1921–22 Dumbarton F.C. season

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The 1921â22 season was the 45th 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.

ManagerPaddy Travers

StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division One20th

Scottish CupFirst Round

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Dumbarton

1921â1922 season

Manager

Paddy Travers

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division One

20th

Scottish Cup

First Round

Top goalscorer

League: Jock Wood (25)
All: Jock Wood (25)

Highest home attendance

10,000

Lowest home attendance

2,000

Average home league attendance

4,200

Home colours

â 1920â21

1922â23 â

Scottish League

Dumbarton's league performance showed a slight improvement on the previous season by finishing 20th out of 22 with 30 points, some way behind champions Celtic.^[1]

20 August 1921 League	Kilmarnock	1â0^[2]^[3]	Dumbarton	Rugby Park
	Culley 3'			Attendance: 10,000 Referee: H Dickie

27 August 1921 League	Dumbarton	1â1^[4]^[5]	Aberdeen	Boghead Park
	Alexander 25'		Miller 30'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Sinclair

31 August 1921 League	Dumbarton	1â2^[6]^[7]	Hamilton	Boghead Park
	Wood 53'		McMillan Cullan 15'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Howden

3 September 1921 League	Partick Thistle	4â2^[8]^[9]	Dumbarton	Firhill Park
	Blair 85' Johnston Kinloch		Chalmers 25' Wood 50'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: H Humphrey

6 September 1921 League	Celtic	4â0^[10]^[11]	Dumbarton	Celtic Park
	McNally 1', 75' Gallagher 44' Cassidy 80'			Attendance: 10,000 Referee: T Dougray

10 September 1921 League	Dumbarton	3â3^[12]^[13]	Third Lanark	Boghead Park
	McEwan Wood Chalmers		Walker,F McAndrew Hillhouse	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: T McMillan

17 September 1921 League	Dumbarton	2â0^[14]^[15]	Clydebank	Boghead Park
	Wood 40'			Attendance: 6,000 Referee: J Lyons

24 September 1921 League	Dumbarton	0â5^[16]^[17]	Celtic	Boghead Park
			McNally 35' McLean Gallagher	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: A McMahon

1 October 1921 League	Dumbarton	2â3^[18]^[19]	Queen's Park	Boghead Park
	Wood 10' (pen.)		Fyfe	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: J Sinclair

4 October 1921 League	Third Lanark	1â1^[20]^[21]	Dumbarton	Cathkin Park
	Allan		Taylor	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: J Jackson

8 October 1921 League	Dumbarton	1â0^[22]^[23]	Airdrie	Boghead Park
	Wood 14'			Attendance: 3,000 Referee: A Allan

15 October 1921 League	Motherwell	5â0^[24]^[25]	Dumbarton	Fir Park
	Lennie Ferguson 14' 83' Reid			Attendance: 9,000 Referee: H Dickie

22 October 1921 League	Dumbarton	2â1^[26]^[27]	Morton	Boghead Park
	Browning Wood		French	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: A Allan

29 October 1921 League	Hearts	2â0^[28]^[29]	Dumbarton	Tynecastle Stadium
	Miller,T 3' Wilson 85'			Attendance: 15,500 Referee: J Bell

5 November 1921 League	Dumbarton	1â2^[30]^[31]	Raith Rovers	Boghead Park
	Wood (pen.)		Bauld 30' Jennings	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: J Muir

12 November 1921 League	Rangers	1â1^[32]^[33]	Dumbarton	Ibrox Park
	Cairns 35'		Wood 65'	Attendance: 16,000 Referee: J Howden

19 November 1921 League	Dumbarton	4â1^[34]^[35]	Clyde	Boghead Park
	Wood 50' Chalmers Robertson,J		Rae 65'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: A McMahon

26 November 1921 League	Hibernian	0â0^[36]^[37]	Dumbarton	Easter Road Stadium
				Attendance: 12,000 Referee: J Dickson

3 December 1921 League	St Mirren	4â2^[38]^[39]	Dumbarton	Love Street (stadium)
	Thomson 5' Gillies Walker 89'		Wood 10', 83' (pen.)	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: W Bell

