1967–68 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1967–1968 season

Manager

Willie Toner/ Ian Spence

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division 2

10th

Scottish Cup

First Prelim Round

Scottish League Cup

Prelims

Top goalscorer

League: Roy McCormack (20)
All: Roy McCormack (21)

← 1966–67

1968–69 →

Season 1967–68 was the 84th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 62nd time, the Scottish Cup for the 73rd time and the Scottish League Cup for the 21st time.

Overview

Manager Willie Toner was to wield the axe with the playing staff before the start of the season, and a number of long serving players were to leave the club. However, with only one win taken from the first five league games, Willie Toner's youth policy was not proving successful and he resigned his position as manager to be replaced a week later by Ian Spence. The damage however had already been done and Dumbarton finished in 10th place, with 33 points, 29 behind champions St Mirren.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton were to fall in the first preliminary round to Berwick Rangers, after a draw.

In the League Cup, a single draw was all that there was to show from the six sectional games and therefore once again Dumbarton were no have no further interest in the competition.

Locally, for the third season in a row Dumbarton were to taste defeat, not on the pitch, but in the boardroom after the game as the Stirlingshire Cup semi final tie against Stirling Albion was decided by the toss of a coin.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
24 August 1967	St Mirren	H	0-4		1,675
9 September 1967	Clydebank	H	5-4	McCormack;McGoldrick(3);Henderson	2,500
13 September 1967	St Mirren	A	0-4		2,065
16 September 1967	East Fife	A	3-3	McCormack;McGoldrick;McMillan	800
20 September 1967	Cowdenbeath	H	2-2	McGowan;McCormack
23 September 1967	Stranraer	H	4-0	McGowan;McCormack;McGoldrick;McMillan
27 September 1967	Cowdenbeath	A	2-6	Reid;McMillan
30 September 1967	Hamilton	A	3-3	McGoldrick(3)
7 October 1967	Brechin City	H	2-0	McCormack;McMillan
21 October 1967	Forfar Athletic	A	3-3	McCormack(2);McMillan
28 October 1967	East Stirling	H	2-0	McCormack(2)	1,300
4 November 1967	Stenhousemuir	A	1-1	Watson
11 November 1967	Montrose	H	2-0	McCormack;McGoldrick	900
18 November 1967	Ayr United	A	0-3		3,000
25 November 1967	Albion Rovers	H	1-0	Lynas	1,200
2 December 1967	Queen of the South	A	2-5	Watson(2)
9 December 1967	Arbroath	H	3-4	Henderson(3)
30 December 1967	Queens Park	H	0-2		700
1 January 1968	Clydebank	A	1-2	Moffat
2 January 1968	East Fife	H	1-1	McCormack
6 January 1968	Stranraer	A	3-1	Watson(2);Reid
13 January 1968	Hamilton	H	0-1		500
20 January 1968	Brechin City	A	4-0	McCormack(2);McGoldrick;Watson	800
24 January 1968	Queens Park	A	3-2	McCormack;McGoldrick;Henderson
10 February 1968	Forfar Athletic	H	3-6	McGoldrick(3)
17 February 1968	East Stirling	A	2-2	McGoldrick;Moffat
2 March 1968	Stenhousemuir	H	1-1	Graham
9 March 1968	Montrose	A	3-1	McCormack(2);Henderson	600
30 March 1968	Queen of the South	H	1-1	McCormack	600
6 April 1968	Arbroath	A	0-4
10 April 1968	Albion Rovers	A	1-3	McGoldrick
13 April 1968	Alloa Athletic	H	3-0	McCormack(2);McGoldrick	800
17 April 1968	Berwick Rangers	H	0-0
20 April 1968	Berwick Rangers	A	1-2	Graham
24 April 1968	Alloa Athletic	A	0-2
29 April 1968	Ayr United	H	1-1	Malone

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
16 December 1967	P1	Berwick Rangers	H	0-0		2,000
23 December 1967	P1R	Berwick Rangers	A	1-2	Lynas

Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
12 August 1967	P	Raith Rovers	A	0-2
16 August 1967	P	Queen of the South	H	1-2	Henderson
19 August 1967	P	Morton	A	0-6
26 August 1967	P	Raith Rovers	H	1-1	McGoldrick	1,000
30 August 1967	P	Queen of the South	A	1-3	Henderson
2 September 1967	P	Morton	H	1-3	McCormack	1,000

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
27 March 1968	SF	Stirling Albion	A	1-1 *	Watson

* - lost on toss of coin

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
4 August 1967	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0-5
8 August 1967	Celtic XI	H	2-1	McGoldrick;McCormack
12 October 1967	Rangers XI	H	2-2	McCormack;McGoldrick
26 January 1968	Celtic XI	H	4-3	McCormack;Lynas;OG(2)
29 February 1968	Ross County	H	2-3	Lynas(2)

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		David Anderson	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Ian Bird	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Andy Crawford	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Maurice Dunne	11	0	5	0	0	0	6	0
	GK		Jim Eadie	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Ian Ferguson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Dan McGuffog	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Jim Meikleham	12	0	10	0	2	0	0	0
	DF		Joe Davin	40	0	33+1	0	2	0	4	0
	DF		Don May	27	0	20	0	2	0	5	0
	DF		Bill McMurray	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Billy Wilkinson	5	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Ronnie Curran	20	0	14	0	0	0	6	0
	MF		Johnny Graham	11	2	11	2	0	0	0	0
	MF		Bobby Johnstone	36	0	28	0	2	0	6	0
	MF		Jim Kiernan	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Jim Leckie	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Billy McConville	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		O'Sullivan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Willie Whyte	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		John Barratt	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Alex Baxter	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Ian Henderson	38	8	27+3	6	2	0	6	2
	FW		Jim Lynas	37	2	28+1	1	2	1	6	0
	FW		Dave Malone	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Roy McCormack	40	21	34	20	2	0	4	1
	FW		Andy McEachran	2	1	1+1	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		John McGhee	24	0	20+2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW		John McGoldrick	41	17	30+4	16	1	0	6	1
	FW		Phil McGovern	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Mike McGowan	28	2	21	2	2	0	5	0
	FW		Ally McMillan	15	5	11+1	5	0	0	3	0
	FW		Alex Moffat	5	2	3+2	2	0	0	0	0
	FW		Jim Peebles	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Sammy Reid	19	2	12+2	2	0+2	0	3	0
	FW		Allan Watson	39	6	31	6	2	0	6	0
	FW		Billy Whitelaw	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Trialists	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

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

Players in

Player	From	Date
Joe Davin	Morton	26 May 1967
Don May	Third Lanark	14 Jun 1967
Ian Henderson	Third Lanark	16 Jun 1967
John McGoldrick	Rutherglen Glencairn	12 Jul 1967
Sammy Reid	Berwick Rangers	26 Aug 1967
Johnny Graham	Arthurlie	12 Feb 1968
Bill McMurray	Albion Rovers	12 Feb 1968
Billy Wilkinson	St Anthonys	28 Feb 1968
David Anderson	Dunfermline Ath	25 Mar 1968

Players out

Player	To	Date
Andy Crawford	Morton	2 Sep 1967
Mike McGowan	Ballymena Un	23 Mar 1968
Sammy Reid	Freed	23 Mar 1968
Maurice Dunne	Freed	30 Apr 1968
Ian Henderson	Freed	30 Apr 1968
Jim Lynas	Freed	30 Apr 1968
Don May	Freed	30 Apr 1968
Andy McEachran	Freed	30 Apr 1968
John McGoldrick	Freed	30 Apr 1968
Joe Davin	Retired

Factfile

* The League match against East Stirling on 17 February marked Bobby Johnstone's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 57th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* Amazingly Dumbarton utilised the services of no fewer than 8 goalkeepers during the season.
* The number of goals conceded in all games during the season was 118, the 18th time this unwanted 'century' had been broken.

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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1967–68 in Scottish football
« 1966–67 1968–69 »
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 Intercontinental Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1968 qualifying (Group 8) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Rangers St. Johnstone Stirling Albion
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park St. Mirren Stenhousemuir Stranraer

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1967–68 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]