1937–38 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1937–38 season was the 61st Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup.

Dumbarton
1937–1938 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two7th
Scottish CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jimmy Smith (29)
All: Jimmy Smith (29)

Scottish League
Main article: 1937–38 Scottish Football League

Dumbarton made another encouraging start to their 15th season in a row in the Second Division, with only one defeat in their first 8 games. Although that form wasn't maintained fully, Dumbarton had their best season for a number of years by finishing 7th out of 18, with 39 points – 20 behind champions Raith Rovers. For the fifth time, Dumbarton maintained an unbeaten home league record, but with only 3 wins from 17 fixtures away from Boghead, promotion was never going to be a real possibility.[1]

14 August 1937 League Brechin City 3–4 [2][3] Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
McMahon  4'
Cargill  29' (pen)
Deans  57' (OG)		 Smith,J  18', 48', 69'
Murray  56'		 Attendance: 1,100
Referee: A Henderson
21 August 1937 League Dumbarton 5–1 [4][5] Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
Smith,G
Smith,J  (pen)
Duffy 		Hutchison  (pen) Attendance: 3,500
Referee: A Cockburn
28 August 1937 League East Stirling 2–2 [6][7] Dumbarton Firs Park
Meechan
Beath  67'		 Smith,G  40'
Murray  76'		 Referee: W Murray
4 September 1937 League Dumbarton 5–1 [8][9] Dundee United Boghead Park
Smith,G
Smith,J
Murray 		Shelligan  (pen) Attendance: 4,000
Referee: J Welsh
11 September 1937 League Forfar Athletic 4–3 [10][11] Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Smith  20'
Bain  58', 61'
Campbell  67'		 Smith,G  9', 80'
Duffy  79'		 Referee: R Carruthers
18 September 1937 League Dumbarton 3–0 [12][13] Leith Athletic Boghead Park
Smith,J
Duffy
Robertson 		Attendance: 4,000
Referee: A Williamson
25 September 1937 League Airdrie 1–3 [14][15] Dumbarton Broomfield Park
Murray  15' Smith,G  26'
Robertson  35'		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: M Dale
2 October 1937 League Dumbarton 4–4 [16][17] Cowdenbeath Boghead Park
Devers
Smith,J
Smith,G  82'		 Walls
Watters 		Attendance: 3,000
Referee: A Fair
9 October 1937 League East Fife 4–1 [18][19] Dumbarton Bayview Park, Methil
McCartney  20', 43', 60'
McLeod  46'		 Duffy  42' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: J Provan
16 October 1937 League Dumbarton 2–2 [20][21] Raith Rovers Boghead Park
Smith,J
Robertson  82'		 Joyner  23'
Gilmour  50'		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: R Carruthers
23 October 1937 League Dunfermline Athletic 4–1 [22][23] Dumbarton East End Park, Dunfermline



 Robertson Attendance: 3,000
Referee: A Fair
30 October 1937 League King's Park 1–0 [24][25] Dumbarton Forthbank Park
Referee: H Stokes
6 November 1937 League Dumbarton 3–2 [26][27] Albion Rovers Boghead Park
Robertson  57'
Smith,G  64'
Smith,J  69'		 Burke  2', 89' Attendance: 6,500
Referee: T Fyfe
13 November 1937 League Alloa Athletic 2–1 [28][29] Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa

 Smith,J Referee: J Mackay
20 November 1937 League Dumbarton 4–0 [30][31] Montrose Boghead Park
Duffy
Masson  (OG)
Smith,J  90' (pen)		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: C Faultless
27 November 1937 League St Bernard's 1–0 [32][33] Dumbarton Royal Gymnasium Ground
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: A Cunningham
4 December 1937 League Dumbarton 7–0 [34][35] Brechin City Boghead Park
Smith,J  40', 67', 70'
Duffy  42', 57'
Smith,G  45'
Murray  90'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: W Gilchrist
18 December 1937 League Dumbarton 3–2 [36][37] East Fife Boghead Park
Smith,J
Duffy
Smith,G 		McCartney Attendance: 2,000
25 December 1937 League Stenhousemuir 4–2 [38][39] Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Cowan  50'
Rae
Hill 		Smith,G  20'
Smith,J 		Referee: W Gilchrist
1 January 1938 League Dumbarton 2–0 [40][41] Forfar Athletic Boghead Park
Smith,G  1'
Duffy  45'		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: W McCall
3 January 1938 League Cowdenbeath 4–1 [42][43] Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath



