1954–55 Dumbarton F.C. season

January 2015 January 2015 Dumbarton 1954–1955 Peter McGown Boghead Park, Dumbarton Scottish League C Division (South West) 4th Scottish Cup Third Round Scottish Supplementary League Cup Prelims Hughie Gallacher (27) Hughie Gallacher (32) _black_hoops _goldhoops _black_hoops _goldtop ffc100 000000 ffc100 ffffff 000000 1953–54 1955–56 The 1954–55 season was the 71st Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Cup and the Supplementary League Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Stirlingshire Cup. Scottish League Division C (South-West) 1954–55 in Scottish football With club finances re-structured, a new manager (Peter McGown having taken over from Willie Irvine) and a new youthful team in place, the season was approached with some confidence, in the knowledge that only winning the league would guarantee a return to the top 'tiers' of Scottish football. However, things were not going to be easy, since apart from Stranraer, their league opponents would be the reserve (or 'A') sides of the bigger clubs from the top two divisions - and so it was to prove, for despite challenging strongly throughout the season, and topping the league in early March, in the end only 4th place out of 13 was achieved, Nevertheless, league re-construction at the end of the season meant that the Divisions C were brought to an end, with Dumbarton, Stranraer, Montrose, East Stirling and Berwick Rangers all joining a revamped 19 team Second Division for season 1955–56. W 6 November 1954 Division C (SW) 3–0 Dumbarton Motherwell 'A' Johnston 18 penGallacher, H Heaney Boghead Park J Aitken D 13 November 1954 Division C (SW) 3–3 Airdrie 'A' Dumbarton Neilson McWilliams 81 84 Gallacher, H 14 Broomfield Park R Rodger W 20 November 1954 Division C (SW) 0–5 Ayr United 'A' Dumbarton Gallacher, H Johnston Heaney Auld Somerset Park J Bonamy W 27 November 1954 Division C (SW) 4–1 Dumbarton Clyde 'A' Gallacher, H 40Anderson 46Auld 51Johnston McKenna Boghead Park 2,200 H Baird D 4 December 1954 Division C (SW) 2–2 St Mirren 'A' Dumbarton Hendry 12McDonald 33 Heaney 15Gallacher, H 30 Love Street (stadium) W Syme W 18 December 1954 Division C (SW) 1–2 Motherwell 'A' Dumbarton McSeveney Gallacher, H 40 Fir Park A Dick L 25 December 1954 Division C (SW) 4–3 Queen's Park Strollers Dumbarton McKinven 15Martin 19penCallan 38 Gallacher, H Heaney OG Hampden Park A Crossman D 1 January 1955 Division C (SW) 1–1 Dumbarton Rangers 'A' Gallacher, H McMillan Boghead Park 3,900 D 3 January 1955 Division C (SW) 3–3 Stranraer Dumbarton Heaney Anderson Stair Park L 8 January 1955 Division C (SW) 1–3 Dumbarton Stranraer Gallacher, H 7 Robertson 15McIntyre McCutcheon Boghead Park R Baird W 29 January 1955 Division C (SW) 1–3 Queen of the South 'A' Dumbarton Briscow Liddell 4 24 28 Palmerston Park D McTaggart W 5 February 1955 Division C (SW) 2–0 Dumbarton Third Lanark 'A' Johnston Heaney Boghead Park H Spence W 12 February 1955 Division C (SW) 2–1 Dumbarton Kilmarnock 'A' McKay 52Heaney 54 Murray 50 Boghead Park J Aitken W 19 February 1955 Division C (SW) 2–1 Dumbarton Queen's Park Strollers McKay Heaney Church Boghead Park 2,100 R Baird W 5 March 1955 Division C (SW) 7–1 Dumbarton Airdrie 'A' Gallacher, H 5Liddell 7Johnston Price 20 Boghead Park R Baird D 12 March 1955 Division C (SW) 1–1 Dumbarton Ayr United 'A' Gallacher, H Boghead Park L 19 March 1955 Division C (SW) 4–1 Clyde 'A' Dumbarton McHarg 42Keogh penDivers Gallacher, H 1 Shawfield Stadium W Syme D 26 March 1955 Division C (SW) 1–1 Dumbarton St Mirren 'A' Gallacher, H 82 Cross 50 Boghead Park P Rodgers W 9 April 1955 Division C (SW) 1–4 Partick Thistle 'A' Dumbarton Gallacher, H 14 40 89McDonald 75 Firhill Stadium A Dick W 16 April 1955 Division C (SW) 4–1 Dumbarton Queen of the South 'A' Vine 7Gallacher, H 21penAuld 26 Robertson Boghead Park C Turnbull W 18 April 1955 Division C (SW) 1–2 Third Lanark 'A' Dumbarton Mitchell Gallacher, H 2 Cathkin Park L 23 April 1955 Division C (SW) 4–0 Kilmarnock 'A' Dumbarton Newman 23Toner 36 Rugby Park L 27 