1963–64 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1963–1964 season
Manager Jackie Fearn
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 2 6th
Scottish Cup Second Round
Scottish League Cup Prelims
Top goalscorer League: Tommy Halliday (9)
All: Don Bowie/ Tommy Halliday (12)

Season 1963–64 was the 87th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 57th time, the Scottish Cup for the 69th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 17th time.

Overview

While never really considered at any time as serious challengers, manager Jackie Fearn guided Dumbarton to a respectable 6th place in Division 2 with 38 points, a distant 29 behind champions Morton.

In the Scottish Cup, after an easy first round win, Dumbarton were not disgraced in their loss in the second round to Division 1 opponents Motherwell.

In the League Cup, with 2 wins and a draw from their sectional ties, Dumbarton failed to qualify for the knock out stages.

Locally Dumbarton lost out to Stenhousemuir in the first round of the Stirlingshire Cup.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

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Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
4 September 1963 Morton A 1-5 Halliday
7 September 1963 Stirling Albion H 5-2 Halliday(2);Hodgson(2);Fraser 1,000
14 September 1963 Queens Park A 1-2 Hodgson 2,000
18 September 1963 Albion Rovers H 0-2
21 September 1963 East Fife H 1-3 McLuskie 1,500
25 September 1963 Albion Rovers A 3-3 Black(2);Bowie
28 September 1963 Forfar Athletic H 3-1 Bowie;Masse;Halliday
5 October 1963 Stenhousemuir A 1-0 Halliday 500
12 October 1963 Stranraer H 4-1 Halliday(2);Lawlor;Bingham 1,300
19 October 1963 Raith Rovers H 4-0 Hodgson(2);Lawlor;Bingham 1,000
26 October 1963 Montrose A 1-2 Harra 1,500
2 November 1963 Hamilton A 3-1 Taggart(2);Black 2,500
9 November 1963 Ayr United H 3-1 Harra;Fraser;Lawlor 3,000
16 November 1963 Arbroath A 0-4 1,800
23 November 1963 Brechin City H 1-1 Bowie 1,400
30 November 1963 Cowdenbeath A 1-0 McDonald 500
7 December 1963 Berwick Rangers A 3-2 Harra;Black;Lawlor
14 December 1963 Alloa Athletic H 2-1 Black;Callaghan
21 December 1963 Clyde H 0-1 1,500
1 January 1964 Stirling Albion A 1-1 Fraser
2 January 1964 Queens Park H 1-4 Harra
4 January 1964 East Fife A 2-2 Bowie;Black 1,400
18 January 1964 Forfar Athletic A 2-0 Callaghan(2) 500
1 February 1964 Stenhousemuir H 3-2 Bowie(2);Lawlor 900
8 February 1964 Stranraer A 2-2 Smith;Veitch 1,050
15 February 1964 Raith Rovers A 1-2 OG 1,000
22 February 1964 Montrose H 2-1 Harra;Slaven 900
29 February 1964 Hamilton H 2-0 Harra;Brown 1,000
7 March 1964 Brechin City A 1-2 Lawlor
14 March 1964 Arbroath H 1-0 Kelly 350
28 March 1964 Cowdenbeath H 8-0 Callaghan(3);Fraser(2);Bowie;Veitch;Lawlor
4 April 1964 Berwick Rangers H 1-1 McEwan 1,000
13 April 1964 Morton H 0-2
18 April 1964 Alloa Athletic A 1-2 Brown 500
23 April 1964 Clyde H 2-4 Bowie;McKenna
29 April 1964 Ayr United A 0-1

Scottish Cup

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Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
11 January 1964 1 Raith Rovers H 4-0 Bowie(2);Callaghan;Black 3,200
25 January 1964 2 Motherwell A 0-1 7,500

Scottish League Cup

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Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
10 August 1963 P Arbroath A 1-1 Bowie
14 August 1963 P Raith Rovers H 3-0 Halliday;Hodgson;Coyle
17 August 1963 P East Fife A 2-3 Halliday;Hodgson 3,000
24 August 1963 P Arbroath H 1-2 Halliday 3,000
28 August 1963 P Raith Rovers A 2-1 Bowie;Black
31 August 1963 P East Fife A 2-4 Brown(2)

Stirlingshire Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
26 November 1963 1 Stenhousemuir A 1-2 Harra

Other Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
19 August 1963 Forth & Endrick League XI A 8-2 Black(2);Wilson(2);Hodgson;Fraser;Halliday;OG
11 September 1963 Airdrie H 2-1 unknown
5 November 1963 Erskine XI H 1-1 Lawlor
12 April 1964 Ross County H 2-3 Harra;Callaghan

Appearances

Dumbarton used 41 players for the 44 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Tommy Govan was best by featuring in all but one of these matches.[1]

Player Position Appearances Goals
Scotland Alec Bingham FW 21 2
Scotland Alan Black DF 31 8
Scotland Don Bowie FW 39 12
Scotland George Brinkworth GK 1
Scotland Tommy Brown FW 7 4
Scotland Willie Callaghan FW 24 7
Scotland Don Carswell FW 1
Scotland Billy Corrigan MF 2
Scotland Johnny Coyle FW 2 1
Scotland Andy Crawford GK 8
Scotland Ronnie Curran MF 38
Scotland Gordon Douglas FW 1
Scotland Jim Fraser FW 16 5
Scotland George Gallagher MF 1
Scotland Stephen Gnaulati FW 6
Scotland Tommy Govan DF 43
Scotland Tommy Halliday FW 14 12
Scotland Hugh Harra MF 38 6
Scotland Jimmy Hodgson FW 14 5
Scotland Jimmy Horne FW 1
Scotland Andy Jardine DF 32
Scotland John Kelly FW 2 1
Scotland Kenny Knox FW 1
Scotland Jim Lachlan DF 4
Scotland John Lawlor FW 27 7
Scotland George Masse MF 7 1
Scotland Jim McDonald FW 1 1
Scotland Malcolm McEwan FW 1 1
Scotland Norrie McKay FW 1
Scotland John McKenna FW 1 1
Scotland John McLuskie FW 3 1
Scotland Willie Munn FW 1
Scotland Tom Murray MF 1
Scotland Gerry Quinn MF 4
Scotland Doug Robertson GK 35
Scotland Bobby Slaven FW 1 1
Scotland Bobby Smith FW 2 1
Scotland Tommy Sturgeon DF 1
Scotland George Taggart MF 29 2
Scotland Jimmy Veitch MF 14 2
Scotland Joe Wilson MF 8

See also

References

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