10 December 1921 League	Dumbarton	0â0^[40]^[41]	Falkirk	Boghead Park
				Attendance: 3,000 Referee: W Bell

17 December 1921 League	Dumbarton	2â0^[42]^[43]	Dundee	Boghead Park
	Browning 10' Wood 55' (pen.)			Attendance: 4,000 Referee: A Allan

24 December 1921 League	Albion Rovers	1â0^[44]^[45]	Dumbarton	Cliftonhill Stadium
	Young 5'			Attendance: 4,000

31 December 1921 League	Dumbarton	1â4^[46]^[47]	Partick Thistle	Boghead Park
	Wood (pen.)		McColl Kinloch Harris	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: H Dickie

2 January 1922 League	Ayr United	2â0^[48]^[49]	Dumbarton	Somerset Park
	Muir			Attendance: 5,000 Referee: W Campbell

3 January 1922 League	Hamilton	1â1^[50]^[51]	Dumbarton	Douglas Park
	Wall 60'		Wood	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: W Campbell

7 January 1922 League	Dumbarton	5â3^[52]^[53]	Kilmarnock	Boghead Park
	Wood Alexander Robertson,J		Culley 75' Smith Gray	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Binnie

14 January 1922 League	Aberdeen	3â0^[54]^[55]	Dumbarton	Pittodrie Stadium
	Miller 60' Rankin			Attendance: 12,000 Referee: J Bell

4 February 1922 League	Airdrie	3â1^[56]^[57]	Dumbarton	Broomfield Park
	McDougall 70' Howieson Murdoch		Chalmers	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: H Humphrey

11 February 1922 League	Raith Rovers	1â1^[58]^[59]	Dumbarton	Starks Park
	Jennings 30'		Wood 25' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: H Dickie

13 February 1922 League	Dumbarton	3â1^[60]^[61]	Ayr United	Boghead Park
	Wood		Slade 50'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: J Stevenson

18 February 1922 League	Dundee	2â0^[62]^[63]	Dumbarton	Dens Park
	Halliday 30' Ross			Attendance: 15,000 Referee: W Bell

25 February 1922 League	Queen's Park	1â0^[64]^[65]	Dumbarton	Hampden Park
	Templeton 20'			Attendance: 12,000 Referee: J Binnie

27 February 1922 League	Dumbarton	0â2^[66]^[67]	St Mirren	Boghead Park
			Stevenson Walker	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Martin

4 March 1922 League	Dumbarton	1â1^[68]^[69]	Hibernian	Boghead Park
	Halleron		Young 30'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: W Campbell

18 March 1922 League	Morton	1â0^[70]^[71]	Dumbarton	Cappielow Park
	Brown 56'			Attendance: 6,000

25 March 1922 League	Dumbarton	1â2^[72]^[73]	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
	Halleron		Walls 55'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Bell

1 April 1922 League	Clyde	5â0^[74]^[75]	Dumbarton	Shawfield Stadium
	Duncan 48' 58' (pen.) Brown			Attendance: 4,000 Referee: J Martin

8 April 1922 League	Dumbarton	0â4^[76]^[77]	Rangers	Boghead Park
			Meiklejohn 70' McCandless (pen.) Henderson McDermid	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: J Martin

19 April 1922 League	Dumbarton	3â2^[78]^[79]	Motherwell	Boghead Park
	Henderson 40' Wood (pen.) Thomson		Hart ferguson 20'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Dickson

22 April 1922 League	Dumbarton	3â2^[80]^[81]	Hearts	Boghead Park
	Alexander 30' Halleron 43' Wood 60' (pen.)		Crossan 25' (pen.), 89' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Stevenson

26 April 1922 League	Clydebank	0â1^[82]^[83]	Dumbarton	Clydeholm Park
			Thomson 50'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Stevenson

29 January 1922 League	Falkirk	0â0^[84]^[85]	Dumbarton	Brockville Park
				Attendance: 10,000 Referee: H Dickie

Promotion/Relegation

Unfortunately the re-forming of the Second Division coincided with the introduction of automatic promotion/relegation, and Dumbarton were relegated for the following season.