April 1955 Division C (SW) 3–0 Rangers 'A' Dumbarton Paton Pryde Woods Ibrox Park L 30 April 1955 Division C (SW) 2–8 Dumbarton Partick Thistle 'A' Kerr 48 62 67Sharp 54 57 75Henderson Gallacher, H 32Collins OG Boghead Park A Crossman League table Top Four PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1Partick Thistle 'A'241842893653402Rangers 'A'241644532627363St Mirren 'A'241464573918344Dumbarton24126658461230 Scottish Cup 1954–55 Scottish Cup There was an early exit in the Cup with Dumbarton losing to Montrose in the third round. L 9 October 1954 Round 3 3–1https://www.fitbastats.com/dumbarton/game.php?gameid=36733 Montrose 3 - 1 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (09/10/1954) Fitbastats.com 15 April 2020http://www.sonsarchive.com/matchdetails.php?id=1723 Montrose 3 - 1 Dumbarton, Saturday, October 9th 1954 The Sons Archive 15 April 2020 12 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200412111512/http://www.sonsarchive.com/matchdetails.php?id=1723 dead Montrose Dumbarton Gallagher 42 OGPenman 69Thomson 73 Anderson 55 Links Park 2,000 E Youngston Scottish Supplementary League Cup No progress was made from the sectional games in the Supplementary League Cup, finishing 5th of 7. L 14 August 1954 Section 1–0 Third Lanark 'A' Dumbarton Brolls 48 Cathkin Park J Ferguson L 18 August 1954 Section 2–3 Dumbarton Rangers 'A' Clements Hepburn Caldow 18 penMcKenzie, G Paton 87 Boghead Park C Turnbull L 21 August 1954 Section 3–0 St Mirren 'A' Dumbarton Cross 65Liddell 47 Love Street (stadium) W Linton W 25 August 1954 Section 2–1 Dumbarton Queen's Park Strollers Duff Gray OG Boghead Park H Spence W 28 August 1954 Section 1–0 Dumbarton Third Lanark 'A' Gallacher, H 57 Boghead Park T Edwards D 1 September 1954 Section 2–2 Clyde 'A' Dumbarton Newman McCall Gallacher, H Shawfield Stadium W 8 September 1954 Section 0–1 Queen's Park Strollers Dumbarton McCall Hampden Park L 13 September 1954 Section 2–4 Dumbarton St Mirren 'A' Gallacher 20McCall pen Robinson 24 50McGill 48Liddell Boghead Park Mr Bonomay L 18 September 1954 Section 0–2 Dumbarton Clyde 'A' McKenna 20Currie 26 Boghead Park H Rodger W 2 October 1954 Section 2–0 Dumbarton Partick Thistle 'A' Gallacher, H Boghead Park W Syme D 25 April 1955 Section 1–1 Partick Thistle 'A' Dumbarton McInnes Gallacher, H Firhill Stadium L 2 May 1955 Section 2–0 Rangers 'A' Dumbarton Carmichael Simpson, A Ibrox Park Section Table PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1Rangers 'A'121011331715212St Mirren 'A'12633301812153Partick Thistle 'A'12714322210154Clyde 'A'124352328–5115Dumbarton124261319–6106Queens Park Strollers122281628–1267Third Lanark 'A'123092035–156 Stirlingshire Cup There was also a first round defeat in the county cup, to East Stirling. L 23 October 1954 First Round 2–4 Dumbarton East Stirling Gallacher, H Vine Forsyth,D 26Allen 27pen Boghead Park R Morris Friendlies L 5 August 1954 Friendly 2–1 Third Lanark 'A' Dumbarton Cathkin Park W 11 September 1954 Friendly 0–1 Dundee 'A' Dumbarton Gallacher, H Dens Park 3,000 W 25 September 1954 Friendly 4–2 Dumbarton Kilmarnock 'A' Gallacher, H Boghead Park L 16 October 1954 Friendly 0–3 Dumbarton Hibernian 'A' Boghead Park L 11 December 1954 Friendly 2–3 Dumbarton Hearts 'A' Gallacher, H 32Welsh 90 Rutherford 70Blackwood Boghead Park 2,000 J Mitchell L 26 February 1955J Friendly 0–8 Dumbarton Motherwell 'A' Reid 5penHunter 8286Kerr 70 Boghead Park J Aitken Player statistics C Division (SW) Scottish Cup Supplementary League Cup Lawrence Leslie GK SCO 1 0 0 0 0 0 Wallace Murdochhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=125 Wallace Murdoch - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 16 April 2020 12 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200412111453/http://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php%3Fid%3D125 dead GK SCO 10 0 1 0 10 0 Jimmy Ritchie GK SCO 13 0 0 0 2 0 Jim Gray DF SCO 23 0 0 0 10 0 John McKay DF SCO 24 0 1 0 12 0 Joe Cadden MF SCO 0 0 1 0 6 0 Don Cornock MF SCO 22 0 0 0 8 0 Tommy Craig MF SCO 0 0 0 0 