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1939–40 Dumbarton F.C. season

Due to the outbreak of WW2, there was no 'official' senior football competition in Scotland, with the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup both suspended for the duration. Therefore, the 1939–40 season was the first Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in the 'emergency' competitions which were arranged by the clubs themselves.

Dumbarton
1939–1940 season
ManagerJimmy Smith
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Western Division16th
War Emergency CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Alex Stewart (7)
All: Alex Stewart(7)

Scottish Second Division edit

Main article: 1939–40 in Scottish football

Four games into the season, Britain was at war with Nazi Germany and all official Scottish football competition was suspended for its duration.

12 August 1939 League Leith Athletic 1-2 [1]
VOID		 Dumbarton Old Meadowbank
O'Rawe   80' Nichol   60'
Getty   85'		 Referee: J Rennie
19 August 1939 League Dumbarton 3-3
VOID		 East Fife Boghead Park
Cowan   32'
McBride   37'
Nichol   50'		 McKerrel   19'
Adams   58'
Wilkie   84'		 Attendance: 5,500
Referee: J Mackay
26 August 1939 League Dundee 3-1 [2]
VOID		 Dumbarton Dens Park
Warnock   23'
Coats   36'
Adam  		 McBride   51' Referee: J Smillie
2 September 1939 League Dumbarton 3-2[3]
VOID		 Edinburgh City Boghead Park
Cowan   63', 70', 82' Brown   30', 57' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: W Hendry

Scottish Western Division edit

In October 1939, in the absence of official competition, the clubs themselves wanted competitive football to continue in some form and arranged for two regional leagues of 16 teams each to be played, with Dumbarton playing in the Western Division – along with the likes of Celtic, Rangers etc. – teams they had not played since being relegated in 1922. Most of the First Division players were already contracted to play for their league opponents and it was no surprise that in this first season of the 'wartime' league, Dumbarton finished bottom (16th out of 16) with 18 points – 30 behind champions Rangers.

21 October 1939 League Dumbarton 1-3[4][5] Queen's Park Boghead Park
Cowan   (pen) Kyle     Attendance: 4,000
Referee: R Carruthers
28 October 1939 League Kilmarnock 5-0[6][7] Dumbarton Rugby Park
Collins   21', 38', 47' 
Thomson   71'		 Attendance: 3,000
4 November 1939 League Dumbarton 4-1[8][9] Albion Rovers Boghead Park
Browning   3'
Speedie   27'
Murray   63'
Mills   70'		 Sharp   85' Attendance: 5,000
Referee: J Mackay
11 November 1939 League Clyde 3-3[10][11] Dumbarton Rugby Park
Wallace   40', 58'
Mills   63'		 Mills   1'
Murray   5', 50'		 Attendance: 3,000
18 November 1939 League Dumbarton 2-1[12][13] Hamilton Boghead Park
McCulloch  
Harrison  		 Lang   Attendance: 6,000
Referee: R Scott
25 November 1939 League Rangers 2-1[14][15] Dumbarton Ibrox Park
Thornton   70'
Venters   75'		 Murray   19' Attendance: 7,000
Referee: W Webb
2 December 1939 League Airdrie 3-2[16][17] Dumbarton Broomfield Park
Mooney   2', 52', 88' Dunn   31'
Mills   71' (pen)		 Referee: R Scott
9 December 1939 League Dumbarton 2-1[18][19] Ayr United Boghead Park
Mills   4'
Dunn   51'		 Clark   Attendance: 1,500
Referee: J Thomson
16 December 1939 League Motherwell 5-1[20][21] Dumbarton Fir Park
Ogilvie   30', 41', 56'
Wood   63'
Wales   65'		 Mathers   88' (pen) Attendance: 2,500
Referee: J Mackay
23 December 1939 League Dumbarton 1-5[22][23] Celtic Boghead Park
Mathers   15' (pen) Divers   16', 80'
Gould   44', 82'
McDonald   55'		 Attendance: 7.000
30 December 1939 League Partick Thistle 0-4[24][25] Dumbarton Firhill Park
Collins   27', 83'
Nichol  
Dunn   60'		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: R Carruthers
1 January 1940 League Dumbarton 3-2[26][27] Morton Boghead Park
Milne   
Speedie  		 Milne  
Calder  
2 January 1940 League Queen of the South 3-1[28][29] Dumbarton Palmerston Park
Lang  
Fitzsimmons  
Connor  		 Milne  
6 January 1940 League Dumbarton 3-2[30][31] St Mirren Boghead Park
Milne  
Speedie  
Mathers  		 Brady    Attendance: 3,500
10 February 1940 League Dumbarton 1-2[32][33] Clyde Boghead Park
Browning   McLaren  
Agnew  		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: W Webb
17 February 1940 League Hamilton 4-2[34][35] Dumbarton Douglas Park
Wilson  
McAloon  
McIntyre  
McKerracher  		 Collins  
Milne  
16 March 1940 League Dumbarton 0-1[36][37] Motherwell Boghead Park
Ogilvie   44' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: R Carruthers
23 March 1940 League Celtic 4-0[38][39] Dumbarton Celtic Park
McDonald  
Geatons  
Divers  
Kelly  
27 March 1940 League Third Lanark 3-2[40][41] Dumbarton Cathkin Park
Jones  
Stephenson  
Watters  		 Lang  
Speedie  
30 March 1940 League Dumbarton 0-0[42][43] Partick Thistle Boghead Park
Attendance: 2,000
2 April 1940 League Queen's Park 4-1[44][45] Dumbarton Hampden Park
Aitken    
Wright  		 McLean   Attendance: 4,000
Referee: H Watson
6 April 1940 League Morton 5-0[46][47] Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Turnbull   
Calder  
Steel   
10 April 1940 League Dumbarton 2-2[48][49] Kilmarnock Boghead Park
Mathers   30' (pen)
Dunn   44'		 Newman   15'
Gallacher  
13 April 1940 League Dumbarton 1-3[50][51] Queen of the South Boghead Park
Stewart,A   Connor   
Dawson  		 Attendance: 2,000
17 April 1940 League Albion Rovers 3-1[52][53] Dumbarton Cliftonhill
Dempsey   
Burke  		 Stewart,A   Referee: R Benzie
20 April 1940 League St Mirren 1-2[54][55] Dumbarton Love Street (stadium)
Deakin   Shields  
Casey  		 Referee: H Watson
24 April 1940 League Dumbarton 2-3[56][57] Rangers Boghead Park
Stewart,A    McPherson   
McPhail  		 Attendance: 2,500
27 April 1940 League Dumbarton 3-2[58][59] Third Lanark Boghead Park
Shields   
Stewart,A  		 Jones    Attendance: 2,000
4 May 1940 League Dumbarton 0-1[60][61] Airdrie Boghead Park
Soutar   (OG) Attendance: 1,800
11 May 1940 League Ayr United 4-4[62][63] Dumbarton Somerset Park
Roger   
Clark   		 Shields   
Stewart,A   		 Attendance: 7,000

