1911–12 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1911–1912 season

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division Two

3rd

Scottish Cup

First Round

Top goalscorer

League: John Rowan (11)
All: Hill/Speedie/Potter (12)

← 1910–11

1912–13 →

Season 1911–12 was the 35th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 13th time, the Scottish Cup for the 29th time and the Scottish Qualifying Cup for the 10th time.

Overview

Dumbarton were unable to maintain a bright start to their sixth successive Second Division campaign but finished 3rd with 27 points, 8 behind champions Ayr United.^[1]

Qualification for the Scottish Cup was successful, by reaching the final of the Scottish Qualifying Cup before losing to Dunfermline Athletic. In the Scottish Cup itself however Dumbarton lost out in the first round to East Stirling.

Locally, Dumbarton decided not to enter the Dumbartonshire Cup due to an otherwise busy schedule.

During the season 8 'friendly' matches were also played, including a 'benefit' game for Herbert MacPherson whose bright career was ended by a leg break in the New Year game against Dundee Hibs. Of these matches, 6 were won, 1 drawn and 1 lost, scoring 17 goals and conceding 5.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
19 August 1911	St Bernard's	H	3-0	Speedie(2);Menzies	3,000
26 August 1911	Vale of Leven	A	4-2	Rowan;MacPherson;Menzies;Hill	3,000
9 September 1911	Cowdenbeath	H	2-0	Rowan;MacPherson	3,000
23 September 1911	Arthurlie	A	2-4	Menzies;OG
30 September 1911	Abercorn	H	1-5	Brown	2,000
14 October 1911	Leith Athletic	A	2-2	Rowan;MacPherson	2,000
21 October 1911	Abercorn	A	1-2	Ferguson
4 November 1911	St Johnstone	A	1-0	Hill
16 December 1911	Vale of Leven	H	2-0	Rowan;Speedie	3,000
2 December 1911	Ayr United	A	1-2	Brander
9 December 1911	Arthurlie	H	1-0	Speedie	2,000
23 December 1911	St Bernard's	A	1-2	Hill	3,000
30 December 1911	Albion Rovers	H	2-0	McGillivray(2)
2 January 1912	Dundee Hibs	H	1-0	Speedie	3,000
6 January 1912	Cowdenbeath	A	3-0	Brander;Speedie;Hill
13 January 1912	Leith Athletic	H	5-2	Hamill(3);Speedie;Hendry	2,000
27 January 1912	E Stirling	H	2-1	Rowan;Robertson
10 February 1912	Ayr United	H	6-1	Rowan(3);Hill(2);Brander
17 February 1912	Dundee Hibs	A	2-4	Brander;Speedie	2,500
24 February 1912	St Johnstone	H	4-1	McGillivray(2);Hill;OG
2 March 1912	Albion Rovers	A	1-2	Rowan
9 March 1912	E Stirling	A	0-1		2,000

Promotion/Relegation Election

There were no applicants from the Second Division for promotion. It had however been agreed that the bottom First Division club - St Mirren - would be replaced by the Second Division champions - Ayr United - but in the end for financial reasons this did not take place.

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
20 January 1912	R1	E Stirling	A	0-3		4,000

Scottish Qualifying Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
16 September 1911	R1	Port Glasgow	H	1-0	Hill
7 October 1911	R2	Galston	A	3-2	MacPherson(2);Hill
28 October 1911	R3	Renton	H	5-0	MacPherson(3);Hill(2)
11 November 1911	R4	E Stirling	H	4-1	Rowan(2);MacPherson;Speedie	5,000
18 November 1911	SF	Ayr United	H	4-1	Speedie(3):Hill	6,000
25 November 1911	F	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0-1		9,000

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
15 August 1911	Vale of Leven	H	3-0	Brander(2);Hill	2,000
16 March 1912	Abercorn	H	2-1	Speedie;Potter
30 March 1912	Motherwell	H	3-1	Hill;Rowan;Haggerty
6 April 1912	Raith Rovers	H	3-0	Speedie(2);Hamill
13 April 1912	Third Lanark	H	3-0	Robertson(2);Speedie
17 April 1912	Queen's Park	H	1-2	Rowan	2,500
20 April 1912	Glasgow Perthshire	H	2-1	Potter;Hill
27 April 1912	Hamilton	H	0-0

Player Statistics

Squad^[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		Scottish Cup		Qualifying Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		John B Miller	10	0	9	0	0	0	1	0
	GK		Willie Muir	8	0	5	0	1	0	2	0
	GK		Hugh Wallace	11	0	8	0	0	0	3	0
	DF		Andrew Cochrane	20	0	14	0	1	0	5	0
	DF		Willie Lithgow	21	0	17	0	1	0	3	0
	DF		Robert Muirhead	22	0	16	0	1	0	5	0
	MF		George Fyfe	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Matthew Haggerty	24	0	18	0	1	0	5	0
	MF		Andrew Potter	27	1	20	0	1	0	6	1
	MF		William Wilson	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		John Brander	12	4	10	4	1	0	1	0
	FW		William Brown	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		James Ferguson	21	1	15	1	1	0	5	0
	FW		David Hamill	6	3	6	3	0	0	0	0
	FW		Samuel Hendry	21	1	15	1	0	0	6	0
	FW		Johnny Hill	25	12	18	7	1	0	6	5
	FW		Herbert MacPherson	18	9	12	3	0	0	6	6
	FW		Alex McGillivray	7	4	7	4	0	0	0	0
	FW		Alex Menzies	4	3	4	3	0	0	0	0
	FW		Andy Robertson	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
	FW		John Rowan	23	11	17	9	0	0	6	2
	FW		Finlay Speedie	26	12	19	8	1	0	6	4

Transfers

Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:^[3]

Players in

Player	From	Date
James Ferguson	Cowdenbeath	29 Sep 1911
John B Miller		14 Nov 1911
Willie Muir	Hearts	30 Nov 1911

Players out

Player	To	Date
David Hynds	Vale of Leven	6 Jun 1911
Hugh Wallace	Bradford PA	1 Nov 1911
John Brander	Dumbarton Harp
William Greer	QPR
Duncan Ritchie	Raith Rovers

Factfile

* Johnny Hill would set 2 records during the season. First, his appearance in the league match against St Johnstone on 4 November was his 123rd competitive match for the club - overtaking Bob Gordon's record set in the previous season. Second, the league match against East Stirling on 9 March would be Hill's final game for the club - during his six seasons with the club he set a new record of 139 appearances in all national competitive matches.

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.
↑ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

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1911–12 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Promotion/Relegation Election

Scottish Cup

Scottish Qualifying Cup

Other Matches

Player Statistics

Squad[2]

Transfers

Players in

Players out

Factfile

See also

References

External links

Squad^[2]