1928–29 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1928–29 season was the 52nd 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
1928–1929 season
ManagerDonald Colman
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two14th
Scottish CupThird Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Johnny Haddow (11)
All: Johnny Haddow (12)


Scottish League
Main article: 1928–29 Scottish Football League

With just two wins from their first 11 league games, Dumbarton's hopes for promotion in their seventh successive season in the Second Division was never going to be a real possibility. In the end Dumbarton finished 14th out of 19, with 31 points - 20 behind champions Dundee United.[1]

11 August 1928 League East Stirling 1-0 [2][3] Dumbarton Firs Park
Docherty  1' Attendance: 1,500
Referee: W Webb
18 August 1928 League Dumbarton 4-1 [4][5] Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
Harvie  20'
Urquhart  20', 65'
Crawford  68'		 Ross  44' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: W Dawson
25 August 1928 League Forfar Athletic 1-1 [6][7] Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Kilgour  15' Reid  65' Referee: J Mackay
1 September 1928 League Dumbarton 3-3 [8][9] King's Park Boghead Park
Crawford  53' (pen)
Haddow
McLardie  75'		 Baird  55' (pen)
McGreachan  85'
Tonner  88'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: J Robertson
8 September 1928 League Stenhousemuir 1-0 [10][11] Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Howie  15' Referee: H McLachlan
15 September 1928 League Dumbarton 3-1 [12][13] Dunfermline Athletic Boghead Park
Crawford  10' (pen)
Malloy  30'
Harvie  32'		 Penman  44' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: J Thomson
22 September 1928 League Arthurlie 3-3 [14][15] Dumbarton Dunterlie Park
Clark  5' 15' Malloy
Crawford
Haddow  87'		 Referee: J Hudson
29 September 1928 League Dumbarton 0-2 [16][17] Arbroath Boghead Park
Farquhar  30'
Gibb  33'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: C McGreachan
6 October 1928 League Bathgate 2-3
VOID[18]		 Dumbarton Mill Park, Bathgate
McPherson  47'
Drummond  51'		 Reid  1'
Kirk  53', 57'		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: J Rowan
13 October 1928 League Dumbarton 0-3 [19][20] Bo'ness Boghead Park
Haggerty  20', 30'
Junior  33'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: J Thomson
20 October 1928 League Dumbarton 1-1 [21][22] Clydebank Boghead Park
Crawford
27 October 1928 League Morton 3-1 [23][24] Dumbarton Cappielow Park
McRorie  15', 53'
McCartney 		Orr  89' Attendance: 7,000
Referee: J Prior
3 November 1928 League Dumbarton 4-2 [25][26] Queen of the South Boghead Park
Crawford  43'
Reid  47'
Orr  57'
Haddow 		Lauderdale
Mackie  85'		 Referee: H McLachlan
10 November 1928 League Leith Athletic 3-0 [27][28] Dumbarton Marine Gardens
Marshall  5'
Johnston
Rae 		Referee: J Mackay
17 November 1928 League Dumbarton 1-0 [29][30] Albion Rovers Boghead Park
Crawford  25' Referee: J Baillie
24 November 1928 League Dumbarton 5-2 [31][32] Armadale Boghead Park
Haddow  22' (pen)
McIssac  47', 54', 60'		 Laird  5'
Heigh  69'		 Referee: A Stewart
1 December 1928 League Dundee United 3-1 [33][34] Dumbarton Tannadice Park
Hutchison  15', 20'
Henderson  45' (pen)		 McIssac  21' Attendance: 6,000
Referee: J Rowan
8 December 1928 League Dumbarton 2-1 [35][36] St Bernard's Boghead Park
McIssac  20'
Gillies  46'		 Eadie  35' Attendance: 1,500
Referee: D Reilly
15 December 1928 League East Fife 6-3 [37][38] Dumbarton Bayview Park, Methil
McGaughy  1'
Brown
Nairn  80'
Weir  15'
Kyle 		McIssac
Gillies 		Referee: W Webb
22 December 1928 League Alloa Athletic 0-2 [39][40] Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Haddow  30'
McIssac 		Attendance: 1,500
Referee: A McLean
31 December 1928 League Clydebank 1-6 [41][42] Dumbarton Clydeholm Park
Thomson Kirk
Reid
Crawford
Haddow  85'		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: D Reilly
2 January 1929 League Dumbarton 1-0 [43][44] Morton Boghead Park
Kirk  41'
5 January 1929 League Dumbarton 0-0 [45][46] Forfar Athletic Boghead Park
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: W Webb
12 January 1929 League King's Park 1-1 [47][48] Dumbarton Forthbank Park
Kirk Referee: A Stewart
26 January 1929 League Dumbarton 0-1 [49][50] Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
Kemp  43' Referee: J Robertson
9 February 1929 League Dumbarton 2-0 [51][52] Arthurlie Boghead Park
Malloy
Haddow 		Referee: H McLachlan
20 February 1929 League Arbroath 7-1 [53][54] Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Gibb  16', 20', 47', 84'
Gentles  18'
Gallacher  57', 90'		 Haddow Attendance: 1,200
Referee: J Leggatt
23 February 1929 League Dumbarton 3-0
VOID[55]		 Bathgate Boghead Park
Kirk  10', 33', 80' Referee: W Jamieson
2 March 1929 League Bo'ness 6-0 [56][57] Dumbarton Newtown Park, Bo'ness
Ross  30'
Harvie  (OG)
Hutcheson  57'
Fleming  58', 70'		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: J Black
9 March 1929 League Queen of the South 3-0 [58][59] Dumbarton Palmerston Park
McKenna  20'
Derby  47'
Wright  (pen)		 Referee: W Holborn
16 March 1929 League Dumbarton 1-4 [60][61] Leith Athletic Boghead Park
Miller  (pen) Johnston
Laidlaw
23 March 1929 League Albion Rovers 6-4 [62][63] Dumbarton Cliftonhill
Brant  52', 54'
Weir  67'
Rae  84'		 Crawford  4'
Haddow  7'<vr>Malloy  25'
Kirk  85'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: R Seith
30 March 1929 League Armadale 1-1 [64][65] Dumbarton Volunteer Park, Armadale
Young  41' Miller  63' Referee: W Jamieson
1 April 1929 League Dunfermline Athletic 3-2 [66][67] Dumbarton East End Park
Dickson,T
Syme
Daid 		King  (OG)
Craig
6 April 1929 League Dumbarton 1-1 [68][69] Dundee United Boghead Park
Urquhart  42' Kay  44' Attendance: 1,000
8 April 1929 League Dumbarton 3-2 [70][71] East Stirling Boghead Park
Urquhart  20' (pen)
Kirk 		Campbell
Junior  48'		 Referee: W Dobson
20 April 1929 League St Bernard's 3-0 [72][73] Dumbarton Royal Gymnasium Ground
Eadie  47'
Walker  70'		 Referee: J Leggatt
27 April 1929 League Dumbarton 2-2 [74][75] East Fife Boghead Park
Speedie  75'
Crawford  83'		 Weir  12', 16' (pen) Referee: J Smith

