1925–26 Dumbarton F.C. season
Dumbarton 1925–1926 football season
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The 1925â26 season was the 49th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup. In addition Dumbarton played in the Dumbartonshire Cup and the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup.
| 1925â1926 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Donald Colman |
| Stadium | Boghead Park, Dumbarton |
| Scottish League Division Two | 11th |
| Scottish Cup | Fourth Round |
| Top goalscorer | League: McLardie (11) All: Cameron/ McLardie (11) |
Scottish League
The fourth season in a row in the Second Division did not start well, and with only 3 wins recorded by the beginning of December any hopes of promotion had long gone. In the end however Dumbarton finished 11th out of 20 with 38 points - 21 behind champions Dunfermline Athletic.[1]
| 15 August 1925 League | Dumbarton | 3â0 [2][3] | Bo'ness | Boghead Park |
Russell  8'Sharp 21'Travers 70' |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: W Addison |
| 22 August 1925 League | King's Park | 1â1 [4][5] | Dumbarton | Forthbank Park |
| Lamond |
Sharp |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Aitken |
| 29 August 1925 League | Dumbarton | 1â1 [6][7] | Clyde | Boghead Park |
| McLardie 84' |
Malone 44' |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: R Morrison |
| 5 September 1925 League | Nithsdale Wanderers | 5â1 [8][9] | Dumbarton | Crawick Holm |
| McConnel McManus 70'Wilson |
Travers 5' |
Referee: W Holborn |
| 12 September 1925 League | Dumbarton | 0â0 [10][11] | Arthurlie | Boghead Park |
| Attendance: 3,000 |
| 19 September 1925 League | Arbroath | 6â0 [12][13] | Dumbarton | Gayfield Park |
| Hardie 43', 85' Slavin 61'Black 65'Farquhar 67'Kane 77' |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: J Archer |
| 26 September 1925 League | Dumbarton | 1â1 [14][15] | Ayr United | Boghead Park |
| McLardie 80' |
Paton 65' |
Attendance: 3,000 |
| 3 October 1925 League | St Bernard's | 3â2 [16][17] | Dumbarton | Royal Gymnasium Ground |
| Simpson Main |
McLardie Russell |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: W Addison |
| 10 October 1925 League | Bathgate | 1â4 [18][19] | Dumbarton | Mill Park, Bathgate |
| Brunton 8' |
Russell 1' Swan 20'Broadley 44'McGrath 50' |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: A Scott |
| 17 October 1925 League | East Fife | 6â1 [20][21] | Dumbarton | Bayview Park, Methil |
| Wright Wilson (pen.)Nairn Weir |
McGrath |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Kilbride |
| 24 October 1925 League | Dumbarton | 3â0 [22][23] | East Stirling | Boghead Park |
| McGrath 15', 25' McLardie 48' |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: G Robertson |
| 31 October 1925 League | Armadale | 6â2 [24][25] | Dumbarton | Volunteer Park, Armadale |
| Grove 17' 88' Trialist 39'Morgan |
McDonald McGrath |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: F Galloway |
| 7 November 1925 League | Dumbarton | 1â1 [26][27] | Third Lanark | Boghead Park |
| McLardie 80' |
Rutherford |
Attendance: 3,000 |
| 14 November 1925 League | Broxburn United | 1â1 [28][29] | Dumbarton | Sports Park |
| Wardrope 75' |
Russell 48' |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: J Roberts |
| 21 November 1925 League | Dumbarton | 1â1 [30][31] | Stenhousemuir | Boghead Park |
| McDonald,W 40' |
Taylor 75' |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: A Scott |
| 28 November 1925 League | Dunfermline Athletic | 1â0 [32][33] | Dumbarton | East End Park |
| Sutton 47' |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: A Leishman |
| 5 December 1925 League | Dumbarton | 0â1 [34][35] | Albion Rovers | Boghead Park |
| Brant 65' |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: G Robertson |
| 12 December 1925 League | Alloa Athletic | 0â2 [36][37] | Dumbarton | Recreation Park, Alloa |
| Swan 15' McLardie 65' |
| 19 December 1925 League | Dumbarton | 4â1 [38][39] | King's Park | Boghead Park |
| Mair mcLardie 44'McGrath |
Banks |
Referee: W Addison |
| 26 December 1925 League | Ayr United | 1â2 [40][41] | Dumbarton | Somerset Park |
| Fleming |
Harvie 83' |
| 1 January 1926 League | Dumbarton | 1â0 [42][43] | Arbroath | Boghead Park |
| Russell 65' |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: A Leishman |
| 2 January 1926 League | Arthurlie | 1â2 [44][45] | Dumbarton | Dunterlie Park |
| Fyfe |
Cameron McLardie 50' |
Referee: J Kilbride |
| 4 January 1926 League | Dumbarton | 2â2 [46][47] | Nithsdale Wanderers | Boghead Park |
| McLardie (OG) |
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Attendance: 3,000 |
| 9 January 1926 League | Third Lanark | 1â2 [48][49] | Dumbarton | Cathkin Park |
| Blair 44' |
Harvie 5' Swan 55' |
Attendance: 5,000 |
| 16 January 1926 League | Dumbarton | 2â1 [50][51] | East Fife | Boghead Park |
| Cameron 12', 47' |
Wright 2' |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W Morrison |
| 30 January 1926 League | Albion Rovers | 11â1 [52][53] | Dumbarton | Cliftonhill |
| McKenna 5' Brant Walker Geddes Hutcheson |
Swan |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: N McMillan |
| 13 February 1926 League | Queen of the South | 1â3 [54][55] | Dumbarton | Palmerston Park |
| Gilmour 44' (pen.) |
Russell 14' Cameron 15' |
| 17 February 1926 League | Dumbarton | 2â0 [56][57] | Armadale | Boghead Park |
| Carlow 44' Harvey 57' |
Attendance: 1,000 |
| 24 February 1926 League | Dumbarton | 5â1 [58][59] | Broxburn United | Boghead Park |
| Cameron 8' McLardie 35' (pen.) |
Davies 10' |
Referee: J Archer |
| 27 February 1926 League | Bo'ness | 1â0 [60][61] | Dumbarton | Newtown Park, Bo'ness |
