1967–68 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1967–1968 season
Manager	Willie Toner/ Ian Spence
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 2	10th
Scottish Cup	First Prelim Round
Scottish League Cup	Prelims
Top goalscorer	League: Roy McCormack (20) All: Roy McCormack (21)
← 1966–67 1968–69 →

Season 1967–68 was the 91st football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 61st time, the Scottish Cup for the 73rd time and the Scottish League Cup for the 21st time.

Overview

Manager Willie Toner was to wield the axe with the playing staff before the start of the season, and a number of long serving players were to leave the club. However, with only one win taken from the first five league games, Willie Toner's youth policy was not proving successful and he resigned his position as manager to be replaced a week later by Ian Spence. The damage had already been done and Dumbarton finished in 10th place, with 33 points, 29 behind champions St Mirren.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton were to fall in the first preliminary round to Berwick Rangers, after a draw.

In the League Cup, a single draw was all that there was to show from the six sectional games and therefore once again Dumbarton were no have no further interest in the competition.

Locally, for the third season in a row Dumbarton were to taste defeat, not on the pitch, but in the boardroom after the game as the Stirlingshire Cup semi final tie against Stirling Albion was decided by the toss of a coin.

Finally the number of goals conceded in all games during the season was 118, the 18th time this unwanted 'century' had been broken.

Results

Win

Draw

Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1967–68 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
24 August 1967	St Mirren	H	0-4		1,675
9 September 1967	Clydebank	H	5-4	McCormack;McGoldrick(3);Henderson	2,500
13 September 1967	St Mirren	A	0-4		2,065
16 September 1967	East Fife	A	3-3	McCormack;McGoldrick;McMillan	800
20 September 1967	Cowdenbeath	H	2-2	McGowan;McCormack
23 September 1967	Stranraer	H	4-0	McGowan;McCormack;McGoldrick;McMillan
27 September 1967	Cowdenbeath	A	2-6	Reid;McMillan
30 September 1967	Hamilton	A	3-3	McGoldrick(3)
7 October 1967	Brechin City	H	2-0	McCormack;McMillan
21 October 1967	Forfar Athletic	A	3-3	McCormack(2);McMillan
28 October 1967	East Stirling	H	2-0	McCormack(2)	1,300
4 November 1967	Stenhousemuir	A	1-1	Watson
11 November 1967	Montrose	H	2-0	McCormack;McGoldrick	900
18 November 1967	Ayr United	A	0-3		3,000
25 November 1967	Albion Rovers	H	1-0	Lynas	1,200
2 December 1967	Queen of the South	A	2-5	Watson(2)
9 December 1967	Arbroath	H	3-4	Henderson(3)
30 December 1967	Queens Park	H	0-2		700
1 January 1968	Clydebank	A	1-2	Moffat
2 January 1968	East Fife	H	1-1	McCormack
6 January 1968	Stranraer	A	3-1	Watson(2);Reid
13 January 1968	Hamilton	H	0-1		500
20 January 1968	Brechin City	A	4-0	McCormack(2);McGoldrick;Watson	800
24 January 1968	Queens Park	A	3-2	McCormack;McGoldrick;Henderson
10 February 1968	Forfar Athletic	H	3-6	McGoldrick(3)
17 February 1968	East Stirling	A	2-2	McGoldrick;Moffat
2 March 1968	Stenhousemuir	H	1-1	Graham
9 March 1968	Montrose	A	3-1	McCormack(2);Henderson	600
30 March 1968	Queen of the South	H	1-1	McCormack	600
6 April 1968	Arbroath	A	0-4
10 April 1968	Albion Rovers	A	1-3	McGoldrick
13 April 1968	Alloa Athletic	H	3-0	McCormack(2);McGoldrick	800
17 April 1968	Berwick Rangers	H	0-0
20 April 1968	Berwick Rangers	A	1-2	Graham
24 April 1968	Alloa Athletic	A	0-2
29 April 1968	Ayr United	H	1-1	Malone

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1967–68 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
16 December 1967	P1	Berwick Rangers	H	0-0		2,000
23 December 1967	P1R	Berwick Rangers	A	1-2	Lynas

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1967–68 Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
12 August 1967	P	Raith Rovers	A	0-2
16 August 1967	P	Queen of the South	H	1-2	Henderson
19 August 1967	P	Morton	A	0-6
26 August 1967	P	Raith Rovers	H	1-1	McGoldrick	1,000
30 August 1967	P	Queen of the South	A	1-3	Henderson
2 September 1967	P	Morton	H	1-3	McCormack	1,000

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
27 March 1968	SF	Stirling Albion	A	1-1 *	Watson

* - lost on toss of coin

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
4 August 1967	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0-5
8 August 1967	Celtic XI	H	2-1	McGoldrick;McCormack
12 October 1967	Rangers XI	H	2-2	McCormack;McGoldrick
26 January 1968	Celtic XI	H	4-3	McCormack;Lynas;OG(2)
29 February 1968	Ross County	H	2-3	Lynas(2)

Appearances

Dumbarton used 37 players for the 44 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. John McGoldrick was best by featuring in 41 of these matches. Note that 2 unnamed trialists played in one match.

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
David Anderson	GK	9
John Barratt	FW	1
Alex Baxter	FW	1
Ian Bird	GK	2
Andy Crawford	GK	1
Ronnie Curran	MF	20
Joe Davin	DF	39(1)
Maurice Dunne	GK	11
Jim Eadie	GK	5
Ferguson	GK	1
Johnny Graham	MF	11	2
Ian Henderson	FW	35(3)	8
Bobby Johnstone	MF	36
Jim Kiernan	MF	8
Jim Leckie	MF	1
Jim Lynas	FW	36(1)	2
Davie Malone	FW	1	1
Don May	DF	27
Billy McConville	MF	1
Roy McCormack	FW	40	21
Andy McEachran	FW	2(1)
John McGhee	FW	22(2)
John McGoldrick	FW	37(4)	17
Mike McGovern	FW	1
Mike McGowan	FW	28	2
Don McGuffog	GK	3
Ally McMillan	FW	14(1)	5
Bill McMurray	DF	12
Jim Meikleham	GK	12
Alex Moffat	FW	3(2)	2
O'Sullivan	MF	1
Jim Peebles	FW	1
Sammy Reid	FW	15(4)	2
Allan Watson	FW	39	6
Billy Whitelaw	FW	1
Willie Whyte	MF	1
Billy Wilkinson	DF	4(1)

See also

• 1967–68 in Scottish football

External links

• Scottish Football Historical Archive