1938–39 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1938–39 season was the 62nd Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup.

Dumbarton
1938–1939 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two11th
Scottish CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: J McBride (19)
All: J McBride (20)

Scottish League
Main article: 1938–39 Scottish Football League

Dumbarton went into their 16th successive season in the Second Division encouraged by the positive performance from the previous campaign, and indeed with 6 wins and 3 draws from their first 10 games, it seemed that at last a challenge on the title could be mounted, but as before, the good results couldn't be maintained, and with only one win from the next 12 games the chance was gone. In the end, Dumbarton finished a disappointing 11th out of 18, with 30 points - half of that gathered by champions Cowdenbeath.[1]

13 August 1938 League Dumbarton 4-0 [2][3] East Stirling Boghead Park
Smith,Jm  15', 46'
Cameron  54'
Mooney  (OG)		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: E Gibbon
20 August 1938 League Brechin City 0-3 [4][5] Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Fraser  3', 70'
Smith,Jm  42' (pen)		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: J Henderson
27 August 1938 League Dumbarton 1-3 [6][7] Morton Boghead Park
Fraser  70' Collins
Anderson  8'
Meechan  44' (pen)		 Attendance: 7,000
Referee: R Scott
3 September 1938 League Leith Athletic 1-2 [8][9] Dumbarton Old Meadowbank
Duffy Smith,Jm  1'
Cameron 		Attendance: 2,000
Referee: A Williamson
10 September 1938 League Dumbarton 2-0 [10][11] Forfar Athletic Boghead Park
Smith,Jm
Cameron 		Attendance: 4,000
Referee: C Faultless
17 September 1938 League Edinburgh City 2-2 [12][13] Dumbarton East Pilton, Edinburgh
White Hughes Referee: J Boyd
24 September 1938 League Dumbarton 1-0 [14][15] Dundee United Boghead Park
Murray  40' Attendance: 4,000
Referee: W Robertson
1 October 1938 League Dunfermline Athletic 2-2 [16][17] Dumbarton East End Park, Dunfermline
Callan  27'
McFadden 		Bulloch  33'
Smith,Jm  (pen)		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: J McKerracher
8 October 1938 League Dumbarton 2-2 [18][19] Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
Smith,G  20'
Smith,Jm  30'		 McMillan  48'
Stark  52'		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: J Mackay
15 October 1938 League Dumbarton 2-1 [20][21] King's Park Boghead Park
Cameron
Yuill 		Attendance: 4,000
22 October 1938 League East Fife 5-1 [22][23] Dumbarton Bayview Park, Methil
Adams  15', 77'
Miller  22'
McLafferty
McLeod  75'		 Smith,G Attendance: 5,000
Referee: J Boyd
29 October 1938 League Dumbarton 4-4 [24][25] Dundee Boghead Park
McBride
McArdle
Murray 		McGillivray  (pen)
Stewart
McAllister  (OG)
Laurie 		Attendance: 4,500
Referee: C Faultless
5 November 1938 League Montrose 2-2 [26][27] Dumbarton Links Park
Galloway  46'
Adam 		Trialist  10'
McBride  35'		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: J Mackay
12 November 1938 League Dumbarton 0-0 [28][29] Airdrie Boghead Park
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: R Scott
19 November 1938 League Dumbarton 1-4 [30][31] Cowdenbeath Boghead Park
Yuill Milne  5'
Boag
Walls  45' (pen)
Hillan 		Attendance: 5,000
Referee: J Provan
26 November 1938 League St Bernard's 2-4 [32][33] Dumbarton Royal Gymnasium Ground
Johnston,J  (pen)
Johnston,S 		McBride
McKillop 		Attendance: 1,000
Referee: J Taylor
3 December 1938 League Dumbarton 2-3 [34][35] Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
McKillop
Yuill

