1945β1946 season | ||
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Manager | Jackie Milne | |
Stadium | Boghead Park, Dumbarton | |
Division B | 8th | |
B Division Supplementary Cup | Runner-up | |
League Cup South | Prelims | |
Top goalscorer | League: Jim McGowan (13) All: Jim McGowan (21) | |
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The 1945β46 season was the seventh (and last) Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in specially arranged wartime football.
In what was the last Scottish football season to be played under wartime conditions, the League competition was split into two divisions, with Dumbarton playing in Division B. Dumbarton finished 8th out of 16 with 26 points - 18 behind champions Dundee. No promotion or relegation resulted from the competition.
11 August 1945 Division B | St Johnstone | 3β3 [1] | Dumbarton | Muirton Park |
Souttar ![]() McIntosh ![]() |
McGowan ![]() McMillan ![]() Timmins ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: J M Martin |
18 August 1945 Division B | Dumbarton | 4β0 [2] | Albion Rovers | Boghead Park |
McMillan ![]() Murphy ![]() McGowan ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Brownlie |
25 August 1945 Division B | Dundee | 5β2 [3] | Dumbarton | Dens Park |
Ochterlonie ![]() Moir ![]() Bowman ![]() Anderson ![]() |
Timmins ![]() McGowan ![]() |
Attendance: 8,500 Referee: D Gerrard |
1 September 1945 Division B | Dumbarton | 6β3 [4] | Raith Rovers | Boghead Park |
Marshall ![]() McGowan ![]() Mcdonald ![]() |
Wood ![]() Stewart ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: E Shirley |
8 September 1945 Division B | Ayr United | 4β1 [5] | Dumbarton | Somerset Park |
Harper ![]() Malcolm ![]() Leitch ![]() Smith ![]() |
Mcdonald ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Nichol |
15 September 1945 Division B | Dumbarton | 1β1 [6] | Stenhousemuir | Boghead Park |
Mcdonald ![]() |
Ormand ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W M Crawford |
22 September 1945 Division B | Dumbarton | 2β0 [7] | Arbroath | Boghead Park |
McAloney ![]() McGowan ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: F Scott |
29 September 1945 Division B | Alloa Athletic | 2β1 [8] | Dumbarton | Recreation Park, Alloa |
Stephenson ![]() McKay ![]() |
McGowan ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Brownlie |
6 October 1945 Division B | Dumbarton | 2β1 [9] | Dunfermline Athletic | Boghead Park |
McGowan ![]() McNamara ![]() |
Ellis ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: J Pollock |
13 October 1945 Division B | Dumbarton | 3β0 [10] | East Fife | Boghead Park |
McDonald ![]() Bootland ![]() Jess ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: R Maxwell |
20 October 1945 Division B | Cowdenbeath | 1β5 [11] | Dumbarton | Central Park, Cowdenbeath |
Ferguson ![]() |
McNamara ![]() McDonald ![]() ![]() Bootland ![]() McMillan ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: G Mitchell |
27 October 1945 Division B | Dumbarton | 1β2 [12] | Airdrie | Boghead Park |
McNamara ![]() |
Alexander ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: W G Livingstone |
3 November 1945 Division B | Dumbarton | 2β1 [13] | Dundee United | Boghead Park |
Campbell ![]() McGowan ![]() |
Newman ![]() |
10 November 1945 Division B | Albion Rovers | 3β0 [14] | Dumbarton | Cliftonhill |
Findlay ![]() Loudon ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W Bowman |
17 November 1945 Division B | Dumbarton | 3β5 [15] | St Johnstone | Boghead Park |
Bootland ![]() Marshall ![]() |
McIntosh ![]() Burns ![]() Boyd ![]() Soutar ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Jackson |
24 November 1945 Division B | Dumbarton | 0β1 [16] | Dundee | Boghead Park |
Gallacher ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Cameron |
1 December 1945 Division B | Raith Rovers | 1β4 [17] | Dumbarton | Starks Park |
Woon ![]() |
McMillan ![]() Timmins ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: W T Livingston |
8 December 1945 Division B | Arbroath | 0β3 [18] | Dumbarton | Gayfield Park |
Neil ![]() McGowan ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J M Martin |
15 December 1945 Division B | Stenhousemuir | 2β2 [19] | Dumbarton | Ochilview Park |
Newman ![]() Clark ![]() |
Neil ![]() McMillan ![]() |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: J M Martin |
22 December 1945 Division B | Dumbarton | 4β1 [20] | Alloa Athletic | Boghead Park |
Bartleman ![]() McGowan ![]() Trialist ![]() McMillan ![]() |
Gray ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: W M Crawford |
29 December 1945 Division B | Dunfermline Athletic | 1β1 [21] | Dumbarton | East End Park |
Gilmour ![]() |
Neil ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 |
1 January 1946 Division B | Dumbarton | 1β3 [22] | Ayr United | Boghead Park |
Bootland ![]() |
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2 January 1946 Division B | Dundee United | 4β1 [23] | Dumbarton | Tannadice Park |
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McGowan ![]() |
Attendance: 6,500 |
5 January 1946 Division B | East Fife | 6β2 [24] | Dumbarton | Bayview Stadium |
Smith ![]() Adamson ![]() Sneddon ![]() Adams ![]() |
Murphy ![]() Campbell ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 |
12 January 1946 Division B | Dumbarton | 3β1 [25] | Cowdenbeath | Boghead Park |
Bartleman ![]() Neil ![]() Bootland ![]() |
Fraser ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Brownlie |
19 January 1946 Division B | Airdrie | 3β2 [26] | Dumbarton | Broomfield Park |
Aitken ![]() McCulloch ![]() |
Neil ![]() Bartleman ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Thompson |
The story in the League Cup South was a familiar one, with Dumbarton failing to qualify from their section games.
