1917–18 Dumbarton F.C. season
Dumbarton 1917–1918 football season
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The 1917â18 season was the 41st Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League. in addition Dumbarton played in the Dumbartonshire Cup and the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup.
ManagerJames Collins
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Top goalscorerLeague: John McCulloch (13)
All: John McCulloch (13)
All: John McCulloch (13)
| 1917â1918 season | ||
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| Manager | James Collins | |
| Stadium | Boghead Park, Dumbarton | |
| Scottish League | 8th | |
| Top goalscorer | League: John McCulloch (13) All: John McCulloch (13) | |
| Highest home attendance | 8,000 | |
| Lowest home attendance | 2,000 | |
| Average home league attendance | 3,260 | |
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Scottish League
This was the fourth season of war-time football, where the playing of all national competitions, other than the Scottish League, was suspended. Membership of the League was reduced from 20 to 18, with Aberdeen, Dundee and Raith Rovers withdrawing and Clydebank being admitted. Dumbarton's 8th-place finish with 34 points (22 behind champions Rangers) was their best performance since the 1893â94 season.[1]
| 18 August 1917 League | Dumbarton | 4â1[2][3] | Falkirk | Boghead Park |
McKim  Finnie Stewart |
Shearer 3' |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: A Edward |
| 8 September 1917 League | Partick Thistle | 0â0[8][9] | Dumbarton | Firhill Park |
| Attendance: 7,000 Referee: J Dickson |
| 15 September 1917 League | Dumbarton | 2â1[10][11] | Queen's Park | Boghead Park |
| Finnie Ritchie,W 45' |
Walker |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Binnie |
| 22 September 1917 League | St Mirren | 2â1[12][13] | Dumbarton | Love Street (stadium) |
| Harris 50' Lindsay 53' |
Cairney 80' |
Attendance: 5,000 |
| 29 September 1917 League | Dumbarton | 2â4[14][15] | Rangers | Boghead Park |
| Stewart (pen.) |
Muirhead Cairns |
Attendance: 8,000 |
| 6 October 1917 League | Hibernian | 0â3[16][17] | Dumbarton | Easter Road Stadium |
| McCulloch 5' Stewart (pen.) |
Attendance: 4,000 |
| 13 October 1917 League | Dumbarton | 2â3[18][19] | Clydebank | Boghead Park |
| McCulloch 30', 46' |
Brander 5' Neish O'Kane |
Attendance: 7,000 |
| 27 October 1917 League | Dumbarton | 1â4[22][23] | Kilmarnock | Boghead Park |
| McCulloch 44' |
Goldie 5' Culley Hamilton,T (pen.) |
Attendance: 3,000 |
| 3 November 1917 League | Clyde | 0â4[24][25] | Dumbarton | Shawfield Stadium |
| Ritchie,W McCulloch |
Attendance: 3,000 |
| 10 November 1917 League | Ayr United | 0â1[26][27] | Dumbarton | Somerset Park |
| Ritchie,W 10' |
Attendance: 3,000 |
| 17 November 1917 League | Dumbarton | 0â2[28][29] | Celtic | Boghead Park |
| Gallagher 7' Browning 52' |
Attendance: 7,000 |
| 24 November 1917 League | Dumbarton | 4â3[30][31] | Motherwell | Boghead Park |
| McCulloch 2', 5' Thom 45' |
Morgan Ferguson 90' (pen.) |
Attendance: 2,000 |
| 1 December 1917 League | Rangers | 2â1[32][33] | Dumbarton | Ibrox Park |
| Cairns |
McCulloch |
Attendance: 15,000 |
| 15 December 1917 League | Dumbarton | 2â0[36][37] | Airdrie | Boghead Park |
| McCulloch 65' Thom 85' |
Attendance: 2,500 |
| 22 December 1917 League | Celtic | 3â0[38][39] | Dumbarton | Celtic Park |
| McMenemy 47' Gallagher |
Attendance: 8,000 |
| 29 December 1917 League | Dumbarton | 1â1[40][41] | Hearts | Boghead Park |
| Thom 85' |
Sharpe 20' |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Howden |
| 31 December 1917 League | Clydebank | 1â2[42][43] | Dumbarton | Clydeholm Park |
| Travers 17' |
Thom 14' Gunn 40' (pen.) |
Attendance: 10,000 |
| 5 January 1918 League | Third Lanark | 4â1[44][45] | Dumbarton | Cathkin Park |
| McLean 20' 83' Duncan 90' |
McCulloch 53' |
Attendance: 4,000 |
| 26 January 1918 League | Dumbarton | 3â1[46][47] | Clyde | Boghead Park |
| Raeside Durnin Thom |
McGowan |
Attendance: 1,500 |
| 2 February 1918 League | Kilmarnock | 0â0[48][49] | Dumbarton | Rugby Park |
| Attendance: 5,000 |
| 9 February 1918 League | Dumbarton | 0â1[50][51] | Third Lanark | Boghead Park |
| Duncan |
Attendance: 1,500 |
| 16 February 1918 League | Morton | 2â2[52][53] | Dumbarton | Cappielow Park |
