1933–34 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1933–34 season was the 57th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Dumbartonshire Cup.

Dumbarton
1933–1934 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two6th
Scottish CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Johnny Haddow (33)
All: Johnny Haddow (33)

Scottish League edit

Dumbarton had their best season since their return to the Second Division 11 years earlier by finishing 6th out of 18, with 37 points – just 8 behind champions Albion Rovers. It could have so been much better, particularly with just 2 home defeats, but as with many previous seasons it was the inability to win away from Boghead which prevented any real promotion hopes.[1]

12 August 1933 League Edinburgh City 2-1 [2][3] Dumbarton Powderhall Stadium
Ross   1', 70' Nugent   25' Referee: J Allan
19 August 1933 League Dumbarton 2-1 [4][5] King's Park Boghead Park
Haddow   50'  Laird   5' Attendance: 1,500
26 August 1933 League Arbroath 4-1 [6][7] Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Mutch   
Farquhar  
Ross  
Haddow   (pen) Attendance: 2,000
2 September 1933 League Dumbarton 4-2 [8][9] Dundee United Boghead Park
Ballantyne   1'
Haddow   
McGonagle  
Newman    Attendance: 1,000
9 September 1933 League Albion Rovers 2-0 [10][11] Dumbarton Cliftonhill
Miller  
Barclay   85'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: K Blue
16 September 1933 League Dumbarton 2-0 [12][13] Raith Rovers Boghead Park
McGonagle   29'
Ballantyne   33'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: G McCutcheon
23 September 1933 League Brechin City 4-0 [14][15] Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Cameron   49'
Pyper   70', 75'
Linton   83'
Referee: A MacKay
30 September 1933 League Dumbarton 3-1 [16][17] Dunfermline Athletic Boghead Park
Ballantyne   24'
Haddow   53' (pen)
Taylor   90'
McGachie   46' Attendance: 1,200
Referee: G McKay
14 October 1933 League Dumbarton 3-4 [20][21] East Fife Boghead Park
Haddow   44', 55', 57' Weir   12', 58'
McCartney   32', 33'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: J Robertson
21 October 1933 League Montrose 2-4 [22][23] Dumbarton Links Park
Geddes   3'
Gillespie  
Ritchie,R  
Taylor  
Collins   60'
Haddow  
Referee: H McLachlan
28 October 1933 League King's Park 3-1 [24][25] Dumbarton Forthbank Park
Lang  
Bryce   10'
Dyet   88'
Kennedy   5'
4 November 1933 League Dumbarton 3-0 [26][27] Forfar Athletic Boghead Park
Haddow   35'  (pen)  50' Attendance: 1,500
Referee: W McCulloch
18 November 1933 League Dumbarton 2-0 [30][31] Arbroath Boghead Park
Haddow  
Ballantyne  
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: J McKay
25 November 1933 League East Stirlingshire 3-1 [32][33] Dumbarton Firs Park
Jack   62', 87'
Duncan   86'
Haddow   60' Referee: R Innes
2 December 1933 League Dumbarton 2-0 [34][35] Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
Wotherspoon   52'
Haddow   75'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: W McCulloch
9 December 1933 League Morton 3-1 [36][37] Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Gilliland   20'
Keyes   22' 
Haddow   (pen) Attendance: 4,000
16 December 1933 League Dumbarton 4-1 [38][39] Edinburgh City Boghead Park
Haddow   46'  
Collins  
McMeekin   Attendance: 1,000
23 December 1933 League Dumbarton 3-1 [40][41] Brechin City Boghead Park
Wallace   39'
Haddow   59', 82'
Brown   83' Attendance: 1,000
Referee: J Ramsay
30 December 1933 League Dundee United 4-4 [42][43] Dumbarton Tannadice Park
Oucheronie   5'
Ross   33' 
Munro  
Haddow    86' (pen)
Wotherspoon  
McMonagle   65'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: G McCutcheon
1 January 1934 League Dumbarton 2-0 [44][45] Albion Rovers Boghead Park
Haddow   15', 50' Attendance: 2,000
6 January 1934 League East Fife 3-3 [46][47] Dumbarton Bayview Park, Methil
Forgie  
Morrison  
Dougan   49'
Wotherspoon  
Collins   80'
McMonagle   81'
13 January 1934 League Dumbarton 1-2 [48][49] Leith Athletic Boghead Park
Wotherspoon   Meikleham  
Percy  
Attendance: 1,000
20 January 1934 League Stenhousemuir 6-4 [50][51] Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Turnbull   5' (pen)
Howie   11'
Hart   28', 30' 
Cowan   78'
Haddow   8', 57'
Wotherspoon  
Wallace  
Referee: H McLachlan
10 February 1934 League Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 [52][53] Dumbarton East End Park
Watson  
Garland  
Dobson  
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: J Grant
24 February 1934 League Dumbarton 3-2 [54][55] Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
Haddow   
Ritchie,R  
Hamilton  
Bollind  
Attendance: 1,000
3 March 1934 League Dumbarton 2-0 [56][57] St Bernard's Boghead Park
Ballantyne    Attendance: 800
10 March 1934 League St Bernard's 7-2 [58][59] Dumbarton Royal Gymnasium Ground
Forbes   10' 
Murray   
Newman  
Russell    88'
Wallace  
Kennedy  
17 March 1934 League Dumbarton 2-0 [60][61] East Stirling Boghead Park
Wallace   40'
Haddow   89'
Attendance: 800
Referee: W McCulloch
24 March 1934 League Forfar Athletic 4-0 [62][63] Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Black   69', 84'
Gabriel   70', 89'
Referee: H McLachlan
31 March 1934 League Dumbarton 2-0 [64][65] Montrose Boghead Park
Ritchie,R   75'
Taylor   80'
Referee: W Murray
7 April 1934 League Forfar Athletic 1-1 [66][67] Dumbarton Starks Park
Crichton   30' Ritchie,R   Referee: A Bainbridge
21 April 1934 League Dumbarton 3-1 [68][69] Morton Boghead Park
Haddow   
Collins  
Cummings   Attendance: 1,500

