1946–47 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1946–47 season was the 63rd official Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, and the first where Scottish football got back to normal after the end of WW2. Dumbarton entered the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Cup, the inaugural Scottish League Cup and the Supplementary Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Stirlingshire Cup.

Dumbarton

1946–1947 season
Manager	William Guthrie
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League B Division	13th
Scottish Cup	Fourth Round
Scottish League Cup	Prelims
B Division Supplementary Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Robert Stirling (9) All: Robert Stirling (12)
Highest home attendance	6,000
Lowest home attendance	1,000
Average home league attendance	3,030
Home colours

Scottish Football League

Scottish football returned to normal after an absence of seven seasons. Dumbarton played in Division B and finished a disappointing 13th out of 14 with 18 points - 27 behind champions Dundee.

Dumbarton v St Johnstone

10 August 1946 Division B	Dumbarton	2–3[1][2]	St Johnstone	Boghead Park
	Sneddon  5', 70'		Robbie  23' Cook  14', 75'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Jackson

Raith Rovers v Dumbarton

17 August 1946 Division B	Raith Rovers	5–1[3][4]	Dumbarton	Starks Park
	Muir  32', 54' Gilmour  58' Mackie  71' Stewart  89'		Bootland 82'	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: J Thomson

Dumbarton v Ayr United

24 August 1946 Division B	Dumbarton	2–2[5][6]	Ayr United	Boghead Park
	Sneddon  55' McMillan  60'		Wallace  15' Harkness  27'	Attendance: 2,000

Albion Rovers v Dumbarton

31 August 1946 Division B	Albion Rovers	3–0[7][8]	Dumbarton	Cliftonhill
	McCalman  6' (OG) Findlay  61' McClure  64'			Attendance: 7,000 Referee: W Webb

Dumbarton v Dundee

7 September 1946 Division B	Dumbarton	2–1[9][10]	Dundee	Boghead Park
	Bootland  5' Young  33'		Juliussen  4'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: J Thomson

Stenhousemuir v Dumbarton

14 September 1946 Division B	Stenhousemuir	0–1[11][12]	Dumbarton	Ochilview Park
			Bootland  60'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J B Smillie

Alloa Athletic v Dumbarton

2 November 1946 Division B	Alloa Athletic	0–2[13][14]	Dumbarton	Recreation Park, Alloa
			Bowman  30' (OG) Young	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: A Watt

Dumbarton v Arbroath

9 November 1946 Division B	Dumbarton	0–1[15][16]	Arbroath	Boghead Park
			Gauslin  49'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J B Smillie

Dundee United v Dumbarton

16 November 1946 Division B	Dundee United	2–1[17][18]	Dumbarton	Tannadice Park
	Stewart  5' (pen) Lister  78'		Gilmour  11'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J M Martin

Dumbarton v Airdrie

23 November 1946 Division B	Dumbarton	2–3[19][20]	Airdrie	Boghead Park
	Gilmour  4', 23'		Flavell  6', 13' Cunningham  60'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: R G Benzie

Dumbarton v Cowdenbeath

30 November 1946 Division B	Dumbarton	5–1[21][22]	Cowdenbeath	Boghead Park
	Ashe  4' Bootland  21' (pen) Gilmour  32', 67' Sneddon  34'		Boyd  80'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: M C Dale

East Fife v Dumbarton

7 December 1946 Division B	East Fife	1–0[23][24]	Dumbarton	Bayview Stadium
	Canavan  35'			Attendance: 3,500 Referee: D Gerrard

Dumbarton v Dunfermline Athletic

14 December 1946 Division B	Dumbarton	1–2[25][26]	Dunfermline Athletic	Boghead Park
	Gillmour  15'		Munro  33' Noble  52'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: W Brown

St Johnstone v Dumbarton

21 December 1946 Division B	St Johnstone	5–2[27][28]	Dumbarton	Muirton Park
	Brown  2', 47' Robbie  43', 72' O'Hagen  81'		Donegan  20', 57'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: R Duthie

Dumbarton v Raith Rovers

28 December 1946 Division B	Dumbarton	1–1[29][30]	Raith Rovers	Boghead Park
	Morrison  27'		Gilmour  13'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: R G Carruthers

Ayr United v Dumbarton

1 January 1947 Division B	Ayr United	2–1[31][32]	Dumbarton	Somerset Park
	Nisbet Beattie		Morrison

Dumbarton v Albion Rovers

2 January 1947 Division B	Dumbarton	1–1[33][34]	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
	Morrison  75'		Stevenson  61'	Attendance: 3,000

Dumbarton v Dundee United

4 January 1947 Division B	Dumbarton	0–2[35][36]	Dundee United	Boghead Park
			Lister  2' Grant  47'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Jack Mowat

Dumbarton v East Fife

18 January 1947 Division B	Dumbarton	1–0[37][38]	East Fife	Boghead Park
	Milligan  2'			Attendance: 3,000 Referee: R G Benzie

