1928–29 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1928–1929 season
Manager	Donald Colman
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two	14th
Scottish Cup	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: Johnny Haddow (11) All: Johnny Haddow (12)
← 1927-28 1929-30 →

Season 1928–29 was the 52nd season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 30th time and the Scottish Cup for the 41st time.

Overview

Dumbarton finished 14th, out of 19, in the Second Division with 31 points - 20 behind champions Dundee United. Note that Bathgate resigned during the season and their record up till that time was expunged.^[1]

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton reached the third round before losing out to Raith Rovers.

Locally, Dumbarton were runners-up in the Dumbartonshire Cup for the fifth season running, again losing out to Clydebank in the final.

Note that the third goal in the East Fife game on 15 December was Dumbarton's 2,000th goal in all national competitive matches.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1928–29 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 1928	East Stirling	A	0-1
18 August 1928	Alloa Athletic	H	4-1	2,000	Urquhart(2);Harvie;Crawford
25 August 1928	Forfar Athletic	A	1-1		Reid
1 September 1928	King's Park	H	3-3	2,000	McLardie;Crawford;Haddow
8 September 1928	Stenhousemuir	A	0-1
15 September 1928	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3-1	3,000	Harvie;Malloy;Crawford
22 September 1928	Arthurlie	A	3-3		Malloy;Crawford;Haddow
29 September 1928	Arbroath	H	0-2	2,000
13 October 1928	Bo'ness	H	0-3	2,000
20 October 1928	Clydebank	H	1-1		Crawford
27 October 1928	Morton	A	1-3	7,000	Orr
3 November 1928	Queen of the South	H	4-2		Orr;Reid;Crawford;Haddow
10 November 1928	Leith Athletic	A	0-3
17 November 1928	Albion Rovers	H	1-0		Crawford
24 November 1928	Armadale	H	5-2		McIssac(3);Haddow(2)
1 December 1928	Dundee United	A	1-3		McIssac
8 December 1928	St Bernards	H	2-1		Gillies;McIssac
15 December 1928	East Fife	A	3-6		McIssac(2);Gillies
22 December 1928	Alloa Athletic	A	2-0	1,500	McIssac;Haddow
31 December 1928	Clydebank	A	6-1	3,000	Reid(2);Haddow(2);Crawford;Kirk
2 January 1929	Morton	H	1-0		Kirk
5 January 1929	Forfar Athletic	H	0-0
12 January 1929	King's Park	A	1-1		Kirk
26 January 1929	Stenhousemuir	H	0-1
9 February 1929	Arthurlie	H	2-0		Malloy;Haddow
20 February 1929	Arbroath	A	1-7		Haddow
2 March 1929	Bo'ness	A	0-6
9 March 1929	Queen of the South	A	0-3
16 March 1929	Leith Athletic	H	1-4		Miller
23 March 1929	Albion Rovers	A	4-6	2,000	Kirk;Malloy;Crawford;Haddow
30 March 1929	Armadale	A	1-1		Miller
1 April 1929	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2-3		Craig;OG
6 April 1929	Dundee United	H	1-1		Urquhart
8 April 1929	East Stirling	H	3-2		Urquhart(2);Kirk
20 April 1929	St Bernards	A	0-3
27 April 1929	East Fife	H	2-2		Speedie;Crawford

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1928–29 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 January 1929	1	Inverness Citadel	H	6-1	2,000	Harvie(2);Orr;McLardie;Kirk;Malloy
2 February 1929	2	Fraserburgh	A	3-0	1,500	Malloy(3)
18 February 1929	3	Raith Rovers	A	2-3	5,000	Malloy;Haddow

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
24 April 1929	F	Clydebank	A	0-1	1,000

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 October 1928	Bathgate	A	3-2		Kirk(2);Reid
23 February 1929	Bathgate	H	3-0		Kirk(3)

Note - both games against Bathgate were played as league fixtures, but as Bathgate resigned before the end of the season, all their results were expunged.

Appearances

Dumbarton used 22 players for the 39 Scottish League and Scottish Cup matches, as detailed below. Muir was the only player to feature in all of these matches.^[2]

Player	Position^[3]	Appearances	Goals
Blackstock	GK	4
John Bradford	GK	35
Craig	MF	3	1
James Crawford	FW	35	10
Cunningham	MF	1
W Gibson	DF	1
Archibald Gillies	FW	35	2
Johnny Haddow	FW	37	12
John Harvie	MF	35	4
J Jackson	FW	1
W Kirk	FW	28	6
William Malloy	FW	20	9
McIssac	FW	13	8
A McLardie	FW	37	2
James Miller	MF	38	2
D Muir	DF	39
Neish	MF	3
Robert Orr	DF	33	3
H Reid	MF	17	4
R Shaw	DF	5
Robert Speedie	FW	1	1
Angus Urquhart	FW	8	5

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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