1952–53 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1952–1953 season
Manager William Irvine
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League B Division 10th
Scottish Cup First Round
Scottish League Cup Prelims
Top goalscorer League: Jackie Malloch (17)
All: Jackie Malloch (18)
← 1951–52 1953–54 →

Season 1952–53 was the 76th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 47th time, the Scottish Cup for the 58th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 7th time.

Overview

An uncharacteristic good start to the league campaign saw 5 points taken from the first 3 games, but this form was unable to be maintained and Dumbarton finished in a mid-table 10th place, 16 behind champions Stirling Albion.

In the Scottish Cup, there was a quick exit at the first hurdle with Dumbarton losing to Cowdenbeath.

Despite an unbeaten home record in the League Cup sectional games, with two wins and a draw - three away defeats, including an 1-11 thrashing by Ayr United (matching Dumbarton's heaviest defeat recorded in the 1925-26 season) ensured that Dumbarton finished 3rd of 4, resulting in no further progress in this competition.

However, silverware was achieved, with a first win in the Stirlingshire Cup, where Dumbarton defeated East Stirling in the final.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

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Main article: 1952–53 Scottish Football League
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
8 September 1952 Albion Rovers H 1-0 Irwin 3,500
13 September 1952 Dunfermline Athletic A 2-2 Malloch(2) 4,000
20 September 1952 Queen's Park H 2-1 McCaffrey;Finnie 4,000
27 September 1952 Ayr United A 0-5 7,000
4 October 1952 Forfar Athletic H 2-1 Irwin(2)
11 October 1952 Morton A 1-6 Irwin 5,000
18 October 1952 Dundee United H 1-3 Frame 2,500
25 October 1952 Alloa Athletic A 1-4 Finnie
1 November 1952 Arbroath H 5-5 Malloch(3);Gibbons(2) 2,000
8 November 1952 Kilmarnock A 1-2 Frame
15 November 1952 Hamilton A 1-3 Tait
22 November 1952 Cowdenbeath H 4-0 Shaw;Donegan;Malloch;Frame
29 November 1952 St Johnstone A 2-3 McCaffrey;Tait
6 December 1952 Stenhousemuir H 1-0 Irwin
13 December 1952 Stirling Albion A 1-2 Finnie
20 December 1952 Albion Rovers A 1-3 Malloch
27 December 1952 Dunfermline Athletic H 1-1 McCaffrey
1 January 1953 Queen's Park A 0-1
3 January 1953 Ayr United H 2-2 Shaw;Swan
10 January 1953 Forfar Athletic A 2-5 Shaw;Donegan
17 January 1953 Morton H 4-2 Malloch(2);Shaw;Donegan
31 January 1953 Dundee United A 3-2 Irwin(2);Malloch 15,000
14 February 1953 Alloa Athletic H 4-2 Donegan(2);McCaffrey;Malloch
21 February 1953 Arbroath A 1-2 Scott
28 February 1953 Kilmarnock H 4-2 Shaw;Bell,T;Maxwell;Scott
7 March 1953 Hamilton H 1-2 McCaffrey
14 March 1953 Cowdenbeath A 2-2 McCaffrey(2) 2,000
21 March 1953 St Johnstone H 2-2 Malloch;OG
28 March 1953 Stenhousemuir A 2-1 Malloch(2)
4 April 1953 Stirling Albion H 4-1 Malloch(3);Finnie

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1952–53 Scottish Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
24 January 1953 1 Cowdenbeath H 1-3 Shaw 6,000

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 1952–53 Scottish League Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
9 August 1952 P Dundee United H 3-1 Donegan;Finnie;OG 3,000
13 August 1952 P Ayr United A 1-11 Donegan
16 August 1952 P Stirling Albion A 0-3 7,000
23 August 1952 P Dundee United H 0-1 7,000
27 August 1952 P Ayr United H 1-1 Finnie 3,000
30 August 1952 P Stirling Albion H 2-1 Irwin;Malloch

Stirlingshire Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
25 April 1953 SF Alloa Athletic H 2-2 Scott;Malloch
28 April 1953 SFR Alloa Athletic A 4-1 Malloch(2);Scott;Frame
9 May 1953 F East Stirling A 3-1 Finnie(2);unknown

Appearances

Dumbarton used 25 players for the 37 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. George Ferguson and Gerry McCaffrey were best by featuring in 33 of these matches. Note that an unnamed trialist played in one match.[1]

Player Position[2] Appearances Goals
Scotland Danny Bell DF 15
Scotland Tommy Bell FW 2 1
Scotland Jack Cameron DF 3
Scotland Tom Donegan FW 24 7
Scotland George Ferguson DF 33
Scotland Jim Finnie FW 21 6
Scotland Jimmy Frame FW 11 3
Scotland W Gaston FW 1
Scotland John Gibbons FW 4 2
Scotland John Glover FW 1
Scotland Tommy Irwin MF 27 8
Scotland Jackie Malloch FW 31 18
Scotland Jim Maxwell FW 6 1
Scotland Gerry McCaffrey FW 33 7
Scotland Don McDonald MF 18
Scotland Jack McNee DF 16
Scotland Wallace Murdoch GK 30
Scotland George Paton GK 7
Scotland Jimmy Scott FW 20 1
Scotland Hugh Shaw MF 31 6
Scotland Jackie Swan FW 10 1
Scotland Andy Tait MF 31 2
Scotland Jimmy Whyte MF 31
Scotland Jimmy Wilson FW 1

Reserve Team

Dumbarton only played one competitive 'reserve' fixture - in the Second XI Cup - but lost in the first round to St Mirren.

See also

References

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  2. ↑ The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two defenders, three midfielders and five forwards).

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