1953–54 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1953–1954 season
Manager William Irvine
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League B Division 16th
Scottish Cup First Round
Scottish League Cup Prelims
Top goalscorer League: Jackie Malloch (13)
All: Jackie Malloch (14)
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

Season 1953–54 was the 77th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 48th time, the Scottish Cup for the 59th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 8th time.

Overview

After three seasons of mid-table finishes, Dumbarton fell to rock-bottom 16th place, with 22 points, 23 behind champions Motherwell. As Division C (North-East) was won by Brechin City this effectively relegated Dumbarton - the first time in 50 years that the club would play league football outside the top two divisions.

In the Scottish Cup, there was another disappointing first round exit with Dumbarton losing to Stirling Albion.

Another 'bottom' finish (4th of 4) was recorded in the League Cup sectional games, with only a single win and a draw from 6 matches.

And to complete a disastrous season, Dumbarton's grip on the Stirlingshire Cup was easily released by defeat in the first round to Falkirk.

Note that as the previous Stirlingshire Cup champions, Dumbarton were drawn to meet Buckie Thistle in the semi-final of the Dewar Shield - an annual competition between the county champions of Aberdeenshire, Forfarshire, Perthshire and Stirlingshire - but in the end Dumbarton withdrew.

Finally the number of goals conceded in all games during the season was 116, the 14th time this unwanted 'century' had been broken.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

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Main article: 1953–54 Scottish Football League
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
5 September 1953 Dundee United A 1-2 Malloch 8,000
12 September 1953 Albion Rovers H 5-1 Malloch(2);Donegan;McGairy;McCaffrey
19 September 1953 Morton A 0-8
26 September 1953 Dunfermline Athletic H 4-4 Donegan(2);McGairy;Malloch
3 October 1953 Queen's Park A 0-6
10 October 1953 Ayr United H 3-1 Malloch(2);Irwin
17 October 1953 Forfar Athletic A 2-1 McGairy;Malloch
24 October 1953 Alloa Athletic H 0-0 2,500
31 October 1953 Cowdenbeath A 1-6 Cumming
7 November 1953 Motherwell H 1-4 McGairy 5,000
14 November 1953 Kilmarnock H 2-5 Shaw;McGairy
21 November 1953 Arbroath A 3-2 Malloch(2);Goldie
28 November 1953 Stenhousemuir A 0-6
12 December 1953 Third Lanark A 1-2 Goldie 5,000
19 December 1953 Dundee United H 2-2 Shaw;Weir 3,000
26 December 1953 Albion Rovers A 1-4 Hepburn
1 January 1954 Morton H 2-4 Weir;Hepburn
2 January 1954 Dunfermline Athletic A 1-6 Goldie
9 January 1954 Queen's Park H 1-1 Goldie
16 January 1954 Ayr United A 0-0 3,500
23 January 1954 Forfar Athletic H 0-1
6 February 1954 Alloa Athletic A 2-2 McGairy(2)
20 February 1954 Cowdenbeath H 2-2 Malloch;Hepburn
6 March 1954 Kilmarnock A 2-7 Weir;Bell,T
13 March 1954 Arbroath H 1-0 Malloch
20 March 1954 Stenhousemuir H 1-2 Bell,T
27 March 1954 St Johnstone A 1-3 Malloch
10 April 1954 Motherwell A 6-6 Gibson(2);Weir(2);Donegan;Malloch
17 April 1954 St Johnstone H 3-2 Maguire(2);Gibson
28 April 1954 Third Lanark H 3-2 Hepburn(3)

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1953–54 Scottish Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
30 January 1954 1 Stirling Albion A 1-2 McGairy 6,086

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 1953–54 Scottish League Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
8 August 1953 P Forfar Athletic A 1-2 Malloch
12 August 1953 P Dunfermline Athletic H 1-3 Goldie
15 August 1953 P Arbroath H 3-0 Donegan(2);Goldie 4,000
22 August 1953 P Forfar Athletic H 0-0 3,000
26 August 1953 P Dunfermline Athletic A 1-6 Irwin
29 August 1953 P Arbroath A 0-4

Stirlingshire Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
7 September 1953 1 Falkirk A 0-5

Other Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
27 February 1954 Stranraer A 2-2 Bell,T;McCaffrey
24 April 1954 Stranraer H 3-0 unknown

Appearances

Dumbarton used 29 players for the 37 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Hugh Shaw was best by featuring in 31 of these matches.[1]

Player Position[2] Appearances Goals
Scotland Danny Bell DF 24
Scotland Tommy Bell FW 10 2
Scotland John Black MF 11
England Ray Brown FW 7
Scotland Don Cornock MF 19
Scotland Andy Crossan MF 2
Scotland Dick Cumming FW 3 1
Scotland Jim Davie MF 12
Scotland Tom Donegan FW 29 6
Scotland H Doyle MF 1
Scotland George Ferguson DF 30
Scotland Willie Gibson FW 8 3
Scotland Hugh Goldie FW 23 6
Scotland Tony Hepburn FW 21 6
Scotland Tommy Irwin MF 13 2
Scotland Jim Maguire FW 3 2
Scotland Jackie Malloch FW 26 14
Scotland Tommy Martin FW 4
Scotland Gerry McCaffrey FW 16 1
Scotland Don McDonald MF 2
Scotland Tom McGairy FW 17 8
Scotland Jack McNee DF 17
Scotland J McQueen MF 1
Scotland Wallace Murdoch GK 23
Scotland Walter Scott GK 14
Scotland Hugh Shaw MF 31 2
Scotland Jimmy Stevenson MF 2
Scotland Jock Weir FW 17 5
Scotland Jimmy Whyte MF 21

Reserve Team

Dumbarton only played one official 'reserve' match in the Second XI Cup, losing in the first round to Third Lanark.

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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