1880–81 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1880–81 season was the eighth Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level.

Dumbarton

1880–81 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Cup	Runners Up
Home colours

Scottish Cup

Following some easy wins in the early rounds, and two impressive away victories in the quarter and semi finals, against Rangers and local rivals Vale of Leven respectively, Dumbarton reach their first Scottish Cup final. In the first playing of the final, Queen's Park defeated Dumbarton by the odd goal in three, but after a successful protest due to 'crowd encroachment', a replay was ordered. However despite good play in the second game, Dumbarton were well beaten losing 1-3.[1]

Dumbarton v Helensburgh Victoria

11 September 1880 Cup R1	Dumbarton	7-0[2][3]	Helensburgh Victoria	Boghead Park

Dumbarton v Jamestown

2 October 1880 Cup R2	Dumbarton	2-1[4][5]	Jamestown	Boghead Park
	Lindsay		McCrimmon	Attendance: 5,000

Dumbarton v Falkirk

23 October 1880 Cup R3	Dumbarton	7-1[6][7]	Falkirk	Boghead Park
				Attendance: 600

Dumbarton v Glasgow University

13 November 1880 Cup R4	Dumbarton	9-0[8][9]	Glasgow University	Boghead Park
	Kennedy,A McKinnon McDougall  OG' Lindsay Meikleham scrimmage

St Mirren v Dumbarton

4 December 1880 Cup R5	St Mirren	1-5[10][11]	Dumbarton	Paisley

Rangers v Dumbarton

25 December 1880 Cup R6	Rangers	1-3[12][13]	Dumbarton	Kinning Park
	Steele		Meikleham Lindsay McKinnon	Attendance: 4,500

Vale of Leven v Dumbarton

5 February 1881 Cup SF	Vale of Leven	0-2[14][15]	Dumbarton	Alexandria
			Lindsay  10' Kennedy,A  35'	Attendance: 8,000

Dumbarton v Queen's Park

26 March 1881 Cup Final	Dumbarton	1-2[16] VOID[17]	Queen's Park	Kinning Park
	McAulay		Key  15', 60'	Attendance: 20,000

Dumbarton v Queen's Park

9 April 1881 Cup Final	Dumbarton	1-3[18][19]	Queen's Park	Kinning Park
	Meikleham  55'		Smith  10' Kerr	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: D Hamilton

Glasgow Charity Cup

Main article: Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup

Dumbarton were again invited to take part in the Glasgow Charity Cup but were heavily defeated in the semi final by Rangers.

Dumbarton v Rangers

16 April 1881 SemiFinal	Dumbarton	0-8[20]	Rangers	Hampden Park
			Hill  2' Struthers McKinley Steele Pringle scrimmage	Attendance: 4,000

Friendlies

Dumbarton's fixture list for the season included home and away ties against the Ayrshire Cup holders, Beith and the first club 'tour' of the north of England was undertaken during the New Year holidays with a further match being played against Blackburn Rovers during the Easter break. In all, 19 'friendly' matches were played during the season, of which 13 were won, 2 drawn and 4 lost, scoring 62 goals and conceding 26.

