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Dumbarton
1970–1971 season
ManagerJackie Stewart
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 24th
Scottish CupSecond Round
Scottish League CupSemi Final
Top goalscorerLeague: Kenny Wilson (29)
All: Kenny Wilson (40)

Season 1970–71 was the 94th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 64th time, the Scottish Cup for the 76th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 24th time.

Overview

Dumbarton had their best league campaign in over 10 years - including an unbeaten home record - the first for over 30 years, although with only 4 wins in 18 away matches, in the end it became a case of 'catch-up' - 8 wins in their last 10 games not being enough to challenge the leaders. Nevertheless, it was a creditable 4th-place finish, with 44 points, 12 behind champions Partick Thistle.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton had a disappointing second round loss to Stranraer.

However it was in the League Cup were Dumbarton were to shine. Five wins and a draw from the six sectional games meant an easy section qualification. Then Partick Thistle were dispatched in the quarter final, with the mighty Celtic waiting in the semi final - and it was only after an extra time 0-0 draw that Dumbarton eventually succumbed by the odd goal in seven in the replay.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by Clydebank.

Note that Dumbarton had scored 118 goals in all matches during the season, the 13th time that the 'century' had been broken

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1970–71 Scottish Football League
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
29 August 1970 Stranraer H 2-0 McCormack;Gallagher,B
2 September 1970 Albion Rovers H 1-1 Wilson
5 September 1970 Clydebank A 1-2 Wilson 2,500
12 September 1970 Brechin City H 3-1 Graham;McCormack(2)
16 September 1970 East Fife H 1-1 Gallagher,C
19 September 1970 Stirling Albion A 2-2 Ferguson;Coleman 1,000
26 September 1970 Berwick Rangers H 6-2 Coleman(2);McCormack(3);Donnelly 1,500
3 October 1970 Forfar Athletic A 0-1 1,000
10 October 1970 Alloa Athletic A 1-3 McCormack 2,400
17 October 1970 Raith Rovers H 2-0 McCormack;Gallagher,B 2,300
24 October 1970 Partick Thistle A 1-1 Jenkins 3,000
7 November 1970 Queen of the South A 0-1 1,200
21 November 1970 Montrose H 4-0 Graham;Wilson(3) 800
28 November 1970 Queens Park A 1-2 Wilson 1,684
5 December 1970 East Fife A 2-3 Wilson(2) 2,502
12 December 1970 Stenhousemuir H 3-2 Wilson(3) 1,000
26 December 1970 Stranraer A 2-2 Gallagher,C;Gallagher,B 1,300
1 January 1971 Clydebank H 3-1 McCormack;Wilson;McKay 2,500
2 January 1971 Brechin City A 2-0 Gallagher,C;OG 600
16 January 1971 Berwick Rangers A 1-0 McCormack 800
23 January 1971 East Stirling A 1-3 Coleman 300
30 January 1971 Forfar Athletic H 5-1 Coleman;McCormack;Wilson(3) 1,500
6 February 1971 Alloa Athletic H 5-1 Coleman;Gallagher,C;McCormack;Wilson;OG 1,150
13 February 1971 Arbroath A 0-1 1,568
20 February 1971 Raith Rovers A 0-3 2,700
27 February 1971 Partick Thistle H 2-2 Coleman;Wilson 5,000
6 March 1971 Hamilton A 3-0 Gallagher,C;Gallagher,B;Wilson 600
13 March 1971 Queen of the South H 2-1 Gallacher,C;Wilson 1,500
22 March 1971 Hamilton H 4-1 Coleman;Gallagher,C;McCormack;Wilson
27 March 1971 Montrose A 1-3 Donnely 930
10 April 1971 East Stirling H 6-0 Coleman;Gallagher,C;McCormack;Gallagher,B(2);OG 1,100
17 April 1971 Stenhousemuir A 0-2
21 April 1971 Stirling Albion H 7-0 McCormack(3);Wilson(4)
24 April 1971 Arbroath H 3-0 McCormack;Wilson(2) 1,500
27 April 1971 Albion Rovers A 6-2 Coleman;McCormack(2);Wilson(3)
29 April 1971 Queens Park H 4-1 Muir;Coleman;McCormack;Gallagher,C 2,000

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1970–71 Scottish Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
19 December 1970 2 Stranraer A 2-3 Wilson;Coleman 1,380

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1970–71 Scottish League Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
8 August 1970 P Alloa Athletic A 3-1 Graham;Gallagher,C;Wilson 1,400
12 August 1970 P Brechin City H 2-2 Graham;Wilson 1,500
15 August 1970 P Berwick Rangers A 2-0 Wilson;Gallagher,B 1,000
19 August 1970 P Brechin City A 3-1 McAdam,C;Graham;Wilson
22 August 1970 P Alloa Athletic H 5-2 Gallagher,C;Wilson(4) 2,000
26 August 1970 P Berwick Rangers H 3-2 McAdam,C;Gallagher,B;Wilson 2,000
9 September 1970 QF1 Partick Thistle A 3-3 Graham;Coleman;OG
23 September 1970 QF2 Partick Thistle H 3-2 Gallagher,C;Gallagher,B;Donnelly
7 October 1970 SF Celtic A 0-0 25,846
12 October 1970 SFR Celtic A 3-4 Gallagher,C;Wilson;Graham 32,666

Stirlingshire Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
16 November 1970 1 Clydebank A 1-2 Gallagher,C 500

Other Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
3 August 1970 EnglandTranmere Rovers H 1-0 Gallagher,B

Appearances

Dumbarton used 27 players for the 47 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Peter Coleman, Kenny Jenkins and Laurie Williams were to feature in all but one of these matches. Note that an unnamed trialist played in one game.[1]

Player Position Appearances[2] Goals
Scotland Jack Bolton MF 36
Scotland Len Campbell MF 1
Scotland Carracher MF 1
Scotland Jim Cassells MF 1
Scotland Peter Coleman FW 46 13
Scotland Colgan FW 1
Scotland Alan Craig FW 0(1)
Scotland Joe Donnelly FW 11(9) 3
Scotland Eddie Ferguson MF 24 1
Scotland Brian Gallagher FW 40(1) 9
Scotland Charlie Gallagher FW 42(2) 13
Scotland Enoch Gilchrist MF 6
Scotland Brian Goodwin FW 2(2)
Scotland Johnny Graham MF 40 7
Scotland Kenny Jenkins FW 46 1
Scotland Ronnie Kidd FW 4(3)
Scotland Colin McAdam DF 7 2
Scotland Tom McAdam FW 0(1)
Scotland Roy McCormack FW 44 21
Scotland Ken McInnes MF 1
Scotland Allan McKay DF 22(4) 1
Scotland Alex McMichael FW 0(1)
Scotland George Muir DF 43 1
Scotland John Paterson FW 3
Scotland Allan Watson FW 2(2)
Scotland Billy Wilkinson DF 4(1)
Scotland Laurie Williams GK 46
Scotland Kenny Wilson FW 45 40

Reserve Team

For the first time in eight years, Dumbarton played an official reserve team which competed in the Combined Reserve League. The league was played in two series, and reporting of results is scarce - but both series were won by 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. ^ Substitute appearances in brackets.
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