1938–39 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1938–39 season was the 62nd Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup.

Dumbarton

1938–1939 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two	11th
Scottish Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: J McBride (19) All: J McBride (20)

Scottish League

Main article: 1938–39 Scottish Football League

Dumbarton went into their 16th successive season in the Second Division encouraged by the positive performance from the previous campaign, and indeed with 6 wins and 3 draws from their first 10 games, it seemed that at last a challenge on the title could be mounted, but as before, the good results couldn't be maintained, and with only one win from the next 12 games the chance was gone. In the end, Dumbarton finished a disappointing 11th out of 18, with 30 points - half of that gathered by champions Cowdenbeath.[1]

Dumbarton v East Stirling

13 August 1938 League	Dumbarton	4-0 [2][3]	East Stirling	Boghead Park
	Smith,Jm  15', 46' Cameron  54' Mooney  (OG)			Attendance: 4,500 Referee: E Gibbon

Brechin City v Dumbarton

20 August 1938 League	Brechin City	0-3 [4][5]	Dumbarton	Glebe Park, Brechin
			Fraser  3', 70' Smith,Jm  42' (pen)	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: J Henderson

Dumbarton v Morton

27 August 1938 League	Dumbarton	1-3 [6][7]	Morton	Boghead Park
	Fraser  70'		Collins Anderson  8' Meechan  44' (pen)	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: R Scott

Leith Athletic v Dumbarton

3 September 1938 League	Leith Athletic	1-2 [8][9]	Dumbarton	Old Meadowbank
	Duffy		Smith,Jm  1' Cameron	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: A Williamson

Dumbarton v Forfar Athletic

10 September 1938 League	Dumbarton	2-0 [10][11]	Forfar Athletic	Boghead Park
	Smith,Jm Cameron			Attendance: 4,000 Referee: C Faultless

Edinburgh City v Dumbarton

17 September 1938 League	Edinburgh City	2-2 [12][13]	Dumbarton	East Pilton, Edinburgh
	White		Hughes	Referee: J Boyd

Dumbarton v Dundee United

24 September 1938 League	Dumbarton	1-0 [14][15]	Dundee United	Boghead Park
	Murray  40'			Attendance: 4,000 Referee: W Robertson

Dunfermline Athletic v Dumbarton

1 October 1938 League	Dunfermline Athletic	2-2 [16][17]	Dumbarton	East End Park, Dunfermline
	Callan  27' McFadden		Bulloch  33' Smith,Jm  (pen)	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J McKerracher

Dumbarton v Stenhousemuir

8 October 1938 League	Dumbarton	2-2 [18][19]	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
	Smith,G  20' Smith,Jm  30'		McMillan  48' Stark  52'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: J Mackay

Dumbarton v King's Park

15 October 1938 League	Dumbarton	2-1 [20][21]	King's Park	Boghead Park
	Cameron Yuill			Attendance: 4,000

East Fife v Dumbarton

22 October 1938 League	East Fife	5-1 [22][23]	Dumbarton	Bayview Park, Methil
	Adams  15', 77' Miller  22' McLafferty McLeod  75'		Smith,G	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Boyd

Dumbarton v Dundee

29 October 1938 League	Dumbarton	4-4 [24][25]	Dundee	Boghead Park
	McBride McArdle Murray		McGillivray  (pen) Stewart McAllister  (OG) Laurie	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: C Faultless

Montrose v Dumbarton

5 November 1938 League	Montrose	2-2 [26][27]	Dumbarton	Links Park
	Galloway  46' Adam		Trialist  10' McBride  35'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: J Mackay

Dumbarton v Airdrie

12 November 1938 League	Dumbarton	0-0 [28][29]	Airdrie	Boghead Park
				Attendance: 4,000 Referee: R Scott

Dumbarton v Cowdenbeath

19 November 1938 League	Dumbarton	1-4 [30][31]	Cowdenbeath	Boghead Park
	Yuill		Milne  5' Boag Walls  45' (pen) Hillan	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Provan

