1958–59 Dumbarton F.C. season
The 1958–59 season was the 75th 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 played in the Stirlingshire Cup.
| 1958–1959 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Peter McGown |
| Stadium | Boghead Park, Dumbarton |
| Scottish League Division 2 | 4th |
| Scottish Cup | Second Round |
| Scottish League Cup | Prelims |
| Top goalscorer | League: Hugh Gallacher (23) All: Hugh Gallacher (26) |
Scottish Second Division
This was to be another 'almost' season for Dumbarton in Division 2, but as in the previous campaign the final run-in was to be decisive with only one win taken from the last six games. It was to be 4th place again, with 45 points, 15 behind champions Ayr United.
| 20 August 1958 Division 2 | Alloa Athletic | 3–5[1][2] | Dumbarton | Recreation Park, Alloa |
| Gillespie White Hunter (pen) |
Smillie Whalen Brown,L |
Attendance: 5,013 |
| 3 September 1958 Division 2 | Dumbarton | 2–3[3][4] | Brechin City | Boghead Park |
| Stewart Gallacher |
Stormont Duncan |
| 6 September 1958 Division 2 | Dumbarton | 1–0[5][6] | Queens Park | Boghead Park |
| McBriar 50' | Referee: A Crossman |
| 10 September 1958 Division 2 | East Stirling | 3–2[7][8] | Dumbarton | Firs Park |
| Boyd,A (pen) Govan (OG) |
Gallacher Webster (OG) |
| 13 September 1958 Division 2 | Montrose | 1–6[9][10] | Dumbarton | Links Park |
| Selway | Smillie 3' Whalen Stewart |
Referee: J Mowat |
| 16 September 1958 Division 2 | Brechin City | 2–1[11][12] | Dumbarton | Glebe Park, Brechin |
| Burse | Smillie |
| 20 September 1958 Division 2 | Dumbarton | 4–3[13][14] | Dundee United | Boghead Park |
| Brown,L 25' Combe 54' Smillie |
McDonald 49' Martin 51' Hunter 55' (pen) |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: T Wharton |
| 27 September 1958 Division 2 | Berwick Rangers | 0–3[15][16] | Dumbarton | Shielfield Park |
| Whalen Smillie Silcock (OG) |
Attendance: 1,913 Referee: J Holborn |
| 4 October 1958 Division 2 | Dumbarton | 6–1[17][18] | Morton | Boghead Park |
| Stewart 12' Smith 38' |
Kiernan | Attendance: 5,500 Referee: D McTaggart |
| 11 October 1958 Division 2 | St Johnstone | 1–1[19][20] | Dumbarton | Muirton Park |
| Smith | Referee: W Syme |
| 18 October 1958 Division 2 | Dumbarton | 4–2[21][22] | Cowdenbeath | Boghead Park |
| Smillie 15', 22', 34' | Clarke 13' Murphy |
Referee: E Cowan |
| 25 October 1958 Division 2 | Stranraer | 2–3[23][24] | Dumbarton | Stair Park |
| Egan 26' Finnie |
Beveridge Cunningham Smith |
Referee: A McClintock |
| 1 November 1958 Division 2 | Dumbarton | 1–2[25][26] | Ayr United | Boghead Park |
| Stewart 38' | McMillan 22' Price 26' |
Attendance: 7,000 Referee: R Davidson |
| 8 November 1958 Division 2 | Arbroath | 5–4[27][28] | Dumbarton | Gayfield Park |
| Easson 67' (pen) | Gallacher 16', 27', 45' | Attendance: 3,173 Referee: G Mitchell |
| 22 November 1958 Division 2 | Stenhousemuir | 2–0[29][30] | Dumbarton | Ochilview Park |
| Kilgannon 48' Stewart 66' |
Referee: J Holborn |
| 29 November 1958 Division 2 | Albion Rovers | 1–2[31][32] | Dumbarton | Cliftonhill Stadium |
| Fagan 31' | Smith 24' Gallacher 80' |
Referee: W Harvey |
| 6 December 1958 Division 2 | Dumbarton | 1–1[33][34] | Forfar Athletic | Boghead Park |
| Gallacher 43' | Craig 29' | Referee: T Wharton |
