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1971–72 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1971–1972 season
ManagerJackie Stewart
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 2Champions
Scottish CupFourth Round
Scottish League CupPrelims
Top goalscorerLeague: Kenny Wilson (38)
All: Kenny Wilson (43)

The 1971–72 season was the 88th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Drybrough Cup and the Stirlingshire Cup.

Scottish Second Division

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After fifty years of trying, Dumbarton at last gained promotion back to the top flight of Scottish League football, by winning the Division 2 title - their first national championship win in 60 years. However, it was not all plain sailing. With just 3 points from the first 6 games, all was not looking good at the start of the campaign, but a single defeat in the next 14 games put Dumbarton back on track. When the final game arrived against Berwick Rangers, only a win could secure the championship, while a draw would confirm promotion, with a defeat consigning Dumbarton to another season in the lower division. All went well in front of a massive 9,000 home crowd - a 4-2 win being recorded and First Division football next season.

4 September 1971 Division 2 Dumbarton 2–3[1][2] Clydebank Boghead Park
McCormack 32'
Wilson 42'
Ruddy 23' (OG)
Kane
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: A Paterson
8 September 1971 Division 2 Dumbarton 2–0[3][4] Hamilton Boghead Park
Goodwin
Coleman
11 September 1971 Division 2 Stranraer 2–1[5][6] Dumbarton Stair Park
Hay
Traynor 42'
Wilson 7' Attendance: 1,200
Referee: J McRoberts
15 September 1971 Division 2 Stirling Albion 2–0[7][8] Dumbarton Annfield Stadium
Lawson
Armstrong (pen)
18 September 1971 Division 2 Dumbarton 2–2[9][10] Forfar Athletic Boghead Park
Wilson
Graham 78'
Stewart 54' (pen)
Porter 83'
Attendance: 1,000
25 September 1971 Division 2 Raith Rovers 6–1[11][12] Dumbarton Starks Park
Wallace 18'
Robertson 26', 53'
McLeod
McGuire
Graham Attendance: 1,500
Referee: S Anderson
29 September 1971 Division 2 Hamilton 2–6[13][14] Dumbarton Douglas Park
Douglas
Newman
McCormack
Wilson
Gallagher,B
2 October 1971 Division 2 Dumbarton 4–0[15][16] Brechin City Boghead Park
Gallacher,B 10'
Graham 29'
Gallacher,C 33', 62'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: H Dempsey
9 October 1971 Division 2 Berwick Rangers 2–2[17][18] Dumbarton Shielfield Park
Wilson 37'
Tait 40'
McCormack 67' Attendance: 660
Referee: A Webster
16 October 1971 Division 2 Dumbarton 3–2[19][20] Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
Wilson 41'
Gallacher,C 62' (pen)
Graham 71'
Rooney 55'
Boyle 86'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: T Kyle
23 October 1971 Division 2 East Stirling 1–3[21][22] Dumbarton Firs Park
McCluskey 25' Wilson 24'
Gallacher,C 27' (pen)
Attendance: 750
Referee: R Valentine
30 October 1971 Division 2 Dumbarton 1–2[23][24] Arbroath Boghead Park
Wilson 29' Bruce
Cant 90'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: A Paterson
6 November 1971 Division 2 Cowdenbeath 0–1[25][26] Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Wilson 88' Attendance: 1,500
Referee: A McKenzie
13 November 1971 Division 2 Dumbarton 3–0[27][28] Albion Rovers Boghead Park
Wilson 57', 67', 68' Attendance: 2,500
Referee: R Henderson
20 November 1971 Division 2 Queen of the South 2–4[29][30] Dumbarton Palmerston Park
McChesney 11'
Hood 58'
Gallacher,C 68'
Wilson
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: A Crawley
4 December 1971 Division 2 Dumbarton 3–2[31][32] Montrose Boghead Park
Wilson 24'
Gallacher,C 47'
McCormack 67'
