1927–28 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1927–28 season was the 51st Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup. In addition Dumbarton played in the Dumbartonshire Cup.

Dumbarton
1927–1928 season
ManagerDonald Colman
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two11th
Scottish CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Angus Urquhart (36)
All: Angus Urquhart (36)

Scottish League
Main article: 1927–28 Scottish Football League

Dumbarton's sixth consecutive season in the Second Division, while certainly an improvement on the previous season, was unremarkable in most respects. A run of six league defeats at the beginning of 1928 brought the threat of relegation, but 5 wins from 6 games at the end of the season lifted the team to an 11th place out of 20 with 36 points - 18 behind champions Ayr United.[1]

13 August 1927 League Dumbarton 0-1 [2][3] Arthurlie Boghead Park
Armstrong  10' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: A Jennings
20 August 1927 League Queen of the South 6-2 [4][5] Dumbarton Palmerston Park
Connell  1'
McCall  44'
Mackie
Halliday  89'		 Crawford  11'
Urquhart 		Referee: H Watson
27 August 1927 League Dumbarton 3-3 [6][7] St Bernard's Boghead Park
Urquhart  7'
Kirk 		McCuaig
Dickson  83'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: C MacDonald
3 September 1927 League Bathgate 2-3 [8][9] Dumbarton Mill Park, Bathgate
McKinley  62'
Houston  67'		 Urquhart  32', 87'
Crawford  37'		 Referee: W Jamieson
10 September 1927 League Dumbarton 5-0 [10][11] Morton Boghead Park
Russell  5', 41'
Urquhart  30'
McLardie
Harvie
17 September 1927 League Albion Rovers 2-3 [12][13] Dumbarton Cliftonhill
Quinn  67'
McKenna  (pen)		 McLardie  72', 80'
Russell  81'		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: W Webb
24 September 1927 League Dumbarton 4-5 [14][15] King's Park Boghead Park
Russell  1'
Urquhart  (pen) (pen) (pen)		 Granger
Leonard  44'
Toner  65' (pen)		 Attendance: 3,000
1 October 1927 League Alloa Athletic 3-3 [16][17] Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Campbell  40'
Barr  42'		 Russell  15'
Kirk  60'
Crawford 		Referee: R Seith
8 October 1927 League Dumbarton 2-0 [18][19] Forfar Athletic Boghead Park
Russell  15'
Miller  60'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: H Watson
15 October 1927 League Clydebank 1-2 [20][21] Dumbarton Clydeholm Park
Thomson  40' Crawford  55', 80' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: J Hudson
22 October 1927 League Third Lanark 4-1 [22][23] Dumbarton Cathkin Park
McCurley  12'
Hamill
Parker 		Crawford  43' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: J Prior
29 October 1927 League Dumbarton 2-2 [24][25] Leith Athletic Boghead Park
Russell
McPhail 		Elliot  48'
Young 		Attendance: 3,000
Referee: W Webb
5 November 1927 League Dumbarton 1-3 [26][27] East Fife Boghead Park
Kirk  75' Weir  20'
Paterson  83'
Cowan  90'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: R Seith
12 November 1927 League East Stirling 5-0 [28][29] Dumbarton Firs Park
Stoddard  4' 43' (pen) 70' (pen)
Russell 		Referee: W Webb
19 November 1927 League Dumbarton 2-0 [30][31] Ayr United Boghead Park
Urquhart  20', 33' Attendance: 1,500
Referee: G Robertson
26 November 1927 League Dundee United 3-1 [32][33] Dumbarton Tannadice Park
Campbell  70'
Walker  85' (pen)
Kay  87'		 Urquhart Attendance: 7,000
Referee: J Grant
3 December 1927 League Armadale 2-0 [34][35] Dumbarton Volunteer Park, Armadale
Grove  25', 83' Referee: J Rowan
10 December 1927 League Dumbarton 2-0 [36][37] Arbroath Boghead Park
Urquhart  42'
Crawford  58'		 Referee: W Jamieson
17 December 1927 League Stenhousemuir 1-0 [38][39] Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Morrison,E  45' Referee: C Ritchie
24 December 1927 League Arthurlie 0-1 [40][41] Dumbarton Dunterlie Park
Urquhart  15' Referee: A Stewart
31 December 1927 League Dumbarton 2-1 [42][43] Bathgate Boghead Park
Urquhart  44', 65' Hughes  40' Referee: J Rowan
2 January 1928 League Dumbarton 0-2 [44][45] Clydebank Boghead Park
Thomson
Chalmers 		Attendance: 2,000
Referee: W Blair
3 January 1928 League Morton 2-0 [46][47] Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Jessman Attendance: 2,000
Referee: J Leggatt
7 January 1928 League St Bernard's 2-0 [48][49] Dumbarton Royal Gymnasium Ground
Swanson  5'
Patrick 		Referee: W McDonald
14 January 1928 League Dumbarton 0-1 [50][51] Albion Rovers Boghead Park
Trialist  60' Referee: J Hudson
28 January 1928 League Forfar Athletic 3-2 [52][53] Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Menzies  15'
Davidson  40'
McLean  88' (pen)		 Urquhart  53', 85' (pen) Referee: W Blair
4 February 1928 League Leith Athletic 2-1 [54][55] Dumbarton New Powderhall
Anderson
Aitchison  (OG)		 Crawford Attendance: 1,500
8 February 1928 League Dumbarton 2-1 [56][57] Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
Urquhart
Kirk 		Junior Referee: J Robertson
11 February 1928 League King's Park 4-0 [58][59] Dumbarton Forthbank Park
Tonner  75'
Scoular  90'		 Referee: J Grant
25 February 1928 League Dumbarton 0-0 [60][61] Third Lanark Boghead Park
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: R Seith
3 March 1928 League Dumbarton 1-0 [62][63] Queen of the South Boghead Park
Urquhart  60' Referee: J Thomson
10 March 1928 League East Fife 4-1 [64][65] Dumbarton Bayview Park, Methil
Weir  56', 86'
Russell  85'		 Urquhart Referee: J McKay
17 March 1928 League Dumbarton 6-1 [66][67] East Stirling Boghead Park
Urquhart  20' 40'
Miller
Crawford  89'		 Bowie Referee: J Rowan
24 March 1928 League Ayr United 0-1 [68][69] Dumbarton Somerset Park
Urquhart  15' Referee: W Jamieson
31 March 1928 League Dumbarton 3-0 [70][71] Dundee United Boghead Park
Urquhart  44' (pen)
Hamill  65', 70'		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: J McKay
7 April 1928 League Dumbarton 6-2 [72][73] Armadale Boghead Park
Urquhart  10' 15' 43' 46'
Hamill  88'		 Junior  42'
Tonner  70', pen'		 Referee: C McDonald
14 April 1928 League Arbroath 3-0 [74][75] Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Gentles  51', 56'
Warrander  68'		 Referee: W Webb
21 April 1928 League Dumbarton 4-1 [76][77] Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
Urquhart  25' 60'
Kirk  70'		 Robertson Referee: J Leggatt

