1942β1943 season | |
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Stadium | Boghead Park, Dumbarton |
Scottish Southern League | 10th |
Summer Cup | Second Round |
League Cup South | Prelims |
Top goalscorer | League: Johnny Gould (19) All: Johnny Gould (19) |
The 1942β43 season was the fourth Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in regional football during World War II.
Each season in which Dumbarton had played in the Scottish Southern League saw an improvement in results and the third season was no different, by finishing 10th out of 16 with 28 points - 22 behind champions Rangers. The positive league results included a first home league win over Celtic since 1892.
8 August 1942 League | Celtic | 2β2 [1] [2] | Dumbarton | Celtic Park |
McAulay ![]() Delaney ![]() |
Dougall ![]() Gould ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J R Boyd |
15 August 1942 League | Dumbarton | 4β0 [3] [4] | St Mirren | Boghead Park |
Parlane,J ![]() Gould ![]() Reid ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 |
22 August 1942 League | Partick Thistle | 2β1 [5] [6] | Dumbarton | Firhill Park |
Gourlay ![]() |
Dougall ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: M C Dale |
29 August 1942 League | Dumbarton | 1β4 [7] [8] | Hibernian | Boghead Park |
McGrogan ![]() |
Cuthbertson ![]() Anderson ![]() Williams ![]() |
Attendance: 6,500 |
5 September 1942 League | Falkirk | 5β4 [9] [10] | Dumbarton | Brockville Park |
Campbell ![]() Fitzsimmons ![]() Ogilvie ![]() |
Gould ![]() McGrogan ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: A Braidwood |
12 September 1942 League | Dumbarton | 5β3 [11] [12] | Motherwell | Boghead Park |
Pritchard ![]() Reid ![]() Gould ![]() |
Main ![]() Mathie ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 |
19 September 1942 League | Morton | 1β3 [13] [14] | Dumbarton | Cappielow Park |
Divers ![]() |
Pritchard ![]() Hepburn ![]() Reid ![]() |
Attendance: 12,000 Referee: J M Martin |
26 September 1942 League | Dumbarton | 1β2 [15] [16] | Rangers | Boghead Park |
Pritchard ![]() |
Duncanson ![]() Gillick ![]() |
Attendance: 10,000 |
3 October 1942 League | Albion Rovers | 3β4 [17] [18] | Dumbarton | Cliftonhill |
Murphy ![]() Wilkie ![]() Bell ![]() |
Gould ![]() Milne ![]() Pritchard ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: W Davidson |
10 October 1942 League | Dumbarton | 2β2 [19] [20] | Hearts | Boghead Park |
Gould ![]() Pritchard ![]() |
McKillop ![]() Miller ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 |
17 October 1942 League | Hamilton | 2β1 [21] [22] | Dumbarton | Douglas Park |
Wilson ![]() Barraclough ![]() |
Gould ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Godfrey |
24 October 1942 League | Clyde | 6β2 [23] [24] | Dumbarton | Shawfield Stadium |
Wallace ![]() Mills ![]() Taylor ![]() Johnstone ![]() |
Gould ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 |
31 October 1942 League | Dumbarton | 3β3 [25] [26] | Queen's Park | Boghead Park |
Reid ![]() Hepburn ![]() Henderson ![]() |
Kyle ![]() Dixon ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: M C Dale |
7 November 1942 League | Airdrie | 1β0 [27] [28] | Dumbarton | Broomfield Park |
Flavell ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 |
14 November 1942 League | Dumbarton | 5β3 [29] [30] | Third Lanark | Boghead Park |
McGrogan ![]() Gould ![]() McAloon ![]() Hepburn ![]() |
Proudfood ![]() McLean ![]() Connor ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: P Craigmyle |
21 November 1942 League | Dumbarton | 4β2 [31] [32] | Celtic | Boghead Park |
McGrogan ![]() McAloon ![]() Torrance ![]() |
McLaughlin ![]() McGowan ![]() |
Attendance: 7,000 |
28 November 1942 League | St Mirren | 5β2 [33] [34] | Dumbarton | Love Street (stadium) |
Linwood ![]() Stenhouse ![]() Deakin ![]() |
McAloon ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Horsburgh |
5 December 1942 League | Dumbarton | 4β1 [35] [36] | Partick Thistle | Boghead Park |
McGrogan ![]() Torrance ![]() McAloon ![]() |
Peat ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500 |
12 December 1942 League | Hibernian | 4β1 [37] [38] | Dumbarton | Easter Road Stadium |
Smith,G ![]() Baxter ![]() Cuthbertson ![]() |
McAloon ![]() |
Attendance: 7,000 Referee: J Jackson |
19 December 1942 League | Dumbarton | 0β3 [39] [40] | Morton | Boghead Park |
Garth ![]() Adams ![]() Crum ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 |
26 December 1942 League | Motherwell | 0β2 [41] [42] | Dumbarton | Fir Park |
Alsop ![]() McAloon ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: W Webb |
1 January 1943 League | Dumbarton | 2β2 [43] [44] | Falkirk | Boghead Park |
Dougal ![]() McGrogan ![]() |
Kane ![]() Fitzsimmons ![]() |
Referee: J S Cox |
2 January 1943 League | Dumbarton | 6β1 [45] [46] | Albion Rovers | Boghead Park |
Gould ![]() McAloon ![]() Hepburn ![]() Torrance ![]() |
Findlay ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500 |
9 January 1943 League | Rangers | 1β0 [47] [48] | Dumbarton | Ibrox Park |
Duncanson ![]() |
Attendance: 7,000 Referee: J Godfrey |
16 January 1943 League | Hearts | 0β1 [49] [50] | Dumbarton | Tynecastle Stadium |
Torrance ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 |
23 January 1943 League | Dumbarton | 2β2 [51] [52] | Hamilton | Boghead Park |
Dougall ![]() Pritchard ![]() |
Wilson ![]() Lowe ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: R G Benzie |
30 January 1943 League | Dumbarton | 6β2 [53] [54] | Clyde | Boghead Park |
Gould ![]() Pritchard ![]() Hepburn ![]() Dougall ![]() |
Agnew ![]() Johnstone ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 |
6 February 1943 League | Queen's Park | 4β2 [55] [56] | Dumbarton | Hampden Park |
Kyle ![]() Aitken ![]() Liddell ![]() |
