1970–71 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1970–1971 season
Manager	Jackie Stewart
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 2	4th
Scottish Cup	Second Round
Scottish League Cup	Semi Final
Top goalscorer	League: Kenny Wilson (29); All: Kenny Wilson (40)
	← 1969–70 1971–72 →

Season 1970–71 was the 87th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 65th 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.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish 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

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
19 December 1970	2	Stranraer	A	2-3	Wilson;Coleman	1,380

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	Tranmere Rovers	H	1-0	Gallagher,B

Player statistics

Squad^[1]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Laurie Williams	46	0	35	0	1	0	10	0
	GK	SCO	Trialist	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Colin McAdam	7	2	1	0	0	0	6	2
	DF	SCO	Allan McKay	26	1	21+4	1	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	George Muir	43	1	33	1	1	0	9	0
	DF	SCO	Billy Wilkinson	5	0	3+1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Jack Bolton	36	0	31	0	1	0	4	0
	MF	SCO	Len Campbell	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Carracher	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Jim Cassells	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Eddie Ferguson	24	1	19	1	1	0	4	0
	MF	SCO	Enoch Gilchrist	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	MF	SCO	Johnny Graham	40	7	29	2	1	0	10	5
	MF	SCO	Ken McInnes	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Peter Coleman	46	13	35	11	1	1	10	1
	FW	SCO	Colgan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Alan Craig	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Joe Donnelly	20	3	10+5	2	1	0	0+4	1
	FW	SCO	Brian Gallagher	41	9	29+1	6	1	0	10	3
	FW	SCO	Charlie Gallagher	44	13	32+1	9	0+1	0	10	4
	FW	SCO	Brian Goodwin	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Kenny Jenkins	45	1	35	1	0	0	10	0
	FW	SCO	Ronnie Kidd	7	0	4+3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Tom McAdam	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Roy McCormack	44	21	33	21	1	0	10	0
	FW	SCO	Alex McMichael	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	John Paterson	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Allan Watson	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Kenny Wilson	45	40	34	29	1	1	10	10

Transfers

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

Players in

Player	From	Date
Peter Coleman	Albion Rovers	1 May 1970
Charlie Gallagher	Celtic	18 Jun 1970
Brian Gallagher	Morton	21 Jul 1970
Kenny Wilson	St Johnstone	21 Jul 1970
Jack Bolton	Raith Rovers	4 Sep 1970
Tom McAdam	'S' Form

Players out

Player	To	Date
David Anderson	Berwick Rangers	9 Oct 1970
Eddie Ferguson	Rotherham Utd	29 Jan 1971
Allan Watson	Emigrated

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.

Factfile

* The League match against Berwick Rangers on 26 September marked George Muir's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 61st Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* Dumbarton scored 118 goals in all matches during the season, the 13th time that the 'century' had been broken.

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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