1921–22 Dumbarton F.C. season
Season 1921–22 was the 45th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 23rd time and the Scottish Cup for the 34th time.
Overview
Dumbarton's ninth consecutive season in the First Division showed a slight improvement in the previous season's performance by finishing 20th out of 22 with 30 points, some way behind champions Celtic. Unfortunately this was to co-incide with the introduction of automatic promotion/relegation, and Dumbarton were relegated to Division Two for the following season.[1]
In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by Aberdeen.
Locally, Dumbarton won both the Dumbartonshire Cup and the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup by defeating Dumbarton Harp (after a replay) and Clydebank (on corners won) respectively.
Elsewhere, at the end of the season Dumbarton embarked on their first 'official' foreign tour, playing 8 matches in Norway and Sweden, winning 5, drawing 1 and losing 2, scoring 15 goals for the loss of 11. Two other friendlies were played against Vale of Leven and Leith Athletic.
Results
All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.
Scottish League
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
20 August 1921 | Kilmarnock | A | 0-1 | | 10,000 |
27 August 1921 | Aberdeen | H | 1-1 | Alexander | 5,000 |
31 August 1921 | Hamilton | H | 1-2 | Wood | 3,000 |
3 September 1921 | Partick Thistle | A | 2-4 | Wood;Chalmers | 15,000 |
6 September 1921 | Celtic | A | 0-4 | | 10,000 |
10 September 1921 | Third Lanark | H | 3-3 | McEwan;Wood;Chalmers | 4,000 |
17 September 1921 | Clydebank | H | 2-0 | Wood(2) | 6,000 |
24 September 1921 | Celtic | H | 0-5 | | 10,000 |
1 October 1921 | Queen's Park | H | 2-3 | Wood(2) | 4,000 |
4 October 1921 | Third Lanark | A | 1-1 | Taylor | 1,000 |
8 October 1921 | Airdrie | H | 1-0 | Wood | 3,000 |
15 October 1921 | Motherwell | A | 0-5 | | 9,000 |
22 October 1921 | Morton | H | 2-1 | Wood;Browning | 3,000 |
29 October 1921 | Hearts | A | 0-2 | | 15,500 |
5 November 1921 | Raith Rovers | H | 1-2 | Wood | 3,500 |
12 November 1921 | Rangers | A | 1-1 | Wood | 16,000 |
19 November 1921 | Clyde | H | 4-1 | Wood(2);Robertson,J;Chalmers | 4,000 |
26 November 1921 | Hibernian | A | 0-0 | | 12,000 |
3 December 1921 | St Mirren | A | 2-4 | Wood(2) | 10,000 |
10 December 1921 | Falkirk | H | 0-0 | | 3,000 |
17 December 1921 | Dundee | H | 2-0 | Wood;Browning | 4,000 |
24 December 1921 | Albion Rovers | A | 0-1 | | 4,000 |
31 December 1921 | Partick Thistle | H | 1-4 | Wood | 5,000 |
2 January 1922 | Ayr United | A | 0-2 | | 5,000 |
3 January 1922 | Hamilton | A | 1-1 | Wood | 5,000 |
7 January 1922 | Kilmarnock | H | 5-3 | Alexander(3);Wood;Robertson,J | 5,000 |
14 January 1922 | Aberdeen | A | 0-3 | | 12,000 |
4 February 1922 | Airdrie | A | 1-3 | Chalmers | 4,000 |
11 February 1922 | Raith Rovers | A | 1-1 | Wood | 6,000 |
13 February 1922 | Ayr United | H | 3-1 | Wood(3) | 2,500 |
18 February 1922 | Dundee | A | 0-2 | | 15,000 |
25 February 1922 | Queen's Park | A | 0-1 | | 12,000 |
27 February 1922 | St Mirren | H | 0-2 | | 2,000 |
4 March 1922 | Hibernian | H | 1-1 | Halleron | 4,000 |
18 March 1922 | Morton | A | 0-1 | | 6,000 |
25 March 1922 | Albion Rovers | H | 1-2 | Halleron | 3,000 |
1 April 1922 | Clyde | A | 0-5 | | 4,000 |
8 April 1922 | Rangers | H | 0-4 | | 7,000 |
19 April 1922 | Motherwell | H | 3-2 | Wood;Thomson;Halleron | 2,000 |
22 April 1922 | Hearts | H | 3-2 | Wood;Alexander;Halleron | 5,000 |
26 April 1922 | Clydebank | A | 1-0 | Thomson | 2,000 |
29 April 1922 | Falkirk | A | 0-0 | | 10,000 |
Scottish Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
28 January 1922 | 1 | Aberdeen | A | 0-1 | | 15,000 |
League table
Dumbartonshire Charity Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
1 May 1922 | 1 | Vale of Leven | H | 4-0 | Alexander(2);Gordon;Wood | 2,000 |
6 May 1922 | SF | Renton | H | 1-0 | Alexander | |
13 May 1922 | F | Clydebank | H | 1-1[2] | Alexander | |
Other Matches
Player Statistics
Transfers
Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:[4]
Factfile
* At the beginning of the season, Paddy Travers replaced James Collins as team manager.
* The league match against Rangers on 12 November was to be Dumbarton's young goalkeeper, Joshua Wilkinson's last. Tragically, in what was a particularly rough match, he was badly injured and died two days later in hospital.
Reserve Team
Dumbarton Reserves played in the Scottish Alliance League and also in the Scottish Second XI Cup.
See also
References
- ↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
- ↑ won on corners
- ↑ 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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Club seasons |
Division One |
- Aberdeen
- Airdrieonians
- Albion Rovers
- Ayr United
- Celtic
- Clyde
- Clydebank
- Dumbarton
- Dundee
- Falkirk
- Hamilton Academical
- Heart of Midlothian
- Hibernian
- Kilmarnock
- Morton
- Motherwell
- Queen's Park
- Partick Thistle
- Raith Rovers
- Rangers
- St. Mirren
- Third Lanark
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Division Two |
- Alloa Athletic
- Arbroath
- Armadale
- Bathgate
- Bo'ness
- Broxburn United
- Clackmannan
- Cowdenbeath
- Dundee Hibernian
- Dunfermline Athletic
- East Fife
- East Stirlingshire
- Forfar Athletic
- Johnstone
- King's Park
- Lochgelly United
- St Bernard's
- St. Johnstone
- Stenhousemuir
- Vale of Leven
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