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1879–80 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1879–80 season was the seventh Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level.

Dumbarton
1879–80 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish CupSemi-final

Scottish Cup edit

Main article: 1879-80 Scottish Cup

Dumbarton began by beating the previous season's champions, Vale of Leven, in the first round. Thereafter Dumbarton enjoyed some big wins, including an 11–0 thrashing of Clyde, to reach the semi-final, only to lose out to eventual winners, Queen's Park, Scotland's top side at the time.[1]

20 September 1879 Cup R1 Dumbarton 4-3[2][3] Vale of Leven Boghead Park
Lawrence  
  55'
 
  85'		  
McDougall  
 		 Attendance: 5,000
11 October 1879 Cup R2 Dumbarton 7-0[4][5] Helensburgh Boghead Park
Lindsay  
  (OG)
 
 
 
 
 		 Attendance: 5,000
1 November 1879 Cup R3 Dumbarton 5-0[6][7] Renton Boghead Park
 
 
 
 
 		 Attendance: 5,000
22 November 1879 Cup R4 Dumbarton 11-0[8][9] Clyde Boghead Park
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 		 Attendance: 5,000
20 December 1879 Cup R5 Dumbarton 6-2[10][11] Kilbirnie Boghead Park
 
 
 
 
 
 		  
 		 Attendance: 5,000
3 January 1880 Cup R6 Dumbarton 6-2[12][13] Hibernian Boghead Park
 
 
 
 
 
 		 Rourke    Attendance: 2,000
17 January 1880 Cup SF Queen's Park 1-0[14][15] Dumbarton Hampden Park
Ker   75' Attendance: 8,000

Glasgow Charity Cup edit

Main article: Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup

Dumbarton were one of the four invitees to take part in the Glasgow Charity Cup but lost out to Rangers in the semi-final.

10 April 1880 Semifinal Dumbarton 1-3[16] Rangers Hampden Park
Lawrence   Struthers  
Steel  
Hill  

Friendlies edit

Dumbarton's fixture list continued to grow and expand across the country, with home and away fixtures being played against local rivals Vale of Leven, Rangers (Glasgow), Hearts and Hibs (Edinburgh) and Ayrshire Cup holders, Kilmarnock Athletic. In all, 16 'friendly' matches were played during the season, of these 7 were won, 2 drawn and 7 lost, scoring 48 and conceding 30.

6 September 1879 Friendly Dumbarton 3-4 Vale of Leven Boghead Park
Lindsay   65', 75'
 		   15'
 
 
 
13 September 1879 Friendly Alclutha 0-4 Dumbarton Dumbarton
 
 
 
 
4 October 1879 Friendly Alexandra Athletic 2-2 Dumbarton Kinning Park
Douglas   20'
Gossland   52'		 Carruthers  
McKinnon  		 Referee: D Hamilton
18 October 1879 Friendly Dumbarton 8-0 Govan Boghead Park
Lindsay  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23 October 1879 Friendly Hibernian 0-4 Dumbarton Mayfield, Edinburgh
Lindsay  
Lawrence  
Hartley   		 Attendance: 2,500
8 November 1879 Friendly Dumbarton 4-2 Parkgrove Boghead Park
 
 
 
 		  
 
15 November 1879 Friendly Kilmarnock Athletic 4-1 Dumbarton Holm Quarry, Kilmarnock
 
 
 
 		  
29 November 1879 Friendly Rangers 1-0 Dumbarton Kinning Park
Steel   Attendance: 1,000
10 January 1880 Friendly Partick 3-2 Dumbarton Whiteinch
 
 
 		  
 
7 February 1880 Friendly Vale of Leven 1-0 Dumbarton Alexandria
Paton   Attendance: 4,000
14 February 1880 Friendly Hearts 4-0 Dumbarton Powderhall
Barber,G  
Mitchell  
Nelson  
scrimmage  		 Attendance: 500
21 February 1880 Friendly Dumbarton 3-3 Rangers Boghead Park
Lawrence  
Hartley  
 		  
