1953–54 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1953–54 season was the 70th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Stirlingshire Cup.

Dumbarton
1953–1954 season
ManagerWilliam Irvine
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League B Division16th
Scottish CupFirst Round
Scottish League CupPrelims
Top goalscorerLeague: Jackie Malloch (13)
All: Jackie Malloch (14)

Scottish League
Main article: 1953–54 Scottish Football League

After three seasons of mid-table finishes, Dumbarton fell to rock-bottom 16th place, with 22 points, 23 behind champions Motherwell.

In 1949, Division C merged with the Scottish Reserve League to form two regionalised divisions. Only 'first XI's could be promoted from the newly formatted Division C, and this became an almost impossible task as the smaller teams had to face the 'second strings' of Division A. It was however to be Dumbarton's fate that this season saw Brechin City win the North-East section of Division C, and so took Dumbarton's place in Division B. So for the first time since 1906, the club would play league football outside the top two divisions.

5 September 1953 Division B Dundee United 2-1[1][2] Dumbarton Tannadice Park
Cruickshanks  42'
McKay 		Malloch Attendance: 8,000
Referee: H Phillips
12 September 1953 Division B Dumbarton 5-1[3][4] Albion Rovers Boghead Park
Malloch
Donegan  44'
McCaffrey
McGairy 		Docherty Referee: D McKerracher
19 September 1953 Division B Morton 8-0[5][6] Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Hinshelwood  2'
Gourlay  5'
Hannigan  16', 69'
Linwood 		Referee: D Murphy
26 September 1953 Division B Dumbarton 4-4[7][8] Dunfermline Athletic Boghead Park
Malloch
Donegan  32'

McGairy  44'		 McSeveney
Henderson
Allan 		Referee: J Smith
3 October 1953 Division B Queen's Park 6-0[9][10] Dumbarton Hampden Park
Dalziel  37', 59'
Ward  39', 58', 81', 82'		 Referee: J Mowat
10 October 1953 Division B Dumbarton 3-1[11][12] Ayr United Boghead Park
Malloch  11', 86'
Irwin  13'		 Fraser,J Referee: J Aitken
17 October 1953 Division B Forfar Athletic 1-2[13][14] Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Elder  13' McGairy  18'
Malloch 		Referee: G Mitchell
24 October 1953 Division B Dumbarton 0-0[15][16] Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: D Graham
31 October 1953 Division B Cowdenbeath 6-1[17][18] Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Farquhar  15'
Clark  20'
Inglis  40' 55'		 Cumming  5' Referee: W Bowman
7 November 1953 Division B Dumbarton 1-4[19][20] Motherwell Boghead Park
McGairy Forrest  22', 27', 48'
Redpath  (pen)		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: P Fitzpatrick
14 November 1953 Division B Dumbarton 2-5[21][22] Kilmarnock Boghead Park
Shaw  22' (pen)
McGairy 		Jack  35'
Harvey  40'
Hood  (pen)		 Referee: H McEwan
21 November 1953 Division B Arbroath 2-3[23][24] Dumbarton Gayfield Park
McKenzie  6' Goldie  16'
Malloch  20'		 Referee: H McClintock
28 November 1953 Division B Stenhousemuir 6-0[25][26] Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Hendry  10', 50'
Silcock  20'
Cuthbertson  23', 72'
Allan  28'		 Referee: C Faultless
12 December 1953 Division B Third Lanark 2-1[27][28] Dumbarton Cathkin Park
Phillips  29'
Dobbie  67'		 Goldie  40' Attendance: 5,000
Referee: R Yacamini
19 December 1953 Division B Dumbarton 2-2[29][30] Dundee United Boghead Park
Swan
Weir 		McCann
Quinn 		Attendance: 3,000
Referee: F Crossley
26 December 1953 Division B Albion Rovers 4-1[31][32] Dumbarton Cliftonhill Stadium
Crawford  47'
Kiernan  90'
Bannon  67'		 Hepburn  21' Referee: H Gallacher
1 January 1954 Division B Dumbarton 2-4[33][34] Morton Boghead Park
Weir
Hepburn 		Gibson
Hannigan 		Referee: J Bissett
2 January 1954 Division B Dunfermline Athletic 6-1[35][36] Dumbarton East End Park
Henderson  7' 39'
Currie  29'
McSeveney 		Goldie Referee: A McLintock
9 January 1954 Division B Dumbarton 1-1[37][38] Queen's Park Boghead Park
Goldie Ferguson  14' Referee: C Faultless
16 January 1954 Division B Ayr United 6-1[39][40] Dumbarton Somerset Park
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: J Mowat
23 January 1954 Division B Dumbarton 0-1[41][42] Forfar Athletic Boghead Park
Martin Referee: W Bowman
6 February 1954 Division B Alloa Athletic 2-2[43][44] Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Wishart  (pen)
Davidson 		McGairy
20 February 1954 Division B Dumbarton 2-2[45][46] Cowdenbeath Boghead Park
Hepburn  22'
Malloch  38'		 Inglis  21'
Murray 		Referee: W Brittle
6 March 1954 Division B Kilmarnock 7-2[47][48] Dumbarton Rugby Park
Curlett  7', 80'
Jack  11'
Mays  63'
Middlemass  67' (pen), 68' (pen)
Henaughan  90'		 Bell,T  21'
Weir  49'		 Referee: J Mowat
13 March 1954 Division B Dumbarton 1-0[49][50] Arbroath Boghead Park
Malloch  14' Referee: J Bissett
20 March 1954 Division B Dumbarton 1-2[51][52] Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
Bell,T  71' Anderson
Clifford  57'		 Referee: J Barclay
27 March 1954 Division B St Johnstone 3-1[53][54] Dumbarton Muirton Park
Ewen  37' (pen)
Fraser 		Malloch Referee: R Davidson
10 April 1954 Division B Motherwell 6-6[55][56] Dumbarton Fir Park
Williams  7', 35', 40'
Humphries  22'
McSeveney  27'
Forrest  45'		 Donegan  6'
Weir  12', 87'
Gibson  17', 23'
Malloch  70'		 Referee: R Davidson
17 April 1954 Division B Dumbarton 3-2[57][58] St Johnstone Boghead Park
Maguire  (pen)
Gibson 		Rodgers  8' Referee: F Crossley
28 April 1954 Division B Dumbarton 3-2[59][60] Third Lanark Boghead Park
Hepburn Dick

