1939–40 Dumbarton F.C. season

Due to the outbreak of WW2, there was no 'official' senior football competition in Scotland, with the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup both suspended for the duration. Therefore the 1939–40 season was the first Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in the 'emergency' competitions which were arranged by the clubs themselves.

Dumbarton
1939–1940 season
ManagerJimmy Smith
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Western Division16th
War Emergency CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Alex Stewart (7)
All: Alex Stewart(7)

Scottish Second Division

Four games into the season, Britain was at war with Nazi Germany and all official Scottish football competition was suspended for its duration.

12 August 1939 LeagueLeith Athletic1-2 [1]
VOID
DumbartonOld Meadowbank
O'Rawe  80' Nichol  60'
Getty  85'
Referee: J Rennie
19 August 1939 LeagueDumbarton3-3
VOID
East FifeBoghead Park
Cowan  32'
McBride  37'
Nichol  50'
McKerrel  19'
Adams  58'
Wilkie  84'
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: J Mackay
26 August 1939 LeagueDundee3-1 [2]
VOID
DumbartonDens Park
Warnock  23'
Coats  36'
Adam
McBride  51' Referee: J Smillie
2 September 1939 LeagueDumbarton3-2[3]
VOID
Edinburgh CityBoghead Park
Cowan  63', 70', 82' Brown  30', 57' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: W Hendry

Scottish Western Division

In October 1939, in the absence of official competition, the clubs themselves wanted competitive football to continue in some form and arranged for two regional leagues of 16 teams each to be played, with Dumbarton playing in the Western Division – along with the likes of Celtic, Rangers etc. – teams they had not played since being relegated in 1922. Most of the First Division players were already contracted to play for their league opponents and it was no surprise that in this first season of the 'wartime' league, Dumbarton finished bottom (16th out of 16) with 18 points – 30 behind champions Rangers.

21 October 1939 LeagueDumbarton1-3[4][5]Queen's ParkBoghead Park
Cowan  (pen) Kyle Attendance: 4,000
Referee: R Carruthers
28 October 1939 LeagueKilmarnock5-0[6][7]DumbartonRugby Park
Collins  21', 38', 47'
Thomson  71'
Attendance: 3,000
4 November 1939 LeagueDumbarton4-1[8][9]Albion RoversBoghead Park
Browning  3'
Speedie  27'
Murray  63'
Mills  70'
Sharp  85' Attendance: 5,000
Referee: J Mackay
11 November 1939 LeagueClyde3-3[10][11]DumbartonRugby Park
Wallace  40', 58'
Mills  63'
Mills  1'
Murray  5', 50'
Attendance: 3,000
18 November 1939 LeagueDumbarton2-1[12][13]HamiltonBoghead Park
McCulloch
Harrison
Lang Attendance: 6,000
Referee: R Scott
25 November 1939 LeagueRangers2-1[14][15]DumbartonIbrox Park
Thornton  70'
Venters  75'
Murray  19' Attendance: 7,000
Referee: W Webb
2 December 1939 LeagueAirdrie3-2[16][17]DumbartonBroomfield Park
Mooney  2', 52', 88' Dunn  31'
Mills  71' (pen)
Referee: R Scott
9 December 1939 LeagueDumbarton2-1[18][19]Ayr UnitedBoghead Park
Mills  4'
Dunn  51'
Clark Attendance: 1,500
Referee: J Thomson
16 December 1939 LeagueMotherwell5-1[20][21]DumbartonFir Park
Ogilvie  30', 41', 56'
Wood  63'
Wales  65'
Mathers  88' (pen) Attendance: 2,500
Referee: J Mackay
23 December 1939 LeagueDumbarton1-5[22][23]CelticBoghead Park
Mathers  15' (pen) Divers  16', 80'
Gould  44', 82'
McDonald  55'
Attendance: 7.000
30 December 1939 LeaguePartick Thistle0-4[24][25]DumbartonFirhill Park
Collins  27', 83'
Nichol
Dunn  60'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: R Carruthers
1 January 1940 LeagueDumbarton3-2[26][27]MortonBoghead Park
Milne
Speedie
Milne
Calder
6 January 1940 LeagueDumbarton3-2[30][31]St MirrenBoghead Park
Milne
Speedie
Mathers
Brady Attendance: 3,500
10 February 1940 LeagueDumbarton1-2[32][33]ClydeBoghead Park
Browning McLaren
Agnew
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: W Webb
17 February 1940 LeagueHamilton4-2[34][35]DumbartonDouglas Park
Wilson
McAloon
McIntyre
McKerracher
Collins
Milne
16 March 1940 LeagueDumbarton0-1[36][37]MotherwellBoghead Park
Ogilvie  44' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: R Carruthers
23 March 1940 LeagueCeltic4-0[38][39]DumbartonCeltic Park
McDonald
Geatons
Divers
Kelly
27 March 1940 LeagueThird Lanark3-2[40][41]DumbartonCathkin Park
Jones
Stephenson
Watters
Lang
Speedie
2 April 1940 LeagueQueen's Park4-1[44][45]DumbartonHampden Park
Aitken
Wright
McLean Attendance: 4,000
Referee: H Watson
6 April 1940 LeagueMorton5-0[46][47]DumbartonCappielow Park
Turnbull
Calder
Steel
10 April 1940 LeagueDumbarton2-2[48][49]KilmarnockBoghead Park
Mathers  30' (pen)
Dunn  44'
Newman  15'
Gallacher
13 April 1940 LeagueDumbarton1-3[50][51]Queen of the SouthBoghead Park
Stewart,A Connor
Dawson
Attendance: 2,000
17 April 1940 LeagueAlbion Rovers3-1[52][53]DumbartonCliftonhill
Dempsey
Burke
Stewart,A Referee: R Benzie
20 April 1940 LeagueSt Mirren1-2[54][55]DumbartonLove Street (stadium)
Deakin Shields
Casey
Referee: H Watson
24 April 1940 LeagueDumbarton2-3[56][57]RangersBoghead Park
Stewart,A McPherson
McPhail
Attendance: 2,500
27 April 1940 LeagueDumbarton3-2[58][59]Third LanarkBoghead Park
Shields
Stewart,A
Jones Attendance: 2,000
4 May 1940 LeagueDumbarton0-1[60][61]AirdrieBoghead Park
Soutar  (OG) Attendance: 1,800
11 May 1940 LeagueAyr United4-4[62][63]DumbartonSomerset Park
Roger
Clark
Shields
Stewart,A
Attendance: 7,000