 
 
28 February 1880 Friendly Dumbarton 7-1 Kilmarnock Athletic Boghead Park
Hartley  
Carruthers  
 
 
 
 
 		 Smith   5'
13 March 1880 Friendly Lennox 0-5 Dumbarton Lennoxtown
 
 
 
 
 
20 March 1880 Friendly Dumbarton 5-2 Hearts Boghead Park
 
 
 
 
 		  
 		 Attendance: 500
27 March 1880 Friendly Jamestown 3-0 Dumbarton Jamestown
 
 
 

Player statistics edit

Only includes appearances and goals in competitive Scottish Cup matches.

Player Position Appearances Goals
  John Kennedy[17] GK 7 0
  Jock Hutcheson DF 7 0
  Archie Lang DF 7 0
  J Anderson[18] MF 7 0
  Peter Miller MF 7 0
  Robert Brown FW 7 0
  J Carruthers[19] FW 7 0
  David Hartley[20] FW 7 0
  Alex Lawrence[21] FW 7 1
  Joe Lindsay FW 7 1
  William McKinnon FW 7 0

Source:[22]

International Caps edit

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

A series of international trial matches were played to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games against England and Wales, the first taking place on 28 February where J Anderson, Archie Lang, Alex Lawrence and Joe Lindsay all took part. The following week Lang played for the 'Improbables' XI to finally decide on the eleven to play against England - but was unsuccessful.

A further trial was held on 20 March to decide on the team to play Wales and as a result, Dumbarton's first international caps were awarded when Archie Lang[23] and Joe Lindsay[24] were selected to play for Scotland on 27 March 1880, the match resulting in a 5-1 win for Scotland with Lindsay scoring one of the goals.

Representative Matches edit

A series of trial matches were played at Cathkin Park on 10 January 1880 to decide on a United Counties team to play Birmingham & District. John Kennedy, Jock Hutcheson, Archie Lang and Alex Lawrence all played with Lang being selected for the final XI. However as the game fell on the same day as the Scottish Cup semi final, he decided to play for the club.

Five weeks later, on 14 February, Lang was selected to play for Scotch Counties against a Scottish Canadian XI at Kinning Park - the game ending in a 2-2 draw.

References edit

  1. ^ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. ^ "Dumbarton 4 - 3 Vale of Leven, Scottish Cup (06/09/1879)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Dumbarton 4 - 3 Vale of Leven, Saturday, September 20th, 1879". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Dumbarton 7 - 0 Helensburgh, Scottish Cup (11/10/1879)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Dumbarton 7 - 0 Helensburgh, Saturday, October 11th, 1879". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Dumbarton 5 - 0 Renton, Scottish Cup (01/11/1879)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Dumbarton 5 - 0 Renton, Saturday, November 1st, 1879". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Dumbarton 11 - 0 Clyde, Scottish Cup (22/11/1879)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Dumbarton 11 - 0 Clyde, Saturday, November 22nd, 1879". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Dumbarton 6 - 2 Kilbirnie, Scottish Cup (20/12/1879)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Dumbarton 6 - 2 Kilbirnie, Saturday, December 20th, 1879". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  12. ^ "Dumbarton 6 - 2 Hibernian, Scottish Cup (03/01/1880)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  13. ^ "Dumbarton 6 - 2 Hibernian, Saturday, January 3rd, 1880". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Queen's Park 1 - 0 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (17/01/1880)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  15. ^ "Queen's Park 1 - 0 Dumbarton, Saturday, January 17th, 1880". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  16. ^ "Dumbarton 1 - 3 Rangers, Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup (10/04/1880)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  17. ^ "John Kennedy - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  18. ^ "Anderson - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  19. ^ "J Carruthers - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  20. ^ "David Hartley - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  21. ^ "Alex Lawrence - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  22. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  23. ^ "Archibald Lang". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  24. ^ "Joseph Lindsay". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
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