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 73rd 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 and the Scottish League Cup for the 4th 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

Main article: 1949–50 Scottish Football 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
25 March 1950	St Johnstone	A	1-2	Spiers
1 April 1950	Morton	A	0-1		5,000
8 April 1950	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2-4	Peden;Stirling	2,000

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1949–50 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

Main article: 1949–50 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

Appearances

Dumbarton used 27 players for the 41 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and Supplementary Cup matches, as detailed below. George Ferguson featured in all but two of these matches.^[1]

Player	Position^[2]	Appearances	Goals
Jackie Cantwell	FW	20	2
George Carson	FW	5	1
Ian Cook	FW	6	1
Bobby Donaldson	MF	19
Tom Donegan	FW	35	8
Roy Dunbar	FW	21	5
Rex Dunlop	FW	7	1
George Ferguson	DF	39
Donald Gillies	FW	4
Hugh Goldie	FW	9	6
Peter Grant	FW	25	4
Ian Hepburn	MF	9
Willie Johnston	FW	20	7
Willie Leitch	FW	4	2
Jim McGown	MF	3
Willie McLaren	MF	25	1
Neil McLean	FW	17	2
Jack McNee	DF	30
Ian Ogilvie	GK	15
George Paton	GK	26
Jim Peden	MF	22	2
John Sharp	MF	22
John Sheridan	FW	3	1
Joe Spiers	FW	22	8
Alex Stirling	FW	16	5
Andy Tait	MF	13	1
John Turnbull	DF	14

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.
↑ The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two defenders, three midfielders and five forwards).

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

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1949–50 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	Football League First Division Second Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup

Related to national team	Results British Home Championship 1950 World Cup qualifying (Group 1)

Club seasons

First Division	Aberdeen Celtic Clyde Dundee East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Raith Rovers Queen of the South St. Mirren Stirling Albion Third Lanark

Second Division	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Morton Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir

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1949–50 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Supplementary Cup

Stirlingshire Cup

Other Matches

Appearances

Reserve Team

See also

References

External links