1934–35 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1934–1935 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two	16th
Scottish Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Johnny Haddow (19) All: Johnny Haddow (23)
Highest home attendance	2,400
Lowest home attendance	500
Average home league attendance	1,100
← 1933-34 1935-36 →

Season 1934–35 was the 58th season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 36th time and the Scottish Cup for the 47th time.

Overview

After the optimism of the previous season, Dumbarton slumped to finish 16th, out of 18, with 22 points - 30 behind champions Third Lanark.^[1] During the season, a number of big defeats were suffered, conceding 9, 8 and 6 goals twice.

In the Scottish Cup, there was a second round exit, to First Division St Johnstone.

Locally, Dumbarton failed to retake the Dumbartonshire Cup, with amateur side Vale Ocaba retaining the trophy. Note that the final was held over until the start of the 1935-36 season.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1934–35 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
11 August 1934	Arbroath	H	2-1	English;Haddow	2,400
18 August 1934	Dundee United	A	2-5	Haddow;Cumming	6,000
25 August 1934	Brechin City	H	2-0	Haddow;Pyper	1,800
1 September 1934	Stenhousemuir	A	1-6	Haddow
8 September 1934	Edinburgh City	A	2-3	Wallace;Pyper
15 September 1934	Leith Athletic	A	1-2	English
22 September 1934	East Stirlingshire	H	2-2	Kennedy;Miller	1,000
29 September 1934	East Fife	A	1-9	English	1,000
6 October 1934	Cowdenbeath	H	4-2	Kennedy(2);Wallace(2)	500
13 October 1934	Alloa Athletic	H	0-0		800
20 October 1934	Brechin City	A	4-1	Ballantyne(2);Wallace;English
27 October 1934	Leith Athletic	H	1-2	Ritchie,G	1,000
3 November 1934	King's Park	A	2-3	Haddow(2)	1,000
10 November 1934	Montrose	H	1-1	English	1,000
17 November 1934	Third Lanark	A	2-4	Ballantyne;Haddow	2,000
24 November 1934	Forfar Athletic	H	1-1	Joyce	1,000
1 December 1934	Raith Rovers	A	2-4	Haddow;Wallace	1,000
8 December 1934	St Bernards	A	0-5		500
15 December 1934	St Bernards	H	1-4	Speedie	800
22 December 1934	Edinburgh City	H	2-0	Haddow(2)	1,000
29 December 1934	Stenhousemuir	H	2-1	English;Haddow	1,100
1 January 1935	Cowdenbeath	A	1-8	Haddow
5 January 1935	Forfar Athletic	A	1-4	Henderson	1,100
12 January 1935	Dundee United	H	5-1	Speedie(3);English;McDonald	1,000
19 January 1935	East Stirlingshire	A	2-6	Moran;McDonald	600
2 February 1935	Morton	H	2-5	Ballantyne(2)	1,400
16 February 1935	Montrose	A	0-5
2 March 1935	East Fife	H	4-2	Haddow(2);Moran;Muir	900
9 March 1935	Morton	A	2-3	Ballantyne;Haddow	1,500
16 March 1935	Alloa Athletic	A	1-4	Haddow
23 March 1935	King's Park	H	4-2	Haddow(2);Speedie(2)	1,000
30 March 1935	Arbroath	A	0-4		2,000
5 April 1935	Third Lanark	H	0-1		1,000
13 April 1935	Raith Rovers	H	3-4	Speedie(2);Haddow	900

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1934–35 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
26 January 1935	1	Vale Ocaba	A	6-1	Haddow(4);English;Speedie	5,000
9 February 1935	2	St Johnstone	A	0-4		6,034

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
4 September 1935	F	Vale Ocaba	H	3-3	Cameron;Watson;Taylor,A	1,000
11 September 1935	Fr	Vale Ocaba	A	1-4	Haddow	2,000

Appearances

Dumbarton used 32 players for the 36 Scottish League and Scottish Cup matches, as detailed below. Wallace was top of the 'selection chart' by featuring in 32 of these matches. Note that unnamed 'trialist(s)' played in two matches.^[2]

Player	Position^[3]	Appearances	Goals
Charles Ballantyne	MF	28	6
William Barrie	DF	9
Colquhoun	FW	3
Cumming	FW	2	1
Duffie	FW	2
Sam English	FW	29	8
Johnny Haddow	FW	29	23
Hamilton	FW	13	1
Joyce	MF	2	1
D Kennedy	FW	4	3
Kerr	GK	3
Kyle	MF	2
McCourt	DF	3
McDonald	DF	30	2
McLeod	FW	14
Allan Miller	FW	2	1
Archibald Milliken	GK	2
Hugh Moran	MF	16	2
James Muir	FW	18	1
Polson	FW	1
Powell	DF	15
John Pyper	FW	8	2
Rankin	MF	1
Dick Ritchie	MF	16
G Ritchie	MF	10	1
Simpson	GK	31
Robert Speedie	FW	19	9
G Taylor	MF	13
Thomson	DF	1
Wallace	MF	32	5
Martin Watson	DF	24

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

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