Buchan 27'
Barr 80'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: T Marshall
11 December 1971 Division 2 Queen's Park 0–1[33][34] Dumbarton Hampden Park
Wilson 75' Attendance: 1,594
Referee: J Grant
18 December 1971 Division 2 Dumbarton 7–1[35][36] Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
Wilson 10', 27', 59'
Gallacher,C 15' (pen)
McCormack 40', 74'
Thomson 75' Attendance: 1,500
Referee: J Gordon
25 December 1971 Division 2 St Mirren 2–2[37][38] Dumbarton Love Street (stadium)
Munro
Borland
McCormack 50', 68' Attendance: 5,000
Referee: S Anderson
1 January 1972 Division 2 Clydebank 2–3[39][40] Dumbarton Kilbowie Park
McFall
Fallon
McCormack
Wilson
Attendance: 4,000
3 January 1972 Division 2 Dumbarton 2–4[41][42] Stranraer Boghead Park
McCormack
Wilson
Hood
Duffy
Campbell
8 January 1972 Division 2 Forfar Athletic 1–1[43][44] Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Stewart 37' Kidd 30' Attendance: 996
Referee: W Mullen
12 February 1972 Division 2 Stenhousemuir 0–3[45][46] Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Gallacher,C 25' (pen)
McCormack 44', 50'
Attendance: 500
Referee: R Gordon
19 February 1972 Division 2 Dumbarton 4–0[47][48] East Stirling Boghead Park
Coleman 17'
Gallacher,C
Wilson,K 83'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: A McKenzie
4 March 1972 Division 2 Arbroath 3–2[49][50] Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Cant 34' (pen)
Milne 59'
Fletcher 67'
McCormack 49'
Coleman 79'
Attendance: 1,958
Referee: I Foote
11 March 1972 Division 2 Dumbarton 2–1[51][52] Cowdenbeath Boghead Park
Wilson,K 21'
McCormack 57'
Dickson 50' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: W Anderson
18 March 1972 Division 2 Albion Rovers 0–1[53][54] Dumbarton Cliftonhill Stadium
Jenkins 59' Attendance: 500
Referee: J Gordon
25 March 1972 Division 2 Dumbarton 2–0[55][56] Queen of the South Boghead Park
Wilson,K 10'
Gallacher,C 89' (pen)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: A Paterson
8 April 1972 Division 2 Montrose 2–3[57][58] Dumbarton Links Park
Ewan 46'
Bolton 48' (OG)
McCormack 50', 64', 67' Attendance: 1,200
Referee: R Valentine
11 April 1972 Division 2 Dumbarton 2–1[59][60] Stirling Albion Boghead Park
Gallacher,C 29' (pen)
McCormack 88'
Carr (pen) Attendance: B Padden
15 April 1972 Division 2 Dumbarton 3–0[61][62] Queen's Park Boghead Park
Gallacher,C 26'
Wilson,K 47', 65'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: A McDonald
18 April 1972 Division 2 Dumbarton 5–0[63][64] Raith Rovers Boghead Park
Wilson,K 52' Attendance: 4,000
22 April 1972 Division 2 Alloa Athletic 0–1[65][66] Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Gallacher,C 3' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: R Henderson
26 April 1972 Division 2 Brechin City 1–2[67][68] Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Cunningham 50' Gallacher,C 31', 41'
29 April 1972 Division 2 Dumbarton 1–2[69][70] St Mirren Boghead Park
Gallacher,C 40' (pen) Bryceland 50'
Borland 85'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: B Padden
3 May 1972 Division 2 Dumbarton 4–2[71][72] Berwick Rangers Boghead Park
Coleman 3'
Gallacher,C 31', 57'
Wilson,K 68'
Coyne 19'
Davidson 87'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: E Pringle

Scottish League Cup

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The League Cup at the start of the season was, for some unknown reason, a complete disaster. After the previous season's success and a full squad to choose from, Dumbarton were unable to bring about a repeat, and with a single win and a draw from the six sectional games, there was to be no further interest in the competition.