| Kennedy 77' |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: C Ritchie |
| 10 March 1926 League | Dumbarton | 1â3 [62][63] | Dunfermline Athletic | Boghead Park |
| Murray 86' |
Skinner 5', 10' Stein 57' |
| 13 March 1926 League | Dumbarton | 1â3 [64][65] | East Stirling | Boghead Park |
| McGrath 17' |
Bickerstaffe 18' McKay 35'Docherty 60' |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: A Williamson |
| 20 March 1926 League | Dumbarton | 1â0 [66][67] | St Bernard's | Boghead Park |
| Russell |
Referee: A Scott |
| 27 March 1926 League | Dumbarton | 0â5 [68][69] | Bathgate | Boghead Park |
| Scoular 1', 22', 75', 89' McKinlay 49' |
Referee: J Archer |
| 3 April 1926 League | Dumbarton | 1â1 [70][71] | Queen of the South | Boghead Park |
| Hosie |
Wilson |
| 10 April 1926 League | Stenhousemuir | 4â0 [72][73] | Dumbarton | Ochilview Park |
| Henderson 8' McCaig 59'Taylor 60' |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: N McMillan |
| 17 April 1926 League | Clyde | 6â0 [74][75] | Dumbarton | Shawfield |
| Hood Gibson (pen.)Crawford Ballantyne Wallace |
Attendance: 8,000 |
| 24 April 1926 League | Dumbarton | 0â0 [76][77] | Alloa Athletic | Boghead Park |
Scottish Cup
In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton reached the fourth round before losing out to Celtic.
| 23 January 1926 Cup R1 | Dumbarton | 1â1[78][79] | Buckie Thistle | Boghead Park |
| Harvey |
McIntosh 44' |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: W Addison |
| 26 January 1926 Cup R1r | Buckie Thistle | 1â2[80][81] (a.e.t.) | Dumbarton | Victoria Park, Buckie |
| Cowie |
Swan |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: P Craigmyle |
| 6 February 1926 Cup R2 | Forfar Athletic | 2â2[82][83] (a.e.t.) | Dumbarton | Station Park, Forfar |
| Osborne 80' Connon 85' |
Swan Russell |
Attendance: 1,500 |
| 10 February 1926 Cup R2r | Dumbarton | 4â1[84][85] | Forfar Athletic | Boghead Park |
| Harvie 46' Peters 52'Swan 60'Cameron 80' |
Gilmour 44' (pen.) |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Rowe |
| 20 February 1926 Cup R3 | Dumbarton | 3â0[86][87] | Clyde | Boghead Park |
| Harvie 5' Cameron 20'Swan 43' |
Attendance: 8,500 Referee: J Martin |
Dumbartonshire Cup
Dumbarton were runners-up in the Dumbartonshire Cup, losing to Helesburgh in the final.
| Semi Final | Vale of Leven | Walk Over | Dumbarton | Millburn Park |
| 28 April 1926 Final | Helensburgh | 3â1 | Dumbarton | Helensburgh |
| Wilson Turner Smillie |
Murray |
Attendance: 1,500 |
Dumbartonshire Charity Cup
Dumbarton were also runners-up in the Charity Cup, losing to Clydebank in the final.
| 9 May 1926 Semi Final | Helensburgh | 0â1 | Dumbarton | Helensburgh |
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| 16 May 1926 Final | Clydebank | 4â1 | Dumbarton | Clydeholm Park |
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Friendly
A benefit match was played at the beginning of the season against Clydebank.
| 26 August 1925 Benefit | Clydebank | 8â1 | Dumbarton | Clydeholm Park |
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Malloy |
Player statistics
Squad
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Second Division | Scottish Cup | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK |  SCO |
Harry Britton[90] | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| GK | SCO |
Albert Ferguson[91] | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| GK | SCO |
Archibald McNish[92] | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO |
John Anderson[93] | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO |
William Gibson[94] | 40 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO |
Sandy Hunter[95] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO |
Joseph McDonald[96] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO |
William Murray[97] | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO |
Adam Swanson[98] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO |
James Warden | 30 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO |
David Broadley[99] | 36 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO |
Robert Hosie[100] | 19 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO |
Andrew Mair | 33 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO |
Thomas McKinney[101] | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
Ronald Cameron[102] | 18 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | |
| FW | SCO |
Francis Carlow | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
Robert Dennett[103] | 35 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
John Harvie | 28 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 3 | |
| FW | SCO |
William McDonald[104] | 18 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
John McGrath[105] | 23 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
Archibald McLardie | 42 | 11 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
Martin Peters[106] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| FW | SCO |
John Russell[107] | 36 | 9 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 1 | |
| FW | SCO |
Robert Sharp[108] | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
John Swan[109] | 33 | 9 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
| FW | SCO |
Martin Travers[110] | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
Trialist | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Source:[111]
Transfers
Players in
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Players out
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In addition William Middleton played his last game in Dumbarton 'colours'.
Source:[112]