1911–12 Dumbarton F.C. season
Dumbarton 1911–1912 football season
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The 1911â12 season was the 35th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish Qualifying Cup.
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: John Rowan (11)
All: Hill/Speedie/Potter (12)
All: Hill/Speedie/Potter (12)
| 1911â1912 season | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Boghead Park, Dumbarton |
| Scottish League Division Two | 3rd |
| Scottish Cup | First Round |
| Top goalscorer | League: John Rowan (11) All: Hill/Speedie/Potter (12) |
Scottish League
Dumbarton were unable to maintain a bright start to their sixth successive Second Division campaign but finished 3rd with 27 points, 8 behind champions Ayr United.[1]
At the end of the season there were no applicants from the Second Division for promotion. It had however been agreed that the bottom First Division club - St Mirren - would be replaced by the Second Division champions - Ayr United â but in the end for financial reasons this did not take place.
| 19 August 1911 Scottish League | Dumbarton | 3â0[2][3] | St Bernard's | Boghead Park |
Menzies  25'Speedie 65', 89' |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Sgt Vick |
| 26 August 1911 Scottish League | Vale of Leven | 2â4[4][5] | Dumbarton | Millburn Park |
| Kaye 20' Peacock |
Menzies 40' Rowan 65'MacPherson 70'Hill 85' |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mr McBeth |
| 9 September 1911 Scottish League | Dumbarton | 2â0[6][7] | Cowdenbeath | Boghead Park |
| MacPherson 5' Rowan 45' |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: S Feggans |
| 23 September 1911 Scottish League | Arthurlie | 4â2[8][9] | Dumbarton | Dunterlie Park (1906â1919) |
| Love Wilkinson Stevenson (pen.) |
Menzies 45' Sellars (OG) |
Referee: S Adams |
| 30 September 1911 Scottish League | Dumbarton | 1â5[10][11] | Abercorn | Boghead Park |
| Brown |
Horn 5', 60' Muirhead 20' (OG)Speirs, R Speirs, J |
Attendance: 2,000 |
| 14 October 1911 Scottish League | Leith Athletic | 2â2[12][13] | Dumbarton | Old Logie Green |
| Paterson Bowman 89' |
MacPherson 4' Rowan 5' |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mr Millar |
| 21 October 1911 Scottish League | Abercorn | 2â1[14][15] | Dumbarton | New Ralston Park |
| Speirs Curran 89' |
Ferguson |
| 4 November 1911 Scottish League | St Johnstone | 0â1[16][17] | Dumbarton | Recreation Grounds (Perth) |
| Hill |
| 2 December 1911 Scottish League | Ayr United | 2â1[18][19] | Dumbarton | Somerset Park |
| Phillips Goodwin |
Brander |
Referee: A Edwards |
| 9 December 1911 Scottish League | Dumbarton | 1â0[20][21] | Arthurlie | Boghead Park |
| Speedie 87' (pen.) |
Attendance: 2,000 |
| 16 December 1911 Scottish League | Dumbarton | 2â0[22][23] | Vale of Leven | Boghead Park |
| Speedie Rowan |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J McKnight |
| 23 December 1911 Scottish League | St Bernard's | 2â1[24][25] | Dumbarton | Royal Gymnasium Ground |
| Henderson Ferguson |
Hill |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: T Dryburgh |
| 30 December 1911 Scottish League | Dumbarton | 2â0[26][27] | Albion Rovers | Boghead Park |
| McGillivray 40' |
Referee: J Aitken |
| 2 January 1912 Scottish League | Dumbarton | 1â0[28][29] | Dundee Hibs | Boghead Park |
| Speedie 80' |
Attendance: 3,000 |
| 6 January 1912 Scottish League | Cowdenbeath | 0â3[30][31] | Dumbarton | North End Park, Cowdenbeath |
| Hill Brander Speedie |
| 13 January 1912 Scottish League | Dumbarton | 5â2[32][33] | Leith Athletic | Boghead Park |
| Hendry Hamill Speedie 60' |
Paterson 65' |
Attendance: 2,000 |
| 27 January 1912 Scottish League | Dumbarton | 2â1[34][35] | E Stirling | Boghead Park |
| Rowan Robertson 60' |
Thomson |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: D Liddell |
| 10 February 1912 Scottish League | Dumbarton | 6â1[36][37] | Ayr United | Boghead Park |
| Hill 50' Rowan Brander |
Black (pen.) |
Referee: C Johnstone |
| 17 February 1912 Scottish League | Dundee Hibs | 4â2[38][39] | Dumbarton | Tannadice Park |
| Gibson Linn |
Speedie 45' (pen.) Brander |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: A Edwards |
| 24 February 1912 Scottish League | Dumbarton | 4â1[40][41] | St Johnstone | Boghead Park |
| McGillivray 45' Hill (OG) |
Brown |
Referee: A McBeth |
| 2 March 1912 Scottish League | Albion Rovers | 2â1[42][43] | Dumbarton | Meadow Park, Coatbridge |
| Plunkett |
Rowan |
Referee: J McKnight |
| 9 March 1912 Scottish League | E Stirling | 1â0[44][45] | Dumbarton | Merchiston Park |
| Martin |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Pettigrew |
Scottish Cup
Qualification for the Scottish Cup was successful, however Dumbarton lost out in the first round to East Stirling.
