1937–38 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1937–38 season was the 61st Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup.

Dumbarton

1937–1938 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two	7th
Scottish Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Smith (29) All: Jimmy Smith (29)

Scottish League

Main article: 1937–38 Scottish Football League

Dumbarton made another encouraging start to their 15th season in a row in the Second Division, with only one defeat in their first 8 games. Although that form wasn't maintained fully, Dumbarton had their best season for a number of years by finishing 7th out of 18, with 39 points – 20 behind champions Raith Rovers. For the fifth time, Dumbarton maintained an unbeaten home league record, but with only 3 wins from 17 fixtures away from Boghead, promotion was never going to be a real possibility.[1]

Brechin City v Dumbarton

14 August 1937 League	Brechin City	3–4 [2][3]	Dumbarton	Glebe Park, Brechin
	McMahon  4' Cargill  29' (pen) Deans  57' (OG)		Smith,J  18', 48', 69' Murray  56'	Attendance: 1,100 Referee: A Henderson

Dumbarton v Stenhousemuir

21 August 1937 League	Dumbarton	5–1 [4][5]	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
	Smith,G Smith,J  (pen) Duffy		Hutchison  (pen)	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: A Cockburn

East Stirling v Dumbarton

28 August 1937 League	East Stirling	2–2 [6][7]	Dumbarton	Firs Park
	Meechan Beath  67'		Smith,G  40' Murray  76'	Referee: W Murray

Dumbarton v Dundee United

4 September 1937 League	Dumbarton	5–1 [8][9]	Dundee United	Boghead Park
	Smith,G Smith,J Murray		Shelligan  (pen)	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: J Welsh

Forfar Athletic v Dumbarton

11 September 1937 League	Forfar Athletic	4–3 [10][11]	Dumbarton	Station Park, Forfar
	Smith  20' Bain  58', 61' Campbell  67'		Smith,G  9', 80' Duffy  79'	Referee: R Carruthers

Dumbarton v Leith Athletic

18 September 1937 League	Dumbarton	3–0 [12][13]	Leith Athletic	Boghead Park
	Smith,J Duffy Robertson			Attendance: 4,000 Referee: A Williamson

Airdrie v Dumbarton

25 September 1937 League	Airdrie	1–3 [14][15]	Dumbarton	Broomfield Park
	Murray  15'		Smith,G  26' Robertson  35'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: M Dale

Dumbarton v Cowdenbeath

2 October 1937 League	Dumbarton	4–4 [16][17]	Cowdenbeath	Boghead Park
	Devers Smith,J Smith,G  82'		Walls Watters	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: A Fair

East Fife v Dumbarton

9 October 1937 League	East Fife	4–1 [18][19]	Dumbarton	Bayview Park, Methil
	McCartney  20', 43', 60' McLeod  46'		Duffy  42'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Provan

Dumbarton v Raith Rovers

16 October 1937 League	Dumbarton	2–2 [20][21]	Raith Rovers	Boghead Park
	Smith,J Robertson  82'		Joyner  23' Gilmour  50'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: R Carruthers

Dunfermline Athletic v Dumbarton

23 October 1937 League	Dunfermline Athletic	4–1 [22][23]	Dumbarton	East End Park, Dunfermline
			Robertson	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: A Fair

King's Park v Dumbarton

30 October 1937 League	King's Park	1–0 [24][25]	Dumbarton	Forthbank Park
				Referee: H Stokes

Dumbarton v Albion Rovers

6 November 1937 League	Dumbarton	3–2 [26][27]	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
	Robertson  57' Smith,G  64' Smith,J  69'		Burke  2', 89'	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: T Fyfe

Alloa Athletic v Dumbarton

13 November 1937 League	Alloa Athletic	2–1 [28][29]	Dumbarton	Recreation Park, Alloa
			Smith,J	Referee: J Mackay

Dumbarton v Montrose

20 November 1937 League	Dumbarton	4–0 [30][31]	Montrose	Boghead Park
	Duffy Masson  (OG) Smith,J  90' (pen)			Attendance: 4,000 Referee: C Faultless

St Bernard's v Dumbarton

27 November 1937 League	St Bernard's	1–0 [32][33]	Dumbarton	Royal Gymnasium Ground
				Attendance: 1,000 Referee: A Cunningham

Dumbarton v Brechin City

4 December 1937 League	Dumbarton	7–0 [34][35]	Brechin City	Boghead Park
	Smith,J  40', 67', 70' Duffy  42', 57' Smith,G  45' Murray  90'			Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W Gilchrist

Dumbarton v East Fife

18 December 1937 League	Dumbarton	3–2 [36][37]	East Fife	Boghead Park
	Smith,J Duffy Smith,G		McCartney	Attendance: 2,000

Stenhousemuir v Dumbarton

25 December 1937 League	Stenhousemuir	4–2 [38][39]	Dumbarton	Ochilview Park
	Cowan  50' Rae Hill		Smith,G  20' Smith,J	Referee: W Gilchrist

Dumbarton v Forfar Athletic

1 January 1938 League	Dumbarton	2–0 [40][41]	Forfar Athletic	Boghead Park
	Smith,G  1' Duffy  45'			Attendance: 4,500 Referee: W McCall

Cowdenbeath v Dumbarton

3 January 1938 League	Cowdenbeath	4–1 [42][43]	Dumbarton	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
			Duffy

Leith Athletic v Dumbarton

8 January 1938 League	Leith Athletic	2–0 [44][45]	Dumbarton	Old Meadowbank
	Kinnear  (pen) Murphy  90'			Attendance: 2,000 Referee: A Henderson

Dumbarton v East Stirling

15 January 1938 League	Dumbarton	3–1 [46][47]	East Stirling	Boghead Park
	Smith,G  13' Duffy Cochrane		Ross	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: J Welsh

