1954–55 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1954–1955 season
Manager Peter McGown
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League C Division (South West) 4th
Scottish Cup Third Round
Scottish Supplementary League Cup Prelims
Top goalscorer League: Hughie Gallacher (27)
All: Hughie Gallacher (32)
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

Season 1954–55 was the 78th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the 60th time.

Overview

With club finances re-structured, a new manager (Peter McGown having taken over from Willie Irvine) and a new youthful team in place, the season was approached with some confidence, in the knowledge that only winning the league would guarantee a return to the top 'tiers' of Scottish football.

However, things were not going to be easy, since apart from Stranraer, their league opponents would be the reserve (or 'A') sides of the bigger clubs from the top two divisions - and so it was to prove, for despite challenging strongly throughout the season, only a 4th place out of 13 was achieved, Nevertheless, league re-construction at the end of the season meant that the Divisions C were brought to an end, with Dumbarton, Stranraer, Montrose, East Stirling and Berwick Rangers all joining a revamped 19 team Second Division for season 1955-56.

In the Scottish Cup, there was an early exit with Dumbarton losing to Montrose in the third round.

No progress was made from the sectional games in the Supplementary League Cup, finishing 5th of 7, with four wins and two draws from 12 matches.

There was also a first round defeat in the Stirlingshire Cup, to East Stirling.

In addition to league and cup duties, a number of friendlies were played, including an impressive win against a strong Dundee side.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

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Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
6 November 1954 Motherwell 'A' H 3-0 Johnston;Gallacher,H;Heaney
13 November 1954 Airdrie 'A' A 3-3 Gallacher,H(3)
20 November 1954 Ayr United 'A' A 5-1 Gallacher,H(2);Johnston;Heaney;Auld
27 November 1954 Clyde 'A' H 4-1 Gallacher,H;Johnston;Anderson;Auld 2,200
4 December 1954 St Mirren 'A' H 2-2 Gallacher,H;Heaney
18 December 1954 Motherwell 'A' A 2-1 Gallacher,H(2)
25 December 1954 Queen's Park Strollers A 3-4 Gallacher,H;Heaney;OG
1 January 1955 Rangers 'A' H 1-1 Gallacher,H
3 January 1955 Stranraer A 3-3 Heaney(2);Anderson
8 January 1955 Stranraer H 1-3 Gallacher,H
29 January 1955 Queen of the South 'A' H 3-1 Liddell(3)
5 February 1955 Third Lanark 'A' H 2-0 Johnston;Heaney
12 February 1955 Kilmarnock 'A' H 2-1 McKay;Heaney
19 February 1955 Queen's Park Strollers H 2-1 McDonald;Heaney 2,100
5 March 1955 Airdrie 'A' H 7-1 Gallacher,H(3);Liddell(3);Johnston
12 March 1955 Ayr United 'A' H 1-1 Gallacher,H
19 March 1955 Clyde 'A' A 1-4 Gallacher,H
26 March 1955 St Mirren 'A' H 1-1 Gallacher,H
9 April 1955 Partick Thistle 'A' A 4-1 Gallacher,H(3);McDonald
16 April 1955 Queen of the South 'A' H 4-1 Gallacher,H(2);Vine;Auld
18 April 1955 Third Lanark 'A' A 2-1 Gallacher,H(2)
23 April 1955 Kilmarnock 'A' A 0-4
27 April 1955 Rangers 'A' A 0-3
30 April 1955 Partick Thistle 'A' H 2-8 Gallacher,H;OG

League table

Top Four

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Partick Thistle 'A' 24 18 4 2 89 36 53 40
2 Rangers 'A' 24 16 4 4 53 26 27 36
3 St Mirren 'A' 24 14 6 4 57 39 18 34
4 Dumbarton 24 12 6 6 58 46 12 30

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1954–55 Scottish Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
9 October 1954 3 Montrose A 1-3 Anderson 2,000

