1951–52 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1951–1952 season
Manager William Irvine
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League B Division 10th
Scottish Cup Third Round
Scottish League Cup Prelims
Top goalscorer League: Jimmy Scott (14)
All: Jimmy Scott (20)
← 1950–51 1952–53 →

Season 1951–52 was the 75th season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 46th time, the Scottish Cup for the 57th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 6th time.

Overview

Another slow start to the league campaign, with only a single win from 9 attempts, meant that Dumbarton were never seen as challengers for the title but improving performances during the season resulted in a mid-table 10th-place finish with 28 points, 16 behind champions Clyde.

The season however had started brightly, with Dumbarton winning their first national silverware in 41 years, by triumphing in the St Mungo Quaich - a competition for B Division sides to celebrate the Festival of Britain.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost to Falkirk in the third round.

Qualification from the League Cup sectional games was again unfruitful, with Dumbarton finishing 4th and last, recording a win and a draw from their 6 games.

After a year's absence, the Supplementary Cup returned for one last season, with Dumbarton reaching the second round before losing out to Alloa Athletic.

In the Stirlingshire Cup, Falkirk defeated Dumbarton in the semi final.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
8 September 1951FalkirkH0-14,000
15 September 1951KilmarnockA1-2Donegan12,000
22 September 1951Alloa AthleticH1-2Forbes
29 September 1951HamiltonA2-3Forbes;Scott
6 October 1951Queen's ParkH1-0Smith
13 October 1951St JohnstoneA1-2Scott
20 October 1951Dunfermline AthleticH0-0
27 October 1951Albion RoversA1-1Scott
3 November 1951CowdenbeathA2-2Tait(2)3,000
10 November 1951Forfar AthleticH3-1Murphy(2);Frame4,000
17 November 1951Ayr UnitedH4-2Scott(3);Frame
24 November 1951ArbroathA2-1Scott(2)2,200
1 December 1951StenhousemuirH4-1Murphy(2);Frame;Scott
8 December 1951ClydeH2-2Frame(2)
15 December 1951Dundee UnitedA1-4Frame8,000
22 December 1951FalkirkA1-1Beaton9,000
29 December 1951KilmarnockH4-2Frame(2);Forbes;Smith
1 January 1952Alloa AthleticA1-4Beaton
2 January 1952HamiltonH2-2Murphy;Scott
5 January 1952Queen's ParkA1-0Tait12,000
12 January 1952St JohnstoneH3-1McNee;Murphy;Frame
19 January 1952Dunfermline AthleticA2-3Finnie(2)
26 January 1952CowdenbeathH1-5McNee
16 February 1952Forfar AthleticA3-1Scott(2);McNee
27 February 1952Ayr UnitedA1-4Scott
1 March 1952ArbroathH0-2
8 March 1952StenhousemuirA1-1Finnie
15 March 1952ClydeA3-3Donegan(2);Beaton
22 March 1952Dundee UnitedH2-1Shaw;Beaton2,500
21 April 1952Albion RoversH1-4Scott

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
9 February 19522Queen's ParkH1-0Scott10,000
23 February 19523FalkirkH1-3Scott17,000

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
11 August 1951PForfar AthleticH3-4Frame(2);Finnie5,000
15 August 1951PAyr UnitedA0-5
18 August 1951PKilmarnockH1-0Beaton5,000
25 August 1951PForfar AthleticA1-1Scott
29 August 1951PAyr UnitedH1-3Finnie
1 September 1951PKilmarnockA0-212,000

Supplementary Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
29 March 19521Dundee UnitedH1-0Frame2,000
12 April 19522Alloa AthleticA3-4Donegan(2);Scott

Festival of Britain St Mungo Quaich

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
25 July 19511KilmarnockH2-1Finnie(2)5,000
28 July 19512St JohnstoneA5-2Beaton(3);Shaw;Finnie
1 August 1952SFAirdrieH2-1Scott(2)8,500
6 August 1951FAyr UnitedA2-1Beaton;Finnie10,000

Stirlingshire Cup

Main article: Stirlingshire Cup
DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
19 September 19511East StirlingH4-3Johnston;Irwin;Smith;Finnie
26 April 1952SFFalkirkA0-3

Appearances

Club

Dumbarton used 25 players for the 44 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup, Supplementary Cup and St Mungo Quaich matches, as detailed below. Jack McNee and George Paton were both to feature in all but one of these matches.[1]

Player Position[2] Appearances Goals
Scotland Eddie Beaton FW 229
Scotland Jack Cameron DF 2
Scotland Tom Donegan FW 165
Scotland George Ferguson DF 37
Scotland Jim Finnie FW 169
Scotland Flaherty DF 1
Scotland Jimmy Forbes FW 213
Scotland Jimmy Frame FW 3812
Scotland Tommy Irwin MF 20
Scotland Willie Johnston FW 6
Scotland Ally Johnstone DF 4
Scotland Gerry McCaffrey FW 2
Scotland Willie McLaren MF 3
Scotland Jack McNee DF 433
Scotland Wallace Murdoch GK 1
Scotland Peter Murphy FW 196
Scotland George Paton GK 43
Scotland Jim Peden MF 1
Scotland Jimmy Scott FW 4120
Scotland John Sharp MF 1
Scotland Hugh Shaw MF 412
Scotland Duncan Smith FW 362
Scotland John Stewart DF 1
Scotland Andy Tait MF 323
Scotland Jimmy Whyte MF 37

International

Duncan Smith was selected to play for the Scottish League B XI against the Irish League B side on 15 April 1952 - and scored a goal in the 6-0 win.

Reserve Team

Dumbarton played a reserve team in Division C (South West) and finished 12th out of 16, recording 11 wins and 4 draws from 30 matches. Note that in addition to the reserve sides of the bigger Division A teams in South and West Scotland, the first teams of East Stirlingshire (relegated from Division B three seasons previously) and Stranraer also competed in this league.

In the Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost in the second round to Dundee United.

Finally in the Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton could only manage a win and a draw from their 6 sectional matches and failed to progress to the knock-out stages.

See also

References

  1. ↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  2. ↑ The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two defenders, three midfielders and five forwards).

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