1937–38 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1937–1938 season

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division Two

7th

Scottish Cup

First Round

Top goalscorer

League: Jimmy Smith (29)
All: Jimmy Smith (29)

← 1936–37

1938–39 →

Season 1937–38 was the 61st Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 39th time and the Scottish Cup for the 50th time.

Overview

Dumbarton made another encouraging start to the season, with only one defeat in their first 8 games, and although that form wasn't maintained fully, Dumbarton had their best season for a number of years by finishing 7th out of 18, with 39 points - 20 behind champions Raith Rovers. For the fifth time, Dumbarton maintained an unbeaten home league record, but with only 3 wins from 17 fixtures away from Boghead, promotion was never going to be a real possibility.^[1]

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton came up against first division Kilmarnock in the first round and despite a good fight were to finish up second best.

The Dumbartonshire Cup, which had been a feature of Dumbarton seasons since 1884, was to be no more. With Dumbarton being the only senior club in the county it was agreed to disband the Dumbartonshire Association.

Elsewhere, a friendly match was played against East Stirling.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1937–38 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
14 August 1937	Brechin City	A	4-3	Smith,J(3);Murray
21 August 1937	Stenhousemuir	H	5-1	Smith,G(3);Smith,J;Duffy	3,500
28 August 1937	East Stirlingshire	A	2-2	Smith,G;Murray
4 September 1937	Dundee United	H	5-1	Smith,G(2);Smith,J(2);Murray	4,000
11 September 1937	Forfar Athletic	A	3-4	Smith,G(2);Duffy
18 September 1937	Leith Athletic	H	3-0	Duffy;Smith,J;Robertson	4,000
25 September 1937	Airdrie	A	3-1	Smith,G(2);Robertson	4,000
2 October 1937	Cowdenbeath	H	4-4	Devers(2);Smith,G;Smith,J	3,000
9 October 1937	East Fife	A	1-4	Duffy	2,000
16 October 1937	Raith Rovers	H	2-2	Smith,J;Robertson	5,000
23 October 1937	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1-4	Robertson	3,000
30 October 1937	King's Park	A	0-1
6 November 1937	Albion Rovers	H	3-2	Smith,G;Smith,J;Robertson	6,500
13 November 1937	Alloa Athletic	A	1-2	Smith,J
20 November 1937	Montrose	H	4-0	Duffy(2);Smith,J;OG	4,000
27 November 1937	St Bernard's	A	0-1		1,000
4 December 1937	Brechin City	H	7-0	Smith,J(3);Duffy(2);Murray;Smith,G	2,000
18 December 1937	East Fife	H	3-2	Smith,G;Smith,J;Duffy
25 December 1937	Stenhousemuir	A	2-4	Smith,G;Smith,J
1 January 1938	Forfar Athletic	H	2-0	Smith,G;Duffy	4,500
3 January 1938	Cowdenbeath	A	1-4	Duffy
8 January 1938	Leith Athletic	A	0-2		2,000
15 January 1938	East Stirlingshire	H	3-1	Smith,G;Duffy;Cochrane	2,500
29 January 1938	Dundee United	A	4-1	Smith,J(2);Smith,G;Robertson	2,000
5 February 1938	Edinburgh City	H	8-0	Smith,G(4);Smith,J(2);Robertson(2)	2,500
12 February 1938	Montrose	A	0-0
19 February 1938	Raith Rovers	A	0-7		5,000
26 February 1938	King's Park	H	4-1	Smith,J(2);Smith,G;trialist
12 March 1938	Dunfermline Athletic	H	4-1	Smith,J(3);Smith,G	5,000
19 March 1938	Albion Rovers	A	0-3
26 March 1938	St Bernard's	H	2-1	Smith,G;Smith,J	4,000
2 April 1938	Edinburgh City	A	0-4
9 April 1938	Airdrie	H	2-0	Smith,G;Robertson	5,000
16 April 1938	Alloa Athletic	H	2-2	Smith,J;Kemp

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1937–38 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
22 January 1938	1	Kilmarnock	A	0-6		9,000

Other Match

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5 March 1938	East Stirlingshire	H	3-3	Smith,G(2);ANO	1,000

Appearances

Dumbarton used 24 players for the 35 Scottish League and Scottish Cup matches, as detailed below. Both Gavin and Jimmy Smith were to feature in all of these matches. Note that unnamed trialist(s) played in two matches.^[2]

Player	Position^[3]	Appearances	Goals
John Casey	DF	31
Daniel Clancy	MF	19
John Clay	DF	32
Sandy Cochrane	FW	15	1
Coleman	MF	1
John Curley	MF	2
William R Deans	MF	7
Thomas Devers	FW	7	2
Archibald Duffy	FW	26	12
Ferguson	MF	1
John Irvine	MF	13
William Kemp	MF	11	1
James McAllister	MF	21
James McKain	DF	7
William Morrison	GK	24
David Muir	MF	2
Robert Muir	GK	11
Stephen Murray	MF	28	4
Abram Robertson	FW	34	9
Gavin Smith	FW	35	25
Jimmy Smith	FW	35	29
Sneddon	FW	2
Willie White	MF	19

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).

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

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1937–38 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Other Match

Appearances

See also

References

External links