 Duffy
8 January 1938 League Leith Athletic 2–0 [44][45] Dumbarton Old Meadowbank
Kinnear  (pen)
Murphy  90'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: A Henderson
15 January 1938 League Dumbarton 3–1 [46][47] East Stirling Boghead Park
Smith,G  13'
Duffy
Cochrane 		Ross Attendance: 2,500
Referee: J Welsh
29 January 1938 League Dundee United 1–4 [48][49] Dumbarton Tannadice Park
Rumbles Smith,J
Robertson
Smith,G 		Attendance: 2,000
Referee: A Cunningham
5 February 1938 League Dumbarton 8–0 [50][51] Edinburgh City Boghead Park
Smith,G
Smith,J
Robertson 		Attendance: 2,500
Referee: C Faultless
12 February 1938 League Montrose 0–0 [52][53] Dumbarton Links Park
Referee: M Dale
19 February 1938 League Raith Rovers 7–0 [54][55] Dumbarton Starks Park
Haywood  5'
Whitelaw  25'
Gilmour 		Attendance: 5,000
Referee: A Williamson
26 February 1938 League Dumbarton 4–1 [56][57] King's Park Boghead Park
Smith,J
Smith,G
Trialist
12 March 1938 League Dumbarton 4–1 [58][59] Dunfermline Athletic Boghead Park
Smith,J
Smith,G 		Izatt  77' Attendance: 5,000
Referee: A Cockburn
19 March 1938 League Albion Rovers 3–0 [60][61] Dumbarton Cliftonhill
Keirnan  39'
Bell  80'
Burke 		Attendance: 5,000
Referee: W Gilchrist
26 March 1938 League Dumbarton 2–1 [62][63] St Bernard's Boghead Park
Smith,G
Smith,J 		Flucher Attendance: 4,000
Referee: W Murray
2 April 1938 League Edinburgh City 4–0 [64][65] Dumbarton East Pilton, Edinburgh

Bell

Referee: J Mackay
9 April 1938 League Dumbarton 2–0 [66][67] Airdrie Boghead Park
Robertson
Smith,G  86'		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: M Dale
16 April 1938 League Dumbarton 2–2 [68][69] Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
Smith,J
Kemp
Referee: J Welsh

Scottish Cup
Main article: 1937–38 Scottish Cup

Dumbarton came up against first division Kilmarnock in the first round and despite a good fight were to finish up second best.

22 January 1938 Cup R1 Kilmarnock 6–0[70][71] Dumbarton Rugby Park
Candy  36'
Reid  40'
Thomson  57'
Fyfe 		Attendance: 9,000
Referee: J Baillie

Friendly
5 March 1938 Friendly Dumbarton 3–3 East Stirling Boghead Park
Smith,G
Roughead Attendance: 1,000

Player statistics
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond DivisionScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK William Morrison[72] 24023010
GK Robert Muir[73] 11011000
DF John Casey 31030010
DF John Clay[74] 32031010
DF James McKain[75] 707000
MF Daniel Clancy[76] 19018010
MF Coleman[77] 101000
MF John Curley[78] 202000
MF William Deans[79] 707000
MF Ferguson[80] 101000
MF John Irvine[81] 13013000
MF William Kemp[82] 11111100
MF James McAllister[83] 21020010
MF David Muir[84] 202000
MF Stephen Murray 28427410
MF Willie White[85] 19018010
FW Sandy Cochrane 15115100
FW Thomas Devers[86] 727200
FW Archibald Duffy[87] 2612251210
FW Abram Robertson[88] 34933910
FW Gavin Smith 3525342510
FW Jimmy Smith 3529342910
FW Sneddon[89] 202000
FW Trialist 202000

Source:[90]

Transfers

In addition John Glass, James Mitchell, David Ogilvie, Willie Parlane, Alex Scott and Alex Young all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.

Source:[91]

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