| 20 January 1912 Cup R1 | E Stirling | 3â0[46][47] | Dumbarton | Merchiston Park |
| 1' (OG) Robertson |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: J Muir |
Scottish Qualifying Cup
Dumbarton reached the final of the Scottish Qualifying Cup before losing to Dunfermline Athletic.
| 16 September 1911 QualifyCup R2 | Dumbarton | 1â0[48] | Port Glasgow | Boghead Park |
| Hill 35' |
Referee: A Edwards |
| 7 October 1911 QualifyCup R3 | Galston | 2â3[49] | Dumbarton | Riverside Park, Galston |
| Morrison 10' Mair 50' |
MacPherson 25', 90' Hill 75' |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mr Murray |
| 28 October 1911 QualifyCup R4 | Dumbarton | 5â0[50] | Renton | Boghead Park |
| MacPherson 2' Hill |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: A Allan |
| 11 November 1911 QualifyCup R5 | Dumbarton | 4â1[51] | E Stirling | Boghead Park |
| Rowan MacPherson Speedie |
Thomson |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Muir |
| 18 November 1911 QualifyCup SF | Dumbarton | 4â1[52][53] | Ayr United | Boghead Park |
| Speedie (pen.) (pen.) (pen.) Hill 50' |
Phillips |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: J Bell |
| 25 November 1911 QualifyCup Final | Dumbarton | 0â1[54] | Dunfermline Athletic | Gymnasium Grounds, Edinburgh |
| Gibson 70' |
Attendance: 9,000 Referee: J Bell |
Friendlies/Other Matches
During the season 8 'friendly' matches were played, including a 'benefit' game for Herbert MacPherson whose bright career was ended by a leg break in the New Year game against Dundee Hibs. In all, 6 were won, 1 drawn and 1 lost, scoring 17 goals and conceding 5.
| 15 August 1911 Friendly | Dumbarton | 3â0 | Vale of Leven | Boghead Park |
| Brander Hill |
Attendance: 2,000 |
| 16 March 1912 Friendly | Dumbarton | 2â1 | Abercorn | Boghead Park |
| Hill 29' Potter 88' |
Curran 25' |
Attendance: 2,000 |
| 30 March 1912 Friendly | Dumbarton | 3â1 | Motherwell | Boghead Park |
| Hill 20' Rowan 25'Haggerty |
Watson 45' |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mr Stark |
| 6 April 1912 Friendly | Dumbarton | 3â0 | Raith Rovers | Boghead Park |
| Speedie 26', 49' Hamill 85' |
Referee: A Edwards |
| 13 April 1912 Friendly | Dumbarton | 3â0 | Third Lanark | Boghead Park |
| Speedie 20' Rowan 75', 80' |
Referee: A Johnstone |
| 17 April 1912 Friendly | Dumbarton | 1â2 | Queen's Park | Boghead Park |
| Rowan |
|
Attendance: 2,500 |
| 20 April 1912 Benefit | Dumbarton | 1â2 | Glasgow Perthshire | Boghead Park |
| Potter Hill |
|
| 27 April 1912 Friendly | Dumbarton | 0â0 | Hamilton | Boghead Park |
| Attendance: 1,000 |
Player statistics
Squad
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Second Division | Scottish Cup | Qualifying Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK |  SCO |
John B Miller | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| GK | SCO |
Willie Muir | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| GK | SCO |
Hugh Wallace[55] | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO |
Andrew Cochrane[56] | 20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO |
Willie Lithgow[57] | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO |
Robert Muirhead[58] | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO |
George Fyfe[59] | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO |
Matthew Haggerty[60] | 24 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO |
Andrew Potter[61] | 27 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| MF | SCO |
William Wilson[62] | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
John Brander | 12 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
William Brown[63] | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
James Ferguson | 21 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
David Hamill[64] | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
Samuel Hendry[65] | 21 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
Johnny Hill[66] | 25 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | |
| FW | SCO |
Herbert MacPherson[67] | 18 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| FW | SCO |
Alex McGillivray[68] | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
Alex Menzies | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
Andy Robertson[69] | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
John Rowan | 23 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| FW | SCO |
Finlay Speedie | 26 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |
Source:[70]
Transfers
Players in
|
Players out
|
Source:[72]
In addition David Cochrane, David Hamill, Alex Menzies, William Muir and William Wilson all played their final 'first XI' games in Dumbarton colours.