1958–59 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1958–59 season was the 75th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. In addition Dumbarton played in the Stirlingshire Cup.

Dumbarton

1958–1959 season
Manager	Peter McGown
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 2	4th
Scottish Cup	Second Round
Scottish League Cup	Prelims
Top goalscorer	League: Hugh Gallacher (23) All: Hugh Gallacher (26)

Scottish Second Division

This was to be another 'almost' season for Dumbarton in Division 2, but as in the previous campaign the final run-in was to be decisive with only one win taken from the last six games. It was to be 4th place again, with 45 points, 15 behind champions Ayr United.

Alloa Athletic v Dumbarton

20 August 1958 Division 2	Alloa Athletic	3–5[1][2]	Dumbarton	Recreation Park, Alloa
	Gillespie White Hunter  (pen)		Smillie Whalen Brown,L	Attendance: 5,013

Dumbarton v Brechin City

3 September 1958 Division 2	Dumbarton	2–3[3][4]	Brechin City	Boghead Park
	Stewart Gallacher		Stormont Duncan

Dumbarton v Queens Park

6 September 1958 Division 2	Dumbarton	1–0[5][6]	Queens Park	Boghead Park
	McBriar  50'			Referee: A Crossman

East Stirling v Dumbarton

10 September 1958 Division 2	East Stirling	3–2[7][8]	Dumbarton	Firs Park
	Boyd,A  (pen) Govan  (OG)		Gallacher Webster  (OG)

Montrose v Dumbarton

13 September 1958 Division 2	Montrose	1–6[9][10]	Dumbarton	Links Park
	Selway		Smillie  3' Whalen Stewart	Referee: J Mowat

Brechin City v Dumbarton

16 September 1958 Division 2	Brechin City	2–1[11][12]	Dumbarton	Glebe Park, Brechin
	Burse		Smillie

Dumbarton v Dundee United

20 September 1958 Division 2	Dumbarton	4–3[13][14]	Dundee United	Boghead Park
	Brown,L  25' Combe  54' Smillie		McDonald  49' Martin  51' Hunter  55' (pen)	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: T Wharton

Berwick Rangers v Dumbarton

27 September 1958 Division 2	Berwick Rangers	0–3[15][16]	Dumbarton	Shielfield Park
			Whalen Smillie Silcock  (OG)	Attendance: 1,913 Referee: J Holborn

Dumbarton v Morton

4 October 1958 Division 2	Dumbarton	6–1[17][18]	Morton	Boghead Park
	Stewart  12' Smith  38'		Kiernan	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: D McTaggart

St Johnstone v Dumbarton

11 October 1958 Division 2	St Johnstone	1–1[19][20]	Dumbarton	Muirton Park
			Smith	Referee: W Syme

Dumbarton v Cowdenbeath

18 October 1958 Division 2	Dumbarton	4–2[21][22]	Cowdenbeath	Boghead Park
	Smillie  15', 22', 34'		Clarke  13' Murphy	Referee: E Cowan

Stranraer v Dumbarton

25 October 1958 Division 2	Stranraer	2–3[23][24]	Dumbarton	Stair Park
	Egan  26' Finnie		Beveridge Cunningham Smith	Referee: A McClintock

Dumbarton v Ayr United

1 November 1958 Division 2	Dumbarton	1–2[25][26]	Ayr United	Boghead Park
	Stewart  38'		McMillan  22' Price  26'	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: R Davidson

Arbroath v Dumbarton

8 November 1958 Division 2	Arbroath	5–4[27][28]	Dumbarton	Gayfield Park
	Easson  67' (pen)		Gallacher  16', 27', 45'	Attendance: 3,173 Referee: G Mitchell

Stenhousemuir v Dumbarton

22 November 1958 Division 2	Stenhousemuir	2–0[29][30]	Dumbarton	Ochilview Park
	Kilgannon  48' Stewart  66'			Referee: J Holborn

Albion Rovers v Dumbarton

29 November 1958 Division 2	Albion Rovers	1–2[31][32]	Dumbarton	Cliftonhill Stadium
	Fagan  31'		Smith  24' Gallacher  80'	Referee: W Harvey

Dumbarton v Forfar Athletic

6 December 1958 Division 2	Dumbarton	1–1[33][34]	Forfar Athletic	Boghead Park
	Gallacher  43'		Craig  29'	Referee: T Wharton

East Fife v Dumbarton

13 December 1958 Division 2	East Fife	2–6[35][36]	Dumbarton	Bayview Park, Methil
	Bryce Stirrat		Whalen  9', 17', 35' Donnachie  16' Gallacher	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: T Alexander

Dumbarton v Hamilton

20 December 1958 Division 2	Dumbarton	6–3[37][38]	Hamilton	Boghead Park
	Donnachie  4', 56' Gallacher  20', 51' Combe  37'		McLean  21' Blair  68'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: W Syme

Dumbarton v Alloa Athletic

27 December 1958 Division 2	Dumbarton	1–1[39][40]	Alloa Athletic	Boghead Park
	Combe  17'		Docherty  7'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: W Brittle