14 August 1971 Group 6 Dumbarton 1–1[73][74] Stirling Albion Boghead Park
Gallacher, B 9' McMillan Attendance: 1,500
Referee: W Anderson
18 August 1971 Group 6 Stenhousemuir 2–3[75][76] Dumbarton Ochilview Park
McPaul
Richardson
Wilson
McCormack
Coleman
Attendance: 1,200
21 August 1971 Group 6 Queen of the South 1–0[77][78] Dumbarton Palmerston Park
Donald 52' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: A McDonald
25 August 1971 Group 6 Dumbarton 1–2[79][80] Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
Gallacher,B Scobie
Murdoch
28 August 1971 Group 6 Stirling Albion 3–2[81][82] Dumbarton Annfield Stadium
Lawson 34', 65'
McMillan 41'
Miller 58'
McCormack 89'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: A Paterson

Scottish Cup

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In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost out to Raith Rovers in the fourth round.

5 February 1972 Cup R3 Dumbarton 3–1[85][86] Hamilton Boghead Park
Wilson,K 40', 43'
Gallacher,C 85'
Strazalkowski Attendance: 2,395
Referee: A Webster
26 February 1972 Cup R4 Raith Rovers 3–0[87][88] Dumbarton Starks Park
Wallace 47'
Georgeson 72'
Robertson 76'
Attendance: 6,236
Referee: T Marshall

The season commenced with a new sponsored competition - the Drybrough Cup - played for by the four top scoring sides from the two divisions in the previous season. As top scorers in the Second Division, Dumbarton were matched up against the First Division's top scorers, Celtic in the first round, and it was the Glasgow side who advanced to the next round.

31 July 1971 Quarter Final Celtic 5–2[89][90] Dumbarton Celtic Park
Hood 22'
Dalglish 28', 67', 69', 75'
Gallacher,C 8'
Wilson 30'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: J Gordon

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by Alloa Athletic, on penalties after a drawn game.

30 November 1971 First round Alloa Athletic 1–1
(4-3 p)
Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Campbell Wilson

Friendlies

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7 August 1971 Friendly Dumbarton 1-5 East Fife Boghead Park
Wilson Attendance: 1,500
27 November 1971 Friendly Dumbarton 3-0 Celtic XI Boghead Park
McCormack 12', 61'
Wilson
Referee: T Kellock

Player statistics

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Squad

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Drybrough Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Bruce Livingstone[91] 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Sandy McLaughlin[92] 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Laurie Williams 43 0 34 0 2 0 6 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Colin McAdam 17 0 10 0 0+1 0 6 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Allan McKay 25 0 22 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO George Muir 14 0 9 0 0 0 4 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Billy Wilkinson 26 0 23 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jack Bolton 38 0 29 0 2 0 6 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Johnny Graham 43 4 34+1 4 1 0 6 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Gordon Menzies 10 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ken Morrison[93] 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO John O'Brien[94] 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Peter Coleman 43 5 33+1 4 2 0 6 1 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Iain Fearn 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Brian Gallagher 16 4 10+1 2 0 0 4 2 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Charlie Gallagher 36 20 30+1 19 1+1 1 2 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Brian Goodwin 11 1 6 1 0 0 4+1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Kenny Jenkins[95] 45 2 36 1 2 0 6 1 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Ronnie Kidd[96] 4 1 3 1 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Tom McAdam 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Roy McCormack[97] 45 20 36 19 2 0 6 1 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Drummond Mentiply[98] 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Ian Miller[99] 9 1 7 0 0 0 1+1 1 0 0
FW Scotland SCO John Paterson[100] 15 0 4+8 0 2 0 0 0 0+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Davie Wilson 15 0 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Kenny Wilson 44 43 35+1 38 2 2 5 2 1 1

Source:[101]

Transfers

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Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:

Source:[102]

Reserve team

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For the second season running, Dumbarton competed in the Combined Reserve League. Results were mixed and as with the previous season, reporting of results was scarce, nonetheless it is known that the league was never competed.

References

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