1940–41 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1940–41 season was the second Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in regional football during World War II.

Dumbarton
1940–1941 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Southern League14th
Summer CupSemi Final
League Cup SouthPrelims
Top goalscorerLeague: Stan Williams (11)
All: Stan Williams (16)

Scottish Southern League
Main article: 1940–41 Southern Football League (Scotland)

It was the intention of the Scottish League to start up operations again this season, but after the fall of France, it was decided that the League would cease all operations until the war was over. Nevertheless, it was left to the clubs themselves to organise themselves and to this end the clubs in the 'central belt' established the Scottish Southern League. 13 of the clubs who had played in the Western Division the previous season competed, along with Falkirk, Hearts and Hibernian, who took the places of Ayr United, Kilmarnock and Queen of the South. Dumbarton finished 14th out of 16 with 24 points - 32 behind champions Rangers.

10 August 1940 League Partick Thistle 5-2[1][2] Dumbarton Firhill Park
Picken
Younger
Husband
Busby 		Gilmour
Drysdale
17 August 1940 League Dumbarton 2-3[3][4] Motherwell Boghead Park
Gilmour  10'
Drysdale  49'		 Bremner
McDowall
Ogilvie  74'		 Referee: H Watson
24 August 1940 League Airdrie 6-1[5][6] Dumbarton Broomfield Park
Connor
Russell
Mooney  80' (pen)
Flavell  48'
McAloon 		Williams Referee: J Baillie
31 August 1940 League Dumbarton 6-4[7][8] Third Lanark Boghead Park
McGrogan
Williams
Shields
Telfer 		Jones
Johnstone
Sinclair
7 September 1940 League Falkirk 3-3[9][10] Dumbarton Brockville Park
Dawson  43'
Keys  75'		 Shields
McGrogan
Ferguson  89'		 Attendance: 3,000
14 September 1940 League Dumbarton 3-4[11][12] St Mirren Boghead Park
Drysdale
Williams
Cheyne 		Brady
Linwood
Deakin
21 September 1940 League Celtic 1-0[13][14] Dumbarton Celtic Park
McDonald
28 September 1940 League Dumbarton 2-0[15][16] Hibernian Boghead Park
Shields  15'
Cheyne  (pen)		 Attendance: 4,500
5 October 1940 League Clyde 2-2[17][18] Dumbarton Shawfield Stadium
Agnew
Wallace 		Shields
Gilmour
12 October 1940 League Dumbarton 2-1[19][20] Queen's Park Boghead Park
Cheyne
McGrogan 		Gray Attendance: 4,000
19 October 1940 League Morton 2-1[21][22] Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Smeaton
Gardiner 		Williams
26 October 1940 League Dumbarton 1-4[23][24] Rangers Boghead Park
Drysdale Smith
Waddell 		Attendance: 9,000
9 November 1940 League Dumbarton 1-4[25][26] Hearts Boghead Park
Milne Fitzgerald
Walker
Mooney 		Attendance: 3,500
16 November 1940 League Hamilton 3-0[27][28] Dumbarton Douglas Park
Wilson
Cassidy
23 November 1940 League Dumbarton 2-0[29][30] Partick Thistle Boghead Park
Williams
30 November 1940 League Motherwell 4-1[31][32] Dumbarton Fir Park
McCulloch  18'
Main 		Taylor Referee: M Dale
7 December 1940 League Dumbarton 3-3[33][34] Airdrie Boghead Park
McGrogan  18'
Mathie  37'		 Mooney  45' (pen)
White  54'		 Referee: M Hutton
14 December 1940 League Third Lanark 4-1[35][36] Dumbarton Cathkin Park
Connor
Joyner
Glamis
Melville 		McGrogan
21 December 1940 League Dumbarton 2-3[37][38] Celtic Boghead Park
Williams
Milne 		Crum
Gillan
Murphy 		Attendance: 4,500
28 December 1940 League St Mirren 4-0[39][40] Dumbarton Love Street (stadium)
Stead
Steele
linwood
Kelly
1 January 1941 League Dumbarton 2-1[41][42] Falkirk Boghead Park
Milne  69'
Williams  80'		 Napier  52' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: R Scott
11 January 1941 League Dumbarton 2-1[43][44] Clyde Boghead Park
Jeffrey  8'
Henderson  32'		 Martin  18' Attendance: 5,000
Referee: J Boyd
18 January 1941 League Queen's Park 2-3[45][46] Dumbarton Hampden Park
Aitken  12', 41' Milne  56' (pen), 69', 80' Attendance: 1,000
Referee: J Martin
25 January 1941 League Dumbarton 2-4[47][48] Morton Boghead Park
Jeffreys Newman
Ferguson
Calder 		Attendance: 2,500
Referee: C Faultless
1 February 1941 League Rangers 1-1[49][50] Dumbarton Ibrox Park
Smith  7' Jeffreys  80' Attendance: 7,500
Referee: M Dale
8 February 1941 League Dumbarton 4-1[51][52] Albion Rovers Boghead Park
Jeffrey  13'
McGrogan  23'
Henderson  62'
Smith  87'		 McGillivray  70' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: J Boyd
15 February 1941 League Hearts 3-1[53][54] Dumbarton Tynecastle Stadium
Blyth  14'
Fitzgerald  53'
Walker  88' (pen)		 Jeffrey  43' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: H Watson
22 February 1941 League Dumbarton 5-1[55][56] Hamilton Boghead Park
Drysdale  5'
Milne  19', 87'
Williams  43', 50'		 Wilson  29' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: R Scott
26 April 1941 League Hibernian 3-1[57][58] Dumbarton Easter Road Stadium
Yorston  63'
Finnigan  80', 87'		 Williams  7' Attendance: 2,000
3 May 1941 League Albion Rovers 1-2[59][60] Dumbarton Cliftonhill
Bell  70' Jeffrey  5'
Williams  57'		 Referee: J Horsburgh

