1944–45 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1944–45 season was the sixth Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in regional football during World War II.

Dumbarton
1944–1945 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Southern League13th
Summer CupFirst Round
League Cup SouthPrelims
Top goalscorerLeague: Willie Reid (13)
All: Willie Reid (15)

Scottish Southern League

Four seasons of improving performances were not to be continued, with Dumbarton suffering a disastrous start to their fifth season in the Southern League campaign which saw only 3 points earned from the first 11 games. Things were not helped by a high 'turn-over' of playing staff and Dumbarton slumped to 13th out of 16 in the Scottish Southern League with 21 points - 38 behind champions Rangers.

12 August 1944 League Motherwell 4–3[1][2] Dumbarton Fir Park
Gibson  19'
Kilmarnock  44' (pen)
Gillan  61'
Mathie  82'
Stead  8'
Brooks  35'
Reid  38'
Attendance: 5,000
19 August 1944 League Dumbarton 4–1[3][4] Partick Thistle Boghead Park
Brooks  48', 55'
Reid  52'
Timmins  78'
Sharp  6' Attendance: 5,500
26 August 1944 League St Mirren 4–2[5][6] Dumbarton Love Street (stadium)
Linwood  47', 59'
Lindsay  50'
McKenna  58'
Brooks  28'
McLean  77'
Attendance: 7,000
2 September 1944 League Dumbarton 0–3[7][8] Hibernian Boghead Park
Cheyne  44' (OG)
Colvan  55'
Smith  73'
Attendance: 3,500
9 September 1944 League Falkirk 5–1[9][10] Dumbarton Brockville Park
Fitzsimmons  20', 65', 69'
Inglis  32'
Bagan  42' (pen)
McLean  27' Attendance: 4,000
16 September 1944 League Dumbarton 0–3[11][12] Celtic Boghead Park
Gallacher  10' (86)
Delaney  17'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: C R Blae
23 September 1944 League Airdrie 2–1[13][14] Dumbarton Broomfield Park
Aitken  40'
Ferguson  49'
Brooks  23' Attendance: 3,000
30 September 1944 League Dumbarton 2–5[15][16] Third Lanark Boghead Park
Timmins  40', 42' McIntosh  15'
Dawson  18', 67', 85'
Orr  25'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: W Livingston
7 October 1944 League Dumbarton 2–2[17][18] Queen's Park Boghead Park
Mooney  35' (pen)
Timmins  58'
Hodge  11', 44' Attendance: 2,500
14 October 1944 League Hearts 4–0[19][20] Dumbarton Tynecastle Stadium
Conn  29'
Kelly  68', 77'
Urquhart  80'
Attendance: 5,000
21 October 1944 League Dumbarton 0–4[21][22] Morton Boghead Park
McAloon  19', 38'
Kelly  29'
Crum  70'
Attendance: 5,000
28 October 1944 League Albion Rovers 2–4[23][24] Dumbarton Cliftonhill
McIlhatton  21', 44' Reid  1'
Hepburn  72', 85'
Brooks  74'
Attendance: 1,000
11 November 1944 League Rangers 5–2[25][26] Dumbarton Ibrox Park
Duncanson  30'
Waddell  33', 53'
Symon  35'
Watkins  78'
Dolan  31'
Brawley  71'
Attendance: 12,000
18 November 1944 League Dumbarton 3–0[27][28] Clyde Boghead Park
Reid  28', 42'
Milne  55'
Attendance: 6,000
25 November 1944 League Dumbarton 2–6[29][30] Motherwell Boghead Park
Marshall  44', 62' Watson  15'
McCulloch  16', 50'
Mathie  46', 86'
Ross  75'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: C Blues
2 December 1944 League Partick Thistle 1–2[31][32] Dumbarton Firhill Park
Sharp  43' Reid  30'
Brooks  86'
Attendance: 5,000
9 December 1944 League Dumbarton 3–1[33][34] St Mirren Boghead Park
Murphy  47'
Reid  49'
Pritchard  75'
Linwood  29' Attendance: 4,000
Referee: C R Blues
16 December 1944 League Hibernian 0–0[35][36] Dumbarton Easter Road Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
23 December 1944 League Dumbarton 2–0[37][38] Airdrie Boghead Park
Reid  5' (pen), 79' Attendance: 2,500
30 December 1944 League Celtic 2–1[39][40] Dumbarton Celtic Park
McLaughlin  16', 28' Marshall  75' Attendance: 9,000
1 January 1945 League Dumbarton 1–4[41][42] Falkirk Boghead Park
Brawley  (pen) Fizsimmons  10'
Henderson  23'
Bagan
2 January 1945 League Clyde 7–1[43][44] Dumbarton Broadwood Stadium
Johnstone
Johnstone,L
Timmins
6 January 1945 League Third Lanark 0–2[45][46] Dumbarton Cathkin Park
Marshall  44'
McMillan  52'
Attendance: 5,000
13 January 1945 League Queen's Park 2–0[47][48] Dumbarton Hampden Park
Harris  32', 88' Attendance: 4,000
3 February 1945 League Dumbarton 3–2[49][50] Albion Rovers Boghead Park
Filshie  8'
Pritchard  35', 60'
Hannah  45', 80' Attendance: 2,000
10 February 1945 League Hamilton 3–3[51][52] Dumbarton Douglas Park
Jarvie  5'
Jones  50'
Burns  59' (pen)
Reid  26', 31'
Murphy  58'
Attendance: 1,000
17 February 1945 League Dumbarton 3–6[53][54] Rangers Boghead Park
Milne  41'
Murphy  85'
Gray  88' (OG)
Gillick  10', 28'
Duncanson  17', 57', 61'
Young  81' (pen)
Attendance: 4,000
7 April 1945 League Morton 2–1[55][56] Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Henderson  26'
McInnes  74'
Reid  55' Attendance: 5,000
21 April 1945 League Dumbarton 3–2[57][58] Hearts Boghead Park
Hepburn  12'
Boyd
Reid  72' (pen)
Walker
Kelly  88'
Attendance: 1,300

