1889–90 Dumbarton F.C. season

1889–90 season

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Third Round

Season 1889–90 was the 17th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the 17th time.

Overview

Despite managing to negotiate tough ties against their local rivals, Vale of Leven and Renton, Dumbarton were disappointingly knocked out of the Scottish Cup at the third round stage by 3rd LRV, after a replay.^[1]

There was however a good deal of success during the season as first Dumbarton retained the Dumbartonshire Cup by beating Vale of Leven in the final.

Then the Greenock Charity Cup came to Boghead, as hosts Morton were dispatched in the final.

There was also an invitation by United Abstainers F.C. to compete in their Gold Cup competition and Dumbarton just failed to take home this trophy as they lost in the final to Third Lanark after a drawn game.

A busy season saw 28 'other' matches played, including home and away fixtures against neighbours, Renton and East of Scotland Shield holders, Hearts, and a 3 match north of Scotland tour during the New Year holidays. There were also reports at the time of Dumbarton playing in a Glasgow Hibernians tournament although details of its completion are unclear. Outside Scotland, Dumbarton's first 'overseas' venture was undertaken with a match against Belfast Distillery. Overall, of these matches, 14 were won, 9 drawn and 5 lost, scoring 82 goals and conceding 50.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
7 September 1889	R1	Vale of Leven	A	0-0		4,000
14 September 1889	R1r	Vale of Leven	H	1-1^[2]	Mair	4,000
28 September 1889	R2	Renton	A	2-1	Fraser;Lindsay	4,000
19 October 1889	R3	3rd LRV	H	1-1	Boyle	4,000
26 October 1889	R3r	3rd LRV	A	0-1		10,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
2 November 1889	R1	Kirkintilloch Athletic	A	2-0	Aitken;Fraser
16 November 1889	R2	Jamestown	H	7-1	Bell(2);Mair(2);Fraser;unknown(2)
7 December 1889	SF	Methlan Park	H	4-1	Chapman;Mair;OG;unknown
1 March 1890	F	Vale of Leven	H	2-0	Galbraith(2)	5,000

Greenock Charity Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
26 April 1890	SF	Dykebar	A	6-0	Bell;unknown(5)	2,000
31 May 1890	F	Morton	A	9-0	Taylor(2);Bell;McDonald;Galbraith;McMillan;unknown(3)	2,000

United Abstainers F.C. Gold Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
23 May 1890	SF	Rangers	A	3-2	McMillan;Bell;OG	3,000
5 June 1890	F	3rd LRV	A	0-0
17 June 1890	Fr	3rd LRV	A	0-1

Other matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
10 August 1889	Kirkintilloch Athletic	A	2-4	McKinnon;Weir
17 August 1889	Leith Athletic	A	6-3	Bell(3);Weir;unknown(2)
24 August 1889	Methlan Park	H	1-1	unknown
31 August 1889	Celtic	A	1-1	Miller	5,000
21 September 1889	Hearts	H	1-2	Mair
5 October 1889	Queen's Park	A	0-1		1,000
12 October 1889	Union	H	2-0	Mair;Chapman
9 November 1889	Thistle	A	2-0	Bell;OG
23 November 1889	Celtic	A	2-2	Galbraith;Lindsay	3,000
23 November 1889	Cowlairs	H	1-1	Bell
14 December 1889	Abercorn	A	2-3	Goodwin;Galbraith
21 December 1889	Partick Thistle	H	2-2	Galbraith;Mair
28 December 1889	Renton	H	3-3	unknown	2,000
1 January 1890	Forfar Athletic	A	0-7
2 January 1890	Our Boys Dundee	A	4-1	unknown
3 January 1890	Arbroath	A	8-3	Bell(2);Aitken(3);O'Kane;unknown(2)	2,000
4 January 1890	Dunfermline Athletic	A	8-0	unknown
11 January 1890	Hearts	A	2-2	McLeod(2)
25 January 1890	Kilmarnock	H	3-1	Bell(2);Mair
22 February 1890	Methlan Park	H	3-0	Bell;Galbraith;Aitken
15 March 1890	Renton	A	4-0	Mair(3);Hutcheson
22 March 1890	Dumbartonshire Junior Association XI	H	3-2	unknown
29 March 1890	Kilmarnock	A	2-1	Mair;unknown	4,000
5 April 1890	Clydebank	H	4-1	unknown
7 April 1890	Belfast Distillery	A	4-4	unknown	3,000
12 April 1890	Thistle	A	6-1^[3]	Galbraith;unknown(5)
24 April 1890	St Bernard's	A	5-3	Galbraith(2);Chapman;Taylor;unknown
3 May 1890	Rangers	A	1-1	Mair

