1928–29 Dumbarton F.C. season
Dumbarton 1928–1929 football season
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The 1928â29 season was the 52nd 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.
| 1928â1929 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Donald Colman | ||
| Stadium | Boghead Park, Dumbarton | ||
| Scottish League Division Two | 14th | ||
| Scottish Cup | Third Round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Johnny Haddow (11) All: Johnny Haddow (12) | ||
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Scottish League
With just two wins from their first 11 league games, Dumbarton's hopes for promotion in their seventh successive season in the Second Division was never going to be a real possibility. In the end Dumbarton finished 14th out of 19, with 31 points - 20 behind champions Dundee United.[1]
| 11 August 1928 League | East Stirling | 1â0 [2][3] | Dumbarton | Firs Park |
Docherty  1' |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: W Webb |
| 18 August 1928 League | Dumbarton | 4â1 [4][5] | Alloa Athletic | Boghead Park |
| Harvie 20' Urquhart 20', 65'Crawford 68' |
Ross 44' |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W Dawson |
| 25 August 1928 League | Forfar Athletic | 1â1 [6][7] | Dumbarton | Station Park, Forfar |
| Kilgour 15' |
Reid 65' |
Referee: J Mackay |
| 1 September 1928 League | Dumbarton | 3â3 [8][9] | King's Park | Boghead Park |
| Crawford 53' (pen.) Haddow McLardie 75' |
Baird 55' (pen.) McGreachan 85'Tonner 88' |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Robertson |
| 8 September 1928 League | Stenhousemuir | 1â0 [10][11] | Dumbarton | Ochilview Park |
| Howie 15' |
Referee: H McLachlan |
| 15 September 1928 League | Dumbarton | 3â1 [12][13] | Dunfermline Athletic | Boghead Park |
| Crawford 10' (pen.) Malloy 30'Harvie 32' |
Penman 44' |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Thomson |
| 22 September 1928 League | Arthurlie | 3â3 [14][15] | Dumbarton | Dunterlie Park |
| Clark 5' 15' |
Malloy Crawford Haddow 87' |
Referee: J Hudson |
| 29 September 1928 League | Dumbarton | 0â2 [16][17] | Arbroath | Boghead Park |
| Farquhar 30' Gibb 33' |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: C McGreachan |
| 6 October 1928 League | Bathgate | 2â3 VOID[18] | Dumbarton | Mill Park, Bathgate |
| McPherson 47' Drummond 51' |
Reid 1' Kirk 53', 57' |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: J Rowan |
| 13 October 1928 League | Dumbarton | 0â3 [19][20] | Bo'ness | Boghead Park |
| Haggerty 20', 30' Junior 33' |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Thomson |
| 20 October 1928 League | Dumbarton | 1â1 [21][22] | Clydebank | Boghead Park |
| Crawford |
Thomson |
| 27 October 1928 League | Morton | 3â1 [23][24] | Dumbarton | Cappielow Park |
| McRorie 15', 53' McCartney |
Orr 89' |
Attendance: 7,000 Referee: J Prior |
| 3 November 1928 League | Dumbarton | 4â2 [25][26] | Queen of the South | Boghead Park |
| Crawford 43' Reid 47'Orr 57'Haddow |
Lauderdale Mackie 85' |
Referee: H McLachlan |
| 10 November 1928 League | Leith Athletic | 3â0 [27][28] | Dumbarton | Marine Gardens |
| Marshall 5' Johnston Rae |
Referee: J Mackay |
| 17 November 1928 League | Dumbarton | 1â0 [29][30] | Albion Rovers | Boghead Park |
| Crawford 25' |
Referee: J Baillie |
| 24 November 1928 League | Dumbarton | 5â2 [31][32] | Armadale | Boghead Park |
| Haddow 22' (pen.) McIssac 47', 54', 60' |
Laird 5' Heigh 69' |
Referee: A Stewart |
| 1 December 1928 League | Dundee United | 3â1 [33][34] | Dumbarton | Tannadice Park |
| Hutchison 15', 20' Henderson 45' (pen.) |
McIssac 21' |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: J Rowan |
| 8 December 1928 League | Dumbarton | 2â1 [35][36] | St Bernard's | Boghead Park |
| McIssac 20' Gillies 46' |
Eadie 35' |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: D Reilly |
| 15 December 1928 League | East Fife | 6â3 [37][38] | Dumbarton | Bayview Park, Methil |
| McGaughy 1' Brown Nairn 80'Weir 15'Kyle |
McIssac Gillies |
Referee: W Webb |
| 22 December 1928 League | Alloa Athletic | 0â2 [39][40] | Dumbarton | Recreation Park, Alloa |
| Haddow 30' McIssac |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: A McLean |
| 31 December 1928 League | Clydebank | 1â6 [41][42] | Dumbarton | Clydeholm Park |
| Thomson |
Kirk Reid Crawford Haddow 85' |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: D Reilly |
| 2 January 1929 League | Dumbarton | 1â0 [43][44] | Morton | Boghead Park |
| Kirk 41' |
| 5 January 1929 League | Dumbarton | 0â0 [45][46] | Forfar Athletic | Boghead Park |
| Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W Webb |
| 12 January 1929 League | King's Park | 1â1 [47][48] | Dumbarton | Forthbank Park |
| Connor 29' |
Kirk 16' |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: J Stewart |
| 26 January 1929 League | Dumbarton | 0â1 [49][50] | Stenhousemuir | Boghead Park |
| Kemp 43' |
Referee: J Robertson |
| 9 February 1929 League | Dumbarton | 2â0 [51][52] | Arthurlie | Boghead Park |
| Malloy Haddow |
