1925–26 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1925–1926 season

Manager

Donald Colman

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division Two

11th

Scottish Cup

Fourth Round

Top goalscorer

League: McLardie (11)
All: Cameron/ McLardie (11)

← 1924–25

1926–27 →

Season 1925–26 was the 49th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 27th time and the Scottish Cup for the 38th time.

Overview

With only 3 wins recorded by Decemeber, any hopes of promotion had long gone, but in the end Dumbarton finished 11th, out of 20, in the Second Division with 38 points - 21 behind champions Dunfermline Athletic.^[1] There were a number of heavy defeats during the season, none more than the 1-11 trouncing from Albion Rovers on 30 January, which still remains as Dumbarton's heaviest league defeat.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton reached the fourth round before losing out to Celtic.

Locally, Dumbarton were runners-up in the Dumbartonshire Cup, losing to Helesburgh in the final.

Elsewhere a benefit match was played against Clydebank.

During the season, 100 goals were conceded in all matches, the fourth time the 'century' had been broken.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1925–26 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
15 August 1925	Bo'ness	H	3-0	Sharp;Travers;Russell	3,000
22 August 1925	King's Park	A	1-1	Sharp	3,000
29 August 1925	Clyde	H	1-1	McLardie	4,000
5 September 1925	Nithsdale Wanderers	A	1-5	Travers
12 September 1925	Arthurlie	H	0-0		3,000
19 September 1925	Arbroath	A	0-6
26 September 1925	Ayr United	H	1-1	McLardie	3,000
3 October 1925	St Bernard's	A	2-2	McLardie;Russell	3,000
10 October 1925	Bathgate	A	4-1	Swan;Broadley;McGrath;Russell	3,000
17 October 1925	East Fife	A	1-6	McGrath	3,000
24 October 1925	East Stirling	H	3-0	McGrath(2);McLardie	2,000
31 October 1925	Armadale	A	2-6	McDonald,W;McGrath
7 November 1925	Third Lanark	H	1-1	McLardie	3,000
14 November 1925	Broxburn United	A	1-1	Russell	1,000
21 November 1925	Stenhousemuir	H	1-1	McDonald,W	2,000
28 November 1925	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0-1		3,000
5 December 1925	Albion Rovers	H	0-1		2,000
12 December 1925	Alloa Athletic	A	2-0	Swan;McLardie
19 December 1925	King's Park	H	4-1	McLardie(2);Mair;McGrath
26 December 1925	Ayr United	A	2-1	Harvie(2)
1 January 1926	Arbroath	H	1-0	Russell	2,000
2 January 1926	Arthurlie	A	2-1	McLardie;Cameron
4 January 1926	Nithsdale Wanderers	H	2-2	McLardie;OG	3,000
9 January 1926	Third Lanark	A	2-1	Swan;Harvie	5,000
16 January 1926	East Fife	H	2-1	Cameron(2)	2,000
30 January 1926	Albion Rovers	A	1-11	Swan	3,000
13 February 1926	Queen of the South	A	3-1	Russell(2);Cameron
17 February 1926	Armadale	H	2-0	Carlow;Harvey	1,000
24 February 1926	Broxburn United	H	5-1	Cameron(4);McLardie
27 February 1926	Bo'ness	A	0-1
10 March 1926	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1-3	Murray
13 March 1926	East Stirling	H	1-3	McGrath	3,000
20 March 1926	St Bernard's	H	1-0	Russell
27 March 1926	Bathgate	H	0-5
3 April 1926	Queen of the South	H	1-1	Hosie
10 April 1926	Stenhousemuir	A	0-4		1,000
17 April 1926	Clyde	A	0-6		8,000
24 April 1926	Alloa Athletic	H	0-0

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1925–26 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
23 January 1926	1	Buckie Thistle	H	1-1	Harvey	1,200
26 January 1926	1r	Buckie Thistle	A	2-1	Swan(2)	2,500
6 February 1926	2	Forfar Athletic	A	2-2	Swan;Russell	1,500
10 February 1926	2r	Forfar Athletic	H	4-1	Cameron;Swan;Harvie;Peters	2,000
20 February 1926	3	Clyde	H	3-0	Cameron;Swan;Harvie	8,500
6 March 1926	4	Celtic	A	1-6	Cameron	19,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
	SF	Vale of Leven	A	WO
28 April 1926	F	Helensburgh	A	1-3	Murray	1,500

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
26 August 1925	Clydebank	A	1-8	Malloy

Appearances

Dumbarton used 27 players for the 44 Scottish League and Scottish Cup matches, as detailed below. McLardie topped the 'selection chart' by featuring in 42 of these matches. Note that in two matches an unnamed 'trialist' played.^[2]

Player	Position^[3]	Appearances	Goals
John Anderson	DF	2
Harry Britton	GK	18
David Broadley	MF	36	1
Ronald Cameron	FW	19	11
Francis Carlow	FW	4	1
Robert Dennett	FW	36
Albert James Ferguson	GK	23
William Gibson^[4]	DF	40
John Harvie	FW	27	7
Robert Hosie	MF	15	1
Alex Hunter	DF	1
Andrew Mair	MF	37	1
Joseph McDonald	DF	3
William McDonald	FW	18	2
John McGrath	FW	22	7
Thomas McKinney	MF	4
Archibald McLardie	FW	42	11
Archibald McNish	GK	3
William Murray	DF	20	1
Martin Peters	FW	1	1
John Russell	FW	36	9
Robert Sharp	FW	6	2
John Swan	FW	33	9
Adam Swanson	DF	1
Martin Travers	FW	5	2
James Warden	DF	30

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).
↑ The Scottish Cup tie against Buckie Thistle on 23 January marked William Gibson's 100th appearance for the club in all national competitions.

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

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1925–26 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Dumbartonshire Cup

Other Matches

Appearances

See also

References

External links