1962–63 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1962–1963 season
Manager Jackie Fearn
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 2 12th
Scottish Cup First Round
Scottish League Cup Quarter Finals
Top goalscorer League: Jimmy Hodgson (14)
All: Jimmy Hodgson (14)

Season 1962–63 was the 86th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 56th time, the Scottish Cup for the 68th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 16th time.

Overview

After the previous season's disappointments, Dumbarton were having similar problems in the league until a run of five victories at the end of the campaign improved the team's position to finish in a creditable 12th place with 34 points, 21 behind champions St Johnstone.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton fell at the first hurdle for the fourth consecutive season, losing to Arbroath.

The League Cup was however to prove the bright spot of the season, and after 3 wins and a draw from their sectional ties, and a subsequent play off win over Cowdenbeath, Dumbarton were to lose a close quarter final encounter against Rangers, the highlight being a 1-1 draw at Ibrox.

Locally Dumbarton lost out to Falkirk in the first round of the Stirlingshire Cup.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
22 August 1962Alloa AthleticA0-2
28 August 1962StenhousemuirA0-1
8 September 1962Queens ParkH1-2Kilgannon2,500
15 September 1962MontroseA2-0Hodgson;Newlands1,400
22 September 1962Albion RoversH1-3Miller
29 September 1962Berwick RangersA0-1
6 October 1962MortonH0-33,000
13 October 1962Brechin CityA3-0Hodgson(2);Miller
27 October 1962StranraerH5-1Kilgannon(2);Wilson;Bain;Miller2,000
3 November 1962East FifeH5-2Bain(2);Hodgson(2);Wilson
10 November 1962St JohnstoneA0-27,000
17 November 1962HamiltonH0-11,500
24 November 1962Stirling AlbionA1-3Govan1,500
1 December 1962Ayr UnitedH3-1Waters(2);Wilson1,000
8 December 1962ArbroathA2-4Friel;Melvin
29 December 1962Alloa AthleticH1-0McLeod800
1 January 1963Queens ParkA2-2Miller;McLeod
5 January 1963Albion RoversA0-1
26 January 1963Forfar AthleticH1-0Hodgson
2 February 1963MortonA0-07,000
2 March 1963StranraerA5-5Bowie;Friel;McLeod;Hodgson;Carr1,200
9 March 1963East FifeA0-31,500
13 March 1963East StirlingA1-3Halliday
16 March 1963St JohnstoneH2-3Harra;Friel1,000
20 March 1963StenhousemuirH2-1Friel;McLardy
23 March 1963HamiltonA2-4Hodgson;McLeod2,000
27 March 1963East StirlingH2-2Hodgson(2)
30 March 1963Stirling AlbionH3-0Howie(2);Halliday
3 April 1963Brechin CityH4-3Hodgson(3);Halliday
6 April 1963Ayr UnitedA0-2
10 April 1963CowdenbeathA2-5Halliday;Hodgson
13 April 1963ArbroathH3-1Bowie;Fraser;Halliday1,300
17 April 1963MontroseH3-0Halliday(3)
20 April 1963Forfar AthleticA4-3Friel(2);Fraser;Halliday
24 April 1963Berwick RangersH3-0Halliday(2);Friel
27 April 1963CowdenbeathH1-0Friel

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
12 January 19631ArbroathA0-22,030

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
11 August 1962PAlbion RoversA5-3Miller(2);Jardine;Copeland;Black
15 August 1962PStenhousemuirH1-1Miller
18 August 1962PBrechin CityA5-3Govan(3);Miller;Carr1,000
25 August 1962PForfar AthleticA1-0Harra3,000
3 September 1962PO1Berwick RangersH0-0
5 September 1962PO2Berwick RangersA2-1Miller(2)
12 September 1962QF1RangersH1-3Miller17,500
19 September 1962QF2RangersA1-1Newlands19,000

Stirlingshire Cup

Main article: Stirlingshire Cup
DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
9 October 19621FalkirkA0-2

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
20 October 1962Ross CountyA1-1Kilgannon

Appearances

Dumbarton used 35 players for the 45 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Hugh Harra was best featuring in 42 of these matches.[1]

Player Position Appearances Goals
Scotland John Bain FW 43
Scotland Alan Black DF 101
Scotland Don Bowie FW 282
Scotland George Cameron MF 10
Scotland Alistair Campbell MF 13
Scotland Tommy Campbell FW 6
Scotland Joe Carr FW 192
Scotland Jimmy Copeland FW 41
Scotland Maurice Crawford GK 12
Scotland Tommy Fleck GK 10
Scotland Jim Fraser FW 82
Scotland Benny Friel FW 208
Scotland Tommy Govan DF 404
Scotland Tommy Halliday FW 1411
Scotland Jim Harley FW 1
Scotland Hugh Harra MF 422
Scotland Jimmy Hodgson FW 2914
Scotland Willie Howie FW 52
Scotland Andy Jardine DF 401
Scotland Jim Kilgannon MF 343
Scotland Jimmy Madden FW 1
Scotland Jimmy McGraw FW 1
Scotland Dan McLardy FW 11
Scotland Eddie McLeod FW 74
Scotland Tom McQuade FW 1
Scotland Alistair Melvin FW 21
Scotland Jimmy Miller FW 2611
Scotland Alec Morrison FW 13
Scotland John Newlands MF 122
Scotland Doug Robertson GK 23
Scotland Ian Russell FW 1
Scotland John Walker MF 4
Scotland Pat Waters FW 52
Scotland Jackie Webb FW 8
Scotland Joe Wilson MF 413

Reserve Team

For the second year running, Dumbarton played a team in the Combined Reserve League, finishing 3rd of 7, winning 10 and drawing 8 from 24 matches. In the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost in the first round to Queens Park, after a draw.

See also

References

  1. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.

External links

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