1875–76 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1875–76 season
Stadium Broomfauld Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Cup Semi Final

Season 1875–76 was the third Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the third time.

Overview

This season saw Dumbarton move to their new ground at Broomfauld Park.

The semi final of the Scottish Cup was reached for the second successive year before losing to 3rd LRV, after two 1-1 draws.[1]

Elsewhere, 7 'other' matches were played, of which 5 were won and 2 drawn, scoring 22 goals and conceding just 3.

Overall, Dumbarton remained unbeaten in their 9 home matches during the season.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
9 October 1875R1LennoxA2-2unknown
16 October 1875R1rLennoxH1-0Galbraith
6 November 1875R2Renton ThistleH2-1McAulay;Galbraith
27 November 1875R3DrumpellierH5-1McAulay(2);Boyd;Anderson;Meikleham
R4bye
8 January 1876SF3rd LRVA1-1Hartley
15 January 1876SFr3rd LRVA1-1Anderson2,500
22 January 1876SFr3rd LRVA0-3

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
4 September 1875LennoxH3-0McInnes;Meikleham;OG
18 September 1875AlcluthaH1-0unknown
25 September 1875HelensburghA2-2unknown
23 October 1875St Andrews (Glasgow)H6-1unknown
30 October 1875Telegraphists (Glasgow)H8-0unknown
29 January 1876PartickH2-0Anderson;Boyd
5 February 1876RentonH0-0

Appearances

Club

This shows appearances made for Dumbarton in Scottish Cup matches only.[2]

Player Position[3] Appearances Goals[4]
Scotland William Anderson FW 72
Scotland J Baillie GK 3
Scotland John Bain BK[5] 7
Scotland James Boyd HB 71
Scotland Fowler GK 2
Scotland Alex Galbraith FW 72
Scotland David Hartley FW 71
Scotland Robert Johnston HB 7
Scotland David McAulay FW 73
Scotland William McIntosh BK 4
Scotland James Meikleham FW 71
Scotland A Michie BK 3
Scotland Peter Miller FW 1
Scotland T Munn FW 4
Scotland James Wood BK 2
Scotland John Wood GK 2

County

As part of the growth of the sport in Scotland, inter-county matches began to be an established part of the football calendar with the 'cream' of each county being selected to play for their respective counties/cities. One of the earliest was a match played at Hampden Park on 29 April 1876 between Dumbartonshire and Glasgow for the benefit of the Western Infirmary. James Boyd and James Meikleham were selected from Dumbarton to play in the Dumbartonshire team, with Glasgow winning 2-0.

See also

References

  1. Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  3. The usual formation would be 2-2-6 (two backs, two half backs and six forwards)
  4. Due to the limited reporting of football at the time, the scorers of 2 of the 12 goals scored in Scottish Cup matches are unknown.
  5. John Bain played five games as a Back and twice as a Forward - see utility player.

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