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Dumbarton
1948–1949 season
ManagerWilliam Guthrie
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League B Division15th
Scottish CupThird Round
Scottish League CupPrelims
B Division Supplementary CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Hugh Goldie (12)
All: Hugh Goldie (17)

Season 1948–49 was the 72nd Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 43rd time, the Scottish Cup for the 54th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 3rd time.

Overview

By mid November, Dumbarton were challenging the leaders of the B Division, but a disastrous spell, which saw only one victory from 17 games, meant that hopes faded and Dumbarton eventually finished 15th out of 16 with 22 points - 20 behind champions Raith Rovers.

In the Scottish Cup, as in previous seasons where league performances were poor, Dumbarton brought some cheer to their fans before losing out in the third round to A Division opponents Hearts.

Progress from their League Cup section was again to prove too much of a challenge, finishing 4th and last, with just a draw being taken from their 6 games.

The Supplementary Cup was a similar story with a first round exit to Cowdenbeath.

In the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton won a thrilling first round tie against A Division Falkirk but due to other teams' commitments the competition was never completed.

Note that the number of goals conceded in all games during the season was 113, the 13th time this unwanted 'century' had been broken, and the second seson in a row.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1948–49 Scottish Football League
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
14 August 1948 Dundee United H 3-2 Bootland(2);Grant 5,000
18 August 1948 Ayr United A 2-3 Lynch;Crichton
21 August 1948 Queen's Park H 5-2 Lynch;Crichton;Goldie;Grant;Bootland 2,500
28 August 1948 Stenhousemuir A 0-5 3,000
1 September 1948 Arbroath H 1-1 Goldie
4 September 1948 Cowdenbeath A 2-1 Donegan;Grant 4,000
23 October 1948 Raith Rovers A 3-4 Donegan;Goldie;Bootland 7,000
30 October 1948 East Stirling H 2-2 Stirling;Bootland 2,500
6 November 1948 East Stirling A 3-2 Goldie;Stirling;Bootland 2,000
13 November 1948 Hamilton H 5-3 Stirling(3);Goldie;Bootland 3,000
20 November 1948 Dunfermline Athletic H 3-3 Goldie;Stirling;Bootland
27 November 1948 Kilmarnock A 2-4 Grant(2) 7,000
4 December 1948 Airdrie H 0-4 4,000
11 December 1948 Stirling Albion H 1-5 Grant 2,500
18 December 1948 St Johnstone A 1-3 Stirling 6,000
25 December 1948 Ayr United H 0-0 3,000
1 January 1949 Queen's Park A 0-2 5,000
3 January 1949 Stenhousemuir H 2-2 Spiers(2)
8 January 1949 Dundee United A 0-4 8,000
15 January 1949 Cowdenbeath H 1-3 Stirling
29 January 1949 Arbroath A 0-3 3,000
12 February 1949 Alloa Athletic A 4-2 Goldie(3);McLean 4,000
26 February 1949 Hamilton A 0-4 2,500
5 March 1949 Dunfermline Athletic A 2-3 Spiers(2)
12 March 1949 Kilmarnock H 2-2 Goldie;OG 2,500
19 March 1949 Airdrie A 1-3 Stirling
26 March 1949 Stirling Albion A 1-3 Goldie 6,000
2 April 1949 St Johnstone H 1-0 Cantwell 1,000
9 April 1949 Raith Rovers H 0-1
16 April 1949 Alloa Athletic H 5-3 Cantwell(2);Spiers;Goldie;McLean

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1948–49 Scottish Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
22 January 1949 1 Kilmarnock H 5-2 Goldie(3);Stirling;McLean) 10,000
5 February 1949 2 Dundee United H 1-1 Hepburn 9,000
9 February 1949 2R Dundee United A 3-1 Grant;Stirling;McLean 10,000
19 February 1949 3 Hearts A 0-3 30,241

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1948–49 Scottish League Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
11 September 1948 P Airdrie A 1-8 Bootland 7,500
18 September 1948 P Ayr United H 1-2 Goldie 3,000
25 September 1948 P Arbroath A 2-4 Goldie;McNee,C 4,000
2 October 1948 P Airdrie H 0-5 3,000
9 October 1948 P Ayr United A 1-2 Bootland 6,000
16 October 1948 P Arbroath H 1-1 Cantwell 3,000

Supplementary Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
25 August 1948 1 Cowdenbeath A 2-4 Lynch;Crichton

Stirlingshire Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
18 April 1949 1 Falkirk H 7-1 Goldie(2);Spiers(2);Cantwell(2);Donegan

Appearances

Dumbarton used 23 players for the 41 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and Supplementary Cup matches, as detailed below. Tom Donegan featured in all but one of these matches. Note that unnamed trialist(s) played in two matches[1]

Player Position[2] Appearances Goals
Scotland Charlie Bootland FW 18 10
Scotland Jackie Cantwell FW 16 4
Scotland Johnny Crichton FW 7 3
Scotland Bobby Donaldson MF 32
Scotland Tom Donegan FW 40 2
Scotland George Ferguson DF 31
Scotland John Fulton MF 9
Scotland Hugh Goldie FW 38 17
Scotland Peter Grant FW 39 7
Scotland Ian Hepburn MF 26
Scotland Jim Jamieson GK 8
Scotland Matt Lynch MF 33 3
Scotland Gordon McFarlane MF 7
Scotland Archie McIndewar FW 7
Scotland Neil McLean FW 14 4
Scotland Chris McNee FW 11 1
Scotland Jack McNee DF 37
Scotland Alex Menzies MF 13
Scotland George Paton GK 31
Scotland Joe Spiers FW 7 5
Scotland Bob Stirling FW 23 11
Scotland Ormond Tyrell GK 1
Scotland Willie Walmsley FW 1

Reserve Team

Dumbarton played only one competitive 'reserve' fixture by entering the Scottish Second XI Cup where they lost in the first round to Partick Thistle.

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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