1921–22 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1921–1922 season
Manager	Paddy Travers
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division One	20th
Scottish Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jock Wood (25) All: Jock Wood (25)
Highest home attendance	10,000
Lowest home attendance	2,000
Average home league attendance	4,200
← 1920-21 1922-23 →

Season 1921–22 was the 45th season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 23rd time and the Scottish Cup for the 34th time.

Overview

Dumbarton finished 20th, out of 22, in the First Division with 30 points - and with the introduction of automatic promotion/relegation, Dumbarton were relegated to Division Two for the following season.^[1] In addition, Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round of the Scottish Cup by Aberdeen.

Locally, Dumbarton won both the Dumbartonshire Cup and the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup by defeating Dumbarton Harp (after a replay) and Clydebank (on corners won) respectively.

Elsewhere, at the end of the season Dumbarton embarked on their first foreign tour, playing 8 matches in Norway and Sweden, winning 5, drawing 1 and losing 2, scoring 16 goals for the loss of 11. Two other friendlies were played against Vale of Leven and Leith Athletic.

Note that James Collins was replaced by Paddy Travers as team manager.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1921–22 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1921	Kilmarnock	A	0-1	10,000
27 August 1921	Aberdeen	H	1-1	5,000	Alexander
31 August 1921	Hamilton	H	1-2	3,000	Wood
3 September 1921	Partick Thistle	A	2-4	15,000	Wood;Chalmers
6 September 1921	Celtic	A	0-4	10,000
10 September 1921	Third Lanark	H	3-3^[2]	4,000	McEwan;Wood;Chalmers
17 September 1921	Clydebank	H	2-0	6,000	Wood(2)
24 September 1921	Celtic	H	0-5	10,000
1 October 1921	Queen's Park	H	2-3	4,000	Wood(2)
4 October 1921	Third Lanark	A	1-1	1,000	Taylor
8 October 1921	Airdrie	H	1-0	3,000	Wood
15 October 1921	Motherwell	A	0-5	9,000
22 October 1921	Morton	H	2-1	3,000	Wood;Browning
29 October 1921	Hearts	A	0-2	15,500
5 November 1921	Raith Rovers	H	1-2	3,500	Wood
12 November 1921	Rangers	A	1-1	16,000	Wood
19 November 1921	Clyde	H	4-1	4,000	Wood(2);Robertson,J;Chalmers
26 November 1921	Hibernian	A	0-0	12,000
3 December 1921	St Mirren	A	2-4	10,000	Wood(2)
10 December 1921	Falkirk	H	0-0	3,000
17 December 1921	Dundee	H	2-0	4,000	Wood;Browning
24 December 1921	Albion Rovers	A	0-1	4,000
31 December 1921	Partick Thistle	H	1-4	5,000	Wood
2 January 1922	Ayr United	A	0-2	5,000
3 January 1922	Hamilton	A	1-1	5,000	Wood
7 January 1922	Kilmarnock	H	5-3	5,000	Alexander(3);Wood;Robertson,J
14 January 1922	Aberdeen	A	0-3	12,000
4 February 1922	Airdrie	A	1-3	4,000	Chalmers
11 February 1922	Raith Rovers	A	1-1	6,000	Wood
13 February 1922	Ayr United	H	3-1	2,500	Wood(3)
18 February 1922	Dundee	A	0-2	15,000
25 February 1922	Queen's Park	A	0-1	12,000
27 February 1922	St Mirren	H	0-2	2,000
4 March 1922	Hibernian	H	1-1	4,000	Halleron
18 March 1922	Morton	A	0-1	6,000
25 March 1922	Albion Rovers	H	1-2	3,000	Halleron
1 April 1922	Clyde	A	0-5	4,000
8 April 1922	Rangers	H	0-4	7,000
19 April 1922	Motherwell	H	3-2	2,000	Wood;Thomson;Halleron
22 April 1922	Hearts	H	3-2	5,000	Wood;Alexander;Halleron
26 April 1922	Clydebank	A	1-0	2,000	Thomson
29 April 1922	Falkirk	A	0-0	10,000

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1921–22 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
28 January 1922	1	Aberdeen	A	0-1	15,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
5 January 1922	P	Dumbarton Harp	H	0-0
1 April 1922	P	Helensburgh	H	4-2		Alexander(3);Robertson,J
3 April 1922	P	Vale of Leven	A	1-0	2,000	Wood
5 April 1922	P	Clydebank	H	3-0		Gordon(2);Wood
21 April 1922	P	Renton	H	1-0	2,000	Coutts
28 April 1922	F	Dumbarton Harp	H	1-1		Sheddan
29 April 1922	Fr	Dumbarton Harp	H	2-0		Robertson;Coutts

Dumbartonshire Charity Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1 May 1922	1	Vale of Leven	H	4-0	2,000	Alexander(2);Gordon;Wood
6 May 1922	SF	Renton	H	1-0		Alexander
13 May 1922	F	Clydebank	H	1-1^[3]		Alexander

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1921	Vale of Leven	A	0-0	2,000
11 March 1922	Leith Athletic	H	4-2	2,000	Robertson,J;Taylor;Wood(2)
16 May 1922	SK Brann	A	2-0		unknown
19 May 1922	SK Brann	A	4-3		unknown
22 May 1922	Drammen	A	1-2		unknown
25 May 1922	Örgryte IS	A	2-1		unknown
26 May 1922	IFK Göteborg	A	1-0		unknown
28 May 1922	Gothenberg Select	A	0-4		unknown
7 June 1922	SK Brann	A	4-0		unknown
9 June 1922	SK Brann	A	1-1		unknown

Appearances

Dumbarton used 29 players for the 43 Scottish League and Scottish Cup matches, as detailed below. Jock Wood was the only player to feature in all of these matches.^[4]

Player	Position^[5]	Appearances	Goals
W Aitken	DF	1
James Alexander	FW	12	5
John Bowie	FW	7
John Browning	FW	40	2
Andrew Chalmers	FW	28	4
Harry Chatton	MF	28
Donald Colman	DF	25
John Coutts	MF	15
Richard Field	MF	8
J S Forrest	MF	1
Robert Godfrey	MF	16
Charles Gordon	FW	6
John Grainger	FW	4
Douglas C Haggo	GK	7
Peter Halleron	FW	10	4
Alex Henderson	DF	37
Arthur King	GK	20
Henry Loney	MF	41
Andrew Mair	MF	5
Hugh McBride	DF	11
Robert McEwan	FW	30	1
James Robertson	FW	31	2
Robert Robertson	DF	14
Alexander Sheddan	FW	1
James Taylor	MF	8	1
Norman Thomson	FW	7	2
Martin Travers	MF	1
Joshua Wilkinson	GK	16
Jock Wood	FW	43	25

Reserve Team

Dumbarton Reserves played in the Scottish Alliance League and also in the Scottish Second XI Cup.

References

↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
↑ Jock Wood's goal was Dumbarton's 1,000 goal in the Scottish Football League.
↑ won on corners
↑ 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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