| Stevenson,R Seymour |
McKim 5' Stewart |
Attendance: 4,000 |
| 23 February 1918 League | Dumbarton | 1â0[54][55] | Ayr United | Boghead Park |
| Stewart |
Attendance: 2,000 |
| 2 March 1918 League | Dumbarton | 5â2[56][57] | St Mirren | Boghead Park |
| Thom Stewart Ritchie,W |
Higginbotham Durward |
Attendance: 2,000 |
| 9 March 1918 League | Queen's Park | 2â0[58][59] | Dumbarton | Hampden Park |
| Aitken 20' Morton,R |
Attendance: 5,000 |
| 23 March 1918 League | Dumbarton | 1â2[62][63] | Hamilton | Boghead Park |
| Stewart |
Crawford 45' Murphy |
Attendance: 2,000 |
| 6 April 1918 League | Dumbarton | 1â1[64][65] | Partick Thistle | Boghead Park |
| Stewart 47' |
Bowie 46' |
Attendance: 2,000 |
Dumbartonshire Cup
Dumbarton re-entered the Dumbartonshire Cup for the first time in three seasons, but lost out to Clydebank in the final, which was held over until the beginning of the 1918â19 season.
| 30 March 1918 Semi Final | Dumbarton | 2â1 | Dumbarton Harp | Boghead Park |
| Durnin Stewart |
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| 7 September 1918 Final | Dumbarton | 0â1 | Clydebank | Boghead Park |
| Travers |
Attendance: 6,000 |
Dumbartonshire Charity Cup
Dumbarton retained the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup for the second successive year by beating Renton in the final.
| 4 May 1918 First Round | Dumbarton | 2â0 | Dumbarton Harp | Boghead Park |
| Finnie Ritchie,W |
Attendance: 4,000 |
| 18 May 1918 Semi Final | Clydebank | 2â3 (a.e.t.) | Dumbarton | Clydholm Park |
| Sutherland |
Durnin Thom 45'McGregor (pen.) |
Attendance: 6,000 |
| 28 May 1918 Final | Dumbarton | 2â1 (a.e.t.) | Renton | Boghead Park |
| Finnie 50', 115' |
Harris |
Attendance: 1,500 |
Charity matches
During the season two charity matches were played for the benefit of the Red Cross War Fund, both being won, scoring 8 goals for the loss of 4.
| 4 August 1917 Charity Match | Dumbarton Harp | 0â3 | Dumbarton | Meadow Park, Dumbarton |
| Trialist Finnie |
| 11 August 1917 Charity Match | Dumbarton Harp | 4â5 | Dumbarton | Meadow Park, Dumbarton |
| Trialist Gunn (OG)McDonald |
Finnie Ritchie,W Stewart |
Attendance: 1,500 |
Player statistics
Squad
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Scottish League | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK |  SCO |
John Miller[70] | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO |
Felix Gunn[71] | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | |
| DF | SCO |
Alex Marshall[72] | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO |
Bob McGrory | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO |
Archibald Ritchie | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO |
John Semple | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO |
John Durnin | 21 | 2 | 21 | 2 | |
| MF | SCO |
James McGregor[73] | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 | |
| MF | SCO |
John McMeekin[74] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO |
Thomas Raeside | 29 | 2 | 29 | 2 | |
| MF | SCO |
Alex Trotter | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO |
William Wilson[75] | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
Richard Bell[76] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
John Brodie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
Hugh Cairney[77] | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
| FW | SCO |
David Finnie[78] | 31 | 3 | 31 | 3 | |
| FW | SCO |
William Gallacher[79] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
John McCulloch | 18 | 13 | 18 | 13 | |
| FW | SCO |
John McKim[80] | 20 | 4 | 20 | 4 | |
| FW | SCO |
Arthur Murphy[81] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
William Ritchie | 27 | 4 | 27 | 4 | |
| FW | SCO |
Finlay Speedie | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
James Stewart | 13 | 9 | 13 | 9 | |
| FW | SCO |
Alexander Thom[82] | 33 | 9 | 33 | 9 | |
| FW | SCO |
Fred Williams[83] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Source:[84]
Transfers
Players in
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Players out
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Source:[86]
In addition Robert Catterson, Thomas Hamilton and Joseph Tait all played their final 'first XI' games in Dumbarton colours.