St Bernard's v Dumbarton

26 November 1938 League	St Bernard's	2-4 [32][33]	Dumbarton	Royal Gymnasium Ground
	Johnston,J  (pen) Johnston,S		McBride McKillop	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: J Taylor

Dumbarton v Alloa Athletic

3 December 1938 League	Dumbarton	2-3 [34][35]	Alloa Athletic	Boghead Park
	McKillop Yuill			Attendance: 4,500 Referee: C Faultless

Dundee United v Dumbarton

10 December 1938 League	Dundee United	4-2 [36][37]	Dumbarton	Tannadice Park
	Benzie  6', 84' Hutchinson  11', 19'		McBride  12'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Smillie

Dumbarton v Montrose

17 December 1938 League	Dumbarton	2-2 [38][39]	Montrose	Boghead Park
	McKillop  8' Casey  (pen)		Adam McMahon  60'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: W Robertson

Dumbarton v Leith Athletic

31 December 1938 League	Dumbarton	1-1 [40][41]	Leith Athletic	Boghead Park
	McKillop		Robertson	Referee: J Lapping

Forfar Athletic v Dumbarton

2 January 1939 League	Forfar Athletic	6-6 [42][43]	Dumbarton	Station Park, Forfar
	McLean Adamson  45' Sturrock  (pen) (pen) Wattie		McKillop  5' McBride  9', 30' McArdle Yuill  65'	Attendance: 1,600 Referee: H Havard

Cowdenbeath v Dumbarton

14 January 1939 League	Cowdenbeath	3-1 [44][45]	Dumbarton	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
	Milne  16' Walls  68' Monaghan  74' (OG)		McKillop  60'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: J Boyd

Dumbarton v East Fife

28 January 1939 League	Dumbarton	2-0 [46][47]	East Fife	Boghead Park
	Smith,G  72' McArdle  87'			Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Mackay

Dumbarton v Brechin City

4 February 1939 League	Dumbarton	1-3 [48][49]	Brechin City	Boghead Park
	Smith,G  22'		Watson  29', 39' Smith,Jm  42' (OG)	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: R Scott

Airdrie v Dumbarton

11 February 1939 League	Airdrie	6-1 [50][51]	Dumbarton	Broomfield Park
	Donald  17', 21', 23', 57' O'Rawe  65' Divers  77'		Bulloch  44'	Referee: A Williamson

East Stirling v Dumbarton

18 February 1939 League	East Stirling	6-4 [52][53]	Dumbarton	Firs Park
	Newman  23' Morrison  47', 64' Ferguson  55', 87' Cook  69'		McBride  6', 32', 83' McArdle  70'	Referee: J Taylor

Dumbarton v Dunfermline Athletic

25 February 1939 League	Dumbarton	2-2 [54][55]	Dunfermline Athletic	Boghead Park
	McAllister  30' (pen), 75' (pen)		McFadden  56' Johnston  59'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: R Scott

Stenhousemuir v Dumbarton

4 March 1939 League	Stenhousemuir	2-0 [56][57]	Dumbarton	Ochilview Park
	Donald  40' Nichol  80'			Referee: A Williamson

Morton v Dumbarton

18 March 1939 League	Morton	2-1 [58][59]	Dumbarton	Cappielow Park
	Anderson  9' Gillespie  81'		Yuill  33'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: J Boyd

Dumbarton v St Bernard's

1 April 1939 League	Dumbarton	1-2 [60][61]	St Bernard's	Boghead Park
	Cameron  10'		Kemp  52' Miller  63'	Referee: W Robertson

Alloa Athletic v Dumbarton

8 April 1939 League	Alloa Athletic	2-1 [62][63]	Dumbarton	Recreation Park, Alloa
	Smith  23' Fitzsimmons  89'		Yuill  5'	Referee: A Williamson

