1890–91 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1890–91 season

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish Football League

Champions

Scottish Cup

Runners Up

Top goalscorer

League: John Bell (20)
All: John Taylor (28)

← 1889–90

1891–92 →

Season 1890–91 was the 18th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the inaugural Scottish Football League and entering the Scottish Cup for the 18th time.

Overview

Dumbarton took part in the first ever Scottish League Championship, and with 11 wins and 3 draws from their first 14 fixtures, it looked likely that they would win the title. However losses to Celtic and Rangers in their final four ties meant that Dumbarton finished up with the same number of points as Rangers. With no rules on what should happen in such circumstances, the Scottish League decided on a play-off decider, which finished 2-2, and rather than arrange for a further play-off, the inaugural championship was shared.^[1]

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton almost made it a league and cup double, but lost out to Hearts in the final.

Individual honours fell to John Bell by being the first ever League topscorer with 20 goals - although it was John Taylor who was the club's overall topscorer in national competitions, with 28 goals, to Bell's 25. (Bear in mind that 4 of the goals scored in Scottish League and Cup matches are unknown.)

In other competitions, there was a lot of silverware heading towards Boghead. Dumbarton again retained the Dumbartonshire Cup (fourth time overall), beating Vale of Leven in the final, retained the Greenock Charity Cup, by beating the hosts Morton in the final, and in the first (and only) League Charity Cup, Dumbarton beat Celtic in the final. Easily the club's most successful season to date.

Despite all the competitive games, Dumbartons still managed to play 8 'other' matches, of which 5 were won, 2 drawn and 1 lost, scoring 29 goals and conceding 12.

It should be noted that Dumbarton remained unbeaten at Boghead during the season, meaning that defeat had not been tasted on home soil since September 1889. In addition, the total number of goals scored in all games was 165, beating the previous record set in season 1887-88.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1890-91 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
16 August 1890	Cowlairs	H	1-1	Taylor	3,000
23 August 1890	3rd LRV	A	3-1	Bell;Taylor;McMillan	4,000
30 August 1890	Hearts	H	3-1	Taylor;Bell;Mair	3,000
13 September 1890	Rangers	H	5-1	Mair;Bell(3);Taylor	4,000
4 October 1890	Vale of Leven	A	3-1	OG;Mair;unknown
11 October 1890	Abercorn	H	5-1	Taylor(3);Galbraith(2)
25 October 1890	Cowlairs	A	6-1	OG(3);Bell(2);Taylor
27 December 1890	Abercorn	A	2-1	Taylor(2)	6,000
24 January 1891	Cambuslang	H	5-0	McNaught;Bell(2);Keir;Thomson
21 February 1891	Celtic	H	2-2	Galbraith;Boyle	6,000
28 February 1891	Vale of Leven	H	4-0	Keir;Taylor;OG;Boyle
7 March 1891	St Mirren	H	5-1	Bell(4);McNaught
21 March 1891	Cambuslang	A	2-2	Taylor;Bell
28 March 1891	3rd LRV	H	5-1	Bell;McLeod;Hutcheson;Taylor;OG
11 April 1891	Celtic	A	0-1		10,000
20 April 1891	Hearts	A	4-0	Bell(2);Taylor;Galbraith	5,500
25 April 1891	Rangers	A	2-4	Bell(2)	12,000
2 May 1891	St Mirren	A	4-2	Galbraith(2);Bell;Miller,J

In the decider, played at Cathkin Park on 21 May 1891 in front of 10,000 spectators, Dumbarton and Rangers drew 2-2, with Taylor and J. Miller scoring for Dumbarton. It was subsequently decided that the Championship be shared.

