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1937–38 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1937–38 season was the 61st Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup.

Dumbarton
1937–1938 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two7th
Scottish CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jimmy Smith (29)
All: Jimmy Smith (29)

Scottish League edit

Main article: 1937–38 Scottish Football League

Dumbarton made another encouraging start to their 15th season in a row in the Second Division, with only one defeat in their first 8 games. 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]

14 August 1937 League Brechin City 3–4 [2][3] Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
McMahon   4'
Cargill   29' (pen)
Deans   57' (OG)		 Smith,J   18', 48', 69'
Murray   56'		 Attendance: 1,100
Referee: A Henderson
21 August 1937 League Dumbarton 5–1 [4][5] Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
Smith,G    
Smith,J   (pen)
Duffy  		 Hutchison   (pen) Attendance: 3,500
Referee: A Cockburn
28 August 1937 League East Stirling 2–2 [6][7] Dumbarton Firs Park
Meechan  
Beath   67'		 Smith,G   40'
Murray   76'		 Referee: W Murray
4 September 1937 League Dumbarton 5–1 [8][9] Dundee United Boghead Park
Smith,G   
Smith,J   
Murray  		 Shelligan   (pen) Attendance: 4,000
Referee: J Welsh
11 September 1937 League Forfar Athletic 4–3 [10][11] Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Smith   20'
Bain   58', 61'
Campbell   67'		 Smith,G   9', 80'
Duffy   79'		 Referee: R Carruthers
18 September 1937 League Dumbarton 3–0 [12][13] Leith Athletic Boghead Park
Smith,J  
Duffy  
Robertson  		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: A Williamson
25 September 1937 League Airdrie 1–3 [14][15] Dumbarton Broomfield Park
Murray   15' Smith,G   26' 
Robertson   35'		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: M Dale
2 October 1937 League Dumbarton 4–4 [16][17] Cowdenbeath Boghead Park
Devers   
Smith,J  
Smith,G   82'		 Walls    
Watters  		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: A Fair
9 October 1937 League East Fife 4–1 [18][19] Dumbarton Bayview Park, Methil
McCartney   20', 43', 60'
McLeod   46'		 Duffy   42' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: J Provan
16 October 1937 League Dumbarton 2–2 [20][21] Raith Rovers Boghead Park
Smith,J  
Robertson   82'		 Joyner   23'
Gilmour   50'		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: R Carruthers
23 October 1937 League Dunfermline Athletic 4–1 [22][23] Dumbarton East End Park, Dunfermline
 
 
 
 		 Robertson   Attendance: 3,000
Referee: A Fair
30 October 1937 League King's Park 1–0 [24][25] Dumbarton Forthbank Park
  Referee: H Stokes
6 November 1937 League Dumbarton 3–2 [26][27] Albion Rovers Boghead Park
Robertson   57'
Smith,G   64'
Smith,J   69'		 Burke   2', 89' Attendance: 6,500
Referee: T Fyfe
13 November 1937 League Alloa Athletic 2–1 [28][29] Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
 
 		 Smith,J   Referee: J Mackay
20 November 1937 League Dumbarton 4–0 [30][31] Montrose Boghead Park
Duffy   
Masson   (OG)
Smith,J   90' (pen)		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: C Faultless
27 November 1937 League St Bernard's 1–0 [32][33] Dumbarton Royal Gymnasium Ground
  Attendance: 1,000
Referee: A Cunningham
4 December 1937 League Dumbarton 7–0 [34][35] Brechin City Boghead Park
Smith,J   40', 67', 70'
Duffy   42', 57'
Smith,G   45'
Murray   90'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: W Gilchrist
18 December 1937 League Dumbarton 3–2 [36][37] East Fife Boghead Park
Smith,J  
Duffy  
Smith,G  		 McCartney    Attendance: 2,000
25 December 1937 League Stenhousemuir 4–2 [38][39] Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Cowan   50' 
Rae  
Hill  		 Smith,G   20'
Smith,J  		 Referee: W Gilchrist
1 January 1938 League Dumbarton 2–0 [40][41] Forfar Athletic Boghead Park
Smith,G   1'
Duffy   45'		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: W McCall
3 January 1938 League Cowdenbeath 4–1 [42][43] Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
 
 
 
