1937–38 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1937–1938 season
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two 7th
Scottish Cup First Round
Top goalscorer League: Jimmy Smith (29)
All: Jimmy Smith (29)
← 1936–37 1938–39 →

Season 1937–38 was the 61st Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 39th time and the Scottish Cup for the 50th time.

Overview

Dumbarton made another encouraging start to the season, with only one defeat in their first 8 games, and although that form wasn't maintained fully, Dumbarton had their best season for a number of years by finishing 7th out of 18, with 39 points - 20 behind champions Raith Rovers. For the fifth time, Dumbarton maintained an unbeaten home league record, but with only 3 wins from 17 fixtures away from Boghead, promotion was never going to be a real possibility.[1]

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton came up against first division Kilmarnock in the first round and despite a good fight were to finish up second best.

The Dumbartonshire Cup, which had been a feature of Dumbarton seasons since 1884, was to be no more. With Dumbarton being the only senior club in the county it was agreed to disband the Dumbartonshire Association.

Elsewhere, a friendly match was played against East Stirling.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
14 August 1937Brechin CityA4-3Smith,J(3);Murray
21 August 1937StenhousemuirH5-1Smith,G(3);Smith,J;Duffy3,500
28 August 1937East StirlingshireA2-2Smith,G;Murray
4 September 1937Dundee UnitedH5-1Smith,G(2);Smith,J(2);Murray4,000
11 September 1937Forfar AthleticA3-4Smith,G(2);Duffy
18 September 1937Leith AthleticH3-0Duffy;Smith,J;Robertson4,000
25 September 1937AirdrieA3-1Smith,G(2);Robertson4,000
2 October 1937CowdenbeathH4-4Devers(2);Smith,G;Smith,J3,000
9 October 1937East FifeA1-4Duffy2,000
16 October 1937Raith RoversH2-2Smith,J;Robertson5,000
23 October 1937Dunfermline AthleticA1-4Robertson3,000
30 October 1937King's ParkA0-1
6 November 1937Albion RoversH3-2Smith,G;Smith,J;Robertson6,500
13 November 1937Alloa AthleticA1-2Smith,J
20 November 1937MontroseH4-0Duffy(2);Smith,J;OG4,000
27 November 1937St Bernard'sA0-11,000
4 December 1937Brechin CityH7-0Smith,J(3);Duffy(2);Murray;Smith,G2,000
18 December 1937East FifeH3-2Smith,G;Smith,J;Duffy
25 December 1937StenhousemuirA2-4Smith,G;Smith,J
1 January 1938Forfar AthleticH2-0Smith,G;Duffy4,500
3 January 1938CowdenbeathA1-4Duffy
8 January 1938Leith AthleticA0-22,000
15 January 1938East StirlingshireH3-1Smith,G;Duffy;Cochrane2,500
29 January 1938Dundee UnitedA4-1Smith,J(2);Smith,G;Robertson2,000
5 February 1938Edinburgh CityH8-0Smith,G(4);Smith,J(2);Robertson(2)2,500
12 February 1938MontroseA0-0
19 February 1938Raith RoversA0-75,000
26 February 1938King's ParkH4-1Smith,J(2);Smith,G;trialist
12 March 1938Dunfermline AthleticH4-1Smith,J(3);Smith,G5,000
19 March 1938Albion RoversA0-3
26 March 1938St Bernard'sH2-1Smith,G;Smith,J4,000
2 April 1938Edinburgh CityA0-4
9 April 1938AirdrieH2-0Smith,G;Robertson5,000
16 April 1938Alloa AthleticH2-2Smith,J;Kemp

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
22 January 19381KilmarnockA0-69,000

Other Match

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
5 March 1938East StirlingshireH3-3Smith,G(2);ANO1,000

Appearances

Dumbarton used 24 players for the 35 Scottish League and Scottish Cup matches, as detailed below. Both Gavin and Jimmy Smith were to feature in all of these matches. Note that unnamed trialist(s) played in two matches.[2]

Player Position[3] Appearances Goals
Scotland John Casey DF 31
Scotland Daniel Clancy MF 19
Scotland John Clay DF 32
Scotland Sandy Cochrane FW 151
Scotland Coleman MF 1
Scotland John Curley MF 2
Scotland William R Deans MF 7
Scotland Thomas Devers FW 72
Scotland Archibald Duffy FW 2612
Scotland Ferguson MF 1
Scotland John Irvine MF 13
Scotland William Kemp MF 111
Scotland James McAllister MF 21
Scotland James McKain DF 7
Scotland William Morrison GK 24
Scotland David Muir MF 2
Scotland Robert Muir GK 11
Scotland Stephen Murray MF 284
Scotland Abram Robertson FW 349
Scotland Gavin Smith FW 3525
Scotland Jimmy Smith FW 3529
Scotland Sneddon FW 2
Scotland Willie White MF 19

See also

References

  1. ↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. ↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  3. ↑ The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two defenders, three midfielders and five forwards).

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