1957–58 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1957–58 season was the 74th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. In addition Dumbarton played in the Stirlingshire Cup.

Dumbarton
1957–1958 season
ManagerPeter McGown
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 24th
Scottish CupFirst Round
Scottish League CupPrelims
Top goalscorerLeague: Hugh Gallacher / Charlie Stewart (23)
All: Hugh Gallacher (29)

Scottish Second Division edit

Dumbarton were to challenge for promotion from Division 2 for most of the season, but a disastrous run in the final five games, where only three points were taken, was to prove to be conclusive and in the end a fourth-place finish was achieved with 44 points, 11 behind champions Stirling Albion.

21 August 1957 Division 2 Albion Rovers 3–1[1][2] Dumbarton Cliftonhill Stadium
Carson   7', 49'
Harper   31'
Whalen   81' Referee: H Phillips
4 September 1957 Division 2 Dumbarton 4–0[3][4] Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
Gallacher,H  
Cairns   
Stewart  
Referee: R Smith
11 September 1957 Division 2 Dumbarton 6–0[5][6] Albion Rovers Boghead Park
Gallacher,H    
Gibson   
Smith  
Referee: R Rodger
14 September 1957 Division 2 Dumbarton 1–0[7][8] Stranraer Boghead Park
Gibson   5' Attendance: 5,000
Referee: J Mowat
18 September 1957 Division 2 Alloa Athletic 4–3[9][10] Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Docherty   
Hunter  
Trialist  
Cairns  
Gallacher,H  
Gibson  
Referee: J Mackie
21 September 1957 Division 2 Morton 0–0[11][12] Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Referee: G Bowman
28 September 1957 Division 2 Dumbarton 2–0[13][14] Dundee United Boghead Park
Gallacher,H   13', 62' Attendance: 4,000
Referee: F Crossley
5 October 1957 Division 2 Montrose 2–0[15][16] Dumbarton Links Park
Sandeman   59'
Selway  
Referee: A McClintock
12 October 1957 Division 2 Dumbarton 4–1[17][18] Berwick Rangers Boghead Park
Gallacher,H   26'
Stewart   32', 35'
McMillan  
Hogg   75' Attendance: 4,000
Referee: T Wharton
19 October 1957 Division 2 Brechin City 5–2[19][20] Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Scott   11' 
Warrander   15' 
Nelson  
Brown,L   30'
McMillan  
Referee: D Gerrard
26 October 1957 Division 2 Dumbarton 4–2[21][22] Ayr United Boghead Park
Stewart   26' 
Gallacher,H   34'
Smith   65'
Whittle   27'
Craig   75'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: G Mitchell
2 November 1957 Division 2 Dumbarton 4–0[23][24] Arbroath Boghead Park
Brown,L   30', 87'
Stewart   64'
Smith   69'
Referee: H Phillips
9 November 1957 Division 2 East Stirling 1–2[25][26] Dumbarton Firs Park
Wilson   45' (pen) Gallacher,H   28'  Attendance: 1,500
Referee: D McTaggart
16 November 1957 Division 2 Hamilton 0–3[27][28] Dumbarton Douglas Park
Gallacher,H   15'
Stewart   43'
McMillan   77'
Referee: R Morris
23 November 1957 Division 2 Dumbarton 1–1[29][30] Forfar Athletic Boghead Park
Gallacher,H   Ogilvie   (pen) Attendance: 5,000
Referee: J Cowan
30 November 1957 Division 2 Stenhousemuir 2–4[31][32] Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Stewart   68'
Kilgannon   73'
Gallacher,H   14', 19'
Stewart   57'
Brown,L   63'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: R Davidson
7 December 1957 Division 2 Dumbarton 6–0[33][34] St Johnstone Boghead Park
Stewart   27' (pen)
Gallacher,H   38'
McMillan   43' 
Gibson  Brown,L  
Attendance: 4,658
Referee: H Gallacher
14 December 1957 Division 2 Dumbarton 2–0[35][36] Dunfermline Athletic Boghead Park
Stewart   2'
Gallacher,H   23'
Referee: J Stewart
21 December 1957 Division 2 Stirling Albion 4–1[37][38] Dumbarton Annfield Stadium
Rankin   5'
Rodger  
Spence  
Grant  
Gallacher,H   47' Referee: W Harvey
28 December 1957 Division 2 Dumbarton 6–1[39][40] Cowdenbeath Boghead Park
Stewart   3', 32'  
McMillan   
Gilfillan   Attendance: 5,500
Referee: R Rodger
1 January 1958 Division 2 Dumbarton 4–0[41][42] Morton Boghead Park
Gallacher    85'
Brown,L   5'
Whalen  
Referee: J Mackie
2 January 1958 Division 2 Stranraer 2–1[43][44] Dumbarton Stair Park
Cron  
Small  
Stewart  
11 January 1958 Division 2 Dundee United 1–2[45][46] Dumbarton Tannadice Park
Stephen   Gallacher,H   3'
Stewart   38'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: R Morris
18 January 1958 Division 2 Dumbarton 3–1[47][48] Montrose Boghead Park
Stewart   25'
Gallacher,H   42'
Whalen  
  Referee: H Phillips
25 January 1958 Division 2 Berwick Rangers 2–2[49][50] Dumbarton Shielfield Park
McEwan   8'
McLennan   36'
Gallacher,H   18'
Brown,L   35'
Attendance: 443
Referee: A Crossman
15 February 1958 Division 2 Ayr United 4–0[51][52] Dumbarton Somerset Park
McIntyre   25'
Price   44', 54'
McMillan   57'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: G Bowman
22 February 1958 Division 2 Arbroath 3–5[53][54] Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Brown   21'
Fernie  
Sharp  
Beveridge   5'   
Stewart  
Referee: J Bissett
1 March 1958 Division 2 Dumbarton 1–3[55][56] East Stirling Boghead Park
Beveridge   2' Japp   28'   Referee: J Mackie
22 March 1958 Division 2 Dumbarton 6–1[59][60] Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
Whalen   12', 32'
Stewart   19' 
Brown   43' (pen)
Beveridge   54'
Campbell   30' Referee: J Stewart
29 March 1958 Division 2 St Johnstone 2–3[61][62] Dumbarton Muirton Park
Carr   20'
Ewan   (pen)
Beveridge   10'
Stewart  
Donnachie  
Referee: J Holborn
12 April 1958 Division 2 Dumbarton 2–2[65][66] Stirling Albion Boghead Park
Beveridge   22'
Smith  
Spence   6', 30' Referee: E Cowan
18 April 1958 Division 2 Dumbarton 5–1[67][68] Brechin City Boghead Park
Beveridge   
Stewart   
Brown,L  
Stewart  
26 April 1958 Division 2 Cowdenbeath 3–2[69][70] Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Miller   72', 75'
Murphy   (pen)
Whalen   60'
Beveridge  
Referee: G Mitchell
3 May 1958 Division 2 Forfar Athletic 2–0[71][72] Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Russell  
Martin  
Referee: W Brittle

