1969–70 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1969–1970 season
Manager Jackie Stewart
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 2 7th
Scottish Cup First Round
Scottish League Cup Quarter Final
Top goalscorer League: Roy McCormack (13)
All: Kenny Jenkins/Roy McCormack (18)
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

Season 1969–70 was the 86th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 64th time, the Scottish Cup for the 75th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 23rd time.

Overview

Although the league campaign saw a great improvement from the previous season, the inability to take points from the 'front-runners' meant that Dumbarton were never really in with a chance of snatching a promotion place and finished in 7th place, with 40 points, 16 behind champions Falkirk.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton had an easy time beating non-league minnons Gala Fairydean in the second preliminary round, but it was a huge disappointment to lose in the first round proper to Division 2 strugglers Forfar Athletic at home.

The League Cup however, brought some cheer, with four wins and a draw from the six sectional games, Dumbarton qualified to meet Brechin City in a play off. A good home win after a tight draw at Brechin meant a quarter final against Ayr United, who were however to prove too strong.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton reached their first final for five years, before losing out to Falkirk.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
30 August 1969StranraerH1-0Jenkins1,000
6 September 1969Forfar AthleticA4-1Moffat;McCormack;Boyd,I(2)
13 September 1969Brechin CityH1-2Moffat
17 September 1969East FifeA1-2Jenkins
20 September 1969Stirling AlbionA2-2Ferguson;McCormack
27 September 1969ClydebankH5-1Ferguson;Jenkins(3);Graham1,700
1 October 1969Berwick RangersA1-0Boyd,I
4 October 1969Alloa AthleticH1-3Ferguson600
11 October 1969CowdenbeathA0-12,000
18 October 1969ArbroathH0-31,500
25 October 1969FalkirkA0-03,000
29 October 1969HamiltonH1-0Graham
1 November 1969Albion RoversA0-0250
8 November 1969Queen of the SouthH2-0Ferguson;Jamieson
12 November 1969StenhousemuirH5-1McCormack;Jenkins(3);Watson
15 November 1969Queens ParkH3-0Muir;Watson(2)2,000
22 November 1969MontroseA2-0Ferguson;McCormack300
29 November 1969StenhousemuirA2-2Boyd,E;McCormack
13 December 1969StranraerA1-6McCormack600
1 January 1970ClydebankA0-0
3 January 1970Stirling AlbionH1-0McCormack
17 January 1970Brechin CityA4-1Ferguson;Jenkins(2);McCormack
31 January 1970Forfar AthleticH2-1Graham;McCormack
7 February 1970HamiltonA3-1Donnelly;McCormack;OG
14 February 1970East FifeH2-0Watson;McMichael
21 February 1970Alloa AthleticA0-0
28 February 1970CowdenbeathH1-2Donnelly
7 March 1970ArbroathA0-52,000
14 March 1970FalkirkH1-2Graham
21 March 1970Albion RoversH2-0McCormack;Graham
28 March 1970Queen of the SouthA2-3Watson;McCormack)1,100
4 April 1970Queens ParkA2-0Watson(2)
13 April 1970Berwick RangersH2-1Jamieson;Jenkins600
18 April 1970MontroseH0-2
21 April 1970East StirlingH0-2
28 April 1970East StirlingA1-2McCormack

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
20 December 1969P2Gala FairydeanA4-1Boyd,I;McCormack(3)374
24 January 19701Forfar AthleticH1-2McGhee2,500

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
9 August 1969PClydebankH3-1Ferguson(2);Watson
13 August 1969PCowdenbeathH2-3Watson;McMichael
16 August 1969PStranraerH2-2Jenkins(2)
20 August 1969PCowdenbeathA3-2Moffat;Jenkins;OG
23 August 1969PClydebankH1-0Watson3,000
27 August 1969PStranraerH2-0Jenkins;Watson
1 September 1969PO1Brechin CityA1-1Jenkins
3 September 1969PO2Brechin CityH5-2Moffat;McCormack(2);Jenkins(2)
10 September 1969QF1Ayr UnitedH1-4Graham
24 September 1969QF2Ayr UnitedA0-1

Stirlingshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
16 December 19691Stirling AlbionH1-1Watson
2 March 19701RStirling AlbionA1-0McCormack
31 March 1970SFAlloa AthleticH5-1Jenkins(4);Hogg
2 May 1970FFalkirkA0-1

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
5 August 1969EnglandWorkingtonH1-2McMichael
24 April 1970Inverness ThistleH1-1unknown

Player Statistics

Squad[1]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond Division Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland David Anderson 30 0 25 0 2 0 3 0
GK Scotland Steve Anderson 12 0 5 0 0 0 7 0
GK Scotland Laurie Williams 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland Colin McAdam 12 0 8+4 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland Allan McKay 44 0 33 0 2 0 9 0
DF Scotland George Muir 48 1 36 1 2 0 10 0
DF Scotland Billy Wilkinson 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland Len Campbell 48 0 36 0 2 0 10 0
MF Scotland Rikki Cuthbert 3 0 1+1 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland Eddie Ferguson 40 8 26+2 6 2 0 10 2
MF Scotland Johnny Graham 48 6 36 5 2 0 10 1
MF Scotland John Jamieson 24 2 23+1 2 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland John McGhee 19 1 8+1 0 0+1 1 9 0
FW Scotland Eddie Boyd 15 1 14 1 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland Ian Boyd 14 4 7+2 3 1 1 3+1 0
FW Scotland Joe Donnelly 13 2 13 2 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland John Hemphill 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland Davie Hogg 3 0 2 0 0 0 0+1 0
FW Scotland Kenny Jenkins 39 18 28 11 1 0 10 7
FW Scotland Roy McCormack 41 18 34 13 2 3 4+1 2
FW Scotland Alex McMichael 32 2 14+8 1 1 0 9 1
FW Scotland Gus Moffat 11 4 4 2 0 0 7 2
FW Scotland Allan Watson 43 11 31+3 7 2 0 7 4

Transfers

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

Players in

Player From Date
Scotland Allan McKay Scotland Motherwell 22 May 1969
Scotland Eddie Ferguson Scotland Dunfermline Ath 19 Jun 1969
Scotland Kenny Jenkins Scotland Albion Rovers 26 Jun 1969
Scotland John Jamieson Scotland Albion Rovers 25 Oct 1969
Scotland Colin McAdam Scotland Clydebank Juv 12 Mar 1970
Scotland Laurie Williams Scotland Port Glasgow 30 Mar 1970

Players out

Player To Date
Scotland John McGhee Scotland Stenhousemuir 2 Mar 1970

Factfile

* The League match against Berwick Rangers on 1 October marked both Roy McCormack and Allan Watson's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 58th and 59th Dumbarton players to reach this milestone.
* The League match against Berwick Rangers on 13 April marked Johnny Graham's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 60th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.

See also

References

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

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