1899–1900 Dumbarton F.C. season

January 2015 January 2015 Dumbarton 1899–1900 Boghead Park, Dumbarton 000066 000066 000066 000066 1898–99 1900–01 The 1899–1900 season was the 27th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level entering the Scottish Qualifying Cup. In addition Dumbarton played in the Dumbartonshire Cup. Scottish Qualifying Cup In their only 'national' competition, Dumbarton were knocked out in the second round of the Scottish Qualifying Cup by Vale of Leven and thus failed to qualify to play in the Scottish Cup for the first time since its inception. W 9 September 1899 QualifyCup R1 1–2http://www.sonsarchive.com/matchdetails.php?id=2542 Renton 1 - 2 Dumbarton, Saturday, September 9th, 1899 The Sons Archive 22 July 2019 Renton Dumbarton Johnstone Stevenson 45 Tontine Park L 14 October 1899 QualifyCup R2 4–1http://www.sonsarchive.com/matchdetails.php?id=2543 Vale of Leven 4 - 1 Dumbarton, Saturday, October 14th, 1899 The Sons Archive 22 July 2019 Vale of Leven Dumbarton Johnstone 3 Campbell 13 Millburn Park 3,000 Dumbartonshire Cup Locally, the Dumbartonshire Cup was played on a league basis for the first time with the top two meeting in the final. All competing teams finished on 6 points but Dumbarton ended up in third position on goal difference. L 23 September 1899 League 4–5 Dumbarton Clydebank Boghead Park W 25 October 1899 League 3–2 Dumbarton Renton Boghead Park D 18 November 1899 League 0–0 Clydebank Dumbarton Hamilton Park, Clydebank Mr Jeff W 2 December 1899 League 2–1 Dumbarton Vale of Leven Boghead Park L 13 January 1900 League 3–1 Vale of Leven Dumbarton Millburn Park D 27 January 1900 League 1–1 Renton Dumbarton Tontine Park Final league table main WDL 2 VAL Vale of Leven REN Renton DUM Dumbarton CLY Clydebank 2 2 2 15 9 2 2 2 13 12 2 2 2 11 12 2 2 2 14 20 complete Friendlies For the third season running there were no league fixtures, and attractive 'friendlies' were becoming more difficult to arrange. A dwindling fixture list saw only 11 'friendly' matches played during the season, although this included a creditable draw against Celtic and a match against Aberdeen which celebrated the opening of Pittodrie Park. In all 4 were won, 1 drawn and 6 lost, scoring 23 goals and conceding 34. L 16 August 1899 3–1 Friendly Clydebank Dumbarton Hamilton Park, Clydebank W 19 August 1899 1–4 Friendly King's Park Dumbarton McNeil 10 Springkerse Park, Stirling Mr Gorman W 26 August 1899 2–3 Friendly Dumfries Dumbarton Morley Kennedy Creswell Park, Dumfries D 30 August 1899 2–2 Friendly Dumbarton Celtic Millar 80 pen 90 Boghead Park 2,000 L 2 September 1899 7–1 Friendly Aberdeen Dumbarton Shiach Fullerton Gray OG Millar Pittodrie Stadium J Phillips L 7 October 1899 2–3 Friendly Dumbarton Queen's Park Fullarton Johnston Wilson Boghead Park Mr Quairns W 4 November 1899 1–2 Friendly Falkirk Dumbarton Drummond Campbell McKinnie Brockville Park 1,000 Mr Murray L 25 November 1899 2–1 Friendly Port Glasgow Dumbarton Smith McCabe Fullarton Clune Park 800 L 30 December 1899 8–2 Friendly Queen's Park Dumbarton McColl Kennedy Hay Stewart Millar Reid Hampden Park W 17 March 1900 2–1 Friendly Dumbarton Linthouse Fullarton Richmond, A Pearson Boghead Park Mr Drummond L 31 March 1900 4–3 Friendly E Stirling Dumbarton Harper 59Alexander 50Hastings Millar Fullarton Hosie Merchiston Park Mr Thomson Player statistics Qualifying Cup G Millarhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5663 G Millar - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 22 July 2019 GK SCO 2 0 John McKinlayhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5671 John McKinlay - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 22 July 2019 DF SCO 2 0 Henry Mitchellhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5636 Henry Mitchell - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 22 July 2019 DF SCO 2 0 John Gillanhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5586 John Gillan - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 22 July 2019 5 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190705112927/http://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5586 dead MF SCO 1 0 Howiehttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5668 Howie - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 22 July 2019 MF SCO 2 0 James Richmondhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5660 James Richmond - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 22 July 2019 21 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190721180608/http://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5660 dead MF SCO 2 0 Daniel Thomsonhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5606 Daniel Thomson - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 22 July 2019 7 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190707115757/http://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php%3Fid%3D5606 dead MF SCO 2 0 Billy Andrewshttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5666 Billy Andrews - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 22 July 2019 FW SCO 1 0 William Campbellhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5594 William Campbell - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 22 July 2019 7 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190707115801/http://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php%3Fid%3D5594 dead FW SCO 2 1 Fullartonhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5667 Fullarton - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 22 July 2019 FW SCO 1 0 Johnstonhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5669 Johnston - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 22 July 2019 FW SCO 1 1 R B Johnstonhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5670 R B Johnston - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 22 July 2019 FW SCO 2 0 John Millarhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5664 James Millar - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 22 July 2019 FW SCO 1 0 James Stevenson FW SCO 1 1 |} Source:McAllister Jim The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club J&J Robertson Printers 2002 Dumbarton Reserve team Dumbarton lost in the first round of the Scottish Second XI Cup to Queen's Park. References Category:Dumbarton F.C. seasons Category:Scottish football clubs 1899–1900 season