Scottish War Emergency Cup

In place of the Scottish Cup, a War Emergency Cup was established, to be played for by all the teams competing in the regional leagues. Dumbarton reached the second round before losing to Airdrie.

24 February 1940 Cup R1(1)Dumbarton4–3[64]ArbroathBoghead Park
Dunn  24'
Milne
Lang  70'
Miller  61'
Mudie
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: C Faultless
2 March 1940 Cup R1(2)Arbroath0–2[65]
(3-6 agg.)
DumbartonGayfield Park
Dunn Attendance: 2,150
9 March 1940 Cup R2Dumbarton0–2[66]AirdrieBoghead Park
Reid
Flavell
Attendance: 5,500

Dumbartonshire Cup

While the Dumbartonshire Cup competition had been discontinued some years earlier, during the weeks following the suspension of official competition and the start of the regional leagues, Dumbarton played Vale of Leven (a junior football side) for custody of the trophy, and the senior team duly won the day.

30 September 1939 FinalDumbarton4-2Vale of LevenBoghead Park
McBride
Nichol
 (OG)

Stirlingshire Cup

Following the demise of the Dumbartonshire Association, Dumbarton had been accepted as members of the Stirlingshire Association, and took part for the first time in the Stirlingshire Cup. Dumbarton were knocked out at the semi final stage by Falkirk, although the competition was never completed.

16 August 1939 First RoundDumbarton9-1Falkirk AmateursBoghead Park
Cowan
Nichol
Getty
Nesbit
Attendance: 2,000
7 October 1939 Semi FinalFalkirk3-2DumbartonBrockville Park
Dawson  10'
McPhee  15' (pen)
Stewart  78'
Nichol  40'
mcLean
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: W McCulloch

Friendly

14 October 1935 FriendlyDumbarton4–3Rangers 'A'Boghead Park
Nichol
Lang
Speedie


Attendance: 3,000

Player statistics

Players registrations were effectively cancelled and wages fixed at £2 per week which meant that players were free to sign for clubs local to their war work as 'guest players'.

No. Pos Nat Player TotalWestern DivisionEmergency Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK John Hill[67] 606000
GK William Morrison[68] 101000
GK Duncan Yuill[69] 26023030
DF James Brown[70] 404000
DF John Casey 19116130
DF Johnny Soutar[71] 33030030
DF Willie Steel 19019000
DF Kenneth Stewart[72] 202000
MF John Browning 28225230
MF Robert Fraser[73] 606000
MF John Mathers[74] 26424420
MF David McLean[75] 18217210
MF Stephen Murray 949400
MF Fulton Wilson[76] 15013020
FW Bowden 101000
FW David Collins 24322320
FW David Cowan 212100
FW Willie Dunn 18715433
FW John Getty 505000
FW John Lang 14411232
FW John McBride[77] 101000
FW Willie Mills 747400
FW Jackie Milne 15614511
FW William Nichol[78] 27224230
FW James Shields[79] 656500
FW Smith[80] 101000
FW Bobby Speedie[81] 19417420
FW Alex Stewart[82] 11711700

Source:[83]

Transfers

In addition Walter Bulloch, William Cameron, John Craig, Andrew Cumming, Alistair MacKillop, James McAllister, Patrick McArdle, William Monaghan, John Smith and John Yuill all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.

Source:[84]

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