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1917–18 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1917–18 season was the 41st Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League. in addition Dumbarton played in the Dumbartonshire Cup and the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup.

Dumbarton
1917–1918 season
ManagerJames Collins
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League8th
Top goalscorerLeague: John McCulloch (13)
All: John McCulloch (13)
Highest home attendance8,000
Lowest home attendance2,000
Average home league attendance3,260

Scottish League

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Main article: 1917–18 Scottish Football League

This was the fourth season of war-time football, where the playing of all national competitions, other than the Scottish League, was suspended. Membership of the League was reduced from 20 to 18, with Aberdeen, Dundee and Raith Rovers withdrawing and Clydebank being admitted. Dumbarton's 8th-place finish with 34 points (22 behind champions Rangers) was their best performance since the 1893–94 season.[1]

18 August 1917 League Dumbarton 4-1[2][3] Falkirk Boghead Park
McKim   
Finnie  
Stewart  		 Shearer   3' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: A Edward
25 August 1917 League Motherwell 0–0[4][5] Dumbarton Fir Park
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: T Dougray
1 September 1917 League Dumbarton 0–3[6][7] Morton Boghead Park
Broad   40' 
McNab  		 Attendance: 3,000
8 September 1917 League Partick Thistle 0–0[8][9] Dumbarton Firhill Park
Attendance: 7,000
15 September 1917 League Dumbarton 2–1[10][11] Queen's Park Boghead Park
Finnie  
Ritchie,W   45'		 Walker   Attendance: 3,000
Referee: J Binnie
22 September 1917 League St Mirren 2–1[12][13] Dumbarton Love Street (stadium)
Harris   50'
Lindsay   53'		 Cairney   80' Attendance: 5,000
29 September 1917 League Dumbarton 2–4[14][15] Rangers Boghead Park
Stewart   (pen)  Muirhead   
Cairns   		 Attendance: 8,000
6 October 1917 League Hibernian 0–3[16][17] Dumbarton Easter Road Stadium
McCulloch    5'
Stewart   (pen)		 Attendance: 4,000
13 October 1917 League Dumbarton 2–3[18][19] Clydebank Boghead Park
McCulloch   30', 46' Brander   5'
Neish  
O'Kane  		 Attendance: 7,000
20 October 1917 League Hamilton 2–0[20][21] Dumbarton Douglas Park
Faulds  
Kelly  		 Attendance: 4,000
27 October 1917 League Dumbarton 1–4[22][23] Kilmarnock Boghead Park
McCulloch   44' Goldie   5'
Culley   
Hamilton,T   (pen)		 Attendance: 3,000
3 November 1917 League Clyde 0–4[24][25] Dumbarton Shawfield Stadium
Ritchie,W  
McCulloch    		 Attendance: 3,000
10 November 1917 League Ayr United 0–1[26][27] Dumbarton Somerset Park
Ritchie,W   10' Attendance: 3,000
17 November 1917 League Dumbarton 0-2[28][29] Celtic Boghead Park
Gallagher   4'
Browning  		 Attendance: 7,000
24 November 1917 League Dumbarton 4–3[30][31] Motherwell Boghead Park
McCulloch   2', 5'
Thom    45'		 Morgan  
Ferguson    90' (pen)		 Attendance: 2,000
1 December 1917 League Rangers 2–1[32][33] Dumbarton Ibrox Park
Cairns    McCulloch   Attendance: 15,000
8 December 1917 League Dumbarton 1–0[34][35] Hibernian Boghead Park
Raeside   Attendance: 4,000
15 December 1917 League Dumbarton 2-0[36][37] Airdrie Boghead Park
McCulloch   65'
Thom   85'		 Attendance: 2,500
22 December 1917 League Celtic 3–0[38][39] Dumbarton Celtic Park
McMenemy   47'
Gallagher   		 Attendance: 8,000
29 December 1917 League Dumbarton 1–1[40][41] Hearts Boghead Park
Thom   Sharpe   20' Attendance: 3,000
31 December 1917 League Clydebank 1–2[42][43] Dumbarton Clydeholm Park
Travers   17' Thom   14'
Gunn   40' (pen)		 Attendance: 10,000
5 January 1918 League Third Lanark 4–1[44][45] Dumbarton Cathkin Park
McLean   20'   83'
Duncan   90'		 McCulloch   53' Attendance: 4,000
26 January 1918 League Dumbarton 3–1[46][47] Clyde Boghead Park
Raeside  
Durnin  
Thom  		 McGowan   Attendance: 1,500
2 February 1918 League Kilmarnock 0–0[48][49] Dumbarton Rugby Park
Attendance: 5,000
9 February 1918 League Dumbarton 0–1[50][51] Third Lanark Boghead Park
Duncan   Attendance: 1,500
16 February 1918 League Morton 2–2[52][53] Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Stevenson,R  
Seymour  		 McKim   5'
Stewart  		 Attendance: 4,000
23 February 1918 League Dumbarton 1–0[54][55] Ayr United Boghead Park
Stewart   Attendance: 2,000
2 March 1918 League Dumbarton 5–2[56][57] St Mirren Boghead Park
Thom    
Stewart  
Ritchie,W  		 Higginbotham  
Durward  		 Attendance: 2,000
9 March 1918 League Queen's Park 2–0[58][59] Dumbarton Hampden Park
Aitken   20'
Morton,R  		 Attendance: 5,000
16 March 1918 League Airdrie 0–0[60][61] Dumbarton Broomfield Park
Attendance: 2,000
23 March 1918 League Dumbarton 1-2[62][63] Hamilton Boghead Park
Stewart   Crawford   45'
Murphy  		 Attendance: 2,000
6 April 1918 League Dumbarton 1–1[64][65] Partick Thistle Boghead Park
Stewart   Bowie   Attendance: 2,000
13 April 1918 League Hearts 1–2[66][67] Dumbarton Tynecastle Stadium
Gibson   15' (pen) McKim  
Durnin  		 Attendance: 4,500
20 April 1918 League Falkirk 1–1[68][69] Dumbarton Brockville Park
Simpson   Finnie   Attendance: 2,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