Dumbarton v Alloa Athletic

15 February 1947 Division B	Dumbarton	2–2[39][40]	Alloa Athletic	Boghead Park
	Stirling  67' Donegan  75'		Anderson  51' Wilson  65'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: F Scott

Dumbarton v Stenhousemuir

8 March 1947 Division B	Dumbarton	4–1[41][42]	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
	Donegan  2' Bootland  23' (pen) Wallace  78' Stirling  88'		Newall  25'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: G Bruce

Airdrie v Dumbarton

22 March 1947 Division B	Airdrie	5–4[43][44]	Dumbarton	Broomfield Park
	Flavell  5', 8', 28', 37', 81'		Stirling  23', 89' Wallace  39' (pen), 73' (pen)	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: J Jackson

Dundee v Dumbarton

5 April 1947 Division B	Dundee	4–0[45][46]	Dumbarton	Dens Park
	Smith  64' Rattray  84', 87', 89'			Attendance: 5,873 Referee: R E Carruthers

Cowdenbeath v Dumbarton

12 April 1947 Division B	Cowdenbeath	2–1[47][48]	Dumbarton	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
	Cowan  5' McCreadie  82'		Milligan  85'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: R Calder

Dunfermline Athletic v Dumbarton

19 April 1947 Division B	Dunfermline Athletic	3–2[49][50]	Dumbarton	East End Park
	Kinnell  10', 55', 85'		Stirling  50', 51'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Jackson

Arbroath v Dumbarton

26 April 1947 Division B	Arbroath	2–3[51][52]	Dumbarton	Gayfield Park
	Carrie  12' Esplin  82'		Stirling  18', 32', 89'	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: J Scott

Supplementary Cup

The Supplementary Cup for B Division teams continued, but Dumbarton fell at the first hurdle to Alloa.

Alloa Athletic v Dumbarton

14 August 1946 1st Rnd 1st Leg	Alloa Athletic	4–1	Dumbarton	Recreation Park, Alloa
			McCulloch

Dumbarton v Alloa Athletic

21 August 1946 1st Rnd 2nd Leg	Dumbarton	2–0 (3–4 agg.)	Alloa Athletic	Boghead Park
	McMillan Donegan

League Cup

Main article: 1946–47 Scottish League Cup

Following the success of the format of the Southern League Cup played during wartime conditions, the inaugural League Cup was played but Dumbarton failed to progress from their section, finishing 3rd of 4 with just 2 wins from 6 games.

Arbroath v Dumbarton

21 September 1946 Section 7	Arbroath	4–1[53][54]	Dumbarton	Gayfield Park
	Smith  40', 77' Fraser  57' Murray  74'		Forshaw	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: D Duthie

Dumbarton v Dundee United

28 September 1946 Section 7	Dumbarton	0–3[55][56]	Dundee United	Boghead Park
			McKinnon  15', 65' Pacione  39'	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: W M Crawford

Dumbarton v Cowdenbeath

5 October 1946 Section 7	Dumbarton	0–4[57][58]	Cowdenbeath	Boghead Park
			Browning,J  38', 55', 79' Jones  73'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: T Shirley

Dumbarton v Arbroath

12 October 1946 Section 7	Dumbarton	8–0[59][60]	Arbroath	Boghead Park
	Donegan  9' Lindsay  33' Young  35' Forshaw  37', 47', 49' Johnstone  68' Bootland  87'			Attendance: 2,000 Referee: T A Mowatt

Dundee United v Dumbarton

19 October 1946 Section 7	Dundee United	2–1[61][62]	Dumbarton	Tannadice Park
	Lister  42' Pacione  79'		Bootland  25'	Attendance: 11,000

Cowdenbeath v Dumbarton

26 October 1946 Section 7	Cowdenbeath	2–3[63][64]	Dumbarton	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
	Browning  22' Cowan  61'		Bootland  14' Gilmour  34' Young  80'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: W Davidson

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1946–47 Scottish Cup

The return of the Scottish Cup brought much cheer, and after dispatching A Division opponents St Mirren and Third Lanark, Dumbarton lost out narrowly to Hibernian in the fourth round.

St Mirren v Dumbarton

25 January 1947 Round 1	St Mirren	2–3[65][66]	Dumbarton	Love Street (stadium)
	McLaren  75' Crowe  82'		Donegan  25' Stirling  32', 76'	Attendance: 10,976 Referee: W Davidson

Dumbarton v Third Lanark

22 February 1947 Round 3	Dumbarton	2–0[67][68]	Third Lanark	Boghead Park
	Stirling  8' Bootland  89'			Attendance: 10,000 Referee: W Webb

Hibernian v Dumbarton

15 March 1947 Round 4	Hibernian	2–0[69][70]	Dumbarton	Easter Road Stadium
	Smith  1' Cuthbertson  64'			Attendance: 32,579 Referee: J R Boyd

Stirlingshire Cup

East Stirling defeated Dumbarton in the first round after a drawn match.