Player statistics

Squad^[4]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		John McLeod	5	0	5	0
	DF		John Hannah	4	0	4	0
	DF		Duncan Stewart	5	0	5	0
	MF		Dickie Boyle	5	1	5	1
	MF		Leitch Keir	5	0	5	0
	MF		Alex McDonald	1	0	1	0
	MF		Tom McMillan	4	0	4	0
	FW		Ralph Aitken	3	0	3	0
	FW		John Bell	5	0	5	0
	FW		James Fraser	5	1	5	1
	FW		James Galbraith	3	0	3	0
	FW		Joe Lindsay	3	1	3	1
	FW		Hugh Mair	2	1	2	1
	FW		Alex Miller	3	0	3	0
	FW		James Weir	2	0	2	0

International Caps

An international trial match was played on 15 March 1890 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games in the 1890 British Home Championship. John Bell and John McLeod took part.

Subsequently, both players were selected to play for Scotland against Ireland - John Bell earning his first cap, and John McLeod earning his third (his previous caps were with Dumbarton Athletic).

County Caps

Dumbarton players were selected to play in Dumbartonshire representative matches as follows:

Date	Opponent	Result	Players(Goals)
12 October 1889	Ayrshire	1-4	Stewart;McMillan;McLeod;Bell
1 February 1890	East of Scotland	3-5	McMillan;Keir;Bell;Galbraith
1 February 1890	Renfrewshire	5-7	McLeod;Hannah;Lindsay
19 April 1890	North East Glasgow	2-4	Hannah;McMillan;Boyle

Transfers

Notable among this season's intake were former Dumbarton Athletic players James Galbraith, John McLeod and Daniel Watson, Jack Taylor who was signed from local team Newtown Thistle and Billy Thomson.
Sadly however the club lost the services of two internationalists - Ralph Aitken (to Newcastle West End) and John Madden (to Celtic).

Reserve team

Dumbarton reached the final of the Scottish Second XI Cup for the fourth time before losing to Rangers, but retained the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup by beating Vale of Leven in the final.

Scottish Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
21 September 1889	R1	Partick Thistle	A	3-1
5 October 1889	R2	Kilsyth Wanderers	A	13-1
26 October 1889	R3	Queen's Park	A	2-2
2 November 1889	R3r	Queen's Park	H	6-0
	R4			Bye
7 December 1889	R5	St Mirren	H	6-1
11 January 1890	SF	Abercorn	A	5-2
15 February 1890	F	Rangers	A	0-1

Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
14 December 1889	SF	Jamestown	H	16-0
8 March 1890	F	Vale of Leven	A	7-1

Factfile

* Dumbarton scored 119 goals in all matches during the season - the third season in a row and the fifth time in the club's history that the 'century' had been broken.
* Not to be outdone by the 'first team', the 'Rangers' (as the reserve side were known) were also to chalk up over a 'century' of goals (115) in all matches played during the season.

References

↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
↑ Both Dumbarton and Vale of Leven qualified for the second round.
↑ This match was reported as part of a Glasgow Hibernians Tournament.
↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.

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