 		 Duffy  
8 January 1938 League Leith Athletic 2–0 [44][45] Dumbarton Old Meadowbank
Kinnear   (pen)
Murphy   90'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: A Henderson
15 January 1938 League Dumbarton 3–1 [46][47] East Stirling Boghead Park
Smith,G   13'
Duffy  
Cochrane  		 Ross   Attendance: 2,500
Referee: J Welsh
29 January 1938 League Dundee United 1–4 [48][49] Dumbarton Tannadice Park
Rumbles   Smith,J   
Robertson  
Smith,G  		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: A Cunningham
5 February 1938 League Dumbarton 8–0 [50][51] Edinburgh City Boghead Park
Smith,G     
Smith,J   
Robertson   		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: C Faultless
12 February 1938 League Montrose 0–0 [52][53] Dumbarton Links Park
Referee: M Dale
19 February 1938 League Raith Rovers 7–0 [54][55] Dumbarton Starks Park
Haywood   5'  
Whitelaw   25'
Gilmour    		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: A Williamson
26 February 1938 League Dumbarton 4–1 [56][57] King's Park Boghead Park
Smith,J   
Smith,G  
Trialist  		  
12 March 1938 League Dumbarton 4–1 [58][59] Dunfermline Athletic Boghead Park
Smith,J    
Smith,G  		 Izatt   77' Attendance: 5,000
Referee: A Cockburn
19 March 1938 League Albion Rovers 3–0 [60][61] Dumbarton Cliftonhill
Keirnan   39'
Bell   80'
Burke  		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: W Gilchrist
26 March 1938 League Dumbarton 2–1 [62][63] St Bernard's Boghead Park
Smith,G  
Smith,J  		 Flucher   Attendance: 4,000
Referee: W Murray
2 April 1938 League Edinburgh City 4–0 [64][65] Dumbarton East Pilton, Edinburgh
 
Bell  
 
 		 Referee: J Mackay
9 April 1938 League Dumbarton 2–0 [66][67] Airdrie Boghead Park
Robertson  
Smith,G   86'		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: M Dale
16 April 1938 League Dumbarton 2–2 [68][69] Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
Smith,J  
Kemp  		  
 		 Referee: J Welsh

Scottish Cup edit

Main article: 1937–38 Scottish Cup

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

22 January 1938 Cup R1 Kilmarnock 6–0[70][71] Dumbarton Rugby Park
Candy   36'
Reid   40' 
Thomson    57'
Fyfe  		 Attendance: 9,000
Referee: J Baillie

Friendly edit

5 March 1938 Friendly Dumbarton 3–3 East Stirling Boghead Park
Smith,G   
 		 Roughead     Attendance: 1,000

Player statistics edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO William Morrison[72] 24 0 23 0 1 0
GK   SCO Robert Muir[73] 11 0 11 0 0 0
DF   SCO John Casey 31 0 30 0 1 0
DF   SCO John Clay[74] 32 0 31 0 1 0
DF   SCO James McKain[75] 7 0 7 0 0 0
MF   SCO Daniel Clancy[76] 19 0 18 0 1 0
MF   SCO Coleman[77] 1 0 1 0 0 0
MF   SCO John Curley[78] 2 0 2 0 0 0
MF   SCO William Deans[79] 7 0 7 0 0 0
MF   SCO Ferguson[80] 1 0 1 0 0 0
MF   SCO John Irvine[81] 13 0 13 0 0 0
MF   SCO William Kemp[82] 11 1 11 1 0 0
MF   SCO James McAllister[83] 21 0 20 0 1 0
MF   SCO David Muir[84] 2 0 2 0 0 0
MF   SCO Stephen Murray 28 4 27 4 1 0
MF   SCO Willie White[85] 19 0 18 0 1 0
FW   SCO Sandy Cochrane 15 1 15 1 0 0
FW   SCO Thomas Devers[86] 7 2 7 2 0 0
FW   SCO Archibald Duffy[87] 26 12 25 12 1 0
FW   SCO Abram Robertson[88] 34 9 33 9 1 0
FW   SCO Gavin Smith 35 25 34 25 1 0
FW   SCO Jimmy Smith 35 29 34 29 1 0
FW   SCO Sneddon[89] 2 0 2 0 0 0
FW   SCO Trialist 2 0 2 0 0 0

Source:[90]

Transfers edit

In addition John Glass, James Mitchell, David Ogilvie, Willie Parlane, Alex Scott and Alex Young all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.

Source:[91]

References edit

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