1927–28 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton 1927–1928 football season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1927â28 season was the 51st 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.

ManagerDonald Colman

StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division Two11th

Scottish CupFirst Round

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Dumbarton
1927â1928 season
Manager	Donald Colman
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two	11th
Scottish Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Angus Urquhart (36) All: Angus Urquhart (36)
â 1926â27 1928â29 â

Scottish League

Dumbarton's sixth consecutive season in the Second Division, while certainly an improvement on the previous season, was unremarkable in most respects. A run of six league defeats at the beginning of 1928 brought the threat of relegation, but 5 wins from 6 games at the end of the season lifted the team to an 11th place out of 20 with 36 points - 18 behind champions Ayr United.^[1]

13 August 1927 League	Dumbarton	0â1 ^[2]^[3]	Arthurlie	Boghead Park
			Armstrong 10'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: A Jennings

20 August 1927 League	Queen of the South	6â2 ^[4]^[5]	Dumbarton	Palmerston Park
	Connell 1' McCall 44' Mackie Halliday 89'		Crawford 11' Urquhart	Referee: H Watson

27 August 1927 League	Dumbarton	3â3 ^[6]^[7]	St Bernard's	Boghead Park
	Urquhart 7' Kirk		McCuaig Dickson 83'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: C MacDonald

3 September 1927 League	Bathgate	2â3 ^[8]^[9]	Dumbarton	Mill Park, Bathgate
	McKinley 62' Houston 67'		Urquhart 32', 87' Crawford 37'	Referee: W Jamieson

10 September 1927 League	Dumbarton	5â0 ^[10]^[11]	Morton	Boghead Park
	Russell 5', 41' Urquhart 54' McLardie 60' Harvie			Referee: J Leggatt

17 September 1927 League	Albion Rovers	2â3 ^[12]^[13]	Dumbarton	Cliftonhill
	Quinn 67' McKenna (pen.)		McLardie 72', 80' Russell 81'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: W Webb

24 September 1927 League	Dumbarton	4â5 ^[14]^[15]	King's Park	Boghead Park
	Russell 1' Urquhart 12' (pen.), pen', 88' (pen.)		Granger 10' Leonard 37' Toner 63', 72', 83' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J McKay

1 October 1927 League	Alloa Athletic	3â3 ^[16]^[17]	Dumbarton	Recreation Park, Alloa
	Campbell 40' Barr 42'		Russell 15' Kirk 60' Crawford	Referee: R Seith

8 October 1927 League	Dumbarton	2â0 ^[18]^[19]	Forfar Athletic	Boghead Park
	Russell 15' Miller 60'			Attendance: 2,000 Referee: H Watson

15 October 1927 League	Clydebank	1â2 ^[20]^[21]	Dumbarton	Clydeholm Park
	Thomson 40'		Crawford 55', 80'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Hudson

22 October 1927 League	Third Lanark	4â1 ^[22]^[23]	Dumbarton	Cathkin Park
	McCurley 12' Hamill Parker		Crawford 43'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Prior

29 October 1927 League	Dumbarton	2â2 ^[24]^[25]	Leith Athletic	Boghead Park
	Russell McPhail		Elliot 48' Young	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: W Webb

5 November 1927 League	Dumbarton	1â3 ^[26]^[27]	East Fife	Boghead Park
	Kirk 75'		Weir 20' Paterson 83' Cowan 90'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: R Seith

12 November 1927 League	East Stirling	5â0 ^[28]^[29]	Dumbarton	Firs Park
	Stoddard 4' 43' (pen.) 70' (pen.) Russell			Referee: W Webb

19 November 1927 League	Dumbarton	2â0 ^[30]^[31]	Ayr United	Boghead Park
	Urquhart 20', 33'			Attendance: 1,500 Referee: G Robertson

26 November 1927 League	Dundee United	3â1 ^[32]^[33]	Dumbarton	Tannadice Park
	Campbell 70' Walker 85' (pen.) Kay 87'		Urquhart	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: J Grant

