1941–42 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1941–42 season was the third Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in regional football during World War II.

Dumbarton
1941–1942 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Southern League12th
Summer CupFirst Round
League Cup SouthPrelims
Top goalscorerLeague: Felix McGrogan (14)
All: Felix McGrogan (14)
Highest home attendance8,000
Lowest home attendance2,000
Average home league attendance4,200

Scottish Southern League
Main article: 1941–42 Southern Football League (Scotland)

The second season of the Scottish Southern League saw Dumbarton continue to improve their performances by finished 12th out of 16 with 26 points - 32 behind champions Rangers. Boosted by player 'guest' appearances Dumbarton could just about compete on an equal footing with the 'bigger' clubs.

9 August 1941 League Dumbarton 3–5[1][2] Airdrie Boghead Park
Jeffrey  8'
Rodger  16'
Farr  30'		 Flavell  2', 85'
Mooney  65', 72'
Stark  69'		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: M C Hutton
16 August 1941 League Third Lanark 4–3[3][4] Dumbarton Cathkin Park
Glassey  7', 18', 79'
Jones  65'		 Rodgers  5'
McBride  40'
Jeffrey  46'		 Attendance: 3,500
23 August 1941 League Dumbarton 2–5[5][6] Celtic Boghead Park
McBride  9', 57' Delaney  20', 68', 82'
McDonald,J  58'
Divers  62'		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: J M Martin
30 August 1941 League St Mirren 2–4[7][8] Dumbarton Love Street (stadium)
Stenhouse  38'
Linwood  50'		 McGrogan  52'
Jeffrey  53', 64'
Ross  66' (pen)		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: W Webb
6 September 1941 League Dumbarton 0–1[9][10] Falkirk Boghead Park
Widdowfield  84' Attendance: 2,500
Referee: P Craigmyle
13 September 1941 League Hibernian 4–0[11][12] Dumbarton Easter Road Stadium
Finnegan  27'
Nutley  44', 55', 62'		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: C E Faultless
20 September 1941 League Dumbarton 2–7[13][14] Partick Thistle Boghead Park
Milne  6'
McAloon  73'		 Sharp  11', 30'
Newall  24', 34', 68', 86'
Gourlay  25'		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: J Horsburgh
27 September 1941 League Motherwell 2–3[15][16] Dumbarton Fir Park
Mathie  78'
Ellis  82' (pen)		 Jeffrey  26', 79'
Dougall  87'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: H Watson
4 October 1941 League Dumbarton 3–1[17][18] Morton Boghead Park
Ross  43'
McGrogan  57'
McAloon  88'		 Robertson  68' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: J Horsburgh
11 October 1941 League Rangers 7–0[19][20] Dumbarton Ibrox Park
Shaw  4'
Marshall  19'
Thomson  38' (pen), 57' (pen)
McIntosh  43'
Gillick  72', 76'		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: R C Scott
18 October 1941 League Dumbarton 5–2[21][22] Albion Rovers Boghead Park
Rodger  20', 80'
McAloon  35'
Milne  65'
Jeffrey  72'		 Dunsmore  17'
Bell  60'		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: M C Dale
25 October 1941 League Hearts 7–4[23][24] Dumbarton Tynecastle Stadium
Smith  3', 16'
Gillies  27'
Hamilton  55', 63'
Walker  68', 75' (pen)		 Milne  8', 81', 85'
Rodger  63'		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: R Smellie
1 November 1941 League Dumbarton 3–2[25][26] Hamilton Boghead Park
McGrogan  5'
Rodger  26'
Jeffrey  89'		 Maves  12', 15' Attendance: 2,500
Referee: R G Benzie
8 November 1941 League Dumbarton 6–0[27][28] Clyde Boghead Park
McGrogan  15', 40'
Rodger  50'
Dougall  57'
McAloon  65'
Milne  88'		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: J Thomson
15 November 1941 League Queen's Park 1–2[29][30] Dumbarton Hampden Park
Mackintosh  7' Ross  29', 73' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: J Thomson
22 November 1941 League Airdrie 3–2[31][32] Dumbarton Broomfield Park
Junior  1'
Flavell  18', 83'		 McGrogan  12'
Rodger  89'		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: J M Martin
29 November 1941 League Dumbarton 1–5[33][34] Third Lanark Boghead Park
Ross  52' Newman  7'
Connor  26', 55'
Law  49', 82'		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: J M Martin
6 December 1941 League Celtic 4–2[35][36] Dumbarton Celtic Park
Lynch  14'
Conway  36'
Delaney  58'
McLaughlin  65' (pen)		 Jeffrey  28'
McAloon  77'		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: J Horsburgh
13 December 1941 League Dumbarton 5–1[37][38] St Mirren Boghead Park
Gould  5', 15', 71'
McAloon  58'
McGrogan  80'		 Brady  33' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: J M Martin
20 December 1941 League Partick Thistle 4–3[39][40] Dumbarton Firhill Park
Newall  25', 27', 35', 53' Gould  26', 69'
Hickie  89' (pen)		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: J Thomson
27 December 1941 League Dumbarton 2–1[41][42] Motherwell Boghead Park
Milne  16'
Gould  21'		 Wales  75' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: M C Dale
1 January 1942 League Falkirk 3–1[43][44] Dumbarton Brockville Park
Rooney  3', 60'
Dawson  5'		 Hickie  61' (pen) Referee: M Hutton
3 January 1942 League Dumbarton 2–1[45][46] Hibernian Boghead Park
McGrogan  5'
Gould  8'		 Combe  3' Attendance: 2,500
Referee: J B Smillie
10 January 1942 League Morton 2–2[47][48] Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Steele  10'
Hunter  55'		 Gould  12', 58' Attendance: 4,000
Referee: J R Boyd
17 January 1942 League Dumbarton 3–3[49][50] Rangers Boghead Park
Jeffrey  25'
McAloon  55'
McGrogan  65'		 Marshall  5'
Smith  15'
Hickie  89' (OG)		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: R C Scott
31 January 1942 League Dumbarton 3–3[51][52] Hearts Boghead Park
Gould  23'
McGrogan  54', 89'		 Dougan  34'
Christie  44'
Smith,G  73'		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: W J Robertson
14 February 1942 League Clyde 5–4[53][54] Dumbarton Shawfield Stadium
Wallace  1'
Mills  37'
Beaton  55'
Williams  59', 84'		 McGrogan  22'
Henderson  32'
Gould  39'
McAloon  72'		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: J Thomson
21 February 1942 League Dumbarton 2–1[55][56] Queen's Park Boghead Park
Hepburn  67'
McAloon  88'		 Wilkie  62' Attendance: 4,000
Referee: J B Smillie
2 May 1942 League Albion Rovers 0–0[57][58] Dumbarton Cliftonhill
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: M C Hutton
9 May 1942 League Hamilton 4–1[59][60] Dumbarton Douglas Park
Herd  9'
Newman  13', 34', 87'		 Henderson  89' Attendance: 1,500

