1917–18 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1917–1918 season
Manager James Collins
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League 8th
Top goalscorer League: John McCulloch (13)
All: John McCulloch (13)
Highest home attendance 8,000
Lowest home attendance 2,000
Average home league attendance 3,260
← 1916–17 1918–19 →

Season 1917–18 was the 41st Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 19th time.

Overview

Dumbarton's 8th place finish in the Scottish League with 34 points (22 behind champions Rangers) was their best performance since the 1893-94 season.[1]

Locally, Dumbarton re-entered the Dumbartonshire Cup, but lost out to Clydebank in the final. However Dumbarton went one better in the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup, retaining the trophy for the second successive year by beating Renton in the final.

During the season two other charity matches were played, both being won, scoring 8 goals for the loss of 4.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
18 August 1917FalkirkH4-1McKim(2);Stewart;Finnie3,000
25 August 1917MotherwellA0-06,000
1 September 1917MortonH0-33,000
8 September 1917Partick ThistleA0-07,000
15 September 1917Queen's ParkH2-1Ritchie,W;Finnie3,000
22 September 1917St MirrenA1-2Cairney5,000
29 September 1917RangersH2-4Stewart(2)8,000
6 October 1917HibernianA3-0McCulloch(2);Stewart4,000
13 October 1917ClydebankH2-3McCulloch(2)7,000
20 October 1917HamiltonA0-24,000
27 October 1917KilmarnockH1-4McCulloch3,000
3 November 1917ClydeA4-0McCulloch(3);Ritchie,W3,000
10 November 1917Ayr UnitedA1-0Ritchie,W3,000
17 November 1917CelticH0-27,000
24 November 1917MotherwellH4-3McCulloch(2);Thom(2)2,000
1 December 1917RangersA1-2McCulloch15,000
8 December 1917HibernianH1-0Raeside4,000
15 December 1917AirdrieH2-0McCulloch;Thom2,500
22 December 1917CelticA0-38,000
29 December 1917HeartsH1-1Thom3,000
31 December 1917ClydebankA2-1Gunn;Thom10,000
5 January 1918Third LanarkA1-4McCulloch4,000
26 January 1918ClydeH3-1Raeside;Durnin;Thom1,500
2 February 1918KilmarnockA0-05,000
9 February 1918Third LanarkH0-11,500
16 February 1918MortonA2-2Stewart;McKim4,000
23 February 1918Ayr UnitedH1-0Stewart2,000
2 March 1918St MirrenH5-2Thom(3);Ritchie,W;Stewart2,000
9 March 1918Queen's ParkA0-25,000
16 March 1918AirdrieA0-02,000
23 March 1918HamiltonH1-2Stewart2,000
6 April 1918Partick ThistleH1-1Stewart2,000
13 April 1918HeartsA2-1McKim;Durnin4,500
20 April 1918FalkirkA1-1Finnie2,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
30 March 1918SFDumbarton HarpH2-1Durnin;Stewart
7 September 1918FClydebankH0-16,000

Dumbartonshire Charity Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
4 May 19181Dumbarton HarpH2-0Finnie;Ritchie4,000
18 May 1918SFClydebankA3-2Durnin;Thom;McGregor6,000
25 May 1918FRentonH2-1Finnie(2)1,500

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
4 August 1917Dumbarton HarpA3-0Trialist(2);Finnie
11 August 1917Dumbarton HarpA5-4Stewart(3);Finnie;Ritchie1,500

Player Statistics

Squad[2]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish League
Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland John Miller 34 0 34 0
DF Scotland Felix Gunn 12 1 12 1
DF Scotland Alex Marshall 24 0 24 0
DF Scotland Bob McGrory 34 0 34 0
DF Scotland Archibald Ritchie 3 0 3 0
DF Scotland John Semple 1 0 1 0
MF Scotland John Durnin 21 2 21 2
MF Scotland James McGregor 19 1 19 1
MF Scotland John McMeekin 1 0 1 0
MF Scotland Thomas Raeside 29 2 29 2
MF Scotland Alex Trotter 17 0 17 0
MF Scotland William Wilson 25 0 25 0
FW Scotland Richard Bell 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland John Brodie 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland Hugh Cairney 6 1 6 1
FW Scotland David Finnie 31 3 31 3
FW Scotland William Gallacher 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland John McCulloch 18 13 18 13
FW Scotland John McKim 20 4 20 4
FW Scotland Arthur Murphy 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland William Ritchie 27 4 27 4
FW Scotland Finlay Speedie 2 0 2 0
FW Scotland James Stewart 13 9 13 9
FW Scotland Alexander Thom 33 9 33 9
FW Scotland Fred Williams 1 0 1 0

Transfers

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

Players in

Player From Date
Scotland James McGregor Scotland Cambuslang R 7 Jul 1917
Scotland James Stewart Scotland Hamilton (loan) 17 Jul 1917
Scotland Alex Marshall Scotland Ashfield 24 Aug 1917
Scotland Alex Trotter Scotland Rangers 25 Aug 1917
Scotland John McCulloch 29 Sep 1917
Scotland John Durnin Scotland Partick Thistle 1 Nov 1917
Scotland John Brodie Scotland Celtic (loan) 1 Jan 1918

Players out

Player To Date
Scotland James Lister Scotland Morton 31 Jul 1917
Scotland John Semple Scotland Ayr United 7 Aug 1917
Scotland Pat Travers Scotland Clydebank 14 Aug 1917
Scotland John McCulloch Scotland Rangers
Scotland Hugh Cairney Scotland Airdrie (loan) 31 Jan 1918
Scotland Alexander Thom Scotland Kilmarnock (loan)
Scotland Ted Garry
Scotland Thomas Hamilton
Scotland John Semple

Factfile

* Alexander Thom's appearance in the league match against Rangers on 29 September was his 140th competitive match for the club - overtaking Johnny Hill's record set in 1912.
* The league match against Clydebank on 13 October marked John Miller's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 13th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* The final of the Dumbartonshire Cup was held over until 7 September the following season.
* This was the fourth season of war-time football, where the playing of all national competitions, other than the Scottish League, were suspended.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. ↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  3. ↑ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

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