1923–24 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1923–1924 season
Manager	Donald Colman
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two	10th
Scottish Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Carlow/ Love/ Stalker (9) All: Stalker (10)
← 1922-23 1924-25 →

Season 1923–24 was the 47th season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 25th time and the Scottish Cup for the 36th time.

Overview

Dumbarton finished 10th, out of 20, in the Second Division with 39 points - 17 beind champions St Johnstone.^[1] In addition, Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round of the Scottish Cup by Aberdeen.

Locally, Dumbarton lost in the first round of the Dumbartonshire Cup to Clydebank, after a replay. The format of the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup was changed with the county champions, Clydebank playing a Dumbartonshire Select for possession of the trophy.

Elsewhere, three friendly matches were played, winning 1 and losing 2, scoring 4 goals for the loss of 7.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1923–24 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 August 1923	Albion Rovers	H	0-1
25 August 1923	King's Park	A	0-2
1 September 1923	Cowdenbeath	H	2-2		Loney;Miller
8 September 1923	Alloa Athletic	A	2-0		Loney;Miller
15 September 1923	Arbroath	H	1-0	2,000	Hyslop
22 September 1923	Bathgate	A	1-2		Love
29 September 1923	Bo'ness	H	1-1	1,500	Kennedy
6 October 1923	East Fife	A	0-2	3,500
13 October 1923	Vale of Leven	H	1-0	3,500	Love
20 October 1923	Johnstone	A	1-0		Loney
27 October 1923	Dundee United	H	3-0	1,000	Mair;Kennedy;Love
3 November 1923	Armadale	A	1-4	2,000	Love
10 November 1923	St Johnstone	H	1-4	2,000	Love
17 November 1923	Broxburn United	H	2-0	1,500	Love;Mair
24 November 1923	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0-2	3,000
1 December 1923	Forfar Athletic	A	1-2		Hyslop
8 December 1923	Stenhousemuir	H	0-1	1,000
15 December 1923	Lochgelly United	H	3-0	1,000	Htslop;Mair;Love
22 December 1923	St Bernards	A	0-3
29 December 1923	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1-0		Miller
1 January 1924	King's Park	H	0-5	3,000
2 January 1924	Albion Rovers	A	0-1	4,000
5 January 1924	Broxburn United	A	0-3
19 January 1924	Stenhousemuir	A	2-1		Stalker;Carlow
2 February 1924	East Fife	H	1-1	2,000	Kennedy
13 February 1924	St Johnstone	A	4-4		Carlow(3);Thomson
16 February 1924	Dundee United	A	1-0		Carlow
20 February 1924	Forfar Athletic	H	5-1	2,000	Stalker(2);Hyslop;Carlow;Miller
23 February 1924	Alloa Athletic	H	5-0	3,000	Stalker(2);Love;Kennedy;Miller
1 March 1924	Lochgelly United	A	2-0		Stalker(2)
12 March 1924	St Bernards	H	1-0		Thomson
15 March 1924	Vale of Leven	A	2-2	2,500	Love;Kennedy
22 March 1924	Bo'ness	A	2-0		Stalker(2)
29 March 1924	Armadale	H	0-2
5 April 1924	Arbroath	A	0-3	3,500
12 April 1924	Cowdenbeath	H	1-4	5,000	Thomson
19 April 1924	Johnstone	H	2-1		Carlow(2)
26 April 1924	Bathgate	H	6-2		Thomson(2);Hyslop;Loney;Kennedy;Miller

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1923–24 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
26 January 1924	1	Aberdeen	A	1-2	12,000	Stalker

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 September 1923	1	Clydebank	H	1-1		Hyslop
16 April 1924	1r	Clydebank	A	0-2	500

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
8 March 1924	Hamilton	A	2-0	unknown
30 April 1924	Celtic	H	1-4	McGhee
3 May 1924	Helensburgh	A	1-3	unknown

Appearances

Dumbarton used 24 players for the 39 Scottish League and Scottish Cup matches, as detailed below. Kennedy and Miller both featured in all of these matches.^[2]

Player	Position^[3]	Appearances	Goals
Beattie	MF	2
Bell	MF	16
Cairns	DF	4
Cameron	FW	6
Francis Carlow	FW	14	9
Chalmers	GK	18
Donald Colman	FW	1
William Gibson	DF	37
Harper	GK	1
Alexander Hunter	FW	1
Hyslop	MF	34	5
Alex Jackson	FW	2
Kennedy	FW	39	5
Arthur King	GK	20
Henry Loney	MF	38	4
Love	FW	29	9
Andrew Mair	MF	37	3
McGoldrick	FW	1
Andrew Miller	FW	39	6
Murray	DF	2
Robert Robertson	DF	25
Stalker	MF	33	10
Norman Thomson	FW	23	5
James Warden	DF	1

References

↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
↑ 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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