1877–78 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1877–78 season was the fifth Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level.

Dumbarton
1877–78 season
StadiumTownend, Dumbarton
Scottish CupSecond Round

Scottish Cup
Main article: 1877–78 Scottish Cup

During the early years of the Scottish Cup, the earlier rounds of the competition were played on a regional basis, which was always a tough proposition as three of the top Scottish clubs at the time were from Dumbartonshire. This season Dumbarton came up against Vale of Leven in the second round, and lost (to the eventual champions) after a 1-1 draw.[1]

29 September 1877 Cup R1Dumbarton4-0[2][3]WaverleyDumbarton
Lawrence
McMaster
Anderson
20 October 1877 Cup R2Dumbarton1-1[4]Vale of LevenDumbarton
Attendance: 3,000
27 October 1877 Cup R2rVale of Leven4-1[5]DumbartonAlexandria
Paton


Meikleham Attendance: 5,000

Friendlies

During the season, 12 'friendly' matches were played, including home and away fixtures against local teams Renton and Alexandria, and also Glasgow sides, Rangers and South Western. Of these matches, 8 were won, 1 drawn and 3 lost, scoring 32 goals and conceding 8.

1 September 1877 FriendlyDumbarton2-1RentonDumbarton
15 September 1877 FriendlySouth Western1-2DumbartonGovan
Meikleham
24 November 1877 FriendlyRangers1-0DumbartonKinning Park
Marshall
1 December 1877 FriendlyDumbarton9-0LancefieldDumbarton
15 December 1877 FriendlyMauchline1-0DumbartonMauchline
 15'
22 December 1877 FriendlyRenton1-1DumbartonTontine Park
2 March 1878 FriendlyAlexandria0-3DumbartonAlexandria
16 March 1878 FriendlyDumbarton6-0AlexandriaDumbarton
23 March 1878 FriendlyDumbarton2-1RangersDumbarton
30 March 1878 FriendlyDumbarton1-2South WesternDumbarton
Galbraith
13 April 1878 FriendlyDumbarton4-0RentonDumbarton
20 April 1878 FriendlyDumbarton2-0LennoxDumbarton

Player statistics

Of note amongst those appearing in club colours for the first time this season were Joe Lindsay, Jock Hutcheson and William McKinnon.

Only includes appearances and goals in competitive Scottish Cup matches.

Player Position Appearances Goals
John Kennedy[6] GK 3 0
Jock Hutcheson DF 2 0
Andrew Kennedy[7] DF 1 0
Archie Lang DF 3 0
James Boyd[8] MF 3 0
Peter Miller MF 3 0
William Anderson[9] FW 3 1
Alex Galbraith[10] FW 2 0
David Hartley[11] FW 3 1
Alex Lawrence[12] FW 3 2
William McKinnon FW 1 0
J McMaster[13] FW 3 1
James Meikleham[14] FW 3 0

Source:[15]

International trial

In order to select a 'Scotland' team to play against England, an international trial match was held for Dunbartonshire players on 9 February 1878 at Alexandria. Archie Lang, Peter Miller, Alex Galbraith, Joe Lindsay and J McMaster all played. A month later on 9 March a second trial match was held at Ibrox to consider selection for the team to play against Wales, with Peter Miller and Alex Galbraith playing. In the end however, none of the Dumbarton men were capped.

References
  1. Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. "Dumbarton 4 - 1 Waverley, Scottish Cup (29/09/1877)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  3. "Dumbarton 4-0 Waverley, Saturday, September 29th, 1877". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  4. "Dumbarton 1-1 Vale of Leven, Saturday, October 20th, 1877". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  5. "Vale of Leven 4-1 Dumbarton, Saturday, October 27th, 1877". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  6. "John Kennedy - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  7. "A Kennedy - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  8. "Boyd - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  9. "Anderson - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  10. "Alex Galbraith - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  11. "David Hartley - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  12. "Alex Lawrence - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  13. "J McMaster - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  14. "James Meikleham - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  15. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
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