23 February 1946 Div B Grp B | Dumbarton | 0β1 [27] | Ayr United | Boghead Park |
Harper ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: W Davidson |
2 March 1946 Div B Grp B | Stenhousemuir | 0β2 [28] | Dumbarton | Ochilview Park |
McDonald ![]() Bootland ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 |
9 March 1946 Div B Grp B | Dundee United | 3β2 [29] | Dumbarton | Tannadice Park |
McKay ![]() Cabrelli ![]() Buchan ![]() |
McDonald ![]() McGowan ![]() |
Attendance: 9,000 Referee: J Thompson |
16 March 1946 Div B Grp B | Ayr United | 3β1 [30] | Dumbarton | Somerset Park |
Smith ![]() Morrison ![]() |
Bartleman ![]() |
Attendance: 7,900 Referee: W Brown |
23 March 1946 Div B Grp B | Dumbarton | 1β3 [31] | Stenhousemuir | Boghead Park |
McGowan ![]() |
Donaldson ![]() Newall ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 |
30 March 1946 Div B Grp B | Dumbarton | 1β2 [32] | Dundee United | Boghead Park |
McGowan ![]() |
Pacione ![]() |
Referee: R G Benzie |
The Summer Cup was replaced for B Division teams with a Supplementary Cup, and Dumbarton reached the final only to lose out to Airdrie.
26 January 1946 1st Rnd 1st Leg | Stenhousemuir | 1β6 | Dumbarton | Ochilview Park |
Donald ![]() |
McNamara ![]() McDonald ![]() McGowan ![]() Neil ![]() Bootland ![]() |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: R Calder |
2 February 1946 1st Rnd 2nd Leg | Dumbarton | 2β2 (8β3 agg.) | Stenhousemuir | Boghead Park |
McGowan ![]() Neil ![]() |
Donaldson ![]() Arbuckle ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W Webb |
16 February 1946 Semi-final | East Fife | 0β1 | Dumbarton | Ochilview Park |
Bootland ![]() |
Attendance: 7,500 Referee: C Blues |
17 April 1946 Final | Airdrie | 2β1 | Dumbarton | Ibrox Park |
Peters ![]() ![]() |
Bootland ![]() |
As in 1919, a special Victory Cup was played for, but for Dumbarton there was a first round exit, to Airdrie.
20 April 1946 1st Rnd 1st Leg | Airdrie | 4β0 [33] [34] | Dumbarton | Broomfield Park |
Aitken ![]() Watson ![]() McCulloch ![]() |
Attendance: 7,400 Referee: W G Livingston |
24 April 1946 1st Rnd 2nd Leg | Dumbarton | 1β1
[35]
[36] (1β5 agg.) | Airdrie | Boghead Park |
Bootland ![]() |
Flavell ![]() |
The Stirlingshire Cup competition was re-established for the first time since 1939, with Dumbarton falling at the semi-final stage to A Division opponents, Falkirk. The competition was however never completed.
5 September 1945 1st Rnd 1st Leg | Stirling Albion | 3β2 | Dumbarton | Annfield Stadium |
Gourlay ![]() Campbell ![]() Sanders ![]() |
Hepburn ![]() Murphy ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 |
5 September 1945 1st Rnd 2nd Leg | Dumbarton | 4β0 (6β3 agg.) | Stirling Albion | Boghead Park |
McGowan ![]() ![]() Smith ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: W Davidson |
11 May 1946 Semi-final | Falkirk | 2β1 | Dumbarton | Brockville Park |
Brooks ![]() |
Neilson ![]() |
Referee: J Godfrey |
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Southern Division | Supplementary Cup | League Cup | Victory Cup | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | ![]() |
Archibald Dingley [37] | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
GK | ![]() |
Joe Henderson | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
GK | ![]() |
Jim Hoey [38] | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
GK | ![]() |
Peter McArthur [39] | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
GK | ![]() |
Ian Ogilvie | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
James Brown [40] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Ralph Cowan [41] | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Alex Kay [42] | 31 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Robert Wallace [43] | 30 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
George Campbell | 37 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
John Craig [44] | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Bobby Donaldson | 35 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Jim Douglas [45] | 25 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Gordon McFarlane [46] | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Bobby Ross [47] | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Jimmy Timmins [48] | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Robert Torrance [49] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
David Bartleman [50] | 17 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Charlie Bootland | 27 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() |
Alexander Filshie [51] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
John Getty [52] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
John Hepburn [53] | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Thomas Jess [54] | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Donald MacMillan [55] | 14 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Ernest Marshall [56] | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Victor McAloney [57] | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Bernard McDonald [58] | 24 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Jimmy McGowan | 37 | 19 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Hugh McNamara [59] | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Robert Murphy [60] | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
William Neil [61] | 20 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Jimmy Smith | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Trialists | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: [62]
Players in
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Players out
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Source: [63]
In addition Andrew Bartleman, David Boyd, Tom Brawley, Andrew Cheyne, Frank Douglas, Stan Gullan, James Hoy, Jackie Milne, John Mulvaney, Vincemnt Pritchard and David Watson would all have played their last 1st team game for Dumbarton before the end of the season.