Scottish War Emergency Cup edit

In place of the Scottish Cup, a Scottish War Emergency Cup was established, to be played for by all the teams competing in the regional leagues. Dumbarton reached the second round before losing to Airdrie.

24 February 1940 Cup R1(1) Dumbarton 4–3[64] Arbroath Boghead Park
Dunn   24'
Milne  
Lang   70' 		 Miller   61'
Mudie   		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: C Faultless
2 March 1940 Cup R1(2) Arbroath 0–2[65]
(3-6 agg.)		 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Dunn    Attendance: 2,150
9 March 1940 Cup R2 Dumbarton 0–2[66] Airdrie Boghead Park
Reid  
Flavell  		 Attendance: 5,500

Dumbartonshire Cup edit

While the Dumbartonshire Cup competition had been discontinued some years earlier, during the weeks following the suspension of official competition and the start of the regional leagues, Dumbarton played Vale of Leven (a junior football side) for custody of the trophy, and the senior team duly won the day.

30 September 1939 Final Dumbarton 4-2 Vale of Leven Boghead Park
McBride   
Nichol  
  (OG)		  
 

Stirlingshire Cup edit

Following the demise of the Dumbartonshire Association, Dumbarton had been accepted as members of the Stirlingshire Association, and took part for the first time in the Stirlingshire Cup. Dumbarton were knocked out at the semi-final stage by Falkirk, although the competition was never completed.

16 August 1939 First Round Dumbarton 9-1 Falkirk Amateurs Boghead Park
Cowan    
Nichol   
Getty   
Nesbit  
 		   Attendance: 2,000
7 October 1939 Semi-final Falkirk 3-2 Dumbarton Brockville Park
Dawson   10'
McPhee   15' (pen)
Stewart   78'		 Nichol   40'
mcLean  		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: W McCulloch

Friendly edit

14 October 1935 Friendly Dumbarton 4–3 Rangers 'A' Boghead Park
Nichol   
Lang  
Speedie  		  
 
 		 Attendance: 3,000

Player statistics edit

Players registrations were effectively cancelled and wages fixed at £2 per week which meant that players were free to sign for clubs local to their war work as 'guest players'.

No. Pos Nat Player Total Western Division Emergency Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO John Hill[67] 6 0 6 0 0 0
GK   SCO William Morrison[68] 1 0 1 0 0 0
GK   SCO Duncan Yuill[69] 26 0 23 0 3 0
DF   SCO James Brown[70] 4 0 4 0 0 0
DF   SCO John Casey 19 1 16 1 3 0
DF   SCO Johnny Soutar[71] 33 0 30 0 3 0
DF   SCO Willie Steel 19 0 19 0 0 0
DF   SCO Kenneth Stewart[72] 2 0 2 0 0 0
MF   SCO John Browning 28 2 25 2 3 0
MF   SCO Robert Fraser[73] 6 0 6 0 0 0
MF   SCO John Mathers[74] 26 4 24 4 2 0
MF   SCO David McLean[75] 18 2 17 2 1 0
MF   SCO Stephen Murray 9 4 9 4 0 0
MF   SCO Fulton Wilson[76] 15 0 13 0 2 0
FW   SCO Bowden 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW   SCO David Collins 24 3 22 3 2 0
FW   SCO David Cowan 2 1 2 1 0 0
FW   SCO Willie Dunn 18 7 15 4 3 3
FW   SCO John Getty 5 0 5 0 0 0
FW   SCO John Lang 14 4 11 2 3 2
FW   SCO John McBride[77] 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW   SCO Willie Mills 7 4 7 4 0 0
FW   SCO Jackie Milne 15 6 14 5 1 1
FW   SCO William Nichol[78] 27 2 24 2 3 0
FW   SCO James Shields[79] 6 5 6 5 0 0
FW   SCO Smith[80] 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW   SCO Bobby Speedie[81] 19 4 17 4 2 0
FW   SCO Alex Stewart[82] 11 7 11 7 0 0

Source:[83]

Transfers edit

In addition Walter Bulloch, William Cameron, John Craig, Andrew Cumming, Alistair MacKillop, James McAllister, Patrick McArdle, William Monaghan, John Smith and John Yuill all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.

Source:[84]

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