Attendance: 4,500
Referee: C Faultless
10 December 1938 League Dundee United 4-2 [36][37] Dumbarton Tannadice Park
Benzie  6', 84'
Hutchinson  11', 19'		 McBride  12' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: J Smillie
17 December 1938 League Dumbarton 2-2 [38][39] Montrose Boghead Park
McKillop  8'
Casey  (pen)		 Adam
McMahon  60'		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: W Robertson
31 December 1938 League Dumbarton 1-1 [40][41] Leith Athletic Boghead Park
McKillop Robertson Referee: J Lapping
2 January 1939 League Forfar Athletic 6-6 [42][43] Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
McLean
Adamson  45'
Sturrock  (pen) (pen)
Wattie 		McKillop  5'
McBride  9', 30'
McArdle
Yuill  65'		 Attendance: 1,600
Referee: H Havard
14 January 1939 League Cowdenbeath 3-1 [44][45] Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Milne  16'
Walls  68'
Monaghan  74' (OG)		 McKillop  60' Attendance: 1,000
Referee: J Boyd
28 January 1939 League Dumbarton 2-0 [46][47] East Fife Boghead Park
Smith,G  72'
McArdle  87'		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: J Mackay
4 February 1939 League Dumbarton 1-3 [48][49] Brechin City Boghead Park
Smith,G  22' Watson  29', 39'
Smith,Jm  42' (OG)		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: R Scott
11 February 1939 League Airdrie 6-1 [50][51] Dumbarton Broomfield Park
Donald  17', 21', 23', 57'
O'Rawe  65'
Divers  77'		 Bulloch  44' Referee: A Williamson
18 February 1939 League East Stirling 6-4 [52][53] Dumbarton Firs Park
Newman  23'
Morrison  47', 64'
Ferguson  55', 87'
Cook  69'		 McBride  6', 32', 83'
McArdle  70'		 Referee: J Taylor
25 February 1939 League Dumbarton 2-2 [54][55] Dunfermline Athletic Boghead Park
McAllister  30' (pen), 75' (pen) McFadden  56'
Johnston  59'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: R Scott
4 March 1939 League Stenhousemuir 2-0 [56][57] Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Donald  40'
Nichol  80'		 Referee: A Williamson
18 March 1939 League Morton 2-1 [58][59] Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Anderson  9'
Gillespie  81'		 Yuill  33' Attendance: 1,200
Referee: J Boyd
1 April 1939 League Dumbarton 1-2 [60][61] St Bernard's Boghead Park
Cameron  10' Kemp  52'
Miller  63'		 Referee: W Robertson
8 April 1939 League Alloa Athletic 2-1 [62][63] Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Smith  23'
Fitzsimmons  89'		 Yuill  5' Referee: A Williamson
15 April 1939 League Dundee 1-1 [64][65] Dumbarton Dens Park
Wilson McBride Attendance: 1,700
Referee: G Bryden
22 April 1939 League Dumbarton 5-1 [66][67] Edinburgh City Boghead Park
McBride  19', 23', 57', 87'
Yuill  23'		 Newman  36' Referee: J Smillie
26 April 1939 League King's Park 2-2 [68][69] Dumbarton Forthbank Park

 McBride
Speedie

Scottish Cup
Main article: 1938–39 Scottish Cup

Dumbarton fell at the 'first hurdle' in a shock defeat to non-league minnows Blairgowrie.

21 January 1939 Cup R1 Blairgowrie 3–2[70][71] Dumbarton Blairgowrie and Rattray
Linton  3' (pen), 25'
Boland  60'		 Mcallister  27' (pen)
McBride  66'		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: W Keys

Player statistics
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond DivisionScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Andrew Cumming[72] 12011010
GK William Morrison[73] 23023000
DF Thomas Bilsland[74] 12012000
DF Walter Bulloch[75] 23223200
DF John Casey[76] 27126110
DF John Newton[77] 19018010
DF John Smith[78] 16016000
MF Frank Campbell 202000
MF James McAllister[79] 23322211
MF Patrick McArdle[80] 29428410
MF William Monaghan[81] 18017010
MF Stephen Murray 29228210
FW William Cameron[82] 17517500
FW John Craig[83] 808000
FW John Forsyth 606000
FW N James Fraser 333300
FW W Hughes[84] 121200
FW Alistair MacKillop[85] 20719710
FW John McBride[86] 2520241911
FW McLean[87] 101000
FW Miller[88] 101000
FW Gavin Smith 27426410
FW Jimmy Smith 11711700
FW Robert Speedie[89] 313100
FW John Yuill[90] 28727710
FW Trialist 111100

Source:[91]

Transfers

In addition John Curly, Archibald Duffy, William Kemp, James McKain and Willie White all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.

Source:[92]

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