1932–33 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1932–33 season was the 56th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Dumbartonshire Cup.

Dumbarton

1932–1933 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two	9th
Scottish Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Willie Parlane (21) All: Willie Parlane (22)
Home colours

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1932–33 Scottish Cup

Dumbarton reached the second round before losing out to Albion Rovers.

Dumbarton v Beith

21 January 1933 Cup R1	Dumbarton	3–1[73][74]	Beith	Boghead Park
	Young  31' McMeekin  65' Parlane,W		Morrison  52'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: A Robertson

Dumbarton v Albion Rovers

4 February 1933 Cup R2	Dumbarton	1–2[75][76]	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
	Waddell  (OG)		McPhee  35'	Attendance: 3,500

Dumbartonshire Cup

Dumbarton retained the Dumbartonshire Cup, beating Vale Ocaba in the final.

Dumbarton v Vale Ocaba

28 January 1933 Final	Dumbarton	2-0	Vale Ocaba	Boghead Park
	Ballantyne McMeekin			Attendance: 1,000

Friendlies

Dumbarton v Dumbarton Harp United

26 April 1933 Friendly	Dumbarton	4–0	Dumbarton Harp United	Boghead Park
	Murray Kennedy McGall Miller

Player statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		Scottish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		William Gilmour[77]	11	0	9	0	2	0
	GK		Kennedy[78]	2	0	2	0	0	0
	GK		William Simpson[79]	23	0	23	0	0	0
	DF		Harry Chatton	31	0	29	0	2	0
	DF		Henderson[80]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Hendry[81]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Jim Kelso	34	2	32	2	2	0
	DF		McDermid[82]	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF		McIvor[83]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Alex Parlane[84]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Charles Ballantyne	35	1	33	1	2	0
	MF		Gray[85]	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		Matthew Kennedy[86]	3	1	3	1	0	0
	MF		James Liddell	28	1	26	1	2	0
	MF		Henry McAvoy[87]	9	0	9	0	0	0
	MF		Joseph McMeekin[88]	6	3	4	2	2	1
	MF		Sam McNee[89]	5	0	5	0	0	0
	MF		William Murray[90]	10	0	10	0	0	0
	MF		John Nugent[91]	8	7	8	7	0	0
	MF		Johnny Parlane[92]	22	3	20	3	2	0
	MF		Robert Taylor[93]	12	0	10	0	2	0
	FW		Arthur[94]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Ronald Cameron[95]	1	3	1	3	0	0
	FW		David Collins	5	1	5	1	0	0
	FW		Andrew Heeps	15	5	15	5	0	0
	FW		David Kennedy[96]	27	5	26	5	1	0
	FW		John Lang	24	4	23	4	1	0
	FW		William McGall[97]	9	5	9	5	0	0
	FW		Willie Parlane[98]	34	22	32	21	2	1
	FW		Archibald Turner	10	0	10	0	0	0
	FW		Walker[99]	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW		Andrew Young[100]	21	9	19	8	2	1

Source:[101]

International Caps

Johnny Parlane earned his first cap playing for Scotland Amateurs against Ireland on 28 January 1933.

Transfers

Players in Player From Date David Kennedy Dumbarton Fern 17 Jun 1932 Harry Chatton Partick Thistle (loan) 9 Aug 1932 William McGall Dumbarton Fern 13 Sep 1932 John Nugent Renton Glen Albion 25 Oct 1932 William Simpson Stenhousemuir 8 Nov 1932 Andrew Heeps Bo'ness 17 Nov 1932 Henry McAvoy 29 Dec 1932 Joseph McMeekin Montrose 14 Jan 1933 Robert Taylor Clyde 14 Jan 1933

Players out Player To Date William Buchanan Armadale 6 Aug 1932 David Collins Bradford PA 6 Aug 1932 William Molloy Swansea Town 13 Sep 1932 Archibald Turner Kilmarnock 16 Nov 1932 Johnny Parlane Raith Rovers 10 Feb 1933 Joseph McMeekin Released 15 Feb 1933 John Nugent Released 22 Feb 1933

In addition George Hodge, Norman Shaw and John Thomson all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.

Source:[102]

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