Scottish Cup

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by Aberdeen.

28 January 1922 Cup R1	Aberdeen	1â0^[86]^[87]	Dumbarton	Pittodrie Park
	Thomson 41'			Attendance: 15,000 Referee: W Campbell

Dumbartonshire Cup

Dumbarton won the Dumbartonshire Cup by topping the league and defeating Dumbarton Harp in the final after a replay.

5 January 1922 Group

Dumbarton

0â0

Dumbarton Harp

Boghead Park

1 April 1922 Group	Dumbarton	4â2	Helensburgh	Boghead Park
	Alexander Robertson,J

3 April 1922 Group	Vale of Leven	0â1	Dumbarton	Millburn Park
			Wood 30'	Attendance: 2,000

5 April 1922 Group	Dumbarton	3â0	Clydebank	Boghead Park
	Gordon Wood

21 April 1922 Group	Dumbarton	1â0	Renton	Boghead Park
	Coutts			Attendance: 2,000

28 April 1922 Final	Dumbarton	1â1	Dumbarton Harp	Boghead Park
	Sheddan

29 April 1922 Final replay	Dumbarton	2â0	Dumbarton Harp	Boghead Park
	Robertson Coutts

League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dumbarton	5	4	1	0	9	2	+7	9
2	Dumbarton Harp	5	3	2	0	9	2	+7	8
3	Clydebank	5	2	0	3	8	8	0	4
4	Vale of Leven	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	2
5	Renton	3	0	1	2	1	7	â6	1
6	Helensburgh	3	0	0	3	3	11	â8	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Dumbartonshire Charity Cup

Dumbarton retained the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup by defeating Clydebank (on corners) in the final.

1 May 1922 First Round	Dumbarton	4â0	Vale of Leven	Boghead Park
	Alexander Gordon Wood			Attendance: 2,000

6 May 1922 Semi Final	Dumbarton	1â0	Renton	Boghead Park
	Alexander 55'			Referee: H Dickie

13 May 1922 Final	Dumbarton	1â1 (won on corners)	Clydebank	Boghead Park
	Alexander 22'		Frame 50'

Friendlies

At the end of the season Dumbarton embarked on their first 'official' foreign tour, playing 11 matches in Norway and Sweden, winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 2, scoring 24 goals for the loss of 12. Two other friendlies were played against Vale of Leven and Leith Athletic.

17 August 1921 Benefit	Vale of Leven	0â0^[88]	Dumbarton	Millburn Park
				Attendance: 2,000

11 March 1922 Friendly	Dumbarton	4â2	Leith Athletic	Boghead Park
	Robertson,J Taylor Wood		Drysdale Meaney	Attendance: 2,000

