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1945–46 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1945–46 season was the seventh (and last) Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in specially arranged wartime football.

Dumbarton
1945–1946 season
ManagerJackie Milne
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Division B8th
B Division Supplementary CupRunner-up
League Cup SouthPrelims
Top goalscorerLeague: Jim McGowan (13)
All: Jim McGowan (21)

Scottish Football League edit

Main article: 1945-46 Scottish Football League

In what was the last Scottish football season to be played under wartime conditions, the League competition was split into two divisions, with Dumbarton playing in Division B. Dumbarton finished 8th out of 16 with 26 points - 18 behind champions Dundee. No promotion or relegation resulted from the competition.

11 August 1945 Division B St Johnstone 3–3[1] Dumbarton Muirton Park
Souttar   10'
McIntosh   15', 75'		 McGowan   6'
McMillan   44'
Timmins   60'		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: J M Martin
18 August 1945 Division B Dumbarton 4–0[2] Albion Rovers Boghead Park
McMillan   43'
Murphy   47'
McGowan   66', 67'		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: J Brownlie
25 August 1945 Division B Dundee 5–2[3] Dumbarton Dens Park
Ochterlonie   8'
Moir   11'
Bowman   18'
Anderson   47', 63'		 Timmins   21' (pen)
McGowan   27'		 Attendance: 8,500
Referee: D Gerrard
1 September 1945 Division B Dumbarton 6–3[4] Raith Rovers Boghead Park
Marshall   4', 87'
McGowan   36', 63'
Mcdonald   71', 78'		 Wood   35'
Stewart   40', 75'		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: E Shirley
8 September 1945 Division B Ayr United 4–1[5] Dumbarton Somerset Park
Harper   39'
Malcolm   67'
Leitch   73'
Smith   84' (pen)		 Mcdonald   33' Attendance: 5,000
Referee: J Nichol
15 September 1945 Division B Dumbarton 1–1[6] Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
Mcdonald   87' Ormand   59' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: W M Crawford
22 September 1945 Division B Dumbarton 2–0[7] Arbroath Boghead Park
McAloney   11'
McGowan   14'		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: F Scott
29 September 1945 Division B Alloa Athletic 2–1[8] Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Stephenson   37'
McKay   48'		 McGowan   32' Attendance: 5,000
Referee: J Brownlie
6 October 1945 Division B Dumbarton 2–1[9] Dunfermline Athletic Boghead Park
McGowan   75'
McNamara   80'		 Ellis   14' Attendance: 2,500
Referee: J Pollock
13 October 1945 Division B Dumbarton 3–0[10] East Fife Boghead Park
McDonald   13'
Bootland   60'
Jess   73'		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: R Maxwell
20 October 1945 Division B Cowdenbeath 1–5[11] Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Ferguson   55' McNamara   1'
McDonald   30' 
Bootland   33'
McMillan   34'		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: G Mitchell
27 October 1945 Division B Dumbarton 1–2[12] Airdrie Boghead Park
McNamara   8' Alexander   1', 59' Attendance: 4,000
Referee: W G Livingstone
3 November 1945 Division B Dumbarton 2–1[13] Dundee United Boghead Park
Campbell  
McGowan  		 Newman  
10 November 1945 Division B Albion Rovers 3–0[14] Dumbarton Cliftonhill
Findlay   35', 86'
Loudon  46'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: W Bowman
17 November 1945 Division B Dumbarton 3–5[15] St Johnstone Boghead Park
Bootland   5'
Marshall   36', 50'		 McIntosh   8', 22'
Burns   12'
Boyd   24'
Soutar   85'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: J Jackson
24 November 1945 Division B Dumbarton 0–1[16] Dundee Boghead Park
Gallacher   15' Attendance: 5,000
Referee: J Cameron
1 December 1945 Division B Raith Rovers 1–4[17] Dumbarton Starks Park
Woon   79' McMillan   43', 61', 70'
Timmins  75'		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: W T Livingston
8 December 1945 Division B Arbroath 0–3[18] Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Neil   6', 9'
McGowan   43'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: J M Martin
15 December 1945 Division B Stenhousemuir 2–2[19] Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Newman   78'
Clark   85'		 Neil   2'
McMillan  10'		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: J M Martin
22 December 1945 Division B Dumbarton 4–1[20] Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
Bartleman   5'
McGowan   18'
Trialist   50'
McMillan   72'		 Gray   25' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: W M Crawford
29 December 1945 Division B Dunfermline Athletic 1–1[21] Dumbarton East End Park
Gilmour   41' Neil   83' Attendance: 3,000
1 January 1946 Division B Dumbarton 1–3[22] Ayr United Boghead Park
Bootland      
2 January 1946 Division B Dundee United 4–1[23] Dumbarton Tannadice Park
     McGowan   Attendance: 6,500
5 January 1946 Division B East Fife 6–2[24] Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
Smith   39', 73'
Adamson   43', 50'
Sneddon   61'
Adams   81'		 Murphy   17'
Campbell   52'		 Attendance: 3,000
12 January 1946 Division B Dumbarton 3–1[25] Cowdenbeath Boghead Park
Bartleman   39'
Neil   44'
Bootland   55'		 Fraser   82' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: J Brownlie
19 January 1946 Division B Airdrie 3–2[26] Dumbarton Broomfield Park
Aitken   44', 85'
McCulloch   87'		 Neil   54'
Bartleman   57'		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: J Thompson

