1926–27 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1926–1927 season
Manager Donald Colman
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two 18th
Scottish Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League: H Reid (16)
All: H Reid (17)
← 1925–26 1927–28 →

Season 1926–27 was the 50th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 28th time and the Scottish Cup for the 39th time.

Overview

Dumbarton's fifth successive season in the Second Division saw a further decline in performances, and with 5 defeats coming in their first 7 games it was clear that the team would struggle. In the end a miserable 18th place out of 20 was achieved with 32 points - a distant 34 behind champions Bo'ness. Indeed going into the last league game, Dumbarton were lying in 19th place and favourites to go through the election process for relegation to the Third Division, but an unbelievable 5-0 away win at Ayr would save their Second Division status.[1]

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton reached the second round before losing out to Alloa after a replay.

Locally, Dumbarton were again runners-up in the Dumbartonshire Cup. A fortunate 'toss of the coin' win over Clydebank in the replayed semifinal was followed by a heavy defeat to non-league Helesburgh in the final.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
14 August 1926Albion RoversA0-43,000
21 August 1926ClydebankH1-1Black3,000
28 August 1926BathgateA1-2Harvie1,500
4 September 1926East FifeH1-3Main2,000
11 September 1926ArthurlieA1-2Main2,000
18 September 1926Bo'nessH1-0Russell3,000
25 September 1926Nithsdale WanderersA0-3
2 October 1926St Bernard'sH3-0Reid,H(2);Warden1,500
9 October 1926ArbroathA3-1Russell(2);Mair1,800
16 October 1926King's ParkH0-11,500
23 October 1926StenhousemuirH2-1Harvie;Reid,H
30 October 1926Forfar AthleticA2-4Reid,H(2)
6 November 1926ArmadaleA4-3Main(2);Reid,H;Swan
13 November 1926Third LanarkH1-1Reid,H2,000
20 November 1926Raith RoversA2-4Russell(2)3,500
27 November 1926East StirlingH3-2Main(2);Warden2,000
4 December 1926Alloa AthleticA1-1Warden2,000
11 December 1926Queen of the SouthA2-3Main,H;Reid
18 December 1926Ayr UnitedH3-5Davin;Reid,H;Muir2,000
25 December 1926Albion RoversH3-0Cameron;Davin;Muir
31 December 1926ClydebankA2-6Reid,H(2)
3 January 1927BathgateH1-1Muir
8 January 1927East FifeA3-5Main(2);Harvie
15 January 1927ArthurlieH4-1Davin(2);Mair;Muir2,000
29 January 1927Bo'nessA1-3Reid,H
12 February 1927St Bernard'sA1-1Reid,H
16 February 1927Nithsdale WanderersH6-2Main(2);Mair;Davin;McHugh;Muir
19 February 1927ArbroathH1-0Reid,J
26 February 1927King's ParkA0-2
5 March 1927StenhousemuirA0-7
12 March 1927Forfar AthleticH1-3Swanson
19 March 1927ArmadaleH2-0Reid,J;Mair
26 March 1927Third LanarkA2-2Muir(2)3,000
2 April 1927Raith RoversA1-3Harvie
9 April 1927East StirlingA2-3Davin;Reid,H
16 April 1927Alloa AthleticH3-1Reid,H(2);Russell
23 April 1927Queen of the SouthH0-3
30 April 1927Ayr UnitedA5-0Main(2);Reid,H;Muir;Russell

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
22 January 19271East StirlingshireA1-0Reid,H2,000
5 February 19272Alloa AthleticA1-1Russell3,400
9 February 19272rAlloa AthleticH0-43,500

Dumbartonshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
27 September 1926SFClydebankA1-1Granger
18 April 1927SFrClydebankA1-1[2]Muir
28 April 1927FHelensburghA0-61,000

Player Statistics

Squad[3]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond Division Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland Harry Britton 1 0 1 0 0 0
GK Scotland Duncan Yuill 40 0 37 0 3 0
DF Scotland John Granger 25 0 22 0 3 0
DF Scotland Adam Swanson 28 1 27 1 1 0
DF Scotland James Warden 30 3 28 3 2 0
MF Scotland David Broadley 4 0 4 0 0 0
MF Scotland George Greenshields 7 0 7 0 0 0
MF Scotland Andrew Mair 27 4 24 4 3 0
MF Scotland Hugh Reid 33 17 30 16 3 1
MF Scotland James Reid 11 3 11 3 0 0
FW Scotland John Black 4 1 4 1 0 0
FW Scotland John Cameron 41 1 38 1 3 0
FW Scotland Martin Davin 35 6 32 6 3 0
FW Scotland Robert Dennett 10 0 10 0 0 0
FW Scotland John Harvie 34 4 31 4 3 0
FW Scotland Johnstone 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland David Kyle 4 0 4 0 0 0
FW Scotland Robert Main 39 14 36 14 3 0
FW Scotland McCabe 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland McHugh 3 1 3 1 0 0
FW Scotland Archibald Muir 30 7 27 7 3 0
FW Scotland John Russell 19 8 17 7 2 1
FW Scotland John Swan 19 1 18 1 1 0
FW Scotland Talisman 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland Trialist 4 0 4 0 0 0

Transfers

Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:[4]

Players in

Player From Date
Scotland Martin Davin Scotland Vale of Clyde 31 May 1926
Scotland John Granger Scotland Vale of Leven 29 Jul 1926
Scotland David Yuill Scotland St Mirren 19 Aug 1926
Scotland Hugh Reid Scotland Stenhousemuir 10 Feb 1927

Players out

Player To Date
Scotland Archibald McLardie Scotland Johnstone 20 Jul 1926
Scotland William Gibson United States 11 Aug 1926
Scotland David Broadley Scotland Arbroath 23 Sep 1926
Scotland Philip Kennedy Scotland Bathgate 6 Oct 1926

Factfile

* The league match against Queen of the South on 23 March marked James Warden's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 22nd Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.

See also

References

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

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