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1957–58 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1957–1958 season
ManagerPeter McGown
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 24th
Scottish CupFirst Round
Scottish League CupPrelims
Top goalscorerLeague: Hugh Gallacher / Charlie Stewart (23)
All: Hugh Gallacher (29)

Season 1957–58 was the 81st football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 51st time, the Scottish Cup for the 63rd time and the Scottish League Cup for the 11th time.

Overview

Dumbarton were to challenge for promotion from Division 2 for most of the season, but a disastrous run in the final five games, where only three points were taken, was to prove to be conclusive and in the end a fourth-place finish was achieved with 44 points, 11 behind champions Stirling Albion.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton received a tough first round draw and lost out to Clyde, who were to go on to win the cup final.

In the League Cup, only two wins were achieved in the 6 sectional games, although a 10–3 win over Stranraer was a highlight.

Locally, Alloa were to be too much for Dumbarton to handle in the semi final of the Stirlingshire Cup.

As the previous season's Stirlingshire Cup holders, Dumbarton were drawn to meet Buckie Thistle in the semi-final of the Dewar Shield, but as was the case four seasons earlier Dumbarton withdrew.

Finally, for the second season running Dumbarton broke both the goals for and goals against 'centuries' during the season. They scored 140 goals in all games, being the 10th time that the 'century - for' had been broken, and conceded 103, the 16th time that the 'century - against' had been broken.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1957–58 Scottish Football League
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
21 August 1957 Albion Rovers A 1-3 Whalen
4 September 1957 Alloa Athletic H 4-0 Cairns(2);Gallacher,H;Stewart
11 September 1957 Albion Rovers H 6-0 Gallacher,H(3);Gibson(2);Smith
14 September 1957 Stranraer H 1-0 Gibson 5,000
18 September 1957 Alloa Athletic A 3-4 Gallacher,H;Gibson;Cairns
21 September 1957 Morton A 0-0
28 September 1957 Dundee United H 2-0 Gallacher,H(2) 4,000
5 October 1957 Montrose A 0-2
12 October 1957 Berwick Rangers H 4-1 Stewart(2);McMillan;Gallacher,H 4,000
19 October 1957 Brechin City A 2-5 McMillan, Brown,L
26 October 1957 Ayr United H 4-2 Stewart(2);Smith;Gallacher,H 4,000
2 November 1957 Arbroath A 4-0 Brown,L(2);Smith;Stewart
9 November 1957 East Stirling A 2-1 Gallacher,H(2) 1,500
16 November 1957 Hamilton A 3-0 Stewart,McMillan;Gallacher,H
23 November 1957 Forfar Athletic A 1-1 Gallacher,H 5,000
30 November 1957 Stenhousemuir A 4-2 Gallacher,H(2);Brown,L;Stewart 2,000
7 December 1957 St Johnstone H 6-0 McMillan(2);Brown,L;Gallacher,H;Gibson;Stewart 4,658
14 December 1957 Dunfermline Athletic H 2-0 Gallacher,H;Stewart
21 December 1957 Stirling Albion A 1-4 Gallacher,H
28 December 1957 Cowdenbeath H 6-1 Stewart(4);McMillan(2) 5,500
1 January 1958 Morton H 4-0 Gallacher,H(2);Brown,L;Whalen
2 January 1958 Stranraer A 1-2 Stewart
11 January 1958 Dundee United A 2-1 Gallacher,H;Stewart 5,000
18 January 1958 Montrose H 3-1 Gallacher,H;Stewart;Whalen
25 January 1958 Berwick Rangers A 2-2 Brown,L;Gallacher,H 443
15 February 1958 Ayr United A 0-4 6,000
22 February 1958 Arbroath H 5-3 Beveridge(4);Stewart
1 March 1958 East Stirling H 1-3 Beveridge
8 March 1958 Hamilton H 0-1
22 March 1958 Stenhousemuir H 6-1 Whalen(2);Stewart(2);Beveridge;Brown,L
29 March 1957 St Johnstone A 3-2 Beveridge;Donnachie;Stewart
5 April 1958 Dunfermline Athletic H 0-3
12 April 1958 Stirling Albion H 2-2 Beveridge;Smith
18 April 1958 Brechin City H 5-1 Beveridge(2);Stewart(2);Brown,L
26 April 1958 Cowdenbeath A 2-3 Whalen;Beveridge
3 May 1958 Forfar Athletic H 0-2

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1957–58 Scottish Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
1 February 1958 1 Clyde H 0-5 13,300

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1957–58 Scottish League Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
10 August 1957 P Stranraer A 1-3 Brown,L
14 August 1957 P Dundee United H 2-4 McMillan(2) 4,000
17 August 1957 P Clyde A 1-7 Gallacher,H 8,000
24 August 1957 P Stranraer H 10-3 Gallacher,H(4);Whalen(2);Smith;McMillan;Gibson;Glover 2,000
28 August 1957 P Dundee United A 3-0 Gibson;Gallacher,H;Whalen 5,000
31 August 1957 P Clyde A 1-4 Brown,L 7,000

Stirlingshire Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
20 October 1957 1 East Stirling H 7-2 Stewart;Brown,L;McMillan(3);Gallacher,H;Smith 2,500
23 April 1958 SF Alloa Athletic A 0-6

Other Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
7 September 1957 Scottish Command XI (Army) H 8-2 Gallacher,H(2);Kiernan(3);McMillan(2)
9 October 1957 Duntocher Hibs H 2-1 Gallacher,H(2) 1,374
20 November 1957 Yoker H 4-2 unknown
3 February 1958 Scottish Amateurs XI H 2-2 Gallacher,H(2)
3 March 1958 St Mirren H 2-1 Beveridge(2)
12 March 1958 Celtic H 1-3 Whalen
26 March 1958 Clydebank H 4-1 Trialist(2);Donnachie;Gallacher,H

Appearances

Dumbarton used 29 players for the 43 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Tommy Craig was best by featuring in all but one of these matches. Note that an unnamed trialist played in one match.[1]

Player Position[2] Appearances Goals
Scotland Ian Beveridge FW 10 11
Scotland Jim Brown FW 1
Scotland Les Brown FW 38 11
Scotland Benny Cairns MF 32 3
Scotland Tommy Craig MF 42
Scotland George Cunningham MF 8
Scotland Willie Devlin FW 4
Scotland Alex Donnachie FW 2 1
Scotland Hugh Gallacher FW 30 29
Scotland Joe Gallacher DF 4
Scotland Bobby Gibson FW 18 7
Scotland John Glover FW 3 1
Scotland Tommy Govan DF 1
Scotland Jim Gray DF 9
Scotland Peter Haggerty MF 16 3
Scotland Adam Hogg MF 6
Scotland Andy Jardine DF 38
Scotland Frank McBriar MF 1
Scotland John McCall MF 38
Scotland Jim McCormack MF 2
Scotland Willie McIntyre MF 1
Scotland John McKay DF 7
Scotland John McMillan FW 30 10
Scotland Con Murray GK 37
Scotland Eddie O'Donnell GK 6
Scotland John Smith MF 39 4
Scotland Charlie Stewart FW 35 23
Scotland Willie Symington FW 5
Scotland Tom Whalen FW 23 9

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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