Scottish Cup
Main article: 1927–28 Scottish Cup

Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by Hamilton.

25 January 1928 Cup R1 Dumbarton 2–3[78][79] Hamilton Boghead Park
McLardie  80'
Gillies  94'		 Toner  1'
Dick  20'
McKay  43'		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: R Innes

Dumbartonshire Cup

Dumbarton were runners-up in the Dumbartonshire Cup for the fourth season running, losing out to Clydebank in the final.

18 February 1928 Semi Final Dumbarton 7-2 Vale of Leven Boghead Park
Muir
Crawford
Harvie
Lamont
Murray
28 April 1928 Final Clydebank 0-0 Dumbarton Clydeholm Park
Attendance: 1,000
30 April 1928 Final Replay Clydebank 4-2 Dumbarton Clydeholm Park
Thomson
Chalmers 		Crawford Attendance: 1,000

Player statistics
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond DivisionScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Jock Bradford[80] 14013010
GK Duncan Yuill[81] 24024000
DF Alfred Aitchison[82] 14014000
DF Daniel Muir 35034010
DF Robert Shaw[83] 27026010
MF John Harvie 32131110
MF James Laing[84] 12012000
MF Thomas Lamont[85] 707000
MF Andrew Mair 606000
MF James Miller 38237210
MF John Muir 404000
MF Rock[86] 101000
MF Watt[87] 202000
MF Trialist 303000
FW Brown[88] 101000
FW James Crawford[89] 35934910
FW Archibald Gillies[90] 30129011
FW Andrew Hamill[91] 10310300
FW William Kirk[92] 37536510
FW Archibald McLardie[93] 27426311
FW Donald MacPhail 12111110
FW William Murray[94] 707000
FW John Pearson[95] 303000
FW John Russell[96] 12612600
FW Angus Urquhart[97] 3636353610

Source:[98]

Transfers

In addition Alfred Aitchison, John Black, robert Dennett, George Greenshields and Robert Main all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.

Source:[99]

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