Scottish Cup
Main article: 1928–29 Scottish Cup

Dumbarton reached the third round before losing out to Raith Rovers.

19 January 1929 Cup R1 Dumbarton 6–1[76][77] Inverness Citadel Boghead Park
Orr
Harvie  65'
McLardie
Kirk
Malloy 		Cumming Attendance: 2,000
Referee: J Leggatt
2 February 1929 Cup R2 Fraserburgh 0–3[78][79] Dumbarton Bellslea Park
Malloy  60', 80', 89' Attendance: 1,500
Referee: J Russell
16 February 1929 Cup R3 Raith Rovers 3–2[80][81] Dumbarton Starks Park
Galloway  12'
McBain  37'
Brunton  45'		 Haddow  35'
Malloy 		Attendance: 5,000
Referee: R Innes

Dumbartonshire Cup

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

24 April 1929 Final Clydebank 1-0 Dumbarton Clydeholm Park
Chalmers Attendance: 1,000
Referee: W Holborn

Player statistics
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond DivisionScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Blackstock[82] 404000
GK Jock Bradford[83] 35032030
GK Albert Ferguson 101000
DF William Gibson 101000
DF Daniel Muir 38035030
DF Robert Orr[84] 33330231
DF Robert Shaw[85] 505000
MF Craig[86] 313100
MF Cunningham[87] 101000
MF John Harvie[88] 35432232
MF James Miller 38235230
MF Neish[89] 303000
MF Hugh Reid[90] 17417400
FW James Crawford[91] 3510321030
FW Archibald Gillies[92] 35233220
FW Johnny Haddow 3712341131
FW John Jackson[93] 101000
FW William Kirk[94] 28625531
FW William Molloy 20917435
FW Alex McIsaac[95] 13812810
FW Archibald McLardie 37234131
FW Robert Speedie[96] 111100
FW Angus Urquhart[97] 858500

Source:[98]

Transfers

In addition Andrew Hamill, James Laing, Thomas Lamont, Andrew Mair, William Murray, John Pearson and John Russell all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.

Source:[99]

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