1913–14 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1913–1914 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division One	19th
Scottish Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: John Rowan (12) All: John Rowan (17)
Highest home attendance	13,000
Lowest home attendance	2,000
Average home league attendance	5,631
← 1912-13 1914-15 →

Season 1913–14 was the 37th season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 15th time, the Scottish Cup for the 31st time and the Scottish Qualifying Cup for the 12th time.

Overview

Despite a good start which saw the club unbeaten in their first six league outings, Dumbarton finished 19th, out of 20, on their return to the First Division with 27 points.^[1] Nonetheless they were re-elected to the 'top flight' for the following season. Dumbarton qualified for the Scottish Cup by reaching the fourth round of the Scottish Qualifying Cup before losing to Nithsdale Wanderers.^[2] The Scottish Cup campaign was short-lived as Dumbarton lost out to Third Lanark in the second round.

Locally, after an absence of three seasons, Dumbarton entered the Dumbartonshire Cup but as in their previous six attempts were defeated in the final, this time by Renton.

Elsewhere a benefit match was played for Robert Muirhead against Third Lanark.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1913–14 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 August 1913	Queen's Park	H	4-0	7,000	Rowan(3);McDade
23 August 1913	Kilmarnock	H	1-1	13,000	Ferguson
30 August 1913	St Mirren	A	1-1	6,000	Speedie
1 September 1913	Ayr United	H	2-1	4,000	Murray,J(2)
17 September 1913	Ayr United	A	2-1	4,000	Blyth;Murray,J
27 September 1913	Motherwell	H	1-1	5,000	Blyth
11 October 1913	Hibernian	H	0-3	7,000
18 October 1913	Airdrie	A	1-4	7,000	OG
25 October 1913	Partick Thistle	H	1-0	7,000	Rowan
1 November 1913	Third Lanark	A	0-1	8,000
8 November 1913	Rangers	A	2-3	12,000	McConnell(2)
15 November 1913	Celtic	H	0-4	10,000
22 November 1913	Falkirk	A	1-3	7,000	Speedie
29 November 1913	Hamilton	H	1-1	4,000	McConnell
6 December 1914	Dundee	A	1-5	8,000	Pender
13 December 1913	St Mirren	H	2-1	5,000	Speedie;McConnell
20 December 1914	Aberdeen	A	3-2	6,000	Speedie;McConnell;Pender
27 December 1913	Clyde	A	0-0	4,000
1 January 1914	Raith Rovers	A	2-1	8,000	Rowan;Lawrie
3 January 1914	Falkirk	H	0-4	6,000
10 January 1914	Celtic	A	0-4	11,000
17 January 1914	Hearts	H	2-1	7,000	Rowan;Brown
24 January 1914	Kilmarnock	A	0-6	4,000
31 January 1914	Aberdeen	H	0-1	3,000
14 February 1914	Partick Thistle	A	1-2	15,000	Rowan
21 February 1914	Clyde	H	1-3	5,000	Gildea
28 February 1914	Motherwell	A	3-4	5,000	Rowan(3)
7 March 1914	Dundee	H	2-3	3,000	Ferguson;Thom
14 March 1914	Rangers	H	0-3	8,000
21 March 1914	Morton	A	1-3	10,000	Brown
28 March 1914	Morton	H	2-6	4,000	Gildea;Murray,J
31 March 1914	Queen's Park	A	0-3	5,000
4 April 1914	Hearts	A	1-5	6,500	Murray,J
6 April 1914	Raith Rovers	H	2-2	2,000	Gildea;Speedie
11 April 1914	Hamilton	A	1-3	3,000	Rowan
15 April 1914	Hibernian	A	1-1	5,000	Gildea
18 April 1914	Airdrie	H	1-0	5,000	Rowan
23 April 1914	Third Lanark	H	2-0	2,000	Murray,J;Gettins

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1913–14 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 February 1914	R2	Third Lanark	A	0-2	6,000

Scottish Qualifying Cup

Main article: Scottish Qualifying Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 September 1913	R1	Vale of Leven	A	0-0	6,000
13 September 1913	R1r	Vale of Leven	H	2-0	6,000	Speedie;Rowan
20 September 1913	R2	Johnstone	H	4-0	4,000	Rowan(2);Speedie;Blyth
4 October 1913	R3	Hurlford	H	5-1		Riddell(2);Rowan(2);McConnell
18 October 1913	R4	Nithsdale Wanderers	A	1-3		Murray,J

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
31 December 1913	SF1	Dumbarton Harp	H	1-3		McDade
25 April 1914	SF2	Dumbarton Harp	A	4-0	3,000	Rowan(4)
29 April 1914	F	Renton	A	0-0	4,000
30 April 1914	Fr	Renton	A	0-1	3,000

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
5 January 1914	Third Lanark	H	1-4		McDermid

Appearances

Dumbarton used 36 players for the 44 Scottish League, Scottish Cup and Qualifying Cup matches, as detailed below.^[3] James Ferguson topped the 'selection chart' by playing in 40 of these matches.^[4]

Player	Position^[5]	Appearances	Goals
James C Blyth	FW	20	3
James Brown	MF	2
John Brown	FW	10	2
Robert Bryson	GK	15
Charles Chalk	MF	1
Alexander Clarkson	DF	9
John Davie	DF	1
James Ferguson	FW	40	2
Forsyth	GK	1
Archibald Frew	GK	11
Alfred Gettins	FW	5	1
Harry Gildea	MF	27	4
Hendry	FW	1
Charles Keir	DF	22
Thomas Lawrie	FW	3	1
William McAlpine	DF	25
Thomas McConnell	FW	28	6
James McDade	FW	9	1
Peter McFie	MF	36
McGillivray	FW	1
Raeburn McLay	DF	1
John B Miller	GK	17
John Murray	FW	11	7
W Murray	FW	1
Robert Pender	FW	6	2
John Plank	FW	3
Andrew Potter	MF	5
James Riddell	MF	32	2
Andy Robertson	FW	10
John Rowan^[6]	FW	35	17
Shimmons	DF	2
Finlay Speedie^[7]	FW	36	7
David Steel	MF	5
Alexander Thom	FW	24	1
James Thomson	DF	27
John Wilson	FW	19

References

↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
↑ It is probably worth noting that the match against Nithsdale Wanderers was played by the Dumbarton reserves, as on the same day the first team were on league duty against Airdrie.
↑ A new record number of players used during the season, beating the previous highest of 34 set in the 1896-97 season.
↑ 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).
↑ The match against Celtic on 10 January was Rowan's 100th 'cap' for the club in national competitions.
↑ The match against Ayr United on 1 September was Speedie's 100th 'cap' for the club in national competitions.

External links

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