3 December 1927 League	Armadale	2â0 ^[34]^[35]	Dumbarton	Volunteer Park, Armadale
	Grove 25', 83'			Referee: J Rowan

10 December 1927 League	Dumbarton	2â0 ^[36]^[37]	Arbroath	Boghead Park
	Urquhart 42' Crawford 58'			Attendance: 1,000 Referee: W Jamieson

17 December 1927 League	Stenhousemuir	1â0 ^[38]^[39]	Dumbarton	Ochilview Park
	Morrison,E 45'			Referee: C Ritchie

24 December 1927 League	Arthurlie	0â1 ^[40]^[41]	Dumbarton	Dunterlie Park
			Urquhart 15'	Referee: A Stewart

31 December 1927 League	Dumbarton	2â1 ^[42]^[43]	Bathgate	Boghead Park
	Urquhart 44', 65'		Hughes 40'	Referee: J Rowan

2 January 1928 League	Dumbarton	0â2 ^[44]^[45]	Clydebank	Boghead Park
			Thomson Chalmers	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W Blair

3 January 1928 League	Morton	2â0 ^[46]^[47]	Dumbarton	Cappielow Park
	Jessman			Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Leggatt

7 January 1928 League	St Bernard's	2â0 ^[48]^[49]	Dumbarton	Royal Gymnasium Ground
	Swanson 5' Patrick			Referee: W McDonald

14 January 1928 League	Dumbarton	0â1 ^[50]^[51]	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
			Trialist 60'	Referee: J Hudson

28 January 1928 League	Forfar Athletic	3â2 ^[52]^[53]	Dumbarton	Station Park, Forfar
	Menzies 15' Davidson 40' McLean 88' (pen.)		Urquhart 53', 85' (pen.)	Referee: W Blair

4 February 1928 League	Leith Athletic	2â1 ^[54]^[55]	Dumbarton	New Powderhall
	Anderson Aitchison (OG)		Crawford	Attendance: 1,500

8 February 1928 League	Dumbarton	2â1 ^[56]^[57]	Alloa Athletic	Boghead Park
	Urquhart Kirk		Junior	Referee: J Robertson

11 February 1928 League	King's Park	4â0 ^[58]^[59]	Dumbarton	Forthbank Park
	Tonner 75' Scoular 90'			Referee: J Grant

25 February 1928 League	Dumbarton	0â0 ^[60]^[61]	Third Lanark	Boghead Park
				Attendance: 3,000 Referee: R Seith

3 March 1928 League	Dumbarton	1â0 ^[62]^[63]	Queen of the South	Boghead Park
	Urquhart 60'			Referee: J Thomson

10 March 1928 League	East Fife	4â1 ^[64]^[65]	Dumbarton	Bayview Park, Methil
	Weir 56', 86' Russell 85'		Urquhart	Referee: J McKay

17 March 1928 League	Dumbarton	6â1 ^[66]^[67]	East Stirling	Boghead Park
	Urquhart 20' 40' Miller Crawford 89'		Bowie	Referee: J Rowan

24 March 1928 League	Ayr United	0â1 ^[68]^[69]	Dumbarton	Somerset Park
			Urquhart 15'	Referee: W Jamieson

31 March 1928 League	Dumbarton	3â0 ^[70]^[71]	Dundee United	Boghead Park
	Urquhart 44' (pen.) Hamill 65', 70'			Attendance: 2,500 Referee: J McKay

7 April 1928 League	Dumbarton	6â2 ^[72]^[73]	Armadale	Boghead Park
	Urquhart 10' 15' 43' 46' Hamill 88'		Junior 42' Tonner 70', pen'	Referee: C McDonald

14 April 1928 League	Arbroath	3â0 ^[74]^[75]	Dumbarton	Gayfield Park
	Gentles 51', 56' Warrander 68'			Attendance: 1,500 Referee: W Webb

21 April 1928 League	Dumbarton	4â1 ^[76]^[77]	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
	Urquhart 25' 60' Kirk 70'		Robertson	Referee: J Leggatt

Scottish Cup

Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by Hamilton.