| 13 December 1958 Division 2 | East Fife | 2–6[35][36] | Dumbarton | Bayview Park, Methil |
| Bryce Stirrat |
Whalen 9', 17', 35' Donnachie 16' Gallacher |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: T Alexander |
| 20 December 1958 Division 2 | Dumbarton | 6–3[37][38] | Hamilton | Boghead Park |
| Donnachie 4', 56' Gallacher 20', 51' Combe 37' |
McLean 21' Blair 68' |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: W Syme |
| 27 December 1958 Division 2 | Dumbarton | 1–1[39][40] | Alloa Athletic | Boghead Park |
| Combe 17' | Docherty 7' | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: W Brittle |
| 1 January 1959 Division 2 | Queens Park | 2–4[41][42] | Dumbarton | Hampden Park |
| Church | Gallacher 9' McDonald Combe |
Referee: R Morris |
| 3 January 1959 Division 2 | Dumbarton | 3–1[43][44] | Montrose | Boghead Park |
| Gallacher 39' Combe 45' McCormack |
Mearns | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: G Mitchell |
| 10 January 1959 Division 2 | Dundee United | 1–1[45][46] | Dumbarton | Tannadice Park |
| McDonald 36' | Whalen 9' | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: R Rodger |
| 24 January 1959 Division 2 | Morton | 1–1[47][48] | Dumbarton | Cappielow Park |
| McAllister 35' | Gallacher | Referee: D Weir |
| 7 February 1959 Division 2 | Dumbarton | 1–1[49][50] | St Johnstone | Boghead Park |
| Govan 84' (pen) | Walker 10' | Referee: F Crossley |
| 21 February 1959 Division 2 | Dumbarton | 4–1[51][52] | Stranraer | Boghead Park |
| Whalen 23' Cunningham 55' Combe Brown,L |
Trialist 26' | Attendance: 1,200 Referee: G Mitchell |
| 28 February 1959 Division 2 | Dumbarton | 5-0[53][54] | East Fife | Boghead Park |
| Gallacher 18' Craig 38' Smith Stewart |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: D Weir |
| 7 March 1959 Division 2 | Dumbarton | 2-0[55][56] | Arbroath | Boghead Park |
| Gallacher Stewart |
Attendance: 5,100 Referee: A McClintock |
| 21 March 1959 Division 2 | Dumbarton | 5-1[57][58] | Stenhousemuir | Boghead Park |
| Smith 30' (pen) Stewart |
Kilgannon 48' | Referee: J Stewart |
| 28 March 1959 Division 2 | Dumbarton | 2-0[59][60] | Albion Rovers | Boghead Park |
| Stewart Gallacher |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: A McClintock |
| 4 April 1959 Division 2 | Forfar Athletic | 3–1[61][62] | Dumbarton | Station Park, Forfar |
| Craig 25' Dick 29' |
Smith | Attendance: 1,600 Referee: A Crossman |
| 18 April 1959 Division 2 | Hamilton | 4–1[63][64] | Dumbarton | Douglas Park |
| McLean 9' McGuire Currie Dignam |
Gray 6' | Referee: W Syme |
| 20 April 1959 Division 2 | Cowdenbeath | 2–2[65][66] | Dumbarton | Central Park, Cowdenbeath |
| Scott Gilfillan |
Stewart Lindsay (OG) |
| 25 April 1959 Division 2 | Dumbarton | 2-1[67][68] | East Stirling | Boghead Park |
| Gallacher 31' | Duffy | Attendance: 2,500 Referee: E Cowan |
| 27 April 1959 Division 2 | Ayr United | 3–1[69][70] | Dumbarton | Somerset Park |
| Price McGhee |
Gallacher |
| 29 April 1959 Division 2 | Dumbarton | 0-2[71][72] | Berwick Rangers | Boghead Park |
| Gemmill Addison |
Scottish League Cup
In the League Cup, qualification was there for the taking, with 3 wins and a draw from the first 5 games, but a final home defeat to Arbroath meant that Dumbarton would miss out again on progression.
