1925–26 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1925–1926 season
Manager Donald Colman
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two 11th
Scottish Cup Fourth Round
Top goalscorer League: McLardie (11)
All: Cameron/ McLardie (11)

Season 1925–26 was the 49th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 27th time and the Scottish Cup for the 38th time.

Overview

The fourth season in a row in the Second Division did not start well, and with only 3 wins recorded by December any hopes of promotion had long gone. In the end however Dumbarton finished 11th out of 20 with 38 points - 21 behind champions Dunfermline Athletic.[1]

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton reached the fourth round before losing out to Celtic.

Locally, Dumbarton were runners-up in the Dumbartonshire Cup, losing to Helesburgh in the final.

Elsewhere a benefit match was played against Clydebank.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
15 August 1925Bo'nessH3-0Sharp;Travers;Russell3,000
22 August 1925King's ParkA1-1Sharp3,000
29 August 1925ClydeH1-1McLardie4,000
5 September 1925Nithsdale WanderersA1-5Travers
12 September 1925ArthurlieH0-03,000
19 September 1925ArbroathA0-6
26 September 1925Ayr UnitedH1-1McLardie3,000
3 October 1925St Bernard'sA2-2McLardie;Russell3,000
10 October 1925BathgateA4-1Swan;Broadley;McGrath;Russell3,000
17 October 1925East FifeA1-6McGrath3,000
24 October 1925East StirlingH3-0McGrath(2);McLardie2,000
31 October 1925ArmadaleA2-6McDonald,W;McGrath
7 November 1925Third LanarkH1-1McLardie3,000
14 November 1925Broxburn UnitedA1-1Russell1,000
21 November 1925StenhousemuirH1-1McDonald,W2,000
28 November 1925Dunfermline AthleticA0-13,000
5 December 1925Albion RoversH0-12,000
12 December 1925Alloa AthleticA2-0Swan;McLardie
19 December 1925King's ParkH4-1McLardie(2);Mair;McGrath
26 December 1925Ayr UnitedA2-1Harvie(2)
1 January 1926ArbroathH1-0Russell2,000
2 January 1926ArthurlieA2-1McLardie;Cameron
4 January 1926Nithsdale WanderersH2-2McLardie;OG3,000
9 January 1926Third LanarkA2-1Swan;Harvie5,000
16 January 1926East FifeH2-1Cameron(2)2,000
30 January 1926Albion RoversA1-11Swan3,000
13 February 1926Queen of the SouthA3-1Russell(2);Cameron
17 February 1926ArmadaleH2-0Carlow;Harvey1,000
24 February 1926Broxburn UnitedH5-1Cameron(4);McLardie
27 February 1926Bo'nessA0-1
10 March 1926Dunfermline AthleticH1-3Murray
13 March 1926East StirlingH1-3McGrath3,000
20 March 1926St Bernard'sH1-0Russell
27 March 1926BathgateH0-5
3 April 1926Queen of the SouthH1-1Hosie
10 April 1926StenhousemuirA0-41,000
17 April 1926ClydeA0-68,000
24 April 1926Alloa AthleticH0-0

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
23 January 19261Buckie ThistleH1-1Harvey1,200
26 January 19261rBuckie ThistleA2-1Swan(2)2,500
6 February 19262Forfar AthleticA2-2Swan;Russell1,500
10 February 19262rForfar AthleticH4-1Cameron;Swan;Harvie;Peters2,000
20 February 19263ClydeH3-0Cameron;Swan;Harvie8,500
6 March 19264CelticA1-6Cameron19,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
SFVale of LevenAWO
28 April 1926FHelensburghA1-3Murray1,500

Dumbartonshire Charity Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
9 May 1926SFHelensburghA1-0unknown
17 May 1926FClydebankA1-4unknown

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
26 August 1925ClydebankA1-8Malloy

Player Statistics

Squad[2]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond Division Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland Harry Britton 18 0 15 0 3 0
GK Scotland Albert Ferguson 23 0 20 0 3 0
GK Scotland Archibald McNish 3 0 3 0 0 0
DF Scotland John Anderson 2 0 2 0 0 0
DF Scotland William Gibson 40 0 34 0 6 0
DF Scotland Alex Hunter 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland Joseph McDonald 3 0 0 0 3 0
DF Scotland William Murray 20 1 20 1 0 0
DF Scotland Adam Swanson 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland James Warden 30 0 29 0 1 0
MF Scotland David Broadley 36 1 31 1 5 0
MF Scotland Robert Hosie 19 1 18 1 1 0
MF Scotland Andrew Mair 33 1 27 1 6 0
MF Scotland Thomas McKinney 4 0 4 0 0 0
FW Scotland Ronald Cameron 18 11 13 8 5 3
FW Scotland Francis Carlow 4 1 3 1 1 0
FW Scotland Robert Dennett 35 0 29 0 6 0
FW Scotland John Harvie 28 7 22 4 6 3
FW Scotland William McDonald 18 2 18 2 0 0
FW Scotland John McGrath 23 7 21 7 2 0
FW Scotland Archibald McLardie 42 11 36 11 6 0
FW Scotland Martin Peters 1 1 0 0 1 1
FW Scotland John Russell 36 9 32 8 4 1
FW Scotland Robert Sharp 6 2 6 2 0 0
FW Scotland John Swan 33 9 28 4 5 5
FW Scotland Martin Travers 5 2 5 2 0 0
FW Scotland Trialist 2 0 2 0 0 0

Transfers

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

Players in

Player From Date
Scotland John Swan Scotland Clydebank 22 Sep 1925
Scotland John Harvie Scotland Johnstone 1 Dec 1925

Players out

Player To Date
Scotland William Hyslop Scotland Vale of Leven 14 May 1925
Scotland Philip Kennedy Scotland Bo'ness 8 Sep 1925
Scotland Ronald Cameron England Huddersfield Town 13 Mar 1926
Scotland Thomas Love England Luton

Factfile

* There were a number of heavy defeats during the season, none more than the 1-11 trouncing from Albion Rovers on 30 January, which still remains as Dumbarton's heaviest league defeat.
* The Scottish Cup tie against Buckie Thistle on 27 January marked Willie Gibson's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 21st Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* During the season, 104 goals were conceded in all matches, the fourth time the unwanted 'century' had been broken.

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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