1927–28 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1927–1928 season
Manager Donald Colman
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two 11th
Scottish Cup First Round
Top goalscorer League: Angus Urquhart (36)
All: Angus Urquhart (36)
← 1926–27 1928–29 →

Season 1927–28 was the 51st Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 29th time and the Scottish Cup for the 40th time.

Overview

Dumbarton's sixth consecutive season in the Second Division, while certainly an improvement on the previous season, was unremarkable in most respects. Never really threatened by relegation, there was also never a chance of promotion and finished 11th out of 20 with 36 points - 18 behind champions Ayr United.[1]

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by Hamilton.

Locally, Dumbarton were runners-up in the Dumbartonshire Cup for the fourth season running, losing out to Clydebank in the final.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
13 August 1927ArthurlieH0-13,000
20 August 1927Queen of the SouthA2-6Urquhart;Crawford
27 August 1927St Bernard'sH3-3Urquhart(2);Kirk2,000
3 September 1927BathgateA3-2Urquhart(2);Crawford
10 September 1927MortonH5-0Russell(2);Harvie;McLardie;Urquhart
17 September 1927Albion RoversA3-2McLardie(2);Russell2,500
24 September 1927King's ParkH4-5Urquhart(3);Russell3,000
1 October 1927Alloa AthleticA3-3Kirk;Crawford;Russell
8 October 1927Forfar AthleticH2-0Miller;Russell2,000
15 October 1927ClydebankA2-1Crawford(2)3,000
22 October 1927Third LanarkA1-4Crawford3,000
29 October 1927Leith AthleticH2-2Urquhart;McPhail3,000
5 November 1927East FifeH1-3Kirk2,000
12 November 1927East StirlingA0-5
19 November 1927Ayr UnitedH2-0Urquhart(2)1,500
26 November 1927Dundee UnitedA1-3Urquhart7,000
3 December 1927ArmadaleA0-2
10 December 1927ArbroathH2-0Urquhart;Crawford
17 December 1927StenhousemuirA0-1
24 December 1927ArthurlieA1-0Urquhart
31 December 1927BathgateH2-1Urquhart(2)
2 January 1928ClydebankH0-22,000
3 January 1928MortonA0-2
7 January 1928St Bernard'sA0-2
14 January 1928Albion RoversH0-1
28 January 1928Forfar AthleticA2-3Urquhart(2)
4 February 1928Leith AthleticA1-2Crawford1,500
8 February 1928Alloa AthleticH2-1Urquhart;Kirk
11 February 1928King's ParkA0-4
25 February 1928Third LanarkH0-03,000
3 March 1928Queen of the SouthH1-0Urquhart
10 March 1928East FifeA1-4Urquhart
17 March 1928East StirlingH6-1Urquhart(4);Miller;Crawford
24 March 1928Ayr UnitedA1-0Urquhart
31 March 1928Dundee UnitedH3-0Hamill(2);Urquhart2,500
7 April 1928ArmadaleH6-2Urquhart(5);Hamill
14 April 1928ArbroathA0-3
21 April 1928StenhousemuirH4-1Urquhart(3);Kirk

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
25 January 19281HamiltonH2-3McLardie;Gillies2,500

Dumbartonshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
18 February 1928SFVale of LevenA7-2Muir(2);Crawford(2);Harvie;Lamont;Murray
28 April 1928FClydebankA0-0
30 April 1928FrClydebankA2-4Crawford(2)1,000

Player Statistics

Squad[2]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond Division Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland John Bradford 14 0 13 0 1 0
GK Scotland Duncan Yuill 24 0 24 0 0 0
DF Scotland Alfred Aitchison 14 0 14 0 0 0
DF Scotland Daniel Muir 35 0 34 0 1 0
DF Scotland Robert Shaw 27 0 26 0 1 0
MF Scotland John Harvie 32 1 31 1 1 0
MF Scotland James Laing 12 0 12 0 0 0
MF Scotland Thomas Lamont 7 0 7 0 0 0
MF Scotland Andrew Mair 6 0 6 0 0 0
MF Scotland James Miller 38 2 37 2 1 0
MF Scotland John Muir 4 0 4 0 0 0
MF Scotland Rock 1 0 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland Watt 2 0 2 0 0 0
MF Scotland Trialist 3 0 3 0 0 0
FW Scotland Brown 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland James Crawford 35 9 34 9 1 0
FW Scotland Archibald Gillies 30 1 29 0 1 1
FW Scotland Andrew Hamill 10 3 10 3 0 0
FW Scotland William Kirk 37 5 36 5 1 0
FW Scotland Archibald McLardie 27 4 26 3 1 1
FW Scotland Donald MacPhail 12 1 11 1 1 0
FW Scotland William Murray 7 0 7 0 0 0
FW Scotland John Pearson 3 0 3 0 0 0
FW Scotland John Russell 12 6 12 6 0 0
FW Scotland Angus Urquhart 36 36 35 36 1 0

Transfers

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

Players in

Player From Date
Scotland James Miller Scotland East Fife 13 Jul 1927
Scotland James Crawford Scotland Vale of Leven 8 Aug 1927
Scotland Archibald McLardie Scotland Vale of Leven 8 Aug 1927
Scotland Angus Urquhart Scotland Dykehead 18 Aug 1927
Scotland Donald MacPhail Scotland Dumbarton Academy FP 27 Aug 1927
Scotland Daniel Muir Scotland St Bernards 31 Aug 1927

Players out

Player To Date
Scotland Duncan Yuill Scotland Rangers 17 Jan 1928
Scotland James Reid Scotland Vale of Leven
Scotland John Swan Scotland Nairn County
Scotland Robert Dennett

Factfile

* The league match against Dundee United on 26 November marked John Russell's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 23rd Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* The league match against Ayr United on 24 March marked Archibald McLardie's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 24th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* The highlight of the season was undoubtedly the record-breaking goal scoring of new signing Angus Urquhart, who scored 36 goals in 35 league appearances - one of which he played in goal!

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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