League Cup South edit

Main article: 1945–46 Southern League Cup (Scotland)

The story in the League Cup South was a familiar one, with Dumbarton failing to qualify from their section games.

23 February 1946 Div B Grp B Dumbarton 0–1[27] Ayr United Boghead Park
Harper   56' Attendance: 5,000
Referee: W Davidson
2 March 1946 Div B Grp B Stenhousemuir 0–2[28] Dumbarton Ochilview Park
McDonald   20'
Bootland   59'		 Attendance: 1,500
9 March 1946 Div B Grp B Dundee United 3–2[29] Dumbarton Tannadice Park
McKay   3'
Cabrelli   63'
Buchan   89'		 McDonald   6'
McGowan   55'		 Attendance: 9,000
Referee: J Thompson
16 March 1946 Div B Grp B Ayr United 3–1[30] Dumbarton Somerset Park
Smith   33'
Morrison   58', 81'		 Bartleman   73' Attendance: 7,900
Referee: W Brown
23 March 1946 Div B Grp B Dumbarton 1–3[31] Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
McGowan   1' Donaldson   4', 70'
Newall   80'		 Attendance: 2,000
30 March 1946 Div B Grp B Dumbarton 1–2[32] Dundee United Boghead Park
McGowan   48' Pacione   18', 30' Referee: R G Benzie

Supplementary Cup edit

The Summer Cup was replaced for B Division teams with a Supplementary Cup, and Dumbarton reached the final only to lose out to Airdrie.

26 January 1946 1st Rnd 1st Leg Stenhousemuir 1–6 Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Donald   7' McNamara   40'
McDonald  
McGowan   58', 88'
Neil   70'
Bootland   87'		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: R Calder
2 February 1946 1st Rnd 2nd Leg Dumbarton 2–2
(8–3 agg.)		 Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
McGowan   17'
Neil   59'		 Donaldson   19'
Arbuckle   61'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: W Webb
16 February 1946 Semi-final East Fife 0–1 Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Bootland   31' Attendance: 7,500
Referee: C Blues
17 April 1946 Final Airdrie 2–1 Dumbarton Ibrox Park
Peters  
 		 Bootland  

Victory Cup edit

As in 1919, a special Victory Cup was played for, but for Dumbarton there was a first round exit, to Airdrie.

20 April 1946 1st Rnd 1st Leg Airdrie 4–0[33][34] Dumbarton Broomfield Park
Aitken   4', 27'
Watson   37'
McCulloch   87'		 Attendance: 7,400
Referee: W G Livingston
24 April 1946 1st Rnd 2nd Leg Dumbarton 1–1[35][36]
(1–5 agg.)		 Airdrie Boghead Park
Bootland   Flavell   10'

Stirlingshire Cup edit

The Stirlingshire Cup competition was re-established for the first time since 1939, with Dumbarton falling at the semi-final stage to A Division opponents, Falkirk. The competition was however never completed.

5 September 1945 1st Rnd 1st Leg Stirling Albion 3–2 Dumbarton Annfield Stadium
Gourlay   30'
Campbell   57'
Sanders   75'		 Hepburn   21'
Murphy   70'		 Attendance: 3,000
5 September 1945 1st Rnd 2nd Leg Dumbarton 4–0
(6–3 agg.)		 Stirling Albion Boghead Park
McGowan   35' 
Smith   		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: W Davidson
11 May 1946 Semi-final Falkirk 2–1 Dumbarton Brockville Park
Brooks   23', 48' Neilson   75' Referee: J Godfrey

