1949–50 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1949–1950 season
Manager	William Guthrie
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League B Division	15th
Scottish Cup	Second Round
Scottish League Cup	Prelims
B Division Supplementary Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Joe Spiers (7); All: Tom Donegan / Joe Spiers (8)
	← 1948–49 1950–51 →

Season 1949–50 was the 66th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 44th time, the Scottish Cup for the 55th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 4th time and the Supplementary Cup for the 5th time.

Overview

If the 1948-49 league campaign was a disappointment, this season was to prove a disaster, with just 16 points being won and a 15th-place finish - a distant 31 behind champions Morton. Things might have been worse, however, with only 4 points separating them from relegation to Division C.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost out in the second round to Stirling Albion, after two drawn games.

The League Cup sectional games were no more successful, finishing 3rd of 4, with two wins and a draw being taken from their 6 games.

The Supplementary Cup again saw a first round exit, this time to Stenhousemuir.

In the Stirlingshire Cup, Alloa were to prove too strong for Dumbarton in their first round clash.

Finally, two 'benefit' matches were played against strong Rangers and Clyde sides, resulting in wins in both cases.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
10 September 1949	Arbroath	A	1-1	Grant	3,500
17 September 1949	Stenhousemuir	H	3-0	Donegan;Goldie;McLean
24 September 1949	Queen's Park	A	1-4	Goldie	8,000
1 October 1949	Cowdenbeath	H	1-2	Cook
8 October 1949	Dundee United	A	0-5		12,000
15 October 1949	Ayr United	H	2-0	Carson;McLean	1,000
22 October 1949	Hamilton	H	0-1		3,000
29 October 1949	Alloa Athletic	A	0-1		5,000
5 November 1949	Morton	H	3-4	Spiers(2);Leitch
12 November 1949	Albion Rovers	A	1-2	Cantwell	2,000
19 November 1949	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0-5		5,000
26 November 1949	Kilmarnock	H	0-1		2,000
3 December 1949	Airdrie	A	2-5	Grant;Johnston	6,000
10 December 1949	Forfar Athletic	A	1-2	Donegan	2,000
17 December 1949	St Johnstone	H	0-2		1,200
24 December 1949	Arbroath	H	4-2	Donegan(2);Spiers(2)
31 December 1949	Stenhousemuir	A	2-1	Spiers;Dunbar	2,000
2 January 1950	Queen's Park	H	1-3	Johnston
3 January 1950	Cowdenbeath	A	2-3	Johnston;Dunbar
7 January 1950	Dundee United	H	3-0	Spiers;Johnston;McLaren	3,000
14 January 1950	Ayr United	A	2-4	Stirling;OG	6,000
21 January 1950	Hamilton	A	1-1	Grant	3,000
4 February 1950	Alloa Athletic	H	4-0	Stirling(2);Peden;Sheridan	3,000
18 February 1950	Albion Rovers	H	0-3		1,500
4 March 1950	Kilmarnock	A	1-1	Johnston	9,000
11 March 1950	Airdrie	H	0-1		5,000
18 March 1950	Forfar Athletic	H	1-1	Johnston	2,000
25 March 1950	St Johnstone	A	1-2	Spiers	4,000
1 April 1950	Morton	A	0-1		5,000
8 April 1950	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2-4	Peden;Stirling	2,000

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
28 January 1950	1	Queens Park	H	1-0	Stirling	8,500
11 February 1950	2	Stirling Albion	A	2-2	Tait;Johnston	10,072
15 February 1950	2R	Stirling Albion	H	1-1	Grant	9,700
22 February 1950	2R2	Stirling Albion	A	2-6	Dunlop;Spiers	16,000

Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
13 August 1949	P	Arbroath	H	5-1	Donegan(2);Goldie;Leitch;Dunbar	3,000
17 August 1949	P	Dundee United	A	1-5	Goldie	10,000
20 August 1949	P	Airdrie	A	2-2	Donegan;Dunbar	8,000
27 August 1949	P	Arbroath	A	1-3	Dunbar	4,500
31 August 1949	P	Dundee United	H	3-1	Goldie(2);Cantwell	1,000
3 September 1949	P	Airdrie	H	0-4		6,000

