heeps	15	5	15	5	0	0
	FW	SCO	David Kennedy	27	5	26	5	1	0
	FW	SCO	John Lang	24	4	23	4	1	0
	FW	SCO	William McGall	9	5	9	5	0	0
	FW	SCO	Willie Parlane	34	22	32	21	2	1
	FW	SCO	Archibald Turner	10	0	10	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Walker	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Andrew Young	21	9	19	8	2	1

International Caps

Johnny Parlane earned his first cap playing for Scotland Amateurs against Ireland on 28 January 1933.

Transfers

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

Players in

Player	From	Date
David Kennedy	Dumbarton Fern	17 Jun 1932
Harry Chatton	Partick Thistle (loan)	9 Aug 1932
William Simpson	Stenhousemuir	8 Nov 1932
Andrew Heeps	Bo'ness	17 Nov 1932
Robert Taylor	Clyde	14 Jan 1933

Players out

Player	To	Date
David Collins	Bradford PA	6 Aug 1932
William Molloy	Swansea Town	13 Sep 1932
Johnny Parlane	Raith Rovers	10 Feb 1933

Factfile

* The league match against Stenhousemuir on 5 November marked Willie Parlane's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 31st Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* During the season both Armadale and Bo'ness resigned from the league and their records expunged - see Other Matches above.
* For only the third time in their history, Dumbarton failed to record an away league win - the last time being the 1896-97 season.

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

[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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