Scottish Cup edit

There was another first round exit, this time to Arbroath.

20 January 1934 Cup R1 Arbroath 1–2[70][71] Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Brand  
Muir   68'
Collins   Attendance: 3,440
Referee: D Rees

Dumbartonshire Cup edit

Dumbarton lost the Dumbartonshire Cup to non-league Vale Ocaba.

18 April 1934 Final Vale Ocaba 3-1 Dumbarton Millburn Park
 
 
 
Kennedy   Attendance: 600

Friendlies edit

7 September 1933 Friendly Dumbarton 4–2 Milngavie Boghead Park
Wallace   
Kennedy   
 
 
27 January 1934 Friendly Dumbarton 1–3 Clyde Boghead Park
Wallace    
 
 

Player statistics edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Archibald Milliken 2 0 2 0 0 0
GK   SCO William Simpson[72] 33 0 32 0 1 0
DF   SCO William Hamilton[73] 2 0 2 0 0 0
DF   SCO Kane[74] 2 0 2 0 0 0
DF   SCO McCallum[75] 2 0 2 0 0 0
DF   SCO McCrone[76] 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF   SCO William Meek[77] 11 0 10 0 1 0
DF   SCO James Osborne[78] 7 0 7 0 0 0
DF   SCO Martin Watson[79] 29 0 28 0 1 0
MF   SCO Charles Ballantyne 32 6 31 6 1 0
MF   SCO John Forgie[80] 21 0 21 0 0 0
MF   SCO Allan Miller[81] 3 0 3 0 0 0
MF   SCO William Murray[82] 4 0 4 0 0 0
MF   SCO Dick Ritchie[83] 33 4 32 4 1 0
MF   SCO George Ritchie[84] 28 0 28 0 0 0
MF   SCO Robert Taylor[85] 19 3 18 3 1 0
FW   SCO Blackwood[86] 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW   SCO David Collins 21 5 20 4 1 1
FW   SCO Johnny Haddow 32 33 31 33 1 0
FW   SCO David Hodge[87] 10 1 10 1 0 0
FW   SCO Kempton[88] 2 0 2 0 0 0
FW   SCO David Kennedy[89] 15 3 15 3 0 0
FW   SCO Thomas McGunnigle 27 4 26 4 1 0
FW   SCO Michael Noone[90] 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW   SCO A Ritchie[91] 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW   SCO John Wallace[92] 25 4 24 4 1 0
FW   SCO Daniel Wotherspoon[93] 21 5 20 5 1 0

Source:[94]

Transfers edit

In addition William Gilmour, Henry McAvoy, William McGall, Sam McNee, Michael Noone and Alex Parlane all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.

Source:[95]

References edit

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