1943–44 Dumbarton F.C. season
The 1943–44 season was the fifth Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in regional football during World War II.
| 1943–1944 season | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Boghead Park, Dumbarton |
| Scottish Southern League | 5th |
| Summer Cup | First Round |
| League Cup South | Prelims |
| Top goalscorer | League: George Brooks (20) All: George Brooks (24) |
| Highest home attendance | 8,000 |
| Lowest home attendance | 3,000 |
| Average home league attendance | 4,770 |
Scottish Southern League
Dumbarton had their best performance to date in their fourth season in the Scottish Southern League. Indeed, for two weeks in October 1943 Dumbarton topped the league. However with only two wins recorded after the New Year it was a 5th place finish out of 16 that was achieved with 32 points - 18 behind champions Rangers. Nevertheless the league results included a first ever league win over Celtic at Celtic Park.
| 14 August 1943 League | Dumbarton | 3–1[1][2] | Airdrie | Boghead Park |
Stead  46'Reid 48'Milne 53' |
Aitken 20' |
Attendance: 4,000 |
| 21 August 1943 League | Third Lanark | 2–3[3][4] | Dumbarton | Cathkin Park |
| Fraser 16' Jones 78' |
Hepburn 15' Brooks 75', 80' |
Attendance: 4,000 |
| 28 August 1943 League | Dumbarton | 2–1[5][6] | St Mirren | Boghead Park |
| Hepburn 77' Brooks 78' |
Linwood 85' |
Attendance: 5,000 |
| 4 September 1943 League | Celtic | 1–4[7][8] | Dumbarton | Celtic Park |
| Gallacher 84' |
Lipton 8', 22' Hepburn 25'Reid 65' |
Attendance: 9,000 Referee: C R Blues |
| 11 September 1943 League | Dumbarton | 2–3[9][10] | Falkirk | Boghead Park |
| Brooks 12' Milne 86' (pen) |
Ogilvie 55' Fitzsimmons 75'Inglis 87' |
Attendance: 5,500 |
| 18 September 1943 League | Hibernian | 4–3[11][12] | Dumbarton | Easter Road Stadium |
| Smith 16', 41', 49' (pen) Caskie 43' |
Milne 39' (pen) Brooks 58'Stead 64' |
Attendance: 12,000 |
| 25 September 1943 League | Dumbarton | 4–2[13][14] | Motherwell | Boghead Park |
| Brooks 26', 72', 80' Milne 60' (pen) |
Gillan 63' Gibson 89' |
Attendance: 4,000 |
| 2 October 1943 League | Partick Thistle | 2–6[15][16] | Dumbarton | Firhill Park |
| Leitch 60', 89' |
Brooks 24', 47', 85' Brawley 25'Stead 37', 86' |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: W Webb |
| 9 October 1943 League | Dumbarton | 2–1[17][18] | Queen's Park | Boghead Park |
| Milne 14' Torrance 20' |
Aitkenhead 62' |
Attendance: 3,000 |
| 16 October 1943 League | Dumbarton | 3–2[19][20] | Hamilton | Boghead Park |
| Torrance 17' Brooks 60'Stead 70' |
Hood 1' Robinson 55' |
Attendance: 5,000 |
| 23 October 1943 League | Albion Rovers | 0–1[21][22] | Dumbarton | Cliftonhill |
| Brooks 40' |
Attendance: 6,000 |
| 30 October 1943 League | Dumbarton | 1–4[23][24] | Morton | Boghead Park |
| Brooks 52' |
Maxwell 32', 63' White 35'Campbell 47' |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: J R Boyd |
| 6 November 1943 League | Hearts | 3–0[25][26] | Dumbarton | Tynecastle Stadium |
| Miller 11' Gillies 53'Kelly 65' |
Attendance: 12,000 |
| 20 November 1943 League | Rangers | 2–0[29][30] | Dumbarton | Ibrox Park |
| Duncanson 18', 46' |
Attendance: 20,000 |
| 27 November 1943 League | Airdrie | 1–3[31][32] | Dumbarton | Broomfield Park |
| O'Sullivan 75' |
Milne 13' (pen) Reid 28', 84' |
Attendance: 3,000 |
| 3 December 1943 League | Dumbarton | 2–3[33][34] | Third Lanark | Boghead Park |
| Brooks 48', 58' |
Henderson 64', 88' McLean 86' |
Attendance: 4,000 |
| 11 December 1943 League | St Mirren | 5–2[35][36] | Dumbarton | Love Street (stadium) |
| Stenhouse 7', 55', 75' Junior 50'Kelly 85' (pen) |
Trialist 80' Lipton 89' |
Attendance: 3,000 |
| 18 December 1943 League | Dumbarton | 1–1[37][38] | Celtic | Boghead Park |
| Douglas 46' |
McDonald 79' (pen) |
Attendance: 7,000 |
| 25 December 1943 League | Dumbarton | 1–1[39][40] | Hibernian | Boghead Park |
| Brooks 35' |
Cuthberson 12' |
Attendance: 3,500 |
| 1 January 1944 League | Falkirk | 4–0[41][42] | Dumbarton | Brockville Park |
| Fitzsimmons 16', 70' Napier 24'Brady 48' |
Attendance: 5,000 |
| 8 January 1944 League | Motherwell | 2–0[45][46] | Dumbarton | Fir Park |
| Main 17' Gillan 40' |
Attendance: 3,000 |
| 15 January 1944 League | Dumbarton | 2–2[47][48] | Partick Thistle | Boghead Park |
| Milne,Jk 60' (pen) Milne,Jn 79' |
Newall 32' Glover 52' |
Attendance: 5,000 |
