1890–91 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1890–91 season
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Football League Champions
Scottish Cup Runners Up
Top goalscorer League: John Bell (20)
All: John Taylor (28)
← 1889–90 1891–92 →

Season 1890–91 was the 18th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the inaugural Scottish Football League and entering the Scottish Cup for the 18th time.

Overview

Dumbarton took part in the first ever Scottish League Championship, and with 11 wins and 3 draws from their first 14 fixtures, it looked likely that they would win the title. However losses to Celtic and Rangers in their final four ties meant that Dumbarton finished up with the same number of points as Rangers. With no rules on what should happen in such circumstances, the Scottish League decided on a play-off decider, which finished 2-2, and rather than arrange for a further play-off, the inaugural championship was shared.[1]

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton almost made it a league and cup double, but lost out to Hearts in the final.

Individual honours fell to John Bell by being the first ever League topscorer with 20 goals - although it was John Taylor who was the club's overall topscorer in national competitions, with 28 goals, to Bell's 25. (Bear in mind that 4 of the goals scored in Scottish League and Cup matches are unknown.)

In other competitions, there was a lot of silverware heading towards Boghead. Dumbarton again retained the Dumbartonshire Cup (fourth time overall), beating Vale of Leven in the final, retained the Greenock Charity Cup, by beating the hosts Morton in the final, and in the first (and only) League Charity Cup, Dumbarton beat Celtic in the final. Easily the club's most successful season to date.

Despite all the competitive games, Dumbartons still managed to play 8 'other' matches, of which 5 were won, 2 drawn and 1 lost, scoring 29 goals and conceding 12.

It should be noted that Dumbarton remained unbeaten at Boghead during the season, meaning that defeat had not been tasted on home soil since September 1889. In addition, the total number of goals scored in all games was 165, beating the previous record set in season 1887-88.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

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Main article: 1890-91 Scottish Football League
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
16 August 1890 Cowlairs H 1-1 Taylor 3,000
23 August 1890 3rd LRV A 3-1 Bell;Taylor;McMillan 4,000
30 August 1890 Hearts H 3-1 Taylor;Bell;Mair 3,000
13 September 1890 Rangers H 5-1 Mair;Bell(3);Taylor 4,000
4 October 1890 Vale of Leven A 3-1 OG;Mair;unknown
11 October 1890 Abercorn H 5-1 Taylor(3);Galbraith(2)
25 October 1890 Cowlairs A 6-1 OG(3);Bell(2);Taylor
27 December 1890 Abercorn A 2-1 Taylor(2) 6,000
24 January 1891 Cambuslang H 5-0 McNaught;Bell(2);Keir;Thomson
21 February 1891 Celtic H 2-2 Galbraith;Boyle 6,000
28 February 1891 Vale of Leven H 4-0 Keir;Taylor;OG;Boyle
7 March 1891 St Mirren H 5-1 Bell(4);McNaught
21 March 1891 Cambuslang A 2-2 Taylor;Bell
28 March 1891 3rd LRV H 5-1 Bell;McLeod;Hutcheson;Taylor;OG
11 April 1891 Celtic A 0-1 10,000
20 April 1891 Hearts A 4-0 Bell(2);Taylor;Galbraith 5,500
25 April 1891 Rangers A 2-4 Bell(2) 12,000
2 May 1891 St Mirren A 4-2 Galbraith(2);Bell;Miller,J

In the decider, played at Cathkin Park on 21 May 1891 in front of 10,000 spectators, Dumbarton and Rangers drew 2-2, with Taylor and J. Miller scoring for Dumbarton. It was subsequently decided that the Championship be shared.

