1957–58 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1957–1958 season

Manager

Peter McGown

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division 2

4th

Scottish Cup

First Round

Scottish League Cup

Prelims

Top goalscorer

League: Hugh Gallacher / Charlie Stewart (23)
All: Hugh Gallacher (29)

← 1956–57

1958–59 →

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

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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1957–58 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Stirlingshire Cup

Other Matches

Appearances

See also

References

External links