1972–73 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1972–1973 season
Manager Jackie Stewart/ Alex Wright
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 1 16th
Scottish Cup Fourth Round
Scottish League Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League: Roy McCormack (11)
All: Roy McCormack (12)
Highest home attendance 15,000
Lowest home attendance 3,000
Average home league attendance 5,765
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

Season 1972–73 was the 96th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 66th time, the Scottish Cup for the 78th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 26th time.

Overview

The first season back in the top flight of Scottish football was always going to be a challenge, and the only real measure of success would be survival - and this is exactly what Dumbarton achieved. However it took until the final league game of the season to guarantee first division football next season. Lying in 17th place, Dumbarton had to better any result that Kilmarnock managed to leap-frog them out of the relegation places, and Dumbarton did this with some style, beating Dundee United 4-1, while Kilmarnock could only manage a 2-2 draw with Falkirk.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost out to Partick Thistle in the fourth round, after a draw.

In the League Cup, two wins and two draws from the six sectional games were enough to qualify for the next stage in the competition, but it was a bitter disappointment to lose to Dundee in the two-legged second round tie - as a 3-0 lead from the home fixture was followed by a 4-0 defeat at Dens Park.

For the second season running Dumbarton had qualified for the Drybrough Cup. Again Celtic were the opponents in the first round and after a tough struggle they were to lose by only the odd goal in three.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton were to regain the trophy by thrashing East Stirling 6-0 in the final.

Note that just after the New Year, Jackie Stewart would resign as manager, to take up the reins at St Johnstone, and was replaced by Alex Wright.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

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Main article: 1972–73 Scottish Football League
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
1 September 1972 Partick Thistle A 1-4 Gallagher 9,000
9 September 1972 Falkirk H 0-0 6,000
16 September 1972 Hearts A 0-1 7,000
23 September 1972 Aberdeen H 1-2 Wilson,D 5,000
30 September 1972 Arbroath H 0-0 3,000
7 October 1972 St Johnstone A 2-0 McAdam,T;McCormack 3,500
14 October 1972 Dundee H 2-2 McAdam,T;McCormack 4,500
21 October 1972 Airdrie A 3-2 McCormack(2);McAdam,T 4,500
28 October 1972 Hibernian H 2-2 McAdam,T;Wallace 10,000
4 November 1972 East Fife A 1-2 McAdam,T 3,000
11 November 1972 Kilmarnock A 2-2 McCormack;McAdam,T 2,500
18 November 1972 Morton H 2-2 McAdam,T(2) 5,000
25 November 1972 Rangers A 1-3 McCormack 12,000
2 December 1972 Celtic H 1-6 Wallace 15,000
9 December 1972 Ayr United A 0-2 4,500
16 December 1972 Motherwell H 0-0 3,000
23 December 1972 Dundee United A 2-3 OG(2) 3,500
30 December 1972 Partick Thistle H 4-2 Wallace(2);McCormack;Graham 5,000
6 January 1973 Hearts H 0-2 4,500
20 January 1973 Arbroath A 1-2 Wallace 1,771
27 January 1973 St Johnstone H 1-1 Kidd 3,500
6 February 1973 Falkirk A 0-2 4,000
10 February 1973 Dundee A 1-2 Wilson,D 4,500
20 February 1973 Aberdeen A 0-6 8,000
3 March 1973 Hibernian A 0-5 12,417
7 March 1973 Airdrie H 3-5 Mathie(2);McCormack 3,000
10 March 1973 East Fife H 0-0 3,500
17 March 1973 Kilmarnock H 4-2 Mathie(2);Heron(2) 4,000
24 March 1973 Morton A 1-1 McCormack 4,500
31 March 1973 Rangers H 1-2 Mathie 13,000
14 April 1973 Ayr United H 1-1 McCormack 4,000
19 April 1973 Celtic A 0-5 27,000
21 April 1973 Motherwell A 2-0 Mathie;McCormack 3,000
28 April 1973 Dundee United H 4-1 Wallace;Mathie;McAdam,T(2) 6,000

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1972–73 Scottish Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
2 February 1973 3 Cowdenbeath H 4-1 Wallace;McAdam,T;McKay;Graham 3,539
24 February 1973 4 Partick Thistle H 2-2 OG;Gallagher 7,875
28 February 1973 4R Partick Thistle A 1-3 Gallagher 8,796

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 1972–73 Scottish League Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
11 August 1972 P Hearts H 1-0 McCormack 7,500
16 August 1972 P Berwick Rangers A 0-1 500
19 August 1972 P Airdrie H 4-1 Wilson,K(2);Kidd;Gallagher 4,000
23 August 1972 P Berwick Rangers H 2-2 Gallagher(2) 1,000
26 August 1972 P Hearts A 1-1 Jenkins 8,000
30 August 1972 P Airdrie A 1-2 Kidd 5,000
20 September 1972 2(1) Dundee H 3-0 Graham;Wilson,D;Wilson,K 4,000
4 October 1972 2(2) Dundee A 0-4 9,000

Drybrough Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
29 July 1972 1 Celtic A 1-2 Wilson,K 28,000

Stirlingshire Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
31 October 1972 1 Alloa Athletic H 4-2 McCormack;Graham;Coleman;McAdam,T 700
20 March 1973 SF Falkirk H 2-1 Kidd;Bourke
23 April 1973 F East Stirling H 6-0 McAdam,T(4);Wallace;OG

Other Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
7 August 1972 EnglandCarlisle United H 3-2 Gallagher(2);Wilson,K 2,000

Appearances

Dumbarton used 26 players for the 46 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and Drybrough Cup matches, as detailed below. Davie Wilson was the only player to feature in every one of these matches.[1]

Player Position Appearances[2] Goals
Scotland Jack Bolton MF 37
Scotland Peter Coleman FW 30(5)
Scotland John Cushley MF 37
Scotland Iain Fearn FW 2
Scotland Charlie Gallagher FW 15(1) 6
Scotland Johnny Graham MF 45 3
Scotland Brian Heron FW 9(1) 2
Scotland Kenny Jenkins FW 34 1
Scotland Ronnie Kidd FW 5(3) 3
Scotland Bruce Livingstone GK 1
Scotland Ross Mathie FW 10(1) 6
Scotland Colin McAdam DF 6
Scotland Tom McAdam FW 16(4) 11
Scotland Roy McCormack FW 41 12
Scotland Allan McKay DF 15 1
Scotland Gordon Menzies MF 31(2)
Scotland John Paterson FW 1(3)
Scotland Denis Ruddy MF 2(1)
Scotland Willie Wallace FW 27(2) 8
Scotland Willie Whigham GK 8
Scotland Billy Wilkinson DF 42
Scotland Laurie Williams GK 37
Scotland Davie Wilson FW 43(3) 3
Scotland Kenny Wilson FW 12 4

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League, and with 9 wins and 10 draws from 34 matches, finished 12th of 18.

For the first time in a decade, Dumbarton also entered the Scottish Second XI Cup, and reached the third round before losing out to Dundee by the only goal.

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Substitute appearances in brackets.

External links

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