Queens Park v Dumbarton

1 January 1959 Division 2	Queens Park	2–4[41][42]	Dumbarton	Hampden Park
	Church		Gallacher  9' McDonald Combe	Referee: R Morris

Dumbarton v Montrose

3 January 1959 Division 2	Dumbarton	3–1[43][44]	Montrose	Boghead Park
	Gallacher  39' Combe  45' McCormack		Mearns	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: G Mitchell

Dundee United v Dumbarton

10 January 1959 Division 2	Dundee United	1–1[45][46]	Dumbarton	Tannadice Park
	McDonald  36'		Whalen  9'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: R Rodger

Morton v Dumbarton

24 January 1959 Division 2	Morton	1–1[47][48]	Dumbarton	Cappielow Park
	McAllister  35'		Gallacher	Referee: D Weir

Dumbarton v St Johnstone

7 February 1959 Division 2	Dumbarton	1–1[49][50]	St Johnstone	Boghead Park
	Govan  84' (pen)		Walker  10'	Referee: F Crossley

Dumbarton v Stranraer

21 February 1959 Division 2	Dumbarton	4–1[51][52]	Stranraer	Boghead Park
	Whalen  23' Cunningham  55' Combe Brown,L		Trialist  26'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: G Mitchell

Dumbarton v East Fife

28 February 1959 Division 2	Dumbarton	5-0[53][54]	East Fife	Boghead Park
	Gallacher  18' Craig  38' Smith Stewart			Attendance: 2,000 Referee: D Weir

Dumbarton v Arbroath

7 March 1959 Division 2	Dumbarton	2-0[55][56]	Arbroath	Boghead Park
	Gallacher Stewart			Attendance: 5,100 Referee: A McClintock

Dumbarton v Stenhousemuir

21 March 1959 Division 2	Dumbarton	5-1[57][58]	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
	Smith  30' (pen) Stewart		Kilgannon  48'	Referee: J Stewart

Dumbarton v Albion Rovers

28 March 1959 Division 2	Dumbarton	2-0[59][60]	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
	Stewart Gallacher			Attendance: 4,000 Referee: A McClintock

Forfar Athletic v Dumbarton

4 April 1959 Division 2	Forfar Athletic	3–1[61][62]	Dumbarton	Station Park, Forfar
	Craig  25' Dick  29'		Smith	Attendance: 1,600 Referee: A Crossman

Hamilton v Dumbarton

18 April 1959 Division 2	Hamilton	4–1[63][64]	Dumbarton	Douglas Park
	McLean  9' McGuire Currie Dignam		Gray  6'	Referee: W Syme

Cowdenbeath v Dumbarton

20 April 1959 Division 2	Cowdenbeath	2–2[65][66]	Dumbarton	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
	Scott Gilfillan		Stewart Lindsay  (OG)

Dumbarton v East Stirling

25 April 1959 Division 2	Dumbarton	2-1[67][68]	East Stirling	Boghead Park
	Gallacher  31'		Duffy	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: E Cowan

Ayr United v Dumbarton

27 April 1959 Division 2	Ayr United	3–1[69][70]	Dumbarton	Somerset Park
	Price McGhee		Gallacher

Dumbarton v Berwick Rangers

29 April 1959 Division 2	Dumbarton	0-2[71][72]	Berwick Rangers	Boghead Park
			Gemmill Addison

Scottish League Cup

In the League Cup, qualification was there for the taking, with 3 wins and a draw from the first 5 games, but a final home defeat to Arbroath meant that Dumbarton would miss out again on progression.

Dumbarton v Queens Park

9 August 1958 Group 7	Dumbarton	3–3[73][74]	Queens Park	Boghead Park
	Brown,L  9' Beveridge  76' Stewart  89'		Cromar  (pen) Murney  44' Kane  70'	Referee: F Crossley

Alloa Athletic v Dumbarton

13 August 1958 Group 7	Alloa Athletic	1–3[75][76]	Dumbarton	Recreation Park, Alloa
	Hunter		Stewart Combe

Arbroath v Dumbarton

16 August 1958 Group 7	Arbroath	6–3[77][78]	Dumbarton	Gayfield Park
	Easson Fernie Brown Sherriffs		Brown,L Stewart

Queens Park v Dumbarton

23 August 1958 Group 7	Queens Park	0–3[79][80]	Dumbarton	Hampden Park
			Brown, L  29' Smillie  40', 88'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Mackie

Dumbarton v Alloa Athletic

27 August 1958 Group 7	Dumbarton	3–1[81][82]	Alloa Athletic	Boghead Park
	Brown,L  (pen) Smillie		Reid	Attendance: 4,400

Dumbarton v Arbroath

30 August 1958 Group 7	Dumbarton	0–1[83][84]	Arbroath	Boghead Park
			Easson	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: R Davidson

Scottish Cup

In the Scottish Cup, after a good win over Highland League opposition, Division 1 opponents Kilmarnock were to prove to be too good for Dumbarton in the second round.