Referee: H McLachlan |
| 20 February 1929 League | Arbroath | 7â1 [53][54] | Dumbarton | Gayfield Park |
| Gibb 16', 20', 47', 84' Gentles 18'Gallacher 57', 90' |
Haddow 88' |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: J Leggatt |
| 23 February 1929 League | Dumbarton | 3â0 VOID[55] | Bathgate | Boghead Park |
| Kirk 10', 33', 80' |
Referee: W Jamieson |
| 2 March 1929 League | Bo'ness | 6â0 [56][57] | Dumbarton | Newtown Park, Bo'ness |
| Ross 30' Harvie (OG)Hutcheson 57'Fleming 58', 70' |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: J Black |
| 9 March 1929 League | Queen of the South | 3â0 [58][59] | Dumbarton | Palmerston Park |
| McKenna 20' Derby 47'Wright (pen.) |
Referee: W Holborn |
| 16 March 1929 League | Dumbarton | 1â4 [60][61] | Leith Athletic | Boghead Park |
| Miller (pen.) |
Johnston Laidlaw |
| 23 March 1929 League | Albion Rovers | 6â4 [62][63] | Dumbarton | Cliftonhill |
| Brant 52', 54' Weir 67'Rae 84' |
Crawford 4' Haddow 7'<vr>Malloy 25'Kirk 85' |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: R Seith |
| 30 March 1929 League | Armadale | 1â1 [64][65] | Dumbarton | Volunteer Park, Armadale |
| Young 41' |
Miller 63' |
Referee: W Jamieson |
| 1 April 1929 League | Dunfermline Athletic | 3â2 [66][67] | Dumbarton | East End Park |
| Dickson,T Syme Daid |
King (OG) Craig |
Referee: J Pryor |
| 6 April 1929 League | Dumbarton | 1â1 [68][69] | Dundee United | Boghead Park |
| Urquhart 42' |
Kay 44' |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: J Thomson |
| 8 April 1929 League | Dumbarton | 3â2 [70][71] | East Stirling | Boghead Park |
| Urquhart 20' (pen.) Kirk |
Campbell Junior 48' |
Referee: W Dobson |
| 20 April 1929 League | St Bernard's | 3â0 [72][73] | Dumbarton | Royal Gymnasium Ground |
| Eadie 47' Walker 70' |
Referee: J Leggatt |
Scottish Cup
Dumbarton reached the third round before losing out to Raith Rovers.
| 19 January 1929 Cup R1 | Dumbarton | 6â1[76][77] | Inverness Citadel | Boghead Park |
| Orr Harvie 65'McLardie Kirk Malloy |
Cumming |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Leggatt |
| 2 February 1929 Cup R2 | Fraserburgh | 0â3[78][79] | Dumbarton | Bellslea Park |
| Malloy 60', 80', 89' |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: J Russell |
| 16 February 1929 Cup R3 | Raith Rovers | 3â2[80][81] | Dumbarton | Starks Park |
| Galloway 12' McBain 37'Brunton 45' |
Haddow 35' Malloy |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: R Innes |
Dumbartonshire Cup
Dumbarton were runners-up in the Dumbartonshire Cup for the fifth season running, again losing out to Clydebank in the final.
| 24 April 1929 Final | Clydebank | 1â0 | Dumbarton | Clydeholm Park |
| Chalmers |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: W Holborn |
Player statistics
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Second Division | Scottish Cup | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK |  SCO |
Blackstock[82] | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| GK | SCO |
Jock Bradford[83] | 35 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| GK | SCO |
Albert Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO |
William Gibson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO |
Daniel Muir | 38 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO |
Robert Orr[84] | 33 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| DF | SCO |
Robert Shaw[85] | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO |
Craig[86] | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO |
Cunningham[87] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO |
John Harvie[88] | 35 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| MF | SCO |
James Miller | 38 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO |
Neish[89] | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO |
Hugh Reid[90] | 17 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
James Crawford[91] | 35 | 10 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
Archibald Gillies[92] | 35 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
Johnny Haddow | 37 | 12 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 1 | |
| FW | SCO |
John Jackson[93] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
William Kirk[94] | 28 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
| FW |  ENG |
William Molloy | 20 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |
| FW | SCO |
Alex McIsaac[95] | 13 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
Archibald McLardie | 37 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| FW | SCO |
Robert Speedie[96] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
Angus Urquhart[97] | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Source:[98]
Transfers
Players in
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Players out
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In addition Andrew Hamill, James Laing, Thomas Lamont, Andrew Mair, William Murray, John Pearson and John Russell all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.
Source:[99]