1971–72 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1971–1972 season
Manager Jackie Stewart
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 2 Champions
Scottish Cup Fourth Round
Scottish League Cup Prelims
Top goalscorer League: Kenny Wilson (37)
All: Kenny Wilson (42)
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

Season 1971–72 was the 95th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 65th time, the Scottish Cup for the 77th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 25th time.

Overview

After fifty years of trying, Dumbarton at last gained promotion back to the top flight of Scottish League football, by winning the Division 2 title - their first national championship win in 60 years. It was however not all plain sailing, with just 3 points from the first 6 games, all was not looking good at the start of the campaign. However a single defeat in the next 14 games put Dumbarton back on track. However when the final game arrived against Berwick Rangers, only a win would secure the championship, while a draw would confirm promotion, with a defeat consigning Dumbarton to another season in the lower division. Fortunately all went well in front of a massive 9,000 home crowd - a 4-2 win being recorded and First Division football next season.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost out to Raith Rovers in the fourth round.

The League Cup at the start of the season was, for some unknown reason, a complete disaster. After the previous season's success and a full squad to choose from, Dumbarton were unable to bring about a repeat, and with a single win and a draw from the six sectional games, there was to be no further interest in the competition.

The season commenced with a new sponsored competition - the Drybrough Cup - played for by the four top scoring sides from the two divisions in the previous season. Dumbarton lost out to Celtic in the first round.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by Alloa Athletic, on penalties after a drawn game.

Note that Dumbarton had scored 109 goals in all matches during the season, the 14th time that the 'century' had been broken

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
4 September 1971ClydebankH2-3McCormack;Wilson,K3,000
8 September 1971HamiltonH2-0Coleman;Goodwin
11 September 1971StranraerA1-2Wilson,K1,200
15 September 1971Stirling AlbionA0-2
18 September 1971Forfar AthleticH2-2Wilson,K;Graham1,000
25 September 1971Raith RoversA1-6Graham1,500
29 September 1971HamiltonA6-2McCormack(2);Wilson,K(3);Gallagher,B
2 October 1971Brechin CityH4-0Graham;Gallagher,C(2);Gallagher,B1,500
9 October 1971Berwick RangersA2-2McCormack(2)660
16 September 1971StenhousemuirH3-2Garaham;Gallagher,C;Wilson,K1,200
23 October 1971East StirlingA3-1Gallagher,C;Wilson,K(2)750
30 October 1971ArbroathH1-2Wilson,K2,000
6 November 1971CowdenbeathA1-0Wilson,K1,500
13 November 1971Albion RoversH3-0Wilson,K(3)2,500
20 November 1971Queen of the SouthA4-2Gallagher,C(2);Wilson,K(2)1,500
4 December 1971MontroseH3-2Gallagher,C;Wilson,K;McCormack1,500
11 December 1971Queens ParkA1-0Wilson,K1,594
18 December 1971Alloa AthleticH7-1Gallagher,C;Wilson,K(4);McCormack(2)1,500
25 December 1971St MirrenA2-2McCormack;Wilson,K5,000
1 January 1972ClydebankA3-2McCormack;Wilson,K(2)4,000
3 January 1972StranraerH2-4McCormack;Wilson,K
8 January 1972Forfar AthleticA1-1Kidd996
12 February 1972StenhousemuirA3-0Gallagher,C;McCormack(2)500
19 February 1972East StirlingH4-0Coleman;Gallagher,C;Wilson,K(2)2,500
4 March 1972ArbroathA2-3Coleman;McCormack1,958
11 March 1972CowdenbeathH2-1McCormack;Wilson,K2,000
18 March 1972Albion RoversA1-0Jenkins500
25 March 1972Queen of the SouthH2-0Gallacher,C;Wilson,K4,000
8 April 1972MontroseA3-2McCormack(3)1,200
11 April 1972Stirling AlbionH2-1Gallagher,C;McCormack
15 April 1972Queens ParkH3-0Gallagher,C;Wilson,K(2)4,000
18 April 1972Raith RoversH5-0Wilson,K(5)4,000
22 April 1972Alloa AthleticA1-0Gallagher,C2,000
26 April 1972Brechin CityA2-1Gallagher,C(2)
29 April 1972St MirrenH1-2Gallagher,C9,000
3 May 1972Berwick RangersH4-2Gallagher,C(2);Coleman;Wilson,K9,000

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
5 February 19723HamiltonH3-1Gallagher,C;Wilson(2)2,395
26 February 19724Raith RoversA0-36,236

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
14 August 1971PStirling AlbionH1-1Gallagher,B1,500
18 August 1971PStenhousemuirA3-2Coleman;McCormack;Wilson,K1,200
21 August 1971PQueen of the SouthA0-12,000
25 August 1971PStenhousemuirH1-2Gallagher,B
28 August 1971PStirling AlbionA2-3Wilson,K;Miller2,000
1 September 1971PQueen of the SouthH1-3Jenkins

Drybrough Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
31 July 19711CelticA2-5Gallagher,C;Wilson,K22,000

Stirlingshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
30 November 19711Alloa AthleticA1-1*Wilson,K

* - lost on pemalties

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
7 August 1971East FifeH1-5Wilson,K1,500
27 November 1971Celtic XIH3-0McCormack(2);Wilson,K
15 January 1972Partick ThistleH2-2Paterson;Wilson,K

Appearances

Dumbarton used 26 players for the 45 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and Drybrough Cup matches, as detailed below. Kenny Jenkins and Roy McCormack were to feature in every one of these matches.[1]

Player Position Appearances[2] Goals
Scotland Jack Bolton MF 299
Scotland Peter Coleman FW 42(1)5
Scotland Iain Fearn FW 4
Scotland Brian Gallagher FW 15(1)4
Scotland Charlie Gallagher FW 34(2)21
Scotland Brian Goodwin FW 10(1)1
Scotland Johnny Graham MF 43(1)4
Scotland Kenny Jenkins FW 452
Scotland Ronnie Kidd FW 3(1)1
Scotland Bruce Livingstone GK 1
Scotland Colin McAdam DF 16(1)
Scotland Tom McAdam FW 1(2)
Scotland Roy McCormack FW 4520
Scotland Allan McKay DF 25
Scotland Sandy McLaughlin GK 1
Scotland Drummond Mentiply FW 2
Scotland Gordon Menzies MF 10
Scotland Ian Miller FW 8(1)1
Scotland Ken Morrison MF 1
Scotland George Muir DF 14
Scotland Johh O'Brien MF 5
Scotland John Paterson FW 6(9)
Scotland Billy Wilkinson DF 26
Scotland Laurie Williams GK 43
Scotland Davie Wilson FW 15
Scotland Kenny Wilson FW 43(1)42

Reserve Team

For the second season running, Dumbarton competed in the Combined Reserve League. Results were mixed and as with the previous season, reporting of results was scarce, nonetheless it is known that the league was never competed.

See also

References

  1. ↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  2. ↑ Substitute appearances in brackets.

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