1919–20 Dumbarton F.C. season

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The 1919â20 season was the 43rd Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup. In addition Dumbarton entered the Dumbartonshire Cup and the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup.

ManagerGeorge Livingstone

StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton

League11th

Scottish CupFirst Round

Quick facts Manager, Stadium ...

Dumbarton

1919â1920 season

Manager

George Livingstone

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

League

11th

Scottish Cup

First Round

Top goalscorer

League: Duncan Walker (20)
All: Duncan Walker (20)

Highest home attendance

12,000

Lowest home attendance

2,000

Average home league attendance

4,025

Home colours

â 1918â19

1920â21 â

Scottish League

There was an improvement from the previous season with an 11th-place finish out of 22, with 39 points, 32 behind champions Rangers.^[1]

16 August 1919 League	Dumbarton	1â1^[2]^[3]	Ayr United	Boghead Park
	Martin 88'		McLaughlin 85'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Stevenson

18 August 1919 League	Celtic	3â1^[4]^[5]	Dumbarton	Celtic Park
	McInally (42) McMenemy 89'		Rowan	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: A Allan

23 August 1919 League	Queen's Park	2â1^[6]^[7]	Dumbarton	Hampden Park
	Duffus 35' (OG) Kinloch 50'		Thom 30'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: W Johnstone

30 August 1919 League	Dumbarton	1â0^[8]^[9]	Clydebank	Boghead Park
	Duffus,J 78'			Attendance: 8,000 Referee: J Sinclair

1 September 1919 League	Dumbarton	2â2^[10]^[11]	Kilmarnock	Boghead Park
	McDiarmid		Clark 48' higgins	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: C Roche

6 September 1919 League	Dumbarton	0â0^[12]^[13]	Third Lanark	Boghead Park
				Attendance: 4,000 Referee: W Bell

10 September 1919 League	Dumbarton	1â1^[14]^[15]	Airdrie	Boghead Park
	Gordon 35'		Miller 15'	Attendance: 3,000

13 September 1919 League	Kilmarnock	3â1^[16]^[17]	Dumbarton	Rugby Park
	McHallum 70' Clark		Gordon	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: H Dickie

20 September 1919 League	Rangers	4â0^[18]^[19]	Dumbarton	Ibrox Park
	Gordon 5' 43' Muirhead 65'			Attendance: 10,000 Referee: B Humphreys

27 September 1919 League	Dumbarton	4â1^[20]^[21]	Hamilton	Boghead Park
	Black 5' Thom 55' McDiarmid		Thornley	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: H Lorimer

4 October 1919 League	Hibernian	3â3^[22]^[23]	Dumbarton	Easter Road Stadium
	Williamson Stage Wood (pen.)		Bennett McDiarmid (pen.)	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: J Grant

11 October 1919 League	Dumbarton	0â3^[24]^[25]	Dundee	Boghead Park
			Brown McLaughlin	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: A Allan

18 October 1919 League	Morton	4â0^[26]^[27]	Dumbarton	Cappielow Park
	French 10', 80' Brown 52' Stevenson 75'			Attendance: 8,000 Referee: A McBeth

25 October 1919 League	Dumbarton	1â1^[28]^[29]	Raith Rovers	Boghead Park
	McDiarmid		Anderson	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: J Muir

1 November 1919 League	Clyde	1â2^[30]^[31]	Dumbarton	Shawfield Stadium
	Quinn		Bennett 25' Duncan	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: G Hamilton

8 November 1919 League	Motherwell	1â1^[32]^[33]	Dumbarton	Fir Park
	Robertson		Walker	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: A Jackson

15 November 1919 League	Dumbarton	1â1^[34] VOID	Partick Thistle	Boghead Park
	Walker		Comrie 20'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Robertson

22 November 1919 League	Airdrie	1â1^[35]^[36]	Dumbarton	Broomfield Park
	Reid,J 61'		McDiarmid 60'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: W Johnstone

29 November 1919 League	Dumbarton	2â0^[37]^[38]	Hearts	Boghead Park
	Walker 80' Thom 82'			Attendance: 3,000 Referee: A Edward

6 December 1919 League	Dumbarton	2â1^[39]^[40]	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
	Walker 55'		Melville 90'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: H Lorimer

13 December 1919 League	St Mirren	1â5^[41]^[42]	Dumbarton	Love Street (stadium)
	Thomson		Thom Walker 40'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Stevenson