League Cup South

Dumbarton again failed to escape from their qualifying section in the League Cup South, winning one and drawing two of their qualifying matches.

24 February 1945 Group D Motherwell 2–1[61] Dumbarton Fir Park
Mathie  5', 19' Murphy  44' Attendance: 4,000
3 March 1945 Group D Dumbarton 0–0[62] Hearts Boghead Park
Attendance: 4,000
10 March 1945 Group D Dumbarton 5–1[63] St Mirren Boghead Park
Hepburn  20'
Murphy  25'
Brawley  52' (pen), 87' (pen)
Reid  80'
Feeham  40' Attendance: 3,000
17 March 1945 Group D Dumbarton 2–2[64] Motherwell Boghead Park
Hepburn  48'
Pritchard  51'
Kilmarnock  55' (pen)
McCulloch  89'
Attendance: 7,000
24 March 1945 Group D Hearts 6–2[65] Dumbarton Tynecastle Stadium
Kelly  2', 19', 82'
McCrae  8'
Miller  41' (pen)
McClure  73'
Reid  47'
Brawley  80' (pen)
Attendance: 15,000
31 March 1945 Group D St Mirren 3–1[66] Dumbarton Love Street (stadium)
Linwood  5'
Feehan  25', 36'
Filshie  21' Attendance: 3,000

Summer Cup

Dumbarton suffered another first round defeat in the Summer Cup, this time to Partick Thistle.

26 May 1945 Cup 1(1) Partick Thistle 4–4[67] Dumbarton Firhill Park
Stockdale  16', 57'
Shankley  31' (pen)
McGeachie  75'
Murphy  7', 58'
Hepburn  9'
Browning  85'
Attendance: 7,000
2 June 1945 Cup 1(2) Dumbarton 1–2[68]
(5–6 agg.)
Partick Thistle Boghead Park
Timmins  5' Johnson  24', 60' Attendance: 5,000

Player statistics

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSouthern DivisionSummer CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Brendan Bell 20200000
GK James Dover[69] 90900000
GK Stan Gullan 70700000
GK Jim Hoey[70] 160802060
GK David Watson[71] 40400000
DF Andy Cheyne[72] 1201200000
DF James Hoy[73] 70700000
DF Alex Kay[74] 2601802060
DF John Mulvaney[75] 40400000
DF Robert Wallace[76] 2501900060
MF Tom Brawley[77] 2852320053
MF John Browning 21002100
MF John Craig[78] 60500010
MF Bobby Donaldson 40100030
MF Frank Douglas[79] 20002000
MF Andrew Easton[80] 10100000
MF Hugh Hart[81] 30300000
MF Cliff Mansley 10100000
MF Andrew McAlpine[82] 30300000
MF Gordon McFarlane[83] 20000020
MF Jackie Milne 2221422060
MF Willie Reid[84] 331527130062
MF Jimmy Timmins[85] 2362251100
FW Robert Torrance[86] 80800000
FW Andrew Boyd[87] 21210000
FW George Brooks[88] 2071970010
FW George Campbell 2701902060
FW Dolan[89] 11110000
FW Alexander Filshie[90] 92612011
FW John Hepburn[91] 2862132152
FW Donald MacMillan[92] 81810000
FW Ernest Marshall[93] 1541141030
FW Victor McAloney[94] 10100000
FW Jimmy McGowan 20002000
FW Albert McLean[95] 50500000
FW Mooney[96] 71710000
FW Robert Murphy[97] 2671932252
FW Vince Pritchard[98] 84430041
FW Angus Stead[99] 61610000
FW Trialists 30300000

Source:[100]

Transfers

Source:[101]

Reserve team

Dumbarton's Second XI had similar disappointing fortunes during the season to the first team.

In the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost in the first round to Falkirk, and finished 9th (of 11) in the Glasgow & District Reserve League.

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