1965–66 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1965–1966 season

Manager

Willie Toner

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division 2

12th

Scottish Cup

Third Round

Scottish League Cup

Prelims

Top goalscorer

League: Jimmy Veitch (11)
All: Jim Lynas/ Jimmy Veitch (14)

← 1964–65

1966–67 →

Season 1965–66 was the 82nd football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 60th time, the Scottish Cup for the 71st time and the Scottish League Cup for the 19th time.

Overview

An uncharactaristic successful start to the league season, with only one defeat in the first ten games, saw Dumbarton at the top of the league at the end of October, and even with a winless 'blip' in November, another string of five wins on the trot followed, meaning that hopes were still high in February for that illusive promotion place. However, only 3 wins were taken from the final 16 games, and Dumbarton finished in a disappointing 12th place, with 35 points, 18 behind champions Ayr United.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton required to fight through two preliminary rounds, before disposing of Montrose and then Queen of the South. Aberdeen however were too tough a 'nut to crack' in the third round.

In the League Cup, Dumbarton maintained a 100% record at home in their sectional ties, but the three away defeats ensured no further progress to the knock out stages.

Locally, Dumbarton were unlucky in their attempt to retain the Stirlingshire Cup. A first round replay win over Division 1 opponents Falkirk was followed by a draw in the semi final against Alloa Athletic. However the tie was decided by the toss of a coin - which Dumbarton lost.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
25 August 1965	Airdrie	H	1-3	Veitch	1,912
8 September 1965	Berwick Rangers	H	1-1	Veitch
11 September 1965	Third Lanark	A	2-0	McBeth;Veitch
15 September 1965	Berwick Rangers	A	1-0	Nelson
22 September 1965	Stranraer	H	2-0	McBeth;Veitch
25 September 1965	Brechin City	A	5-1	Donnelly(2);Veitch(2);McBeth	800
29 September 1965	Stranraer	A	1-1	Veitch	950
2 October 1965	East Fife	H	1-0	McBeth	2,000
9 October 1965	Stenhousemuir	A	1-1	Veitch
16 October 1965	East Stirling	H	3-1	Harra;Nelson;OG	1,500
30 October 1965	Arbroath	H	1-2	Johnstone
6 November 1965	Ayr United	A	0-2
13 November 1965	Montrose	H	0-0		2,500
27 November 1965	Raith Rovers	A	0-4		1,000
11 December 1965	Queen of the South	A	3-3	Johnstone(2);Veitch	2,000
18 December 1965	Alloa Athletic	H	3-0	Reynolds;Harra;Miller	500
25 December 1965	Cowdenbeath	A	2-1	Reynolds;Lynas	750
3 January 1966	Third Lanark	H	3-1	Harra;Lynas;Veitch
15 January 1966	Brechin City	H	7-1	Lynas(3);Reynolds(2);Miller;McBeth
29 January 1966	Stenhousemuir	H	5-2	Lynas(3);Miller;OG	1,000
12 February 1966	East Stirling	A	1-3	McCall	500
26 February 1966	Arbroath	A	0-2		1,581
9 March 1966	Queens Park	H	2-3	Nelson;McMahon
12 March 1966	Montrose	A	1-2	Nelson	500
19 March 1966	Albion Rovers	H	2-0	Nelson(2)	500
23 March 1966	Airdrie	A	1-3	McBeth
26 March 1966	Raith Rovers	H	0-2		700
30 March 1966	Ayr United	H	1-3	Muir
5 April 1966	Queens Park	A	3-2	Lynas;Nelson;Veitch
9 April 1966	Forfar Athletic	A	2-2	Miller;OG	485
16 April 1966	Queen of the South	H	4-1	Nelson(2);McLeary;McBeth	800
20 April 1966	East Fife	A	1-6	McBeth
23 April 1966	Alloa Athletic	A	0-1		300
25 April 1966	Forfar Athletic	H	1-3	McCall
27 April 1966	Albion Rovers	A	0-0
30 April 1966	Cowdenbeath	H	2-4	Lynas;Muir

