1937–38 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1937–1938 season
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two 7th
Scottish Cup First Round
Top goalscorer League: Jimmy Smith (29)
All: Jimmy Smith (29)
← 1936–37 1938–39 →

Season 1937–38 was the 61st Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 39th time and the Scottish Cup for the 50th time.

Overview

Dumbarton made another encouraging start to the season, with only one defeat in their first 8 games, and although that form wasn't maintained fully, Dumbarton had their best season for a number of years by finishing 7th out of 18, with 39 points - 20 behind champions Raith Rovers. For the fifth time, Dumbarton maintained an unbeaten home league record, but with only 3 wins from 17 fixtures away from Boghead, promotion was never going to be a real possibility.[1]

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton came up against first division Kilmarnock in the first round and despite a good fight were to finish up second best.

The Dumbartonshire Cup, which had been a feature of Dumbarton seasons since 1884, was to be no more. With Dumbarton being the only senior club in the county it was agreed to disband the Dumbartonshire Association.

Elsewhere, a friendly match was played against East Stirling.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

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Main article: 1937–38 Scottish Football League
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
14 August 1937 Brechin City A 4-3 Smith,J(3);Murray
21 August 1937 Stenhousemuir H 5-1 Smith,G(3);Smith,J;Duffy 3,500
28 August 1937 East Stirlingshire A 2-2 Smith,G;Murray
4 September 1937 Dundee United H 5-1 Smith,G(2);Smith,J(2);Murray 4,000
11 September 1937 Forfar Athletic A 3-4 Smith,G(2);Duffy
18 September 1937 Leith Athletic H 3-0 Duffy;Smith,J;Robertson 4,000
25 September 1937 Airdrie A 3-1 Smith,G(2);Robertson 4,000
2 October 1937 Cowdenbeath H 4-4 Devers(2);Smith,G;Smith,J 3,000
9 October 1937 East Fife A 1-4 Duffy 2,000
16 October 1937 Raith Rovers H 2-2 Smith,J;Robertson 5,000
23 October 1937 Dunfermline Athletic A 1-4 Robertson 3,000
30 October 1937 King's Park A 0-1
6 November 1937 Albion Rovers H 3-2 Smith,G;Smith,J;Robertson 6,500
13 November 1937 Alloa Athletic A 1-2 Smith,J
20 November 1937 Montrose H 4-0 Duffy(2);Smith,J;OG 4,000
27 November 1937 St Bernard's A 0-1 1,000
4 December 1937 Brechin City H 7-0 Smith,J(3);Duffy(2);Murray;Smith,G 2,000
18 December 1937 East Fife H 3-2 Smith,G;Smith,J;Duffy
25 December 1937 Stenhousemuir A 2-4 Smith,G;Smith,J
1 January 1938 Forfar Athletic H 2-0 Smith,G;Duffy 4,500
3 January 1938 Cowdenbeath A 1-4 Duffy
8 January 1938 Leith Athletic A 0-2 2,000
15 January 1938 East Stirlingshire H 3-1 Smith,G;Duffy;Cochrane 2,500
29 January 1938 Dundee United A 4-1 Smith,J(2);Smith,G;Robertson 2,000
5 February 1938 Edinburgh City H 8-0 Smith,G(4);Smith,J(2);Robertson(2) 2,500
12 February 1938 Montrose A 0-0
19 February 1938 Raith Rovers A 0-7 5,000
26 February 1938 King's Park H 4-1 Smith,J(2);Smith,G;trialist
12 March 1938 Dunfermline Athletic H 4-1 Smith,J(3);Smith,G 5,000
19 March 1938 Albion Rovers A 0-3
26 March 1938 St Bernard's H 2-1 Smith,G;Smith,J 4,000
2 April 1938 Edinburgh City A 0-4
9 April 1938 Airdrie H 2-0 Smith,G;Robertson 5,000
16 April 1938 Alloa Athletic H 2-2 Smith,J;Kemp

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1937–38 Scottish Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
22 January 1938 1 Kilmarnock A 0-6 9,000

Other Match

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
5 March 1938 East Stirlingshire H 3-3 Smith,G(2);ANO 1,000

Appearances

Dumbarton used 24 players for the 35 Scottish League and Scottish Cup matches, as detailed below. Both Gavin and Jimmy Smith were to feature in all of these matches. Note that unnamed trialist(s) played in two matches.[2]

Player Position[3] Appearances Goals
Scotland John Casey DF 31
Scotland Daniel Clancy MF 19
Scotland John Clay DF 32
Scotland Sandy Cochrane FW 15 1
Scotland Coleman MF 1
Scotland John Curley MF 2
Scotland William R Deans MF 7
Scotland Thomas Devers FW 7 2
Scotland Archibald Duffy FW 26 12
Scotland Ferguson MF 1
Scotland John Irvine MF 13
Scotland William Kemp MF 11 1
Scotland James McAllister MF 21
Scotland James McKain DF 7
Scotland William Morrison GK 24
Scotland David Muir MF 2
Scotland Robert Muir GK 11
Scotland Stephen Murray MF 28 4
Scotland Abram Robertson FW 34 9
Scotland Gavin Smith FW 35 25
Scotland Jimmy Smith FW 35 29
Scotland Sneddon FW 2
Scotland Willie White MF 19

See also

References

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  3. ↑ The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two defenders, three midfielders and five forwards).

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