May 1922 Friendly	Viking FK	0â2	Dumbarton	Stavanger

May 1922 Friendly	Viking FK	1â7	Dumbarton	Stavanger

16 May 1922 Friendly	SK Brann	0â2	Dumbarton	Bergen
			Browning Thomson	Attendance: 3,500

19 May 1922 Friendly	SK Brann	3â4	Dumbarton	Bergen
	Browning Thomson		Browning Thomson	Attendance: 3,000

22 May 1922 Friendly	Drammen	2â1	Dumbarton	Drammen

May 1922 Friendly

Frigg Oslo FK

0â0

Dumbarton

Oslo

25 May 1922 Friendly	Ãrgryte IS	1â2	Dumbarton	Gothenburg

26 May 1922 Friendly	IFK GÃ¶teborg	0â1	Dumbarton	Gothenburg

28 May 1922 Friendly	Gothenberg Select	4â0	Dumbarton	Gothenburg

7 June 1922 Friendly	SK Brann	0â4	Dumbarton	Bergen

9 June 1922 Friendly	SK Brann	1â1	Dumbarton	Bergen

Player statistics

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Douglas Haggo^[89]	7	0	7	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Arthur King	20	0	19	0	1	0
	GK	SCO	Joshua Wilkinson^[90]	16	0	16	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	William Aitken^[91]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Donald Colman	25	0	24	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Henderson^[92]	37	0	36	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Hugh McBride^[93]	11	0	11	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Robert Robertson^[94]	14	0	14	0	0	0
	MF	EIR	Harry Chatton	28	0	27	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	John Coutts^[95]	15	0	15	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Richard Field	8	0	8	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	James Forrest^[96]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Robert Godfrey^[97]	16	0	16	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Henry Loney	41	0	40	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Andrew Mair	5	0	5	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	James Taylor^[98]	8	1	7	1	1	0
	MF	SCO	Martin Travers	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	James Alexander^[99]	12	5	11	5	1	0
	FW	SCO	John Bowie^[100]	7	0	7	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	John Browning	40	2	39	2	1	0
	FW	SCO	Andrew Chalmers	28	4	27	4	1	0
	FW	SCO	Charles Gordon^[101]	6	0	6	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	John Granger	4	0	4	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Peter Halleron^[102]	10	4	10	4	0	0
	FW	SCO	Robert McEwan^[103]	30	1	30	1	0	0
	FW	SCO	James Robertson^[104]	31	2	30	2	1	0
	FW	SCO	Alexander Shedden^[105]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Norman Thomson	7	2	7	2	0	0
	FW	SCO	Jock Wood	43	25	42	25	1	0

Source:^[106]

Transfers

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Players in

Player	From	Date
John Coutts	Alloa Athletic	8 May 1921
John Granger	St Mirren	9 May 1921
Robert McEwan	Kilsyth Rangers	9 May 1921
Joshua Wilkinson	Renton	9 May 1921
Henry Loney	Alloa Athletic	10 May 1921
Alex Henderson	Falkirk	11 May 1921
James Robertson	Falkirk	14 May 1921
Richard Field	Sunderland	21 May 1921
Roberd Godfrey	Ayr United	11 Jun 1921
Robert Robertson	Hamilton	22 Jun 1921
Jock Wood	Hibernian	23 Jun 1921
James Taylor		30 Jun 1921
Douglas Haggo	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	9 Aug 1921
Andrew Mair		18 Aug 1921
William Aitken	Yoker	3 Sep 1921
Hugh McBride	Plymouth Argyle	5 Sep 1921
Peter Halleron		2 Dec 1921
Arthur King	Dunfermline Athletic	19 Dec 1921
Martin Travers	Bedlay Juniors	9 Jan 1922
Charles Gordon	Dumbarton Harp	19 Jan 1922
Alexander Shedden	Bridge of Weir	20 Feb 1922
James Forrest	Royal Albert	3 Mar 1922
John Bowie	Partick Thistle (loan)	15 Mar 1922
Norman Thomson	St Anthonys	23 Mar 1922
James Alexander	Queen's Park

Players out

Player	To	Date
Bob McDermid	Rangers	1 May 1921
Scott Duncan	Cowdenbeath (loan)	14 Jun 1921
John Miller	Bo'ness	15 Aug 1921
John Granger	Vale of Leven	3 Sep 1921
Thomas Raeside	King's Park	7 Sep 1921
Arthur Early	Nithsdale Wanderers
Thomas Mannion	King's Park
John McMillan	Vale of Leven
John McTavish	East Stirling
Joseph Till	St Mirren
Percy Wharrier	Helensburgh
Scott Duncan	Cowdenbeath (loan)

Source:^[107]

In addition William Aitken, Alex Marshall, James McDonald and George Rae all played their final 'first XI' games in Dumbarton colours.

Reserve Team

Dumbarton Reserves played in the Scottish Alliance League and also in the Scottish Second XI Cup.

1921–22 Dumbarton F.C. season

Scottish League

Promotion/Relegation

Scottish Cup

Dumbartonshire Cup

League table

Dumbartonshire Charity Cup

Friendlies

Player statistics

Transfers

Players in

Players out

Reserve Team

References

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