Hepburn ![]() Dougall ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: J Jackson |
13 February 1943 League | Dumbarton | 3β3 [57] [58] | Airdrie | Boghead Park |
McAloon ![]() Pritchard ![]() |
Gallacher ![]() Divers ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500 |
20 February 1943 League | Third Lanark | 7β3 [59] [60] | Dumbarton | Cathkin Park |
Connor ![]() Proudfoot ![]() Watson ![]() Newman ![]() Cairns ![]() |
McCormack ![]() Gould ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: R Calder |
Dumbarton continued to find it difficult to find success in the League Cup South where again they failed to negotiate the sectional stage of the competition - gaining just a single draw from six matches.
27 February 1943 Group A | Albion Rovers | 2β1 | Dumbarton | Cliftonhill Stadium |
Lyon ![]() |
Hepburn ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: P Craigmyle |
6 March 1943 Group A | Dumbarton | 3β3 [61] | Morton | Boghead Park |
McGrogan ![]() |
Crum ![]() Kelly ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Cameron |
13 March 1943 Group A | Falkirk | 7β2 [62] | Dumbarton | Brockville Park |
Inglis ![]() Dawson ![]() Ogilvie ![]() Rice ![]() |
McAloon ![]() McGrogan ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 |
20 March 1943 Group A | Dumbarton | 1β2 [63] | Albion Rovers | Boghead Park |
Torrance ![]() |
Lyon ![]() Mudie ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: C R Bines |
27 March 1943 Group A | Morton | 5β2 [64] | Dumbarton | Cappielow Park |
Garth ![]() Kelly ![]() Simpson ![]() |
Torrance ![]() Hepburn ![]() |
Attendance: 6,000 |
3 April 1943 Group A | Dumbarton | 1β3 [65] | Falkirk | Boghead Park |
Stead ![]() |
Inglis ![]() Stewart ![]() |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: M C Dale |
Dumbarton reached the second round of the Summer Cup before losing to eventual winners St Mirren.
29 May 1943 Cup 1(1) | Dumbarton | 6β2 [66] | Hamilton | Boghead Park |
Stead ![]() Hepburn ![]() Reid ![]() Torrance ![]() |
Wilson ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W Webb |
5 June 1943 Cup 1(2) | Hamilton | 2β1
[67] (4β7 agg.) | Dumbarton | Douglas Park |
Whiteford ![]() Duffy ![]() |
McCormack ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 |
12 June 1943 Cup 2(1) | St Mirren | 6β3 [68] | Dumbarton | Love Street (stadium) |
Stenhouse ![]() Linwood ![]() |
Torrance ![]() Pritchard ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500 |
19 June 1943 Cup 2(2) | Dumbarton | 1β1
[69] (4β7 agg.) | St Mirren | Boghead Park |
Pritchard ![]() |
Linwood ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 |
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Southern Division | Summer Cup | League Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | ![]() |
Billy Bly | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
GK | ![]() |
James Hornall [70] | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
GK | ![]() |
David Watson [71] | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Andy Cheyne [72] | 38 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
John Morgan [73] | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
James Mulvaney [74] | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Willie Savage | 32 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
John Craig | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Robert Dougall | 38 | 6 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
John Easdale | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Hall [75] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Douglas McBain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Jackie Milne | 27 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
William Smith [76] | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
George Urquhart [77] | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Gilbert Alsop | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Johnny Gould | 28 | 19 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
George Henderson [78] | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
John Hepburn [79] | 39 | 9 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
FW | ![]() |
John Honeyman [80] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
George Jeffrey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Gerry McAloon | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() |
Murdoch McCormack [81] | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Felix McGrogan | 29 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | |
FW | ![]() |
Jimmy Parlane [82] | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Vince Pritchard [83] | 28 | 12 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Willie Reid [84] | 37 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Angus Stead [85] | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() |
Robert Torrance [86] | 24 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |
FW | ![]() |
Watson [87] | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Trialists | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: [88]
Players in
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Players out
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In addition John McBride and David Corbett both played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.
Source: [89]
For the first time since 1922, Dumbarton played a reserve team, and found a measure of success.
While they suffered a second round exit to Airdrie in the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton finishing as runners-up in the First Series of the Glasgow & District Reserve League and reached the final of the Glasgow & District Reserve League Cup before losing out to Motherwell.