| 22 January 1944 League | Queen's Park | 0–0[49][50] | Dumbarton | Hampden Park |
| Attendance: 5,000 |
| 5 February 1944 League | Dumbarton | 2–2[53][54] | Albion Rovers | Boghead Park |
| Pritchard 53', 60' |
Mooney 5' McDonald 87' |
Attendance: 3,000 |
| 12 February 1944 League | Morton | 3–1[55][56] | Dumbarton | Cappielow Park |
| Henderson 5' McKenzie 67'Kelly 86' |
Milne 39' |
Attendance: 5,000 |
League Cup South
Despite an unbeaten away record, Dumbarton failed to qualify from their section in the League Cup South.
| 4 March 1944 Group D | Dumbarton | 1–4[61] | Queen's Park | Boghead Park |
| Milne 55' |
Jordan 10' Gallacher 58'Aitkenhead 85'Harris 88' |
Attendance: 4,000 |
| 11 March 1944 Group D | Clyde | 0–1[62] | Dumbarton | Shawfield Stadium |
| Pritchard 47' |
Attendance: 10,000 |
| 18 March 1944 Group D | St Mirren | 2–2[63] | Dumbarton | Love Street (stadium) |
| Linwood 65' Kennedy 78' |
Brooks 73', 76' |
Attendance: 8,000 |
| 25 March 1944 Group D | Queen's Park | 0–2[64] | Dumbarton | Hampden Park |
| Reid 52' Brooks 86' |
Attendance: 10,000 |
| 1 April 1944 Group D | Dumbarton | 1–3[65] | Clyde | Boghead Park |
| Hickie 10' (OG) |
Wallace 30' Agnew 53', 83' |
Attendance: 6,000 |
| 8 April 1944 Group D | Dumbarton | 2–1[66] | St Mirren | Boghead Park |
| Pritchard 10' Brooks 40' |
Linwood 88' |
Attendance: 3,500 |
Summer Cup
Dumbarton suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of Clyde in the first round of the Summer Cup.
| 3 June 1944 Cup 1(1) | Dumbarton | 2–4[67] | Clyde | Boghead Park |
| Pritchard 47' Brawley 61' |
Johnstone 1' Gillies 33', 59', 75' |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: W Webb |
Player statistics
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Southern Division | Summer Cup | League Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK |  |
Brendan Bell | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| GK | |
David Watson[69] | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| DF | |
Andy Cheyne[70] | 30 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| DF | |
Alex Kay[71] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | |
John Morgan[72] | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | |
James Mulvaney[73] | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | |
Robert Wallace[74] | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| MF | |
Tom Brawley[75] | 26 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| MF | |
John Craig[76] | 30 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| MF | |
Bobby Donaldson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | |
Andrew McAlpine[77] | 38 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| MF | |
Douglas McBain | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | |
Jackie Milne | 37 | 10 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| MF | |
Willie Reid[78] | 28 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| FW | |
James Anderson[79] | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| FW | |
Andrew Boyd[80] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | |
George Brooks[81] | 38 | 24 | 30 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |
| FW | |
Frank Douglas[82] | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| FW | |
John Hepburn[83] | 28 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| FW | |
Thomas Lipton[84] | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | |
Ian McColl[85] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | |
Murdoch McCormack[86] | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | |
John Milne[87] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | |
Vince Pritchard[88] | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| FW | |
Angus Stead[89] | 24 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| FW | |
Robert Torrance[90] | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| FW | |
Trialists | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Source:[91]
Transfers
Players in
|
Players out
|
In addition George Henderson and John Honeyman both played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.
Source:[92]
Reserve team
Dumbarton continued to run a Second XI during the season.
In the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost in the second round to St Mirren, and finished as runners-up in the Glasgow & District Reserve League (First Series).
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