Dumbarton v Buckie Thistle

31 January 1959 Cup Round 1	Dumbarton	4–0[85][86]	Buckie Thistle	Boghead Park
	Stewart  23' Gallacher  55', 60' Combe  86'			Attendance: 6,313 Referee: A McClintock

Dumbarton v Kilmarnock

14 February 1959 Cup Round 2	Dumbarton	2–8[87][88]	Kilmarnock	Boghead Park
	Whalen Gallacher  67'		Wentzel  14', 65', 78' Burns  22' Mays  (pen) McBride  45', 55' (pen), 72'	Attendance: 10,804 Referee: R Davidson

Stirlingshire Cup

Locally Dumbarton lost out to Stenhousemuir in the semi final of the Stirlingshire Cup.

Alloa Athletic v Dumbarton

8 December 1958 First Round	Alloa Athletic	0–4	Dumbarton	Recreation Park, Alloa
			Donnachie Combe Brown,L Gallacher

Stenhousemuir v Dumbarton

10 March 1959 Semi Final	Stenhousemuir	2–1	Dumbarton	Ochilview Park
	Stewart kilgannon		Smith

Friendlies

Amongst the friendlies played during the season were three matches against English opposition - a 'home and away' tie against Accrington Stanley and an away trip to Colchester United.

Dumbarton v Raith Rovers

6 October 1958 Friendly	Dumbarton	1–1	Raith Rovers	Boghead Park
	Whalen			Attendance: 3,000

Dumbarton v Accrington Stanley

20 October 1958 Friendly	Dumbarton	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Boghead Park
	Stewart		Scott	Attendance: 5,000

Accrington Stanley v Dumbarton

3 November 1958 Friendly	Accrington Stanley	2–0	Dumbarton	Peel Park (stadium)

Dumbarton v Scottish Command XI (Army)

17 November 1958 Friendly	Dumbarton	1–0	Scottish Command XI (Army)	Boghead Park
	Trialist

Dumbarton v Johnstone Burgh

22 December 1958 Friendly	Dumbarton	5–3	Johnstone Burgh	Boghead Park
	McInnes Smillie Symington McCormack		McSorley Murney

Dumbarton v Morton

7 April 1959 Friendly	Dumbarton	4–1	Morton	Boghead Park
	Whalen Gallacher		Beaton

Colchester United v Dumbarton

13 April 1959 Friendly	Colchester United	4–1	Dumbarton	Layer Road
			Whalen

Player statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		John Bonnar	30	0	25	0	2	0	3	0
	GK		Con Murray	14	0	11	0	0	0	3	0
	DF		Tommy Govan	37	1	32	1	2	0	3	0
	DF		Jim Gray[89]	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
	DF		Andy Jardine	44	0	36	0	2	0	6	0
	DF		Jack McDade[90]	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Bobby Paterson	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	MF		Tommy Craig[91]	44	1	36	1	2	0	6	0
	MF		George Cunningham[92]	42	2	36	2	2	0	4	0
	MF		Peter Haggerty	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	MF		Frank McBriar[93]	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
	MF		John McCall	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Jim McCormack[94]	6	1	3	1	1	0	2	0
	MF		Bobby McInnes[95]	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		John Smith[96]	38	11	31	11	2	0	5	0
	FW		Ian Beveridge[97]	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	1
	FW		Jim Brown	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Les Brown	43	9	35	3	2	0	6	6
	FW		Tommy Brown[98]	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Stevie Chalmers	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Bobby Combe	31	9	24	7	2	1	5	1
	FW		Alex Donnachie[99]	15	4	12	4	0	0	3	0
	FW		Hugh Gallacher	26	26	24	23	2	3	0	0
	FW		McDonald[100]	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Jimmy Smillie[101]	14	16	11	13	0	0	3	3
	FW		Charlie Stewart	39	17	32	12	1	1	6	4
	FW		Willie Symington[102]	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Tom Whalen[103]	27	10	21	9	2	1	4	0
	FW		Trialist	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Source:[104]

Transfers

Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:

Players in Player From Date Jimmy Smillie Bedford Town 9 Aug 1958 John Bonnar Celtic 23 Aug 1958 Bobby Combe Hibernian 23 Sep 1958

Players out Player To Date Jimmy Smillie Stenhousemuir 14 Jan 1959 Bobby Gibson Berwick Rangers 24 Jan 1959 Con Murray Forfar Ath 30 Apr 1959 Ian Beveridge Freed 30 Apr 1959 John Bonnar Freed 30 Apr 1959 John McCall Freed 30 Apr 1959

Source:[105]

Reserve team

Dumbarton played a 'reserve' team in the Combined Reserve League. The season was split into two 'series' - with Dumbarton finishing runners up to Morton in the First Series (with 4 wins and 2 draws from 8 games) and winning the Second (with 6 wins from 8 games).

In addition, Dumbarton entered the Scottish Second XI Cup but were knocked out in the first round by Rangers.

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