2 0 Jim Davie MF SCO 0 0 1 0 4 0 Joe Gallacherhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=240 Joe Gallacher - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 16 April 2020 21 March 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190321091105/http://sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=240 dead MF SCO 19 0 1 0 5 0 Gilhooly MF SCO 2 0 0 0 6 0 Tommy Irwin MF SCO 0 0 1 0 0 0 John McCall MF SCO 21 0 1 0 10 3 Moran MF SCO 4 0 0 0 0 0 Andersonhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5865 Anderson - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 16 April 2020 21 March 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190321022623/http://sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5865 dead FW SCO 13 2 1 1 3 0 Bertie Auld FW SCO 16 3 1 0 2 0 Les Brown FW SCO 4 0 0 0 1 0 Clements FW SCO 0 0 0 0 1 1 Docherty FW SCO 1 0 0 0 0 0 Duff FW SCO 0 0 0 0 2 2 Jackie Fearn FW SCO 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jimmy Finniehttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=110 Jimmy Finnie - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 16 April 2020 12 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200412111451/http://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php%3Fid%3D110 dead FW SCO 0 0 0 0 1 0 Fraser FW SCO 0 0 0 0 1 0 Hugh Gallacher FW SCO 24 27 1 0 9 5 Willie Gibsonhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=213 Willie Gibson - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 16 April 2020 FW SCO 0 0 0 0 1 0 John Heaney FW SCO 24 9 0 0 2 0 Tony Hepburn FW SCO 0 0 0 0 2 1 Joe Johnston FW SCO 21 5 0 0 1 0 George Liddell FW SCO 9 6 0 0 1 0 Jim Maguire FW SCO 0 0 0 0 2 0 Alex Mayberry FW SCO 1 0 0 0 1 0 Gerry McCaffreyhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=124 Gerry McCaffrey - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 16 April 2020 12 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200412175106/http://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=124 dead FW SCO 0 0 0 0 2 0 McCloy FW SCO 0 0 0 0 4 0 Jimmy McDonald FW SCO 2 1 0 0 0 0 Sandford FW SCO 0 0 0 0 2 0 Jimmy Timminshttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=519 Jimmy Timmins - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 16 April 2020 FW SCO 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jim Vine FW SCO 4 1 0 0 7 0 Walshhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5877 Walsh - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 16 April 2020 21 March 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190321034955/http://sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5877 dead FW SCO 5 0 1 0 9 1 |} Source:McAllister Jim The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club J&J Robertson Printers 2002 Dumbarton Transfers Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following: Players in PlayerFromDate SCO Joe Gallacher SCO Clydebank Juniors 2 May 1954 SCO Les Brown SCO Kirkintilloch RR 9 Jul 1954 SCO John McKay SCO Maryhill 12 Jul 1954 SCO Tommy Craig SCO Kirkintilloch RR 9 Aug 1954 SCO Jim Gray SCO Yoker Ath 9 Aug 1954 SCO John McCall ENG Gloucester City 10 Aug 1954 SCO Hugh Gallacher SCO Arbroath 25 Aug 1954 SCO John Heaney ENG Bury 11 Nov 1954 SCO George Liddell SCO St Mirren 22 Jan 1955 SCO Jimmy Ritchie SCO Hamilton 27 Jan 1955 Players out PlayerToDate SCO Jack Cameron ENG Hartlepools 22 May 1954 SCO Danny Bell SCO Dundee United 19 Jun 1954 SCO Willie Gibson SCO Stenhousemuir 20 Jul 1954 SCO Tom McGairy ENG Walsall 1 Aug 1954 SCO Walter Scott ENG Halifax Town 1 Aug 1954 SCO Tom Donegan SCO Arbroath 14 Aug 1954 SCO Jock Weir NIR Portadown 20 Nov 1954 SCO Hugh Shaw WAL Rhyl SCO Jimmy Whyte SCO Dunfermline Ath Source: Litster John Record of Post-War Scottish League Players PM Publications Norwich Reserve Team Dumbarton only played one official 'reserve' match in the Second XI Cup, losing in the first round to Clyde, after a replay. References Category:Dumbarton F.C. seasons Category:Scottish football clubs 1954–55 season