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1890-91 Scottish Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
6 September 1890 R1 Smithston Hibernian H 8-2 McNaught;Taylor(2);Galbraith;OG;unknown(3)
27 September 1890 R2 Hibernian A 9-1 Taylor(3);Galbraith(2);Boyle;Mair;McNaught;Bell 3,000
18 October 1890 R3 Clydebank H 6-0 Taylor(4);McMillan;Bell
8 November 1890 R4 Mossend Swifts H 7-3 McNaught(2);McMillan;Mair;Taylor;Miller,A;Galbraith
6 December 1890 R5 5th KRV H 8-0 Taylor(3);Bell;McNaught(2);Boyle;Galbraith
20 December 1890 R6 Celtic H 3-0 Mair(2);Bell 10,000
17 January 1891 SF Abercorn H 3-1 Galbraith;McNaught;Bell 10,000
7 February 1891 F Hearts A 0-1 10,836

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
R1 Dumbarton Albion WO
22 November 1890 R2 Duntocher Harp A 10-2 Bell;Galbraith;Taylor;unknown(7)
13 December 1890 SF Clydebank A 4-1 Boyle;Mair;Taylor;OG
14 February 1891 F Vale of Leven H 4-1 Mair(2);Taylor;Bell

League Charity Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
16 May 1891 SF Rangers A 1-0 Taylor 7,000
10 June 1891 F Celtic A 3-0 Bell;Taylor(2) 8,000

Greenock Charity Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
4 April 1891 SF Partick Thistle A 2-0 Bell(2)
6 June 1891 F Morton A 5-1 Galbraith;unknown(4) 4,000

Other Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
9 August 1890 Rangers A 1-3[2] unknown
20 August 1890 Leith Athletic A 3-1 Wilson(2);Mair 5,500
29 November 1890 5th KRV H 2-0[3] Taylor;unknown
1 January 1891 Celtic A 1-1 Taylor 15,000
2 January 1891 Arbroath A 6-0 unknown
3 January 1891 King's Park H 8-3 unknown
22 May 1891 Arbroath A 2-2 unknown
23 May 1891 Aberdeen A 6-2 Galbraith;Boyle Mallor;OG;unknown(2) 5,000

Appearances

Club

Dumbarton used 21 players during the season in 27 Scottish League, League Play Off and Cup matches, as detailed below. John Bell and John McLeod played in all of these matches.[4]

Player Position[5] Appearances Goals[6]
Scotland John Bell FW 27 25
Scotland Dickie Boyle HB 26 4
Scotland James Galbraith FW 26 12
Scotland John Hannah BK 9
Scotland William Henderson FW 1
Scotland Alex Hutcheson FW 6 1
Scotland Jones HB 1
Scotland Leitch Keir HB 21 2
Scotland Neil Kerr FW 1
Scotland Alex Lang HB 5
Scotland Hugh Mair FW 16 7
Scotland Alex McDonald BK 3
Scotland John McLeod GK 27 1
Scotland Tom McMillan HB 20 3
Scotland James McNaught FW 25 9
Scotland Alex Miller BK 24 1
Scotland John Miller FW 2 2
Scotland John Taylor FW 24 28
Scotland William Thomson FW 2 1
Scotland Daniel Watson BK 26
Scotland Wilson FW 5

County

A Dumbartonshire representative match was played against Renfrewshire on 15 November 1890 in which McLeod; Watson; McMillan; Boyle; Taylor; Galbraith; Mair and McNaught were all selected to play - Dumbarton county won 3-1.

Reserve Team

Dumbarton were knocked out at the second round stage of the Scottish Second XI Cup, but once again retained the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup, beating Clydebank in the final.

Scottish Second XI Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result
13 September 1890 R1 Kirkintilloch Athletic A 4-0
4 October 1890 R2 Queen's Park A 0-9

Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result
8 November 1890 R1 Dalmuir Thistle A 6-2
8 April 1891 SF Vale of Leven H 4-3
5 May 1891 F Clydebank A 4-0

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ This match was reported as the final tie of a Rangers F.C. Sports Tournament.
  3. ↑ This match was to be a fifth round Scottish Cup tie but was postponed due to a frozen pitch. The teams however decided to play a friendly.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two backs, three half backs and five forwards).
  6. ↑ Due to the limited reporting of football at the time, the scorers of 4 of the 107 goals scored in Scottish League and Cup matches are unknown.

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