1958–59 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
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)
← 1957–58 1959–60 →

Season 1958–59 was the 82nd football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 52nd time, the Scottish Cup for the 64th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 12th time.

Overview

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.

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.

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.

Locally Dumbarton lost out to Stenhousemuir in the semi final of the Stirlingshire Cup.

The failure to secure promotion was to result in manager, Peter McGown's resignation - and he was to be replaced by Bobby Combe - who was appointed as the club's first full-time manager.

Finally, Dumbarton scored 133 goals in all games during the seaon - the 11th time (and the fourth season in a row) that the 'century' had been broken.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

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Main article: 1958–59 Scottish Football League
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
20 August 1958 Alloa Athletic A 5-3 Smillie(3);Brown,L;Whalen 5,013
3 September 1958 Brechin City H 2-3 Gallacher;Stewart
6 September 1958 Queens Park H 1-0 McBriar
10 September 1958 East Stirling A 2-3 Gallacher;OG
13 September 1958 Montrose A 6-1 Smillie(3);Whalen(2);Stewart
16 September 1958 Brechin City A 1-2 Smillie
20 September 1958 Dundee United H 4-3 Combe(2);Brown,L;Smillie 4,000
27 September 1958 Berwick Rangers A 3-0 Whalen;Smillie;OG 1913
4 October 1958 Morton H 6-1 Smith(3);Stewart(3) 5,500
11 October 1958 St Johnstone A 1-1 Smith
18 October 1958 Cowdenbeath H 4-2 Smillie(4)
25 October 1958 Stranraer A 3-2 Cunningham;Beveridge;Smith
1 November 1958 Ayr United H 1-2 Stewart 7,000
8 November 1958 Arbroath A 4-5 Gallacher(4) 3,173
22 November 1958 Stenhousemuir A 0-2
29 November 1958 Albion Rovers A 2-1 Gallacher;Smith
6 December 1958 Forfar Athletic H 1-1 Gallacher
13 December 1958 East Fife A 6-2 Whalen(3);Donnachie(2);Gallacher 2,000
20 December 1958 Hamilton H 6-3 Gallacher(3);Donnachie(2);Combe 4,000
27 December 1958 Alloa Athletic H 1-1 Combe 3,000
1 January 1959 Queens Park A 4-2 Gallacher(2);McDonald;Combe
3 January 1959 Montrose H 3-1 McCormack;Gallacher;Combe 4,000
10 January 1959 Dundee United A 1-1 Whalen 3,000
24 January 1959 Morton A 1-1 Gallacher
7 February 1959 St Johnstone H 1-1 Govan
21 February 1959 Stranraer H 4-1 Cunningham;Brown,L;Whalen;Combe 1,200
28 February 1959 East Fife A 5-0 Gallacher(2);Craig;Stewart;Smith 2,000
7 March 1959 Arbroath H 2-0 Gallacher;Stewart 5,100
21 March 1959 Stenhousemuir H 5-1 Smith(3);Stewart(2)
28 March 1959 Albion Rovers H 2-0 Gallacher;Stewart 4,000
4 April 1959 Forfar Athletic A 1-3 Smith 1,600
18 April 1959 Hamilton A 1-4 Gray
20 April 1959 Cowdenbeath A 2-2 Stewart;OG
25 April 1959 East Stirling H 2-1 Gallacher(2) 2,500
27 April 1959 Ayr United A 1-3 Gallacher
29 April 1959 Berwick Rangers H 0-2

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1958–59 Scottish Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
31 January 1959 1 Buckie Thistle H 4-0 Gallacher(2);Combe;Stewart 6,313
14 February 1959 2 Kilmarnock H 2-8 Whalen;Gallacher 10,804

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 1958–59 Scottish League Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
9 August 1958 P Queens Park H 3-3 Brown,L;Beveridge;Stewart
13 August 1958 P Alloa Athletic A 3-1 Stewart(2);Combe
16 August 1958 P Arbroath A 3-6 Brown,L(2);Stewart
23 August 1958 P Queens Park A 3-0 Smillie(2);Brown,L 5,000
27 August 1958 P Alloa Athletic H 3-1 Brown,L(2);Smillie 4,400
30 August 1958 P Arbroath H 0-1 6,500

Stirlingshire Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
8 December 1958 1 Alloa Athletic A 4-0 Donnachie;Combe;Brown,L;Gallacher
10 March 1959 SF Stenhousemuir A 1-2 unknown

Other Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
6 October 1958 Raith Rovers H 1-1 Whalen 3,000
20 October 1958 EnglandAccrington Stanley H 1-1 Stewart 5,000
15 November 1958 Scottish Command XI (Army) H 1-0 Trialist
20 December 1958 Johnstone Burgh H 5-3 McInnes;Smillie(2);Symington;McCormack
7 April 1959 Morton H 4-1 Whalen(2);Gallacher(2)

Appearances

Dumbarton used 28 players for the 44 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Tommy Craig and Andy Jardine were best by featuring in all of these matches.[1]

Player Position[2] Appearances Goals
Scotland Ian Beveridge FW 3 2
Scotland John Bonnar GK 30
Scotland Jim Brown FW 1
Scotland Les Brown FW 43 9
Scotland Tommy Brown FW 2
Scotland Stevie Chalmers FW 1
Scotland Bobby Combe FW 30 9
Scotland Tommy Craig MF 44 1
Scotland George Cunningham MF 42 2
Scotland Alex Donnachie FW 16 4
Scotland Hugh Gallacher FW 26 26
Scotland Tommy Govan DF 37 1
Scotland Jim Gray DF 3 1
Scotland Peter Haggerty MF 3
Scotland Andy Jardine DF 44
Scotland Frank McBriar MF 1 1
Scotland John McCall MF 11
Scotland Jim McCormack MF 6 1
Scotland Jack McDade DF 1
Scotland McDonald FW 1 1
Scotland Bobby McInnes MF 2
Scotland Con Murray GK 14
Scotland Robert Paterson DF 3
Scotland Jimmy Smillie FW 14 16
Scotland John Smith MF 38 11
Scotland Charlie Stewart FW 40 17
Scotland Willie Symington FW 1
Scotland Tom Whalen FW 27 10

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.

See also

References

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  2. ↑ The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two defenders, three midfielders and five forwards).

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