1879–80 Dumbarton F.C. season

1879–80 season

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Semi Final

Season 1879–80 was the seventh Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the seventh time.

Overview

At the beginning of the season, Dumbarton moved to Boghead Park, which was to be the club's home ground for the next 121 years.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton began by beating the previous season's champions, Vale of Leven, in the first round. Thereafter Dumbarton enjoyed some big wins, including an 11-0 thrashing of Clyde, to reached the semi final, only to lose out to eventual winners, Queen's Park, Scotland's top side at the time.^[1]

Elsewhere, Dumbarton were one of the four invitees to take part in the Glasgow Charity Cup but lost out to Rangers in the semi final.

Overall, Dumbarton's fixture list continued to grow and expand across the country, with home and away fixtures being played against local rivals Vale of Leven, Rangers (Glasgow), Hearts (Edinburgh) and Ayrshire Cup holders, Kilmarnock Athletic. In all, 15 'other' matches were played during the season, of these 7 were won, 2 drawn and 6 lost, scoring 46 and conceding 27.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1879-80 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
20 September 1879	R1	Vale of Leven	H	4-3	Lawrence;unknown(3)	5,000
11 October 1879	R2	Helensburgh	H	7-0	Lindsay;OG;unknown(5)
1 November 1879	R3	Renton	H	5-0	unknown
22 November 1879	R4	Clyde	H	11-0	unknown
20 December 1879	R5	Kilbirnie	H	6-2	unknown
3 January 1880	R6	Hibernian	H	6-2	unknown	2,000
17 January 1880	SF	Queen's Park	A	0-1		8,000

Glasgow Charity Cup

Main article: Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
10 April 1880	SF	Rangers	A	1-3	Lawrence

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
6 September 1879	Vale of Leven	H	3-4	Lindsay(2);unknown
13 September 1879	Alclutha	A	4-0	unknown
4 October 1879	Alexandra Athletic	A	2-2	Carruthers;unknown
18 October 1879	Govan	H	8-0	Lindsay;unknown(7)
23 October 1879	Hibernian	A	4-0	Hartley(2);Lindsay;Carruthers	2,500
8 November 1879	Parkgrove	H	4-2	unknown
15 November 1879	Kilmarnock Athletic	A	1-4	unknown
29 November 1879	Rangers	A	0-1
7 February 1880	Vale of Leven	A	0-1
14 February 1880	Hearts	A	0-4		500
21 February 1880	Rangers	H	3-3	Lawrence;Hartley;unknown
28 February 1880	Kilmarnock Athletic	H	7-1	Hartley;Carruthers;unknown(5)
13 March 1880	Lennox	A	5-0	unknown
20 March 1880	Hearts	H	5-2	unknown	500
27 March 1880	Jamestown	A	0-3

Appearances

Club

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

Player	Position^[3]	Appearances	Goals^[4]^[5]
J Anderson	HB	7
Robert Brown	FW	7
J Carruthers	FW	7
David Hartley	FW	7
Jock Hutcheson	BK	7
John Kennedy	GK	7
Archie Lang	BK	7
Alex Lawrence	FW	7	1
Joe Lindsay	FW	7	1
William McKinnon	FW	7
Peter Miller	HB	7

International

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

International trial matches were played on 28 February and 20 March 1880 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games against England and Wales. J Anderson, Archie Lang, Alex Lawrence and Joe Lindsay all took part.

As a result, Dumbarton's first international caps were awarded when Archie Lang and Joe Lindsay were selected to play for Scotland against Wales on 27 March 1880. The match resulted in a 5-1 win for Scotland with Lindsay scoring one of the goals.

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)
↑ 1 of the goals scored was an 'OG'.
↑ Due to the limited reporting of football at the time, the scorers of 36 of the 39 goals scored in Scottish Cup matches are unknown.

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