Supplementary Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
29 April 1950	1	Stenhousemuir	A	1-2	Donegan

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
23 August 1949	1	Alloa Athletic	A	2-3	Gillies;Neill

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5 September 1949	Rangers	H	7-1	Goldie(2);Cantwell(2);Grant;McLean;Dunbar
12 September 1949	Clyde	H	5-2	Goldie(3);Carson;McLean

Player statistics

Squad^[1]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		B Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Supplementary Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Ian Ogilvie	15	0	9	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	George Paton	26	0	21	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	George Ferguson	39	0	28	0	4	0	6	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Jack McNee	30	0	20	0	4	0	6	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	John Turnbull	14	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Bobby Donaldson	19	0	13	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Ian Hepburn	9	0	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Jim McGown	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Willie McLaren	25	1	20	1	4	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Jim Peden	22	2	17	2	4	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	John Sharp	22	0	17	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Andy Tait	13	1	10	0	2	1	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Jackie Cantwell	20	2	15	1	0	0	4	1	1	0
	FW	SCO	George Carson	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Ian Cook	6	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Tom Donegan	35	8	26	4	4	0	4	3	1	1
	FW	SCO	Roy Dunbar	21	5	14	2	0	0	6	3	1	0
	FW	SCO	Rex Dunlop	7	1	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Donald Gillies	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Hugh Goldie	9	6	3	2	0	0	6	4	0	0
	FW	SCO	Peter Grant	25	4	20	3	1	1	4	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Willie Johnston	20	7	16	6	4	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Willie Leitch	4	2	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0
	FW	SCO	Neil McLean	17	2	15	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	John Sheridan	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Joe Speirs	22	8	18	7	3	1	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Alex Stirling	16	5	11	4	4	1	0	0	1	0

Transfers

Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:^[2]

Players in

Player	From	Date
Donald Gillies	Aberdeen	3 Aug 1949
Roy Dunbar	East Stirling	6 Aug 1949
Willie Leitch	Motherwell	6 Aug 1949
Ian Cook	Morton	11 Aug 1949
George Carson	Raith Rovers	15 Sep 1949
John Turnbull	Ayr United	24 Sep 1949
Jim McGown	Stirling Albion	27 Oct 1949
Alex Stirling	Stirling Albion	16 Nov 1949
Jim Peden	Airdrie	1 Dec 1949
Andy Tait	Clydebank	12 Dec 1949
Willie Johnston	Blantyre Celtic	20 Dec 1949
John Sheridan	Renton BC	25 Jan 1950

Players out

Player	To	Date
Hugh Goldie	Raith Rovers	29 Sep 1949
Ian Hepburn	Partick Thistle	20 Oct 1949
Jim Jamieson	Stirling Albion	24 Dec 1949
George Carson	Freed	29 Dec 1949
Donald Gillies	Freed	19 Mar 1950
Ian Cook	Freed	30 Apr 1950
Roy Dunbar	Freed	30 Apr 1950
Peter Grant	Freed	30 Apr 1950
Willie Leitch	Freed	30 Apr 1950
Gordon McFarlane	Freed	30 Apr 1950
Neil McLean	Freed	30 Apr 1950
Andrew Neill	Freed	30 Apr 1950
Ian Ogilvie	Freed	30 Apr 1950
John Sheridan	Freed	30 Apr 1950
Alex Stirling	Freed	30 Apr 1950

Reserve Team

Dumbarton played a reserve team for the first time in many seasons and competed in Division C (South West) finishing 18th and bottom, recording 6 wins and 8 draws from 34 matches. Note that in addition to the reserve sides of the bigger Division A teams in South and West Scotland, the first team of Stranraer also competed in this league.

In the Second XI Cup, Dumbarton were dumped out in the first round by Queen of the South.

References

^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
^ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

External links

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

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

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