Player statistics edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Southern Division Supplementary Cup League Cup Victory Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Archibald Dingley[37] 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK   SCO Joe Henderson 11 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 2 0
GK   SCO Jim Hoey[38] 12 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
GK   SCO Peter McArthur[39] 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK   SCO Ian Ogilvie 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO James Brown[40] 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
DF   SCO Ralph Cowan[41] 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Alex Kay[42] 31 0 26 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
DF   SCO Robert Wallace[43] 30 0 19 0 4 0 5 0 2 0
MF   SCO George Campbell 37 2 25 2 4 0 6 0 2 0
MF   SCO John Craig[44] 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Bobby Donaldson 35 0 23 0 4 0 6 0 2 0
MF   SCO Jim Douglas[45] 25 0 16 0 2 0 5 0 2 0
MF   SCO Gordon McFarlane[46] 19 0 12 0 3 0 4 0 0 0
MF   SCO Bobby Ross[47] 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
MF   SCO Jimmy Timmins[48] 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Robert Torrance[49] 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
FW   SCO David Bartleman[50] 17 4 11 3 1 0 4 1 1 0
FW   SCO Charlie Bootland 27 10 17 5 4 3 4 1 2 1
FW   SCO Alexander Filshie[51] 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO John Getty[52] 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0
FW   SCO John Hepburn[53] 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Thomas Jess[54] 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Donald MacMillan[55] 14 7 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Ernest Marshall[56] 3 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Victor McAloney[57] 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Bernard McDonald[58] 24 10 13 7 4 1 5 2 2 0
FW   SCO Jimmy McGowan 37 19 25 13 4 3 6 3 2 0
FW   SCO Hugh McNamara[59] 8 4 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Robert Murphy[60] 9 2 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO William Neil[61] 20 9 9 7 3 2 6 0 2 0
FW   SCO Jimmy Smith 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Trialists 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source:[62]

Transfers edit

Source:[63]

In addition Andrew Bartleman, David Boyd, Tom Brawley, Andrew Cheyne, Frank Douglas, Stan Gullan, James Hoy, Jackie Milne, John Mulvaney, Vincemnt Pritchard and David Watson would all have played their last 1st team game for Dumbarton before the end of the season.

References edit

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  2. ^ "Dumbarton 4 - 0 Albion Rovers, Saturday, August 18th 1945". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Dundee 5 - 2 Dumbarton, Saturday, August 25th 1945". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Dumbarton 6 - 3 Raith Rovers, Saturday, September 1st 1945". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Ayr United 4 - 1 Dumbarton, Saturday, September 8th 1945". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
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  7. ^ "Dumbarton 2 - 0 Arbroath, Saturday, September 22nd 1945". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
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  9. ^ "Dumbarton 2 - 1 Dunfermline Athletic, Saturday, October 6th 1945". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Dumbarton 3 - 0 East Fife, Saturday, October 13th 1945". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Cowdenbeath 1 - 5 Dumbarton, Saturday, October 20th 1945". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Dumbarton 1 - 2 Airdrie, Saturday, October 27th 1945". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Dumbarton 2 - 1 Dundee United, Saturday, November 3rd 1945". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
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  18. ^ "Arbroath 3 - 0 Dumbarton, Saturday, December 8th 1945". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  19. ^ "Stenhousemuir 2 - 2 Dumbarton, Saturday, December 15th 1945". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  20. ^ "Dumbarton 4 - 1 Alloa Athletic, Saturday, December 22nd 1945". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  21. ^ "Dunfermline Athletic 1 - 1 Dumbarton, Saturday, December 29th 1945". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
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  30. ^ "Ayr United 3 - 1 Dumbarton, Scottish Southern League Cup (16/03/1946)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  31. ^ "Dumbarton 1 - 3 Stenhousemuir, Scottish Southern League Cup (23/03/1946)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  32. ^ "Dumbarton 1 - 2 Dundee United, Scottish Southern League Cup (30/03/1946)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
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  42. ^ "Alex Kay - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  43. ^ "Robert Wallace - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  44. ^ "John Craig - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  45. ^ "Jim Douglas - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  46. ^ "Gordon McFarlane - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  47. ^ "Bobby Ross - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  48. ^ "Jimmy Timmins - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  49. ^ "Robert Torrance - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  50. ^ "David Bartleman - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  51. ^ "Alexander Filshie - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
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  55. ^ "Donald MacMillan - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  56. ^ "Ernest Marshall - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  57. ^ "Victor Mcaloney - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
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  59. ^ "Hugh McNamara - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  60. ^ "Robert Murphy - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  61. ^ "William Neil - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
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