South Western v Dumbarton

28 August 1880 Friendly	South Western	1-4	Dumbarton	Glasgow
			(OG)

Dumbarton v Kilmarnock

4 September 1880 Friendly	Dumbarton	7-1	Kilmarnock	Boghead Park

Dumbarton v Beith

18 September 1880 Friendly	Dumbarton	6-1	Beith	Boghead Park
	Lindsay Brown

Portland (Kilmarnock) v Dumbarton

25 September 1880 Friendly	Portland (Kilmarnock)	4-1	Dumbarton	Hamilton Park, Kilmarnock
	Harrison  30' Wilson		90'

Dumbarton v Kilbirnie

9 October 1880 Friendly	Dumbarton	2-2	Kilbirnie	Boghead Park
	Lindsay Lang		30'

Dumbarton v Pollokshields Athletic

16 October 1880 Friendly	Dumbarton	6-1	Pollokshields Athletic	Boghead Park
	Miller  20' Meikleham Lindasay Lang		Murray

Dumbarton v Abercorn

30 October 1880 Friendly	Dumbarton	9-1	Abercorn	Boghead Park
	McKinnon Miller Kennedy,A scrimmage McAulay

3rd LRV v Dumbarton

6 November 1880 Friendly	3rd LRV	2-3	Dumbarton	Cathkin Park

Queen's Park v Dumbarton

27 November 1880 Friendly	Queen's Park	3-1	Dumbarton	Hampden Park
	McNeil Ker		Kennedy,A	Attendance: 5,000

Dumbarton v Helensburgh

11 December 1880 Friendly	Dumbarton	6-0	Helensburgh	Boghead Park
	Brown Hutcheson

Blackburn Rovers v Dumbarton

1 January 1881 Friendly	Blackburn Rovers	1-4	Dumbarton	Alexandra Meadows
	Douglas		Meikleham  20', 21' Lindsay McAulay	Referee: T Sutton

Darwen v Dumbarton

3 January 1881 Friendly	Darwen	2-3	Dumbarton	Barley Bank
	Rostron		Lindsay Lang	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: T Hindle

Sheffield v Dumbarton

4 January 1881 Friendly	Sheffield	1-0	Dumbarton	Brammall Lane
	Barber  1'			Attendance: 600 Referee: R Sorby

Dumbarton v Rangers

12 February 1881 Friendly	Dumbarton	1-0	Rangers	Levengrove Park, Dumbarton
	Meikleham

Dumbarton v Jamestown

19 March 1881 Friendly	Dumbarton	2-0	Jamestown	Boghead Park
	Kennedy			Attendance: 3,000

Renfrew v Dumbarton

2 April 1881 Friendly	Renfrew	0-4	Dumbarton	Glebe Park, Renfrew

Blackburn Rovers v Dumbarton

23 April 1881 Friendly	Blackburn Rovers	4-0	Dumbarton	Ewood Park
	Hargreaves Beverley Avery			Attendance: 2,000 Referee: T Sutton

Vale of Leven v Dumbarton

30 April 1881 Friendly	Vale of Leven	1-2	Dumbarton	Alexandria

Beith v Dumbarton

7 May 1881 Friendly	Beith	1-1	Dumbarton	Beith

Player statistics

Of note amongst those donning the club's colours for the first time were James Liddle, James McAulay and Michael Paton.

Only includes appearances and goals in competitive Scottish Cup matches.

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
John Kennedy[21]	GK	8	0
Jock Hutcheson	DF	8	0
Archie Lang	DF	7	0
Michael Paton	DF	1	0
J Anderson[22]	MF	8	0
Peter Miller	MF	8	0
Robert Brown	FW	5	0
Dunn[23]	MF	2	0
Andrew Kennedy[24]	FW	6	2
James Liddell	FW	5	0
Joe Lindsay	FW	8	5
James McAulay	FW	5	0
William McKinnon	FW	8	3
James Meikleham[25]	FW	6	3
Tom Veitch[26]	FW	3	0

Source:[27]

International Cap

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

International trial matches were played on 26 February and 5 March 1881 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games against England and Wales. Jock Hutcheson, Andrew Kennedy, John Kennedy, Joe Lindsay, James McAulay, William McKinnon, James Meikleham and Peter Miller all took part.

As a result Dumbarton's Joe Lindsay[28] picked up his second and third caps playing for Scotland against England and Wales respectively. McKinnon was selected as a reserve.

Representative Match

Robert Brown, John Kennedy, Joe Lindsay, William McKinnon and Peter Miller were all selected to play in the Scotch Counties team which played Birmingham & District on 19 February 1881. The 'Scotch' men won 6-0 with both Brown and Lindsay scoring twice.

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