Scottish Supplementary League Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
14 August 1954 P Third Lanark 'A' A 0-1
18 August 1954 P Rangers 'A' H 2-3 Hepburn;Clements
21 August 1954 P St Mirren 'A' H 0-3
25 August 1954 P Queen's Park Strollers H 2-1 Duff(2)
28 August 1954 P Third Lanark 'A' H 1-0 Gallacher,H
1 September 1954 P Clyde 'A' A 2-2 McCall;Gallacher,H
8 September 1954 P Queen's Park Strollers A 1-0 McCall
13 September 1954 P St Mirren 'A' H 2-4 McCall;Walsh
18 September 1954 P Clyde 'A' H 0-2
2 October 1954 P Partick Thistle 'A' H 2-0 Gallacher,H(2)
25 April 1955 P Partick Thistle 'A' A 1-1 Gallacher,H
2 May 1955 P Rangers 'A' A 0-2

Section Table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rangers 'A' 12 10 1 1 33 17 15 21
2 St Mirren 'A' 12 6 3 3 30 18 12 15
3 Partick Thistle 'A' 12 7 1 4 32 22 10 15
4 Clyde 'A' 12 4 3 5 23 28 –5 11
5 Dumbarton 12 4 2 6 13 19 –6 10
6 Queens Park Strollers 12 2 2 8 16 28 –12 6
7 Third Lanark 'A' 12 3 0 9 20 35 –15 6

Stirlingshire Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
23 October 1954 1 East Stirling H 2-4 Gallacher,H;Vine

Other Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
5 August 1954 Third Lanark A 1-2 unknown
11 September 1954 Dundee A 1-0 Gallacher,H
25 September 1954 Kilmarnock 'A' H 4-2 Gallacher,H(2);unknown
16 October 1954 Hibernian 'A' H 0-3
11 December 1954 Hearts 'A' H 2-3 Gallacher,H;Welsh 2,000
26 February 1955 Motherwell 'A' H 0-8

Appearances

Dumbarton used 38 players for the 37 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish Supplementary League Cup matches, as detailed below. John McKay was best as the only player to feature in all of these matches. Note that unnamed trialist(s) played in two occasions.[1]

Player Position[2] Appearances Goals
Scotland Anderson FW 17 3
Scotland Bertie Auld FW 19 3
Scotland Les Brown FW 6
Scotland Joe Cadden MF 7
Scotland Clements FW 1 1
Scotland Don Cornock MF 30
Scotland Tommy Craig MF 2
Scotland Jim Davie MF 5
Scotland Docherty FW 1
Scotland Duff FW 2 2
Scotland Jackie Fearn FW 1
Scotland Jimmy Finnie FW 1
Scotland Fraser FW 1
Scotland Hugh Gallacher FW 34 32
Scotland Joe Gallacher MF 25
Scotland Willie Gibson FW 1
Scotland Gilhooly MF 8
Scotland Jim Gray DF 33
Scotland John Heaney FW 26 9
Scotland Tony Hepburn FW 2 1
Scotland Tommy Irwin MF 1
Scotland Joe Johnston FW 22 5
Scotland Lawrence Leslie GK 1
Scotland George Liddell FW 10 6
Scotland Jim Maguire FW 2
Scotland Alex Mayberry FW 2
Scotland Gerry McCaffrey FW 2
Scotland John McCall MF 32 3
Scotland McCloy FW 4
Scotland Jimmy McDonald FW 2 1
Scotland John McKay DF 37
Scotland Moran MF 4
Scotland Wallace Murdoch GK 22
Scotland Jimmy Ritchie GK 15
Scotland Sandford FW 2
Scotland Jimmy Timmins FW 1
Scotland Jim Vine FW 11 1
Scotland Walsh FW 15 1

Reserve Team

Dumbarton only played one official 'reserve' match in the Second XI Cup, losing in the first round to Clyde, after a replay.

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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