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Dumbarton re-entered the Dumbartonshire Cup for the first time in three seasons, but lost out to Clydebank in the final, which was held over until the beginning of the 1918–19 season.

30 March 1918 Semi Final Dumbarton 2–1 Dumbarton Harp Boghead Park
Durnin  
Stewart  		  
7 September 1918 Final Dumbarton 0–1 Clydebank Boghead Park
Travers   Attendance: 6,000

Dumbartonshire Charity Cup

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Dumbarton retained the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup for the second successive year by beating Renton in the final.

4 May 1918 First Round Dumbarton 2–0 Dumbarton Harp Boghead Park
Finnie  
Ritchie,W  		 Attendance: 4,000
18 May 1918 Semi Final Clydebank 2–3 (a.e.t.) Dumbarton Clydholm Park
Sutherland    Durnin  
Thom   45'
McGregor   (pen)		 Attendance: 6,000
28 May 1918 Final Dumbarton 2–1 (a.e.t.) Renton Boghead Park
Finnie   50', 115' Harris   Attendance: 1,500

Charity matches

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During the season two charity matches were played for the benefit of the Red Cross War Fund, both being won, scoring 8 goals for the loss of 4.

4 August 1917 Charity Match Dumbarton Harp 0-3 Dumbarton Meadow Park, Dumbarton
Trialist  
Finnie  
11 August 1917 Charity Match Dumbarton Harp 4-5 Dumbarton Meadow Park, Dumbarton
Trialist  
Gunn   (OG)
McDonald  		 Finnie  
Ritchie,W  
Stewart    		 Attendance: 1,500

Player statistics

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Squad

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish League
Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO John Miller[70] 34 0 34 0
DF   SCO Felix Gunn[71] 12 1 12 1
DF   SCO Alex Marshall[72] 24 0 24 0
DF   SCO Bob McGrory 34 0 34 0
DF   SCO Archibald Ritchie 3 0 3 0
DF   SCO John Semple 1 0 1 0
MF   SCO John Durnin 21 2 21 2
MF   SCO James McGregor[73] 19 1 19 1
MF   SCO John McMeekin[74] 1 0 1 0
MF   SCO Thomas Raeside 29 2 29 2
MF   SCO Alex Trotter 17 0 17 0
MF   SCO William Wilson[75] 25 0 25 0
FW   SCO Richard Bell[76] 1 0 1 0
FW   SCO John Brodie 1 0 1 0
FW   SCO Hugh Cairney[77] 6 1 6 1
FW   SCO David Finnie[78] 31 3 31 3
FW   SCO William Gallacher[79] 1 0 1 0
FW   SCO John McCulloch 18 13 18 13
FW   SCO John McKim[80] 20 4 20 4
FW   SCO Arthur Murphy[81] 1 0 1 0
FW   SCO William Ritchie 27 4 27 4
FW   SCO Finlay Speedie 2 0 2 0
FW   SCO James Stewart 13 9 13 9
FW   SCO Alexander Thom[82] 33 9 33 9
FW   SCO Fred Williams[83] 1 0 1 0

Source:[84]

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Transfers

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Source:[86]

In addition Robert Catterson, Thomas Hamilton and Joseph Tait all played their final 'first XI' games in Dumbarton colours.

References

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  70. ^ The league match against Clydebank on 13 October marked John Miller's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions.
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  72. ^ "Alex Marshall - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  73. ^ "James McGregor - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  74. ^ "James McMeekin - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
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  76. ^ "Richard Bell - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
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  79. ^ "William Gallacher - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
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  81. ^ "Arthur Murphy - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  82. ^ Alexander Thom's appearance in the league match against Rangers on 29 September was his 140th competitive match for the club - overtaking Johnny Hill's record set in 1912.
  83. ^ "Fred Williams - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
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