1876–77 Dumbarton F.C. season

1876–77 season

Stadium

Lowmans Park, Dumbarton

Third Round

Season 1876–77 was the fourth Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the fourth time.

Overview

According to records of the time, Dumbarton played their home matches at Lowland Park during the 1876-77 season.

Despite an encouraging start in the Scottish Cup campaign, by disposing of their local rivals Renton in the first round, Dumbarton disappointingly lost out to Lennox in the third round of the competition.^[1]

Elsewhere, 8 'other' matches were played, including home and away fixtures against their local rivals, Vale of Leven and Glasgow side, South Western. Of these matches, 4 were won, 2 drawn and 2 lost, scoring 18 goals and conceding 6.

It should also be noted that overall Dumbarton were unbeaten in their 4 home matches during the season - an unbroken home record extending back to April 1875.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1876–77 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
30 September 1876	R1	Renton	H	1-1	unknown
7 October 1876	R1r	Renton	A	2-0	unknown
21 October 1876	R2	Star of Leven	A	4-0	unknown
18 November 1876	R3	Lennox	A	0-1		1,000

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
4 November 1876	Rovers (Glasgow)	H	9-0	unknown
25 November 1876	Vale of Leven	H	1-0	Lawrence
16 December 1876	Renton	A	0-1
27 January 1877	Alclutha	A	1-1	unknown
3 February 1877	Vale of Leven	A	1-3	Galbraith	1,000
24 February 1877	Lennox	A	3-0	Miller;unknown(2)
3 March 1877	South Western	H	2-0	unknown
31 March 1877	South Western	A	1-1	unknown

Appearances

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

Player	Position^[3]	Appearances
William Anderson	FW	4
James Boyd	HB	1
George Fraser	GK	4
W Fraser	BK	4
Alex Galbraith	FW	2
David Hartley	FW	4
Robert Johnston	HB	4
Archie Lang	BK	4
Alex Lawrence	FW	4
J McMaster	FW	4
Meadsdale	HB	1
Peter Miller	FW^[5]	4
S Watt	FW	4

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 2-2-6 (two backs, two half backs and six forwards)
↑ Due to the limited reporting of football at the time, the scorers of all 7 goals scored in Scottish Cup matches are unknown.
↑ Peter Miller played twice as a Forward and twice as a half back.

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