Scottish Cup
Main article: 1953–54 Scottish Cup

There was another disappointing first round exit in the Cup with Dumbarton losing to Stirling Albion.

30 January 1954 Round 1 Stirling Albion 2–1[61][62] Dumbarton Annfield Stadium
Chalmers
Smith 		McGairy  51' Attendance: 6,086
Referee: J Aitken

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 1953–54 Scottish League Cup

Another sectional 'bottom' finish (4th of 4) was recorded in the League Cup, with only a single win and a draw from 6 matches.

8 August 1953 Section 8 Forfar Athletic 2–1[63][64] Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Gibson  8'
Martin  25'		 Malloch Referee: F Crossley
12 August 1953 Section 8 Dumbarton 1–3[65][66] Dunfermline Athletic Boghead Park
Goldie  30' O'Brien  27'
Henderson  51', 89'		 Referee: W Brittle
15 August 1953 Section 8 Dumbarton 3–0[67][68] Arbroath Boghead Park
Donegan  34', 38'
Goldie 		Attendance: 4,000
Referee: W Bowman
22 August 1953 Section 8 Dumbarton 0–0[69][70] Forfar Athletic Boghead Park
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: G Mitchell
26 August 1953 Section 8 Dunfermline Athletic 6–1[71][72] Dumbarton East End Park
Smith  6'
Currie  22'
Henderson  46'
O'Brien  (pen)
Mailer 		Irwin  (pen) Referee: H Phiilips
29 August 1953 Section 8 Arbroath 4–0[73][74] Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Malcolm
McKenzie
McCall 		Referee: J Barclay

Stirlingshire Cup

Dumbarton's disastrous season was completed as their grip on the Stirlingshire Cup was easily released by defeat in the first round to Falkirk.

7 September 1953 First Round Falkirk 5–0 Dumbarton Brockville Park
Dunlop
McCrae
Bell,J  (OG)
Barclay

Dewar Shield

The Dewar Shield was a competition played between the previous season's champions of Aberdeenshire, Forfarshire, Perthshire and Stirlingshire. Dumbarton were drawn to meet the Aberdeenshire Cup holders, Buckie Thistle, but no doubt due to travel costs, Dumbarton withdrew.

Semi Final Buckie Thistle WO Dumbarton

Friendlies

Despite being two of the oldest clubs in Scotland, Dumbarton and Stranraer's first XIs met for the first time in two friendly matches.

27 February 1954 Friendly Stranraer 2–2 Dumbarton Stair Park

 Bell,T
McCaffrey
24 April 1954 Friendly Dumbarton 3–0 Stranraer Boghead Park

Player statistics
No. Pos Nat Player TotalB DivisionScottish CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Wallace Murdoch[75] 2301700060
GK Walter Scott 1401301000
DF Danny Bell[76] 2401701060
DF George Ferguson[77] 2902601020
DF Jack McNee[78] 1701200050
MF John Black 1101100000
MF Don Cornock 1901801000
MF Andy Crossan[79] 20200000
MF Jim Davie 1201101000
MF H Doyle[80] 10100000
MF Tommy Irwin 132810051
MF Don McDonald[81] 20200000
MF J McQueen[82] 10100000
MF Hugh Shaw[83] 3122520060
MF Jimmy Stevenson [84] 20200000
MF Jimmy Whyte 2101401060
FW Tommy Bell[85] 102520050
FW Ray Brown 70700000
FW Dick Cumming[86] 31310000
FW Tom Donegan[87] 2962340062
FW Willie Gibson[88] 83731000
FW Hugh Goldie[89] 2361740062
FW Tony Hepburn 2161561050
FW Jim Maguire 32320000
FW Jackie Malloch[90] 261423131021
FW Tommy Martin[91] 40400000
FW Gerry McCaffrey[92] 1611010060
FW Tom McGairy 1871671010
FW Jock Weir 1751651000

Source:[93]

Transfers

Source:[94]

Reserve team

Dumbarton only played one official 'reserve' match in the Second XI Cup, losing in the first round to Third Lanark.

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  89. The league match against Motherwell on 7 November marked Hugh Goldie's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions.
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