1956–57 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1956–1957 season
Manager Peter McGown
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 2 9th
Scottish Cup Seventh Round
Scottish League Cup Prelims
Top goalscorer League: Hugh Gallacher (27)
All: Hugh Gallacher (36)
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

Season 1956–57 was the 80th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 50th time, the Scottish Cup for the 62nd time and the Scottish League Cup for the 10th time.

Overview

By coming so close to promotion the previous season, confidence was high to mount a serious challenge on the Division 2 title. However despite breaking the 100 goals scored in a league season for the first time, the 70 against was never going to be 'championship material' and only a 9th place was achieved with 38 points, 26 behind runaway winners Clyde.

In the Scottish Cup, however, two Division 1 clubs were defeated on route to a quarter final against Raith Rovers - and although the tie was lost the 18,001 crowd at Boghead still stands as the record home crowd.

Dumbarton returned to old habits in the League Cup by failing to qualify from their section, although it was their poor home performances which were to count against them this season.

It was however the Stirlingshire Cup which was to bring some cheer, as an aggregate win over Alloa Athletic was to bring the cup home to Dumbarton for the second time.

It should be noted that Boghead had floodlights installed during the season, and a friendly against Celtic was played to celebrate the 'switch on'.

Finally, Dumbarton broke both the goals for and goals against 'centuries' during the season. By scoring 134 goals in all games, this was the ninth time that the 'century - for' had been broken, and by conceding 109, this was the 15th time that the 'century - against' had been broken.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

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Main article: 1956–57 Scottish Football League
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
22 August 1956 Cowdenbeath A 1-2 Whalen
5 September 1956 Hamilton H 2-0 Gallacher,H;McKeown
8 September 1956 Stenhousemuir A 3-1 Brown(2);Whalen
12 September 1956 Hamilton A 1-1 Rollo 5,000
15 September 1956 East Stirling H 3-2 Kiernan(2);Hunter
19 September 1956 Cowdenbeath H 2-3 Kiernan;Hunter
22 September 1956 Stirling Albion A 1-3 Hunter 5,500
29 September 1956 Berwick Rangers H 4-0 Brown;Whalen;Kiernan;;Glover 4,300
6 October 1956 Stranraer A 4-5 Kiernan(3);OG
13 October 1956 Third Lanark H 0-1 6,000
20 October 1956 Clyde H 2-3 Gallacher,H;Rollo 8,000
27 October 1956 Arbroath A 2-3 Gallacher,H(2)
3 November 1956 Forfar Athletic A 2-0 Gallacher,H;Gallagher 1,600
10 November 1956 Brechin City H 2-2 Cairns;Whalen
17 November 1956 Montrose H 7-0 Brown(3);Auld(2);Craig;Heaney
24 November 1956 Morton A 1-1 Gallacher,H 2,000
8 December 1956 Dundee United H 3-2 Auld(2);Brown 5,000
15 December 1956 Alloa Athletic A 3-2 Gallacher,H(2);Brown
22 December 1956 Albion Rovers H 8-1 Gallacher,H(5);Brown;Heaney;Auld
29 December 1956 Clyde A 3-5 Gallacher,H;Heaney;Auld 9,000
1 January 1957 Stirling Albion H 1-3 Whalen
2 January 1957 East Stirling A 2-3 Cairns;Brown
5 January 1957 Stenhousemuir H 6-2 Brown(3);Gallacher,H;Gibson;Kiernan
12 January 1957 Berwick Rangers A 0-1
19 January 1957 Stranraer H 4-1 Gallacher,H(2);Brown;Cairns
26 January 1957 Third Lanark A 0-7 6,000
9 February 1957 St Johnstone H 4-1 Gallacher,H(2);Gallagher;Brown
6 March 1957 Arbroath H 3-1 Gibson;Gallacher,H;Auld
9 March 1957 Brechin City A 1-4 Rollo
16 March 1957 Montrose A 6-1 Rollo;Brown;Gibson;Gallacher,H;Gallagher;Auld
23 March 1957 Morton H 2-2 Gallacher,H;Brown 5,000
10 April 1957 Forfar Athletic H 5-1 Cairns;Brown;Gibson;;Gallacher,H;McKeown
13 April 1957 Alloa Athletic H 5-0 Gibson(2);Gallacher,H(2);Brown
17 April 1957 Dundee United A 1-3 OG 1,500
20 April 1957 Albion Rovers A 1-3 McCall
24 April 1957 St Johnstone A 6-0 Gallacher,H(3);Gibson(2);McKeown

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1956–57 Scottish Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
2 February 1957 5 Queen of the South A 2-2 Gallacher,H;Brown 7,199
6 February 1957 5R Queen of the South H 4-2 McCall;Gibson;Gallacher,H;Whalen 5,700
16 February 1957 6 Motherwell A 3-1 Gibson(2);Cairns 16,000
2 March 1957 7 Raith Rovers H 0-4 18,001

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 1956–57 Scottish League Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
11 August 1956 P Brechin City H 1-8 Gallacher,H 6,000
15 August 1956 P Hamilton A 3-5 Gallacher,H(2);Whalen
18 August 1956 P Alloa Athletic H 1-1 Gallacher,H
25 August 1956 P Brechin City A 4-3 Gallacher,H(2);Hunter;McCall
29 August 1956 P Hamilton H 3-4 Whalen(3) 5,000
1 September 1956 P Alloa Athletic A 3-1 Rollo;Gallacher,H;Glover

Stirlingshire Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
SF Falkirk WO
29 April 1957 F1 Alloa Athletic H 4-2 Auld;Gallacher,H(2);Whalen
30 April 1957 F2 Alloa Athletic A 1-1 Gallacher,H

Other Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
23 January 1957 Celtic H 2-5 Gallacher,H(2) 7,000
1 April 1957 Combined Services XI H 2-2 Gallacher,H;Brown

Appearances

Dumbarton used 26 players for the 46 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Tommy Craig and John McKay were best by featuring in all but one of these matches.[1]

Player Position[2] Appearances Goals
Scotland Bertie Auld FW 16 8
Scotland Les Brown FW 39 23
Scotland Benny Cairns MF 40 5
Scotland Tommy Craig MF 43 1
Scotland Hugh Gallacher FW 39 36
Scotland Joe Gallacher DF 15
Scotland John Gallagher FW 16 4
Scotland Bobby Gibson FW 20 11
Scotland John Glover FW 8 2
Scotland John Heaney FW 16 3
Scotland Hendry FW 1
Scotland Jim Hunter MF 22 4
Scotland Felix Kiernan FW 11 8
Scotland Jimmy Mann MF 1
Scotland John McCall MF 38 3
Scotland Tommy McCulloch GK 1
Scotland John McKay DF 43
Scotland Billy McKeown FW 12 3
Scotland John McMillan FW 4
Scotland Alex McNeill GK 9
Scotland Jim McQuade FW 6
Scotland Willie Neilson DF 3
Scotland Eddie O'Donnell GK 36
Scotland Alex Rollo DF 41 5
Scotland Alex Stewart FW 3
Scotland Tom Whalen FW 23 10

Reserve Team

Dumbarton played a 'reserve' team in the Alliance League, which was set up for Division 2 sides. The season was split into two 'series' - with Dumbarton winning the First Series (with 6 wins and 2 draws from 10 games) and finishing as runners up in the Second (with 6 wins and 3 draws from 12 games).

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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