Dundee United v Dumbarton

29 January 1938 League	Dundee United	1–4 [48][49]	Dumbarton	Tannadice Park
	Rumbles		Smith,J Robertson Smith,G	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: A Cunningham

Dumbarton v Edinburgh City

5 February 1938 League	Dumbarton	8–0 [50][51]	Edinburgh City	Boghead Park
	Smith,G Smith,J Robertson			Attendance: 2,500 Referee: C Faultless

Montrose v Dumbarton

12 February 1938 League	Montrose	0–0 [52][53]	Dumbarton	Links Park
				Referee: M Dale

Raith Rovers v Dumbarton

19 February 1938 League	Raith Rovers	7–0 [54][55]	Dumbarton	Starks Park
	Haywood  5' Whitelaw  25' Gilmour			Attendance: 5,000 Referee: A Williamson

Dumbarton v King's Park

26 February 1938 League	Dumbarton	4–1 [56][57]	King's Park	Boghead Park
	Smith,J Smith,G Trialist

Dumbarton v Dunfermline Athletic

12 March 1938 League	Dumbarton	4–1 [58][59]	Dunfermline Athletic	Boghead Park
	Smith,J Smith,G		Izatt  77'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: A Cockburn

Albion Rovers v Dumbarton

19 March 1938 League	Albion Rovers	3–0 [60][61]	Dumbarton	Cliftonhill
	Keirnan  39' Bell  80' Burke			Attendance: 5,000 Referee: W Gilchrist

Dumbarton v St Bernard's

26 March 1938 League	Dumbarton	2–1 [62][63]	St Bernard's	Boghead Park
	Smith,G Smith,J		Flucher	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: W Murray

Edinburgh City v Dumbarton

2 April 1938 League	Edinburgh City	4–0 [64][65]	Dumbarton	East Pilton, Edinburgh
	Bell			Referee: J Mackay

Dumbarton v Airdrie

9 April 1938 League	Dumbarton	2–0 [66][67]	Airdrie	Boghead Park
	Robertson Smith,G  86'			Attendance: 5,000 Referee: M Dale

Dumbarton v Alloa Athletic

16 April 1938 League	Dumbarton	2–2 [68][69]	Alloa Athletic	Boghead Park
	Smith,J Kemp			Referee: J Welsh

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1937–38 Scottish Cup

Dumbarton came up against first division Kilmarnock in the first round and despite a good fight were to finish up second best.

Kilmarnock v Dumbarton

22 January 1938 Cup R1	Kilmarnock	6–0[70][71]	Dumbarton	Rugby Park
	Candy  36' Reid  40' Thomson  57' Fyfe			Attendance: 9,000 Referee: J Baillie

Friendly

Dumbarton v East Stirling

5 March 1938 Friendly	Dumbarton	3–3	East Stirling	Boghead Park
	Smith,G		Roughead	Attendance: 1,000

Player statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		Scottish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		William Morrison[72]	24	0	23	0	1	0
	GK		Robert Muir[73]	11	0	11	0	0	0
	DF		John Casey	31	0	30	0	1	0
	DF		John Clay[74]	32	0	31	0	1	0
	DF		James McKain[75]	7	0	7	0	0	0
	MF		Daniel Clancy[76]	19	0	18	0	1	0
	MF		Coleman[77]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		John Curley[78]	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		William Deans[79]	7	0	7	0	0	0
	MF		Ferguson[80]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		John Irvine[81]	13	0	13	0	0	0
	MF		William Kemp[82]	11	1	11	1	0	0
	MF		James McAllister[83]	21	0	20	0	1	0
	MF		David Muir[84]	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		Stephen Murray	28	4	27	4	1	0
	MF		Willie White[85]	19	0	18	0	1	0
	FW		Sandy Cochrane	15	1	15	1	0	0
	FW		Thomas Devers[86]	7	2	7	2	0	0
	FW		Archibald Duffy[87]	26	12	25	12	1	0
	FW		Abram Robertson[88]	34	9	33	9	1	0
	FW		Gavin Smith	35	25	34	25	1	0
	FW		Jimmy Smith	35	29	34	29	1	0
	FW		Sneddon[89]	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW		Trialist	2	0	2	0	0	0

Source:[90]

Transfers

Players in Player From Date William Deans Cowdenbeath 28 May 1937 Robert Muir Alloa Athletic 4 Jun 1937 Gavin Smith Pollok 15 Jun 1937 Willie White Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 25 Jun 1937 John Clay Morton 1 Jul 1937 John Irvine Alloa Athletic 1 Jul 1937 William Kemp Dumbarton Harp 10 Aug 1937 James McKain 10 Aug 1937 Jimmy Smith Notts County 10 Aug 1937 Thomas Devers Aberdeen 23 Sep 1937 John Curley Morton 24 Aug 1937 William Morrison St Anthony's 2 Nov 1937 Sandy Cochrane East Stirling 17 Nov 1937 James McAllister Airdrie 17 Nov 1937 Daniel Clancy Ayr United 19 Nov 1937 David Muir St Mirren 1 Jan 1938

Players out Player To Date John Irvine released 22 Nov 1937 Thomas Devers released 3 Dec 1937 Robert Muir 3 Dec 1937 William Deans King's Park 31 Dec 1937 David Muir released 6 Jan 1938 Joseph Jackson released 26 Jan 1938 Edward McDonnell Clyde Peter McMahon Brechin City Andrew Sinclair King's Park Martin Watson King's Park

In addition John Glass, James Mitchell, David Ogilvie, Willie Parlane, Alex Scott and Alex Young all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.

Source:[91]

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