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1890-91 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
6 September 1890	R1	Smithston Hibernian	H	8-2	McNaught;Taylor(2);Galbraith;OG;unknown(3)
27 September 1890	R2	Hibernian	A	9-1	Taylor(3);Galbraith(2);Boyle;Mair;McNaught;Bell	3,000
18 October 1890	R3	Clydebank	H	6-0	Taylor(4);McMillan;Bell
8 November 1890	R4	Mossend Swifts	H	7-3	McNaught(2);McMillan;Mair;Taylor;Miller,A;Galbraith
6 December 1890	R5	5th KRV	H	8-0	Taylor(3);Bell;McNaught(2);Boyle;Galbraith
20 December 1890	R6	Celtic	H	3-0	Mair(2);Bell	10,000
17 January 1891	SF	Abercorn	H	3-1	Galbraith;McNaught;Bell	10,000
7 February 1891	F	Hearts	A	0-1		10,836

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
22 November 1890	R1	Duntocher Harp	A	10-2	Bell;Galbraith;Taylor;unknown(7)
13 December 1890	SF	Clydebank	A	4-1	Boyle;Mair;Taylor;OG
14 February 1891	F	Vale of Leven	H	4-1	Mair(2);Taylor;Bell

League Charity Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
16 May 1891	SF	Rangers	A	1-0	Taylor	7,000
10 June 1891	F	Celtic	A	3-0	Bell;Taylor(2)	8,000

Greenock Charity Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
4 April 1891	SF	Partick Thistle	A	2-0	Bell(2)
6 June 1891	F	Morton	A	5-1	Galbraith;unknown(4)	4,000

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
9 August 1890	Rangers	A	1-3^[2]	unknown
20 August 1890	Leith Athletic	A	3-1	Wilson(2);Mair	5,500
29 November 1890	5th KRV	H	2-0^[3]	Taylor;unknown
1 January 1891	Celtic	A	1-1	Taylor	15,000
2 January 1891	Arbroath	A	6-0	unknown
3 January 1891	King's Park	H	8-3	unknown
22 May 1891	Arbroath	A	2-2	unknown
23 May 1891	Aberdeen	A	6-2	Galbraith;Boyle Mallor;OG;unknown(2)	5,000

Appearances

Club

Dumbarton used 21 players during the season in 27 Scottish League, League Play Off and Cup matches, as detailed below. John Bell and John McLeod played in all of these matches.^[4]

Player	Position^[5]	Appearances	Goals^[6]
John Bell	FW	27	25
Dickie Boyle	HB	26	4
James Galbraith	FW	26	12
John Hannah	BK	9
William Henderson	FW	1
Alex Hutcheson	FW	6	1
Jones	HB	1
Leitch Keir	HB	21	2
Neil Kerr	FW	1
Alex Lang	HB	5
Hugh Mair	FW	16	7
Alex McDonald	BK	3
John McLeod	GK	27	1
Tom McMillan	HB	20	3
James McNaught	FW	25	9
Alex Miller	BK	24	1
John Miller	FW	2	2
John Taylor	FW	24	28
William Thomson	FW	2	1
Daniel Watson	BK	26
Wilson	FW	5

County

A Dumbartonshire representative match was played against Renfrewshire on 15 November 1890 in which McLeod; Watson; McMillan; Boyle; Taylor; Galbraith; Mair and McNaught were all selected to play - Dumbarton county won 3-1.

Reserve Team

Dumbarton were knocked out at the second round stage of the Scottish Second XI Cup, but once again retained the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup, beating Clydebank in the final.

Scottish Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
13 September 1890	R1	Kirkintilloch Athletic	A	4-0
4 October 1890	R2	Queen's Park	A	0-9

Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
8 November 1890	R1	Dalmuir Thistle	A	6-2
8 April 1891	SF	Vale of Leven	H	4-3
5 May 1891	F	Clydebank	A	4-0

References

↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
↑ This match was reported as the final tie of a Rangers F.C. Sports Tournament.
↑ This match was to be a fifth round Scottish Cup tie but was postponed due to a frozen pitch. The teams however decided to play a friendly.
↑ 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 backs, three half backs and five forwards).
↑ Due to the limited reporting of football at the time, the scorers of 4 of the 107 goals scored in Scottish League and Cup matches are unknown.

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

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1890–91 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Dumbartonshire Cup

League Charity Cup

Greenock Charity Cup

Other Matches

Appearances

Club

County

Reserve Team

Scottish Second XI Cup

Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup

See also

References

External links