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
8 January 1966	P1	Peebles Rovers	H	2-2	Lynas(2)	2,000
12 January 1966	P1R	Peebles Rovers	A	3-2	Reynolds;Lynas;McBeth	300
22 January 1966	P2	Glasgow University	A	2-1	Reynolds;Lynas	2,187
9 February 1966	1	Montrose	H	2-1	Johnstone;Harra	3,050
23 February 1966	2	Queen of the South	H	1-0	McCall	5,000
5 March 1966	3	Aberdeen	H	0-3		9,800

Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
14 August 1965	P	East Stirling	H	2-1	Harra;Muir	1,500
18 August 1965	P	East Fife	A	2-3	Curran(2)	3,000
21 August 1965	P	Alloa Athletic	A	1-2	Nelson	700
28 August 1965	P	East Stirling	A	0-1		250
1 September 1965	P	East Fife	H	6-1	Veitch(2);Johnstone;McCall;McBeth;OG	1,300
4 September 1965	P	Alloa Athletic	H	4-1	McBeth(2);McCall;Nelson	1,000

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
26 October 1965	1	Falkirk	H	0-0
11 April 1966	1R	Falkirk	A	4-2	Nelson;Harra;Muir;Veitch	350
18 April 1966	SF	Alloa Athletic	A	0-0 *

* - lost on toss of coin

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
18 September 1965	Partick Thistle	H	1-3	McLeary
22 December 1965	Renton	H	3-1	unknown

Player Statistics

Squad^[1]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Andy Crawford	30	0	22	0	4	0	4	0
	GK		Maurice Dunne	18	0	14	0	2	0	2	0
	DF		Joe Bryers	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Tommy Govan	34	0	24	0	5	0	5	0
	DF		Andy Jardine	35	0	26	0	4	0	5	0
	MF		Ronnie Curran	42	2	30	0	6	0	6	2
	MF		Hugh Harra	36	5	27	3	6	1	3	1
	MF		Bobby Johnstone	44	5	32	3	6	1	6	1
	MF		Jimmy Veitch	36	13	29	11	3	0	4	2
	FW		Eddie Donnelly	9	2	6	2	0	0	3	0
	FW		Alec Frew	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		John Kelly	30	0	23	0	1	0	6	0
	FW		Jim Lynas	25	14	19	10	6	4	0	0
	FW		Andy McBeth	28	12	21	8	4	1	3	3
	FW		John McCall	28	5	21	2	3	1	4	2
	FW		Robert McLeary	11	1	9	1	0	0	2	0
	FW		Hugh McMahon	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Ally Miller	26	4	21	4	5	0	0	0
	FW		Billy Muir	26	3	18	2	2	0	6	1
	FW		Drew Nelson	46	12	35	9	6	1	5	2
	FW		Tommy Reynolds	16	5	11	4	3	1	2	0

Transfers

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

Players in

Player	From	Date
Andy McBeth	Morton	26 Jun 1965
John McCall	Airdrie	1 Jul 1965
Billy Muir	Ayr United	12 Aug 1965
Maurice Dunne	Our Lady's HS	31 Aug 1965
Hugh McMahon	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	2 Oct 1965
Ally Miller	Berwick Rangers	29 Oct 1965
Jim Lynas	Blantyre Victoria	14 Jan 1966

Players out

Player	To	Date
Tommy Halliday	Morton	17 May 1965
John McCall	Freed	30 Apr 1966
Ally Miller	Freed	30 Apr 1966
Billy Muir	Freed	30 Apr 1966
Tommy Reynolds	Freed	30 Apr 1966
Doug Robertson	Retired

Factfile

* The League match against Stranraer on 29 September marked Hugh Harra's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 53rd Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* The League match against Arbroath on 30 October marked Andy Jardine's 300th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 1st Dumbarton player to achieve this accolade.
* The League match against Queen of the South on 11 December marked Ronnie Curran's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 54th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.

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.

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1965–66 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Related to national team	Results 1966 World Cup qualifying (Group 8) British Home Championship
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Division One	Aberdeen Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Stirling Albion
Division Two	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stranraer Third Lanark

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1965–66 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Stirlingshire Cup

Other Matches

Player Statistics

Squad[1]

Transfers

Players in

Players out

Factfile

See also

References

External links

Squad^[1]