1951–52 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1951–1952 season
Manager William Irvine
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League B Division 10th
Scottish Cup Third Round
Scottish League Cup Prelims
Top goalscorer League: Jimmy Scott (14)
All: Jimmy Scott (20)
← 1950–51 1952–53 →

Season 1951–52 was the 75th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 46th time, the Scottish Cup for the 57th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 6th time.

Overview

Another slow start to the league campaign, with only a single win from 9 attempts, meant that Dumbarton were never seen as challengers for the title but improving performances during the season resulted in a mid-table 10th-place finish with 28 points, 16 behind champions Clyde.

The season however had started brightly, with Dumbarton winning their first national silverware in 41 years, by triumphing in the St Mungo Quaich - a competition for B Division sides to celebrate the Festival of Britain.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost to Falkirk in the third round.

Qualification from the League Cup sectional games was again unfruitful, with Dumbarton finishing 4th and last, recording a win and a draw from their 6 games.

After a year's absence, the Supplementary Cup returned for one last season, with Dumbarton reaching the second round before losing out to Alloa Athletic.

In the Stirlingshire Cup, Falkirk defeated Dumbarton in the semi final.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

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Main article: 1951–52 Scottish Football League
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
8 September 1951 Falkirk H 0-1 4,000
15 September 1951 Kilmarnock A 1-2 Donegan 12,000
22 September 1951 Alloa Athletic H 1-2 Forbes
29 September 1951 Hamilton A 2-3 Forbes;Scott
6 October 1951 Queen's Park H 1-0 Smith
13 October 1951 St Johnstone A 1-2 Scott
20 October 1951 Dunfermline Athletic H 0-0
27 October 1951 Albion Rovers A 1-1 Scott
3 November 1951 Cowdenbeath A 2-2 Tait(2) 3,000
10 November 1951 Forfar Athletic H 3-1 Murphy(2);Frame 4,000
17 November 1951 Ayr United H 4-2 Scott(3);Frame
24 November 1951 Arbroath A 2-1 Scott(2) 2,200
1 December 1951 Stenhousemuir H 4-1 Murphy(2);Frame;Scott
8 December 1951 Clyde H 2-2 Frame(2)
15 December 1951 Dundee United A 1-4 Frame 8,000
22 December 1951 Falkirk A 1-1 Beaton 9,000
29 December 1951 Kilmarnock H 4-2 Frame(2);Forbes;Smith
1 January 1952 Alloa Athletic A 1-4 Beaton
2 January 1952 Hamilton H 2-2 Murphy;Scott
5 January 1952 Queen's Park A 1-0 Tait 12,000
12 January 1952 St Johnstone H 3-1 McNee;Murphy;Frame
19 January 1952 Dunfermline Athletic A 2-3 Finnie(2)
26 January 1952 Cowdenbeath H 1-5 McNee
16 February 1952 Forfar Athletic A 3-1 Scott(2);McNee
27 February 1952 Ayr United A 1-4 Scott
1 March 1952 Arbroath H 0-2
8 March 1952 Stenhousemuir A 1-1 Finnie
15 March 1952 Clyde A 3-3 Donegan(2);Beaton
22 March 1952 Dundee United H 2-1 Shaw;Beaton 2,500
21 April 1952 Albion Rovers H 1-4 Scott

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1951–52 Scottish Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
9 February 1952 2 Queen's Park H 1-0 Scott 10,000
23 February 1952 3 Falkirk H 1-3 Scott 17,000

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 1951–52 Scottish League Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
11 August 1951 P Forfar Athletic H 3-4 Frame(2);Finnie 5,000
15 August 1951 P Ayr United A 0-5
18 August 1951 P Kilmarnock H 1-0 Beaton 5,000
25 August 1951 P Forfar Athletic A 1-1 Scott
29 August 1951 P Ayr United H 1-3 Finnie
1 September 1951 P Kilmarnock A 0-2 12,000

Supplementary Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
29 March 1952 1 Dundee United H 1-0 Frame 2,000
12 April 1952 2 Alloa Athletic A 3-4 Donegan(2);Scott

Festival of Britain St Mungo Quaich

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
25 July 1951 1 Kilmarnock H 2-1 Finnie(2) 5,000
28 July 1951 2 St Johnstone A 5-2 Beaton(3);Shaw;Finnie
1 August 1952 SF Airdrie H 2-1 Scott(2) 8,500
6 August 1951 F Ayr United A 2-1 Beaton;Finnie 10,000

Stirlingshire Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
19 September 1951 1 East Stirling H 4-3 Johnston;Irwin;Smith;Finnie
26 April 1952 SF Falkirk A 0-3

Appearances

Club

Dumbarton used 25 players for the 44 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup, Supplementary Cup and St Mungo Quaich matches, as detailed below. Jack McNee and George Paton were both to feature in all but one of these matches.[1]

Player Position[2] Appearances Goals
Scotland Eddie Beaton FW 22 9
Scotland Jack Cameron DF 2
Scotland Tom Donegan FW 16 5
Scotland George Ferguson DF 37
Scotland Jim Finnie FW 16 9
Scotland Flaherty DF 1
Scotland Jimmy Forbes FW 21 3
Scotland Jimmy Frame FW 38 12
Scotland Tommy Irwin MF 20
Scotland Willie Johnston FW 6
Scotland Ally Johnstone DF 4
Scotland Gerry McCaffrey FW 2
Scotland Willie McLaren MF 3
Scotland Jack McNee DF 43 3
Scotland Wallace Murdoch GK 1
Scotland Peter Murphy FW 19 6
Scotland George Paton GK 43
Scotland Jim Peden MF 1
Scotland Jimmy Scott FW 41 20
Scotland John Sharp MF 1
Scotland Hugh Shaw MF 41 2
Scotland Duncan Smith FW 36 2
Scotland John Stewart DF 1
Scotland Andy Tait MF 32 3
Scotland Jimmy Whyte MF 37

International

Duncan Smith was selected to play for the Scottish League B XI against the Irish League B side on 15 April 1952 - and scored a goal in the 6-0 win.

Reserve Team

Dumbarton played a reserve team in Division C (South West) and finished 12th out of 16, recording 11 wins and 4 draws from 30 matches. Note that in addition to the reserve sides of the bigger Division A teams in South and West Scotland, the first teams of East Stirlingshire (relegated from Division B three seasons previously) and Stranraer also competed in this league.

In the Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost in the second round to Dundee United.

Finally in the Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton could only manage a win and a draw from their 6 sectional matches and failed to progress to the knock-out stages.

See also

References

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  2. ↑ The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two defenders, three midfielders and five forwards).

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