25 January 1928 Cup R1	Dumbarton	2â3^[78]^[79]	Hamilton	Boghead Park
	McLardie 80' Gillies 94'		Toner 1' Dick 20' McKay 43'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: R Innes

Dumbartonshire Cup

Dumbarton were runners-up in the Dumbartonshire Cup for the fourth season running, losing out to Clydebank in the final.

18 February 1928 Semi Final	Dumbarton	7â2	Vale of Leven	Boghead Park
	Muir Crawford Harvie Lamont Murray			Attendance: 1,000

28 April 1928 Final	Clydebank	0â0	Dumbarton	Clydeholm Park
				Attendance: 1,000

30 April 1928 Final Replay	Clydebank	4â2	Dumbarton	Clydeholm Park
	Thomson Chalmers		Crawford	Attendance: 1,000

Player statistics

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Jock Bradford^[80]	14	0	13	0	1	0
	GK	SCO	Duncan Yuill^[81]	24	0	24	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Alfred Aitchison^[82]	14	0	14	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Daniel Muir	35	0	34	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Robert Shaw^[83]	27	0	26	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	John Harvie	32	1	31	1	1	0
	MF	SCO	James Laing^[84]	12	0	12	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Thomas Lamont^[85]	7	0	7	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Andrew Mair	6	0	6	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	James Miller	38	2	37	2	1	0
	MF	SCO	John Muir	4	0	4	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Rock^[86]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Watt^[87]	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Trialist	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Brown^[88]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	James Crawford^[89]	35	9	34	9	1	0
	FW	SCO	Archibald Gillies^[90]	30	1	29	0	1	1
	FW	SCO	Andrew Hamill^[91]	10	3	10	3	0	0
	FW	SCO	William Kirk^[92]	37	5	36	5	1	0
	FW	SCO	Archibald McLardie^[93]	27	4	26	3	1	1
	FW	SCO	Donald MacPhail	12	1	11	1	1	0
	FW	SCO	William Murray^[94]	7	0	7	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	John Pearson^[95]	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	John Russell^[96]	12	6	12	6	0	0
	FW	SCO	Angus Urquhart^[97]	36	36	35	36	1	0

Source:^[98]

Transfers

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Players in

Player	From	Date
James Laing	Vale of Leven	9 Jul 1927
James Miller	East Fife	13 Jul 1927
John Pesrson	Ayr United	18 Jul 1927
Alfred Aitchison	Benburb	8 Aug 1927
James Crawford	Vale of Leven	8 Aug 1927
Archibald McLardie	Vale of Leven	8 Aug 1927
Thomas Lamont	Renton Thistle	10 Aug 1927
William Kirk	Arthurlie	11 Aug 1927
Angus Urquhart	Dykehead	18 Aug 1927
Donald MacPhail	Dumbarton Academy FP	27 Aug 1927
Daniel Muir	St Bernards	31 Aug 1927
Archibald Gillies	St Mirren	4 Oct 1927
Robert Shaw	Alloa Athletic	14 Oct 1927
Jock Bradford	St Mirren	18 Jan 1928
Andrew Hamill	Albion Rovers	8 Apr 1928

Players out

Player	To	Date
Archibald Muir	Third Lanark	17 May 1927
Martin Davin	Bury	19 Aug 1927
Duncan Yuill	Rangers	17 Jan 1928
John Cameron	Huddersfield Town
John Granger	Ards
James Reid	Vale of Leven
John Swan	Nairn County
Adam Swanson	Dumbarton Athletic

In addition Alfred Aitchison, John Black, robert Dennett, George Greenshields and Robert Main all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.

Source:^[99]