1946–47 Dumbarton F.C. season

Following the cessation of hostilities in WW2, Scottish football got back to normal operations and therefore season 1946–47 was the 63rd Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 41st time and the Scottish Cup for the 52nd time. In addition, Dumbarton entered two further competitions. Following on from the successful format of the Southern League Cup during the war, the inaugural Scottish League Cup was played, and the Supplementary Cup competed for by B Division sides was continued for a second season.

Overview

Scottish football returned to normal after an absence of seven seasons. Dumbarton played in Division B and finished a disappointing 13th out of 14 with 18 points - 27 behind champions Dundee.

The return of the Scottish Cup, however, brought some much neaded cheer, and after dispatching A Division opponents St Mirren and Third Lanark, Dumbarton lost out narrowly to Hibernian in the fourth round.

The inaugural League Cup saw Dumbarton fail to progress from their section, finishing 3rd of 4 with just 2 wins from 6 games.

The Supplementary Cup continued, but Dumbarton fell at the first hurdle to Alloa.

There was a similar story in the Stirlingshire Cup, with East Stirling being the victors after a drawn match.

Finally two 'friendly' matches were arranged. One against A Division Partick Thistle and the other against a team of Polish internationalists, billed as a Polish Army XI who were touring post-war Europe.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
10 August 1946	St Johnstone	H	2-3	Sneddon(2)	5,000
17 August 1946	Raith Rovers	A	1-5	Bootland	8,000
24 August 1946	Ayr United	H	2-2	MacMillan;Sneddon	2,000
31 August 1946	Albion Rovers	A	0-3		7,000
7 September 1946	Dundee	H	2-1	Young;Bootland	4,000
14 September 1946	Stenhousemuir	A	1-0	Bootland	2,000
2 November 1946	Alloa Athletic	A	2-0	Young;OG	4,000
9 November 1946	Arbroath	H	0-1		3,000
16 November 1946	Dundee United	A	1-2	Gilmour	5,000
23 November 1946	Airdrie	H	2-3	Gilmour(2)	1,500
30 November 1946	Cowdenbeath	H	5-1	Gilmour(2);Sneddon;Ashe;Bootland	2,000
7 December 1946	East Fife	A	0-1		3,500
14 December 1946	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1-2	Gilmour	1,500
21 December 1946	St Johnstone	A	2-5	Donegan(2)	4,000
28 December 1946	Raith Rovers	H	1-1	Morrison	2,500
1 January 1947	Ayr United	A	1-2	Morrison
2 January 1947	Albion Rovers	H	1-1	Morrison	3,000
4 January 1947	Dundee United	H	0-2		1,000
18 January 1947	East Fife	H	1-0	Milligan	3,000
15 February 1947	Alloa Athletic	H	2-2	Donegan;Stirling	6,000
8 March 1947	Stenhousemuir	H	4-1	Wallace;Donegan;Stirling;Bootland	5,000
22 March 1947	Airdrie	A	4-5	Wallace(2);Stirling(2)	8,000
5 April 1947	Dundee	A	0-4		5,873
12 April 1947	Cowdenbeath	A	1-2	Milligan	3,000
19 April 1947	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2-3	Stirling(2)	3,000
26 April 1947	Arbroath	A	3-2	Stirling(3)	3,500

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
25 January 1947	1	St Mirren	A	3-2	Stirling(2);Donegan	10,976
22 February 1947	3	Third Lanark	H	2-0	Stirling;Bootland	10,000
15 March 1947	4	Hibernian	A	0-2		32,579

Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
21 September 1946	P	Arbroath	A	1-4	Forshaw	4,000
28 September 1946	P	Dundee United	H	0-3		3,500
5 October 1946	P	Cowdenbeath	H	0-4		4,000
12 October 1946	P	Arbroath	H	8-0	Forshaw(3);Lindsay;Donegan;Young;Johnstone;Bootland	2,000
19 October 1946	P	Dundee United	A	1-2	Bootland	11,000
26 October 1946	P	Cowdenbeath	A	3-2	Young;Gilmour;Bootland	4,500

Supplementary Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
14 August 1946	1(1)	Alloa Athletic	A	1-4	McCulloch
21 August 1946	1(2)	Alloa Athletic	H	2-0	MacMillan;Donegan

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
27 August 1946	1	East Stirling	A	2-2	Sneddon;McCulloch	2,000
30 April 1947	1(R)	East Stirling	H	1-3	Johnstone

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
26 October 1946	Polish Army XI	H	4-6	unknown
29 March 1947	Partick Thistle	A	2-4	Timmins;Milligan

Player Statistics

Squad^[1]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		B Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Supplementary Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Jim Hoey	34	0	23	0	3	0	6	0	2	0
	GK		Ian Ogilvie	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		John Boyle	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Tommy Coyle	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Colin McCalman	33	0	23	0	3	0	6	0	1	0
	DF		Robert Wallace	33	3	22	3	3	0	6	0	2	0
	MF		George Campbell	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Bobby Donaldson	37	0	26	0	3	0	6	0	2	0
	MF		Jim Douglas	10	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	2	0
	MF		Lawrie Lindsay	21	1	15	0	1	0	5	1	0	0
	MF		Jimmy Timmins	18	0	15	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		Ron Aitken	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		Thomas Ashe	23	1	18	1	3	0	2	0	0	0
	FW		Charlie Bootland	24	9	16	5	3	1	5	3	0	0
	FW		Tom Donegan	33	7	25	4	3	1	3	1	2	1
	FW		Jim Forshaw	8	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	0	0
	FW		Leon Gallinski	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Rod Gilmour	23	7	16	6	0	0	5	1	2	0
	FW		George Johnstone	13	1	9	0	0	0	2	1	2	0
	FW		Donald MacMillan	5	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
	FW		John McCulloch	11	1	6	0	4	0	0	0	1	1
	FW		Willie Miller	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Wallace Milligan	11	2	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Dave Morrison	11	3	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Andy Sneddon	10	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
	FW		Robert Stirling	11	12	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0
	FW		Willie Young	16	4	11	2	0	0	5	2	0	0
	FW		Trialists	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:^[2]

Players in

Player	From	Date
Tom Donegan	Celtic	20 May 1946
Rod Gilmour	Hearts	20 Aug 1946
Colin McCalman	St Mirren	22 Aug 1946

Players out

Player	To	Date
Donald MacMillan	Released	14 Oct 1946
Rod Gilmour	Freed	26 Apr 1947

Reserve Team

Dumbarton entered the Scottish Second XI Cup but lost in the first round to Albion Rovers.

Factfile

* William Guthrie took over as manager on 20 August 1946, replacing Jackie Milne.

References

↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
↑ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

External links

Dumbarton F.C. seasons

1873–74
1874–75
1875–76
1876–77
1877–78
1878–79
1879–80
1880–81
1881–82
1882–83
1883–84
1884–85
1885–86
1886–87
1887–88
1888–89
1889–90
1890–91
1891–92
1892–93
1893–94
1894–95
1895–96
1896–97
1897–98
1898–99
1899–1900
1900–01
1901–02
1902–03
1903–04
1904–05
1905–06
1906–07
1907–08
1908–09
1909–10
1910–11
1911–12
1912–13
1913–14
1914–15
1915–16
1916–17
1917–18
1918–19
1919–20
1920–21
1921–22
1922–23
1923–24
1924–25
1925–26
1926–27
1927–28
1928–29
1929–30
1930–31
1931–32
1932–33
1933–34
1934–35
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18

1946–47 in Scottish football
« 1945–46 1947–48 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Division Three Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Celtic Clyde Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Queen of the South Queen's Park St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.