20 December 1919 League	Dumbarton	0â0^[43]^[44]	Celtic	Boghead Park
				Attendance: 12,000 Referee: T McMillan

27 December 1919 League	Falkirk	3â2^[45]^[46]	Dumbarton	Brockville Park
	Main Hickie 52' Rennie		Walker 10'	Attendance: 6,000

31 December 1919 League	Clydebank	1â1^[47]^[48]	Dumbarton	Clydeholm Park
	Fulton		Walker	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: W Bell

1 January 1920 League	Ayr United	2â1^[49]^[50]	Dumbarton	Somerset Park
	Agnew Smith		Walker	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: A Edward

10 January 1920 League	Dumbarton	4â0^[51]^[52]	Aberdeen	Boghead Park
	Walker 5', 20', 75' McDiarmid 30'			Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Grant

17 January 1920 League	Third Lanark	1â0^[53]^[54]	Dumbarton	Cathkin Park
	Orr 75' (pen.)			Attendance: 8,000 Referee: J Lewis

31 January 1920 League	Dumbarton	2â3^[55]^[56]	Motherwell	Boghead Park
	Bennett 60', 68'		Ferrier 4', 26' Ferguson 29'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: A Allan

7 February 1920 League	Albion Rovers	1â2^[57]^[58]	Dumbarton	Cliftonhill Stadium
	White		Bennett mcDiarmid	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: J B Stevenson

14 February 1920 League	Dumbarton	2â0^[59]^[60]	Hibernian	Boghead Park
	McDiarmid 44', 80'			Attendance: 3,000 Referee: A Edward

21 February 1920 League	Dumbarton	1â0^[61]^[62]	Clyde	Boghead Park
	Duncan 25'			Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Bennie

28 February 1920 League	Dumbarton	1â5^[63]^[64]	Queen's Park	Boghead Park
	McDiarmid 51'		Fyfe 47' 82' Bell McKenzie	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Muir

6 March 1920 League	Raith Rovers	2â0^[65]^[66]	Dumbarton	Starks Park
	Rattray Anderson			Attendance: 8,000 Referee: H Humphreys

13 March 1920 League	Dumbarton	1â3^[67]^[68]	St Mirren	Boghead Park
	McDiarmid 52'		Grainger 7' Buchanan	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: A Allan

20 March 1920 League	Dundee	3â1^[69]^[70]	Dumbarton	Dens Park
	Bell Cowan Rawlings		Walker	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: A Johnstone

27 March 1920 League	Hamilton	1â3^[71]^[72]	Dumbarton	Douglas Park
	Little (pen.)		Duffus,J Scott McDiarmid	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: J Howden

3 April 1920 League	Dumbarton	0â0^[73]^[74]	Falkirk	Boghead Park
				Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Dickson

10 April 1920 League	Partick Thistle	1â0^[75]^[76]	Dumbarton	Firhill Park
	Bowie			Attendance: 6,000 Referee: C Rocks

12 April 1920 League	Dumbarton	0â1^[77]^[78]	Morton	Boghead Park
			French	Attendance: 2,000

17 April 1920 League	Hearts	1â2^[79]^[80]	Dumbarton	Tynecastle Stadium
	Sinclair 86'		Walker 2' McDiarmid 80'	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: W Campbell

24 April 1920 League	Aberdeen	3â4^[81]^[82]	Dumbarton	Pittodrie Stadium
	Connon 6' Wylie 10' McLauchlin 6'		Gordon McDiarmid Walker	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: H Lorimer

28 April 1920 League	Dumbarton	0â0^[83]^[84]	Rangers	Boghead Park
				Attendance: 6,000

1 May 1920 League	Dumbarton	1â1^[85]^[86]	Partick Thistle	Boghead Park
	Walker 2'		Lauder	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: T Dougray

Scottish Cup

With the resumption of the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton were perhaps unfortunate to come up against Rangers in the first round. However they gave a good account of themselves, and lost a very close encounter by the only goal, after a 0â0 draw.

24 January 1920 Cup R1	Rangers	0â0^[87]^[88]	Dumbarton	Ibrox Park
				Attendance: 28,000 Referee: J Barclay

27 January 1920 Cup R1r	Rangers	1â0^[89]^[90]	Dumbarton	Ibrox Park
	Cairns 8'			Attendance: 28,000 Referee: W Bell

Dumbartonshire Cup

For the second successive season Dumbarton failed to progress from the sectional stage of the Dumbartonshire Cup.