Scottish League Cup edit

Only two wins were achieved in the 6 sectional games of the League Cup, but one of these was a 10–3 thumping of Stranraer.

10 August 1957 Group 5 Stranraer 3–1[73][74] Dumbarton Stair Park
Quinn   13' 
Hunter  
Brown,L   12' Referee: E Cowan
14 August 1957 Group 5 Dumbarton 2–4[75][76] Dundee United Boghead Park
McMillan   6', 59' Sturrock   7'
Duncan  
Humphries   65'
Coyle   85'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: W Brittle
17 August 1957 Section 5 Clyde 7–1[77][78] Dumbarton Shawfield Stadium
Robertson   1' 
Ring   18', 42' (pen), 45'
Currie   32', 65'
Gallacher,H   75' Attendance: 8,000
Referee: J Bissett
24 August 1957 Group 5 Dumbarton 10–3[79][80] Stranraer Boghead Park
Gallacher,H      84'
Gibson   22'
Glover   23'
McMillan   38'
Smith   41'
Whalen    81'
Quinn    47', 65' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: P Fitzpatrick
28 August 1957 Group 5 Dundee United 0–3[81][82] Dumbarton Tannadice Park
Gibson   8'
Gallacher,H  
Whalen  
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: T Edwards
31 August 1957 Group 5 Dumbarton 1–4[83][84] Clyde Boghead Park
Brown,L   53' Clinton   1'
Ring   5'
Currie   77'
Keogh  
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: D Weir

Scottish Cup edit

Dumbarton received a tough first round draw in the Cup and lost out to eventual champions Clyde.