League Cup South
Main article: 1940–41 Southern League Cup (Scotland)

To complete the fixture list, two further competitions were introduced restricted to the 16 'South' league members. The League Cup South was established, beginning with 4 sections of 4 teams playing on a 'home and away' basis, followed by semi finals and a final. Unfortunately Dumbarton did not progress beyond the section prelims.

1 March 1941 Group C Third Lanark 4–2[61] Dumbarton Cathkin Park
Glancy  22'
Connor  50', 86'
Sinclair  60' (pen)		 Milne  16'
Jeffrey  89'		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: J Horsburgh
8 March 1941 Group C Dumbarton 1–8[62] Rangers Boghead Park
McGrogan  35' Johnstone  4'
Brown  23', 77', 87'
Smith  29', 73', 85'
Venters  57'		 Attendance: 6,000
15 March 1941 Group C Falkirk 1–0[63] Dumbarton Brockville Park
Dawson  64' Attendance: 4,000
Referee: J Horsburgh
22 March 1941 Group C Dumbarton 2–0[64] Third Lanark Boghead Park
Williams  43', 65' Attendance: 2,500
Referee: M Dale
29 March 1941 Group C Rangers 6–3[65] Dumbarton Ibrox Park
Smith  12', 82'
Gillick  14'
Marshall  15'
Johnstone  74', 89'		 Williams  35'
Jeffrey  65'
Shields  72'		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: W Robertson
5 April 1941 Group C Dumbarton 3–0[66] Falkirk Boghead Park
Williams  47', 82'
Jeffrey  85'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: R Benzie

Summer Cup
Main article: Summer Cup (Scottish football)

Dumbarton reached the semi final before losing to eventual champions Hibernian.

7 June 1941 Cup R1(1) Motherwell 2–2[67] Dumbarton Fir Park
Main  8'
Bremner  11'		 Rodger  13'
Ross  22'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: R Scott
14 June 1941 Cup R1(2) Dumbarton 3–0[68]
(5-3 agg.)		 Motherwell Boghead Park
Rodger  12'
Milne  18' (pen)
Savage  65'		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: R Scott
21 June 1941 Cup R2(1) Third Lanark 0–1[69] Dumbarton Cathkin Park
McGrogan  74' Attendance: 8,000
Referee: J Davie
28 June 1941 Cup R1(2) Dumbarton 4–0[70]
(5-0 agg.)		 Third Lanark Boghead Park
Jeffrey  10', 18', 86'
Rodger  83'		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: J Boyd
5 July 1941 Cup SF Dumbarton 0–1[71] Hibernian Tynecastle Stadium
Milne  55' Attendance: 15,000
Referee: J Boyd

Player statistics
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSouthern DivisionSummer CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK John Hill[72] 60600000
GK Jock Wallace 3502405060
DF James Bulloch 20200000
DF Andy Cheyne[73] 3232630060
DF Henry Dornan 3302700060
DF Jimmy Hickie[74] 50005000
DF Johnny Soutar[75] 1501400010
MF William Aird[76] 50005000
MF William Brown[77] 3112510060
MF John Casey 20200000
MF John Drysdale 2952450050
MF Charlie Ferguson 91910000
MF Charlie Gavin[78] 50005000
MF Hugh Hart[79] 3402800060
MF Frank Moulds 10100000
MF Willie Savage 51005100
MF Willie Telfer 21210000
MF George Urquhart[80] 50005000
FW Thomas Gilmour[81] 1231230000
FW George Hay[82] 20200000
FW George Henderson[83] 101810020
FW George Jeffrey 21121065363
FW Geoffrey Lockwood[84] 10000010
FW David Mathie[85] 62520010
FW Felix McGrogan 3392375151
FW Jackie Milne 35102485161
FW Fally Rodger[86] 52005200
FW Sammy Ross 52005200
FW James Shields[87] 2462050041
FW Smith[88] 11110000
FW George Steele[89] 10100000
FW Archibald Taylor[90] 31310000
FW Stan Williams 341628110065
FW Trialist/s 40400000

Source:[91]

Internationalist/Representative

On 8 February 1941, Jackie Milne played for Scotland in an unofficial international match against England at Newcastle - the Scots winning 3-2.

Two weeks prior, on 25 January 1941, Milne played for an SFA Select against an Army XI, with the SFA gaining a narrow 1-0 victory.

Transfers

In addition James Brown, John Forsyth, John Getty, John McBride, David McLean and William Nichol all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.

Source:[92]

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