7 April 1919 Group	Dumbarton	3â0	Dumbarton Harp	Boghead Park

14 April 1920 Group	Renton	3â2	Dumbarton	Tontine Park
	Haddow Murray Brown		Duffus Duncan	Attendance: 3,000

21 April 1920 Group	Vale of Leven	2â1	Dumbarton	Millburn Park
	Donald		McDiarmid	Attendance: 3,000

3 May 1920 Group	Clydebank	3â2	Dumbarton	Clydeholm Park
	57' Walker McLavin 87'		McDiarmid 30' Duffus 82'	Referee: J Martin

Final league table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Renton	4	3	1	0	10	5	+5	7
2	Clydebank	4	3	0	1	10	5	+5	6
3	Vale of Leven	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	5
4	Dumbarton	4	1	0	3	8	8	0	2
5	Dumbarton Harp	4	0	0	4	1	12	â11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Dumbartonshire Charity Cup

Dumbarton won the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup by defeating Vale of Leven in the final.

12 May 1920 First Round	Dumbarton	3â0	Dumbarton Harp	Boghead Park
	Gordon Duffus

15 May 1920 Semi Final	Renton	1â3	Dumbarton	Millburn Park
	Ritchie		McDiarmid Horsburgh Thom	Attendance: 3,000

22 May 1920 Final	Dumbarton	3â1	Vale of Leven	Boghead Park
	Horsburgh 25' Thom		Johnston 30'	Attendance: 3,000

Player statistics

More information No., Pos ...

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	John Hagen^[91]	2	0	2	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	John Miller	42	0	40	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Marshall^[92]	6	0	6	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Bob McGrory	40	0	38	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Finlay Speedie	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Joseph Till	41	0	39	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Robert Duffus	36	2	34	2	2	0
	MF	SCO	James Martin	15	1	15	1	0	0
	MF	SCO	James McDonald^[93]	5	0	5	0	0	0
	MF	EIR	Patrick O'Connell	33	0	31	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Thomas Raeside	11	0	11	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	James Scott	31	1	29	1	2	0
	FW	SCO	Alex Bennett	39	6	37	6	2	0
	FW	SCO	John Black^[94]	15	1	15	1	0	0
	FW	SCO	John Clark^[95]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	John Duffus	6	0	5	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Scott Duncan	29	2	27	2	2	0
	FW	SCO	Charles Gordon^[96]	24	3	24	3	0	0
	FW	SCO	Bob McDermid	43	17	41	17	2	0
	FW	SCO	John Robertson^[97]	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	John Rowan	5	1	5	1	0	0
	FW	SCO	Alexander Thom^[98]	30	4	28	4	2	0
	FW	SCO	Duncan Walker	26	19	26	19	0	0
	FW	SCO	Joseph Willis	2	0	2	0	0	0

Source:^[99]

Transfers

More information Player, From ...

Players in

Player	From	Date
James McDonald		1 May 1919
James Scott	Liverpool	30 May 1919
Robert Duffus	Dundee	31 May 1919
John Black	Dumbarton Harp	10 Jun 1919
James Martin	Rangers	5 Jul 1919
Scott Duncan	Rangers	15 Jul 1919
Patrick O'Connell	Manchester United	7 Aug 1919
Joseph Till	Wellington Town	19 Aug 1919
Charles Gordon	Queen's Park	20 Aug 1919
John Hagan	Dumbarton Harp	20 Sep 1919
John Duffus	Bo'ness	21 Sep 1919
John Robertson	Motherwell (loan)	1 Jan 1920
Joseph Willis	Bo'ness (loan)	11 Mar 1920
John Clark	(loan)	10 Apr 1920

Players out

Player	To	Date
Archibald Ritchie	Rangers	20 May 1919
John Rowan	Hamilton	20 Oct 1919
Alex Marshall	Dumbarton Harp (loan)	12 Dec 1919
Thomas Raeside	Bo'ness (loan)	2 Jan 1920
John Black	Albion Rovers	28 Jan 1920
Hugh Burns	Renton
James Cumming	West Ham
James Dawson	St Bernards
John Durnin	Swansea Town
Joseph Hendry	Third Lanark
John McKim	Hamilton
William Ritchie	Bury
Duncan Walker	Bo'ness (loan)
Herbert Yarnell	Reading

Source:^[100]

In addition Robert Carmichael, David Finnie, Val Lawrence, John McEwan, James McGregor, James McIntosh, James Neil, william Wilson and James Young all played their final 'first XI' games in Dumbarton colours.

1919–20 Dumbarton F.C. season

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Dumbartonshire Cup

Final league table

Dumbartonshire Charity Cup

Player statistics

Transfers

Players in

Players out

References

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