Dundee v Dumbarton

15 April 1939 League	Dundee	1-1 [64][65]	Dumbarton	Dens Park
	Wilson		McBride	Attendance: 1,700 Referee: G Bryden

Dumbarton v Edinburgh City

22 April 1939 League	Dumbarton	5-1 [66][67]	Edinburgh City	Boghead Park
	McBride  19', 23', 57', 87' Yuill  23'		Newman  36'	Referee: J Smillie

King's Park v Dumbarton

26 April 1939 League	King's Park	2-2 [68][69]	Dumbarton	Forthbank Park
			McBride Speedie

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1938–39 Scottish Cup

Dumbarton fell at the 'first hurdle' in a shock defeat to non-league minnows Blairgowrie.

Blairgowrie v Dumbarton

21 January 1939 Cup R1	Blairgowrie	3–2[70][71]	Dumbarton	Blairgowrie and Rattray
	Linton  3' (pen), 25' Boland  60'		Mcallister  27' (pen) McBride  66'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: W Keys

Player statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		Scottish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Andrew Cumming[72]	12	0	11	0	1	0
	GK		William Morrison[73]	23	0	23	0	0	0
	DF		Thomas Bilsland[74]	12	0	12	0	0	0
	DF		Walter Bulloch[75]	23	2	23	2	0	0
	DF		John Casey[76]	27	1	26	1	1	0
	DF		John Newton[77]	19	0	18	0	1	0
	DF		John Smith[78]	16	0	16	0	0	0
	MF		Frank Campbell	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		James McAllister[79]	23	3	22	2	1	1
	MF		Patrick McArdle[80]	29	4	28	4	1	0
	MF		William Monaghan[81]	18	0	17	0	1	0
	MF		Stephen Murray	29	2	28	2	1	0
	FW		William Cameron[82]	17	5	17	5	0	0
	FW		John Craig[83]	8	0	8	0	0	0
	FW		John Forsyth	6	0	6	0	0	0
	FW		N James Fraser	3	3	3	3	0	0
	FW		W Hughes[84]	1	2	1	2	0	0
	FW		Alistair MacKillop[85]	20	7	19	7	1	0
	FW		John McBride[86]	25	20	24	19	1	1
	FW		McLean[87]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Miller[88]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Gavin Smith	27	4	26	4	1	0
	FW		Jimmy Smith	11	7	11	7	0	0
	FW		Robert Speedie[89]	3	1	3	1	0	0
	FW		John Yuill[90]	28	7	27	7	1	0
	FW		Trialist	1	1	1	1	0	0

Source:[91]

Transfers

Players in Player From Date John Craig Third Lanark 27 May 1938 Thomas Bilsland Manchester City 30 May 1938 Jmaes Fraser Tranmere Rovers 10 Jun 1938 John Newton Aberdeen 11 Jun 1938 John Yuill Duntocher Hibs 13 Jun 1938 Walter Bulloch East Stirling 7 Jul 1938 William Cameron Albion Rovers 9 Aug 1938 Patrick McArdle Belfast Celtic 1 Sep 1938 John McBride Ardrossan Winton Rovers 19 Oct 1938 Frank Campbell Southampton 29 Oct 1938 John Smith Queen of the South 10 Nov 1938 Alistair MacKillop 18 Nov 1938 William Monaghan Duntocher Hibs 24 Nov 1938 Andrew Cumming 3 Dec 1938 John Forsyth 11 Apr 1939

Players out Player To Date Abram Robertson Morton 15 Sep 1938 Jmaes Fraser Tranmere Rovers 14 Oct 1938 Frank Campbell Released 10 Nov 1938 Gavin Smith Barnsley 25 Feb 1939 Stephen Murray Released 30 Mar 1939 John Newton Released 30 Mar 1939 Daniel Clancy Ayr United John Clay King's Park Alexander Cochrane Rothwell

In addition John Curly, Archibald Duffy, William Kemp, James McKain and Willie White all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.

Source:[92]

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