East Stirlingshire v Dumbarton

27 August 1946 1st Rnd	East Stirlingshire	2–2	Dumbarton	Firs Park
	McCormack  25' Crawford  44'		Sneddon  13' McCulloch  70'	Attendance: 2,000

Dumbarton v East Stirlingshire

30 April 1947 1st Rnd Replay	Dumbarton	1–3	East Stirlingshire	Boghead Park
	Johnstone  55'		Halderstone Crawford Inglis  60'

Friendlies

Two 'friendly' matches were arranged. One against A Division Partick Thistle and the other against a team of Polish internationalists, billed as a Polish Army XI who were touring post-war Europe.

Dumbarton v Polish Army XI

26 October 1946 Friendly	Dumbarton	4–6	Polish Army XI	Boghead Park

Dumbarton v Partick Thistle

29 March 1947 Friendly	Dumbarton	2–4	Partick Thistle	Boghead Park
	Timmins  10' Milligan  25'		O'Donnell  7', 50' Chisholm  58' Mathie  84'	Referee: P Mooney

Player statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		B Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Supplementary Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Jim Hoey[71]	34	0	23	0	3	0	6	0	2	0
	GK		Ian Ogilvie	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		John Boyle[72]	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Tommy Coyle[73]	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Colin McCalman[74]	33	0	23	0	3	0	6	0	1	0
	DF		Robert Wallace[75]	33	3	22	3	3	0	6	0	2	0
	MF		George Campbell	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Bobby Donaldson	37	0	26	0	3	0	6	0	2	0
	MF		Jim Douglas[76]	10	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	2	0
	MF		Lawrie Lindsay	21	1	15	0	1	0	5	1	0	0
	MF		Jimmy Timmins[77]	18	0	15	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		Ron Aitken	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		Thomas Ashe	23	1	18	1	3	0	2	0	0	0
	FW		Charlie Bootland	24	9	16	5	3	1	5	3	0	0
	FW		Tom Donegan	33	7	25	4	3	1	3	1	2	1
	FW		Jim Forshaw	8	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	0	0
	FW		Leon Gallinski[78]	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Rod Gilmour[79]	23	7	16	6	0	0	5	1	2	0
	FW		George Johnstone[80]	13	1	9	0	0	0	2	1	2	0
	FW		Donald MacMillan[81]	5	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
	FW		John McCulloch[82]	11	1	6	0	4	0	0	0	1	1
	FW		Willie Miller[83]	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Wallace Milligan[84]	11	2	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Dave Morrison[85]	11	3	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Andy Sneddon[86]	10	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
	FW		Robert Stirling[87]	11	12	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0
	FW		Willie Young[88]	16	4	11	2	0	0	5	2	0	0
	FW		Trialists	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:[89]

Transfers

Players in Player From Date Tom Donegan Celtic 20 May 1946 Andrew Sneddon Renfrew 20 May 1946 George Johnstone Clyde 4 Jul 1946 Ron Aitken Hibernian 25 Jul 1946 John Boyle Hamilton 6 Aug 1946 Tommy Coyle Arthurlie 11 Aug 1946 Tommy Ashe St Mirren 19 Aug 1946 Rod Gilmour Hearts 20 Aug 1946 Colin McCalman St Mirren 22 Aug 1946 Lawrie Lindsay Vale of Leven 26 Aug 1946 Willie Young St Mirren 6 Sep 1946 Jim Forshaw Rangers 18 Sep 1946 David Morrison Third Lanark 27 Dec 1946 Willie Miller 31 Dec 1946 Wallace Milligan Airdrie 10 Jan 1947 Robert Stirling Queen's Park 15 Jan 1947 Leon Galinski 23 Jann 1947 James Mulvaney Newarthill Hearts 4 Jun 1947

Players out Player To Date John Boyle released 14 Sep 1946 Donald MacMillan released 14 Oct 1946 Tommy Coyle released 10 Jan 1947 Leon Galinski amateur 26 apr 1947 Ron Aitken freed 26 Apr 1947 Jim Forshaw freed 26 Apr 1947 Rod Gilmour freed 26 Apr 1947 George Johnstone freed 26 Apr 1947 John McCulloch freed 26 Apr 1947 Willie Miller freed 26 Apr 1947 Wallace Milligan freed 26 Apr 1947 Andy Sneddon freed 26 Apr 1947 Robert Stirling freed 26 Apr 1947 Willie Young freed 26 Apr 1947 Joseph Henderson Albion Rovers Jim McGowan Grimsby Town John Craig East Fife

Source:[90]

In addition James Brown, John Getty, Thomas Jess, Gordon McFarlane, Victor McAloney, Bernard McDonald, William Neil, Bobby Ross and Robert Torrance would all have played their last 1st team game for Dumbarton before the end of the season.

Reserve team

Dumbarton entered the Scottish Second XI Cup but lost in the first round to Albion Rovers.

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