| 9 August 1958 Group 7 | Dumbarton | 3–3[73][74] | Queens Park | Boghead Park |
| Brown,L 9' Beveridge 76' Stewart 89' |
Cromar (pen) Murney 44' Kane 70' |
Referee: F Crossley |
| 13 August 1958 Group 7 | Alloa Athletic | 1–3[75][76] | Dumbarton | Recreation Park, Alloa |
| Hunter | Stewart Combe |
| 16 August 1958 Group 7 | Arbroath | 6–3[77][78] | Dumbarton | Gayfield Park |
| Easson Fernie Brown Sherriffs |
Brown,L Stewart |
| 23 August 1958 Group 7 | Queens Park | 0–3[79][80] | Dumbarton | Hampden Park |
| Brown, L 29' Smillie 40', 88' |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Mackie |
| 27 August 1958 Group 7 | Dumbarton | 3–1[81][82] | Alloa Athletic | Boghead Park |
| Brown,L (pen) Smillie |
Reid | Attendance: 4,400 |
Scottish Cup
In the Scottish Cup, after a good win over Highland League opposition, Division 1 opponents Kilmarnock were to prove to be too good for Dumbarton in the second round.
| 31 January 1959 Cup round 1 | Dumbarton | 4–0[85][86] | Buckie Thistle | Boghead Park |
| Stewart 23' Gallacher 55', 60' Combe 86' |
Attendance: 6,313 Referee: A McClintock |
| 14 February 1959 Cup round 2 | Dumbarton | 2–8[87][88] | Kilmarnock | Boghead Park |
| Whalen Gallacher 67' |
Wentzel 14', 65', 78' Burns 22' Mays (pen) McBride 45', 55' (pen), 72' |
Attendance: 10,804 Referee: R Davidson |
Stirlingshire Cup
Locally Dumbarton lost out to Stenhousemuir in the semi-final of the Stirlingshire Cup.
| 8 December 1958 First Round | Alloa Athletic | 0–4 | Dumbarton | Recreation Park, Alloa |
| Donnachie Combe Brown,L Gallacher |
| 10 March 1959 Semi-final | Stenhousemuir | 2–1 | Dumbarton | Ochilview Park |
| Stewart kilgannon |
Smith |
Friendlies
Amongst the friendlies played during the season were three matches against English opposition - a 'home and away' tie against Accrington Stanley and an away trip to Colchester United.
| 6 October 1958 Friendly | Dumbarton | 1–1 | Raith Rovers | Boghead Park |
| Whalen | Attendance: 3,000 |
| 20 October 1958 Friendly | Dumbarton | 1–1 | Accrington Stanley | Boghead Park |
| Stewart | Scott | Attendance: 5,000 |
| 3 November 1958 Friendly | Accrington Stanley | 2–0 | Dumbarton | Peel Park (stadium) |
| 17 November 1958 Friendly | Dumbarton | 1–0 | Scottish Command XI (Army) | Boghead Park |
| Trialist |
| 22 December 1958 Friendly | Dumbarton | 5–3 | Johnstone Burgh | Boghead Park |
| McInnes Smillie Symington McCormack |
McSorley Murney |
| 7 April 1959 Friendly | Dumbarton | 4–1 | Morton | Boghead Park |
| Whalen Gallacher |
Beaton |
| 13 April 1959 Friendly | Colchester United | 4–1 | Dumbarton | Layer Road |
| Whalen |
Player statistics
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Second Division | Scottish Cup | League Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK | SCO | John Bonnar | 30 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| GK | SCO | Con Murray | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO | Tommy Govan | 37 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO | Jim Gray[89] | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO | Andy Jardine | 44 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO | Jack McDade[90] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO | Bobby Paterson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO | Tommy Craig[91] | 44 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO | George Cunningham[92] | 42 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO | Peter Haggerty | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO | Frank McBriar[93] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO | John McCall | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO | Jim McCormack[94] | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO | Bobby McInnes[95] | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO | John Smith[96] | 38 | 11 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Ian Beveridge[97] | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| FW | SCO | Jim Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Les Brown | 43 | 9 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| FW | SCO | Tommy Brown[98] | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Stevie Chalmers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Bobby Combe | 31 | 9 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| FW | SCO | Alex Donnachie[99] | 15 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Hugh Gallacher | 26 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | McDonald[100] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Jimmy Smillie[101] | 14 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| FW | SCO | Charlie Stewart | 39 | 17 | 32 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
| FW | SCO | Willie Symington[102] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Tom Whalen[103] | 27 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Trialist | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Source:[104]
Transfers
Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:
Players in
|
Players out
|
Source:[105]
Reserve team
Dumbarton played a 'reserve' team in the Combined Reserve League. The season was split into two 'series' - with Dumbarton finishing runners up to Morton in the First Series (with 4 wins and 2 draws from 8 games) and winning the Second (with 6 wins from 8 games).
In addition, Dumbarton entered the Scottish Second XI Cup but were knocked out in the first round by Rangers.
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