League Cup South
Main article: 1941–42 Southern League Cup (Scotland)

For the second successive season, Dumbarton failed to qualify from the sectional games.

28 February 1942 Group A Morton 4–1[61] Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Hunter  1', 10', 52', 83' Hepburn  57' Attendance: 4,000
Referee: P Craigmyle
14 March 1942 Group A St Mirren 1–3[62] Dumbarton Love Street (stadium)
Drinkwater  73' Gould  28'
McGrogan  56', 88'		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: M C Hutton
21 March 1942 Group A Dumbarton 3–4[63] Morton Boghead Park
Gould  5', 72', 85' Cumner  13', 75'
Kelly  66'
Wilkie  86'		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: J Thomson
28 March 1942 Group A Falkirk 5–0[64] Dumbarton Brockville Park
Stewart  15', 89'
Paterson  18', 25'
McPhee  74' (pen)		 Attendance: 3,000
4 April 1942 Group A Dumbarton 4–2[65] St Mirren Boghead Park
Ross  37' (pen), 44'
McGrogan  55'
Gould  80'		 Linwood  1', 27' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: W McCulloch
11 April 1942 Group A Dumbarton 3–3[66] Falkirk Boghead Park
Ross  30', 80'
Gould  85'		 Paterson  20'
Carruthers  65'
Rooney  83'		 Attendance: 2,500

Summer Cup
Main article: Summer Cup (Scottish football)

Dumbarton fell at the first hurdle to Motherwell.

30 May 1942 Cup R1(1) Dumbarton 1–0[67] Motherwell Boghead Park
McGrogan  65' Attendance: 3,500
Referee: W J Robertson
6 June 1942 Cup R1(2) Motherwell 4–2[68]
(4–3 agg.)		 Dumbarton Fir Park
Reid  34', 39'
Bremner  48', 74'		 Reid  17'
McAloon  33'		 Attendance: 3,000

Player statistics
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSouthern DivisionSummer CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK James Hornall[69] 110302060
GK Patrick Kelly 1001000000
GK Jock Wallace 1701700000
DF Andy Cheyne[70] 10001000
DF Jimmy Hickie[71] 3322720060
DF Willie Savage 2701902060
DF William Smith[72] 90801000
MF Robert Chalmers[73] 10100000
MF David Corbett 70700000
MF Robert Dougall 2621822060
MF Charlie Gavin[74] 2602300030
MF George Henderson[75] 102920010
MF George Urquhart[76] 3502802050
FW Boyd[77] 10100000
FW Edward Currie[78] 20200000
FW Andrew Farr[79] 31310000
FW Johnny Gould 201712112066
FW John Hepburn[80] 132512061
FW George Jeffrey 211021100000
FW Johnny Mathers[81] 50500000
FW Gerry McAloon 28102291150
FW John McBride[82] 44440000
FW Felix McGrogan 301822142163
FW Jackie Milne 2862462020
FW Vince Pritchard[83] 70101050
FW Willie Reid[84] 41202100
FW Fally Rodger[85] 1671670000
FW Sammy Ross 2291950034
FW Trialist 10100000

Source:[86]

Transfers

In addition John Casey and Geoffrey Lockwood both played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.

Source:[87]

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