1972–73 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1972–1973 season
Manager Jackie Stewart/ Alex Wright
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 1 16th
Scottish Cup Fourth Round
Scottish League Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League: Roy McCormack (11)
All: Roy McCormack (12)
Highest home attendance 15,000
Lowest home attendance 3,000
Average home league attendance 5,765

Season 1972–73 was the 96th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 66th time, the Scottish Cup for the 78th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 26th time.

Overview

The first season back in the top flight of Scottish football was always going to be a challenge, and the only real measure of success would be survival - and this is exactly what Dumbarton achieved. However it took until the final league game of the season to guarantee first division football next season. Lying in 17th place, Dumbarton had to better any result that Kilmarnock managed to leap-frog them out of the relegation places, and Dumbarton did this with some style, beating Dundee United 4-1, while Kilmarnock could only manage a 2-2 draw with Falkirk.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost out to Partick Thistle in the fourth round, after a draw.

In the League Cup, two wins and two draws from the six sectional games were enough to qualify for the next stage in the competition, but it was a bitter disappointment to lose to Dundee in the two-legged second round tie - as a 3-0 lead from the home fixture was followed by a 4-0 defeat at Dens Park.

For the second season running Dumbarton had qualified for the Drybrough Cup. Again Celtic were the opponents in the first round and after a tough struggle they were to lose by only the odd goal in three.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton were to regain the trophy by thrashing East Stirling 6-0 in the final.

Note that just after the New Year, Jackie Stewart would resign as manager, to take up the reins at St Johnstone, and was replaced by Alex Wright.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
1 September 1972Partick ThistleA1-4Gallagher9,000
9 September 1972FalkirkH0-06,000
16 September 1972HeartsA0-17,000
23 September 1972AberdeenH1-2Wilson,D5,000
30 September 1972ArbroathH0-03,000
7 October 1972St JohnstoneA2-0McAdam,T;McCormack3,500
14 October 1972DundeeH2-2McAdam,T;McCormack4,500
21 October 1972AirdrieA3-2McCormack(2);McAdam,T4,500
28 October 1972HibernianH2-2McAdam,T;Wallace10,000
4 November 1972East FifeA1-2McAdam,T3,000
11 November 1972KilmarnockA2-2McCormack;McAdam,T2,500
18 November 1972MortonH2-2McAdam,T(2)5,000
25 November 1972RangersA1-3McCormack12,000
2 December 1972CelticH1-6Wallace15,000
9 December 1972Ayr UnitedA0-24,500
16 December 1972MotherwellH0-03,000
23 December 1972Dundee UnitedA2-3OG(2)3,500
30 December 1972Partick ThistleH4-2Wallace(2);McCormack;Graham5,000
6 January 1973HeartsH0-24,500
20 January 1973ArbroathA1-2Wallace1,771
27 January 1973St JohnstoneH1-1Kidd3,500
6 February 1973FalkirkA0-24,000
10 February 1973DundeeA1-2Wilson,D4,500
20 February 1973AberdeenA0-68,000
3 March 1973HibernianA0-512,417
7 March 1973AirdrieH3-5Mathie(2);McCormack3,000
10 March 1973East FifeH0-03,500
17 March 1973KilmarnockH4-2Mathie(2);Heron(2)4,000
24 March 1973MortonA1-1McCormack4,500
31 March 1973RangersH1-2Mathie13,000
14 April 1973Ayr UnitedH1-1McCormack4,000
19 April 1973CelticA0-527,000
21 April 1973MotherwellA2-0Mathie;McCormack3,000
28 April 1973Dundee UnitedH4-1Wallace;Mathie;McAdam,T(2)6,000

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
2 February 19733CowdenbeathH4-1Wallace;McAdam,T;McKay;Graham3,539
24 February 19734Partick ThistleH2-2OG;Gallagher7,875
28 February 19734RPartick ThistleA1-3Gallagher8,796

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
11 August 1972PHeartsH1-0McCormack7,500
16 August 1972PBerwick RangersA0-1500
19 August 1972PAirdrieH4-1Wilson,K(2);Kidd;Gallagher4,000
23 August 1972PBerwick RangersH2-2Gallagher(2)1,000
26 August 1972PHeartsA1-1Jenkins8,000
30 August 1972PAirdrieA1-2Kidd5,000
20 September 19722(1)DundeeH3-0Graham;Wilson,D;Wilson,K4,000
4 October 19722(2)DundeeA0-49,000

Drybrough Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
29 July 19721CelticA1-2Wilson,K28,000

Stirlingshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
31 October 19721Alloa AthleticH4-2McCormack;Graham;Coleman;McAdam,T700
20 March 1973SFFalkirkH2-1Kidd;Bourke
23 April 1973FEast StirlingH6-0McAdam,T(4);Wallace;OG

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
7 August 1972Carlisle UnitedH3-2Gallagher(2);Wilson,K2,000

Appearances

Dumbarton used 26 players for the 46 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and Drybrough Cup matches, as detailed below. Davie Wilson was the only player to feature in every one of these matches.[1]

Player Position Appearances[2] Goals
Scotland Jack Bolton MF 37
Scotland Peter Coleman FW 30(5)
Scotland John Cushley MF 37
Scotland Iain Fearn FW 2
Scotland Charlie Gallagher FW 15(1)6
Scotland Johnny Graham MF 453
Scotland Brian Heron FW 9(1)2
Scotland Kenny Jenkins FW 341
Scotland Ronnie Kidd FW 5(3)3
Scotland Bruce Livingstone GK 1
Scotland Ross Mathie FW 10(1)6
Scotland Colin McAdam DF 6
Scotland Tom McAdam FW 16(4)11
Scotland Roy McCormack FW 4112
Scotland Allan McKay DF 151
Scotland Gordon Menzies MF 31(2)
Scotland John Paterson FW 1(3)
Scotland Denis Ruddy MF 2(1)
Scotland Willie Wallace FW 27(2)8
Scotland Willie Whigham GK 8
Scotland Billy Wilkinson DF 42
Scotland Laurie Williams GK 37
Scotland Davie Wilson FW 43(3)3
Scotland Kenny Wilson FW 124

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League, and with 9 wins and 10 draws from 34 matches, finished 12th of 18.

For the first time in a decade, Dumbarton also entered the Scottish Second XI Cup, and reached the third round before losing out to Dundee by the only goal.

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. Substitute appearances in brackets.

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