1 February 1958 Cup round 1 Dumbarton 0–5[85][86] Clyde Boghead Park
Robertson   5', 47'
Coyle   32', 65'
Ring   67'
Attendance: 13,300
Referee: H Phillips

Stirlingshire Cup edit

Alloa were to prove too strong for Dumbarton in the semi-final of the county cup.

30 October 1957 First Round Dumbarton 7–2 East Stirling Boghead Park
Stewart  
Brown,L  
McMillan    
Gallacher,H  
Smith  
   Attendance: 2,500
23 April 1958 Semi-final Alloa Athletic 6–0 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Gillespie    
Vint  
Docherty  
White  

Dewar Shield edit

As the previous season's Stirlingshire champions, Dumbarton were drawn to meet the Aberdeenshire Cup holders, Buckie Thistle. As was the case four years earlier, Dumbarton withdrew.

Friendlies edit

7 September 1957 Friendly Dumbarton 8–2 Scottish Command XI (Army) Boghead Park
Gallacher,H   
Kiernan    
McMillan   
 
  
9 October 1957 Friendly Dumbarton 2–1 Duntocher Hibs Boghead Park
Gallacher,H      Attendance: 1,374
20 November 1957 Friendly Dumbarton 4–2 Yoker Boghead Park
       
3 February 1958 Friendly Dumbarton 2–2 Scottish Amateurs XI Boghead Park
Gallacher,H   40', 44' McMillan  
King  
Referee: M Carroll
3 March 1958 Friendly Dumbarton 2–1 St Mirren Boghead Park
Beveridge     
12 March 1958 Friendly Dumbarton 1–3 Celtic XI Boghead Park
Whalen      
26 March 1958 Friendly Dumbarton 4–1 Clydebank Juniors Boghead Park
Trialist   
Donnachie  
Gallacher,H  
 

Player statistics edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Con Murray 37 0 36 0 1 0 0 0
GK   SCO Eddie O'Donnell[87] 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
DF   SCO Joe Gallacher[88] 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
DF   SCO Tommy Govan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Jim Gray[89] 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Andy Jardine 38 0 33 0 1 0 4 0
DF   SCO John McKay 7 0 4 0 0 0 3 0
MF   SCO Benny Cairns[90] 32 3 25 3 1 0 6 0
MF   SCO Tommy Craig 42 0 35 0 1 0 6 0
MF   SCO George Cunningham[91] 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Peter Haggerty 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Adam Hogg 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Frank McBriar[92] 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO John McCall 38 0 31 0 1 0 6 0
MF   SCO Jim McCormack[93] 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Willie McIntyre[94] 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO John Smith[95] 39 4 32 3 1 0 6 1
FW   SCO Ian Beveridge[96] 10 11 10 11 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Jim Brown 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Les Brown[97] 38 11 33 9 1 0 4 2
FW   SCO Willie Devlin 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
FW   SCO Alex Donnachie[98] 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Hugh Gallacher 30 29 25 23 1 0 4 6
FW   SCO Bobby Gibson[99] 18 7 12 5 0 0 6 2
FW   SCO John Glover[100] 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 1
FW   SCO John McMillan 30 10 24 7 1 0 5 3
FW   SCO Charlie Stewart 35 23 34 23 1 0 0 0
FW   SCO Willie Symington[101] 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Tom Whalen 23 9 18 6 1 0 4 3
FW   SCO Trialist 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Source:[102]

Transfers edit

Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:

Source:[103]

References edit

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  89. ^ "Jim Gray - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  90. ^ The league match against Berwick Rangers on 25 November marked Benny Cairns's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions.
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