1917β1918 season | ||
---|---|---|
Manager | James Collins | |
Stadium | Boghead Park, Dumbarton | |
Scottish League | 8th | |
Top goalscorer | League: John McCulloch (13) All: John McCulloch (13) | |
Highest home attendance | 8,000 | |
Lowest home attendance | 2,000 | |
Average home league attendance | 3,260 | |
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The 1917β18 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.
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 1893β94 season. [1]
18 August 1917 League | Dumbarton | 4-1 [2] [3] | Falkirk | Boghead Park |
McKim ![]() ![]() Finnie ![]() Stewart ![]() |
Shearer ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: A Edward |
25 August 1917 League | Motherwell | 0β0 [4] [5] | Dumbarton | Fir Park |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: T Dougray |
1 September 1917 League | Dumbarton | 0β3 [6] [7] | Morton | Boghead Park |
Broad ![]() ![]() McNab ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 |
8 September 1917 League | Partick Thistle | 0β0 [8] [9] | Dumbarton | Firhill Park |
Attendance: 7,000 |
15 September 1917 League | Dumbarton | 2β1 [10] [11] | Queen's Park | Boghead Park |
Finnie ![]() Ritchie,W ![]() |
Walker ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Binnie |
22 September 1917 League | St Mirren | 2β1 [12] [13] | Dumbarton | Love Street (stadium) |
Harris ![]() Lindsay ![]() |
Cairney ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 |
29 September 1917 League | Dumbarton | 2β4 [14] [15] | Rangers | Boghead Park |
Stewart ![]() ![]() |
Muirhead ![]() ![]() Cairns ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 8,000 |
6 October 1917 League | Hibernian | 0β3 [16] [17] | Dumbarton | Easter Road Stadium |
McCulloch ![]() ![]() Stewart ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 |
13 October 1917 League | Dumbarton | 2β3 [18] [19] | Clydebank | Boghead Park |
McCulloch ![]() |
Brander ![]() Neish ![]() O'Kane ![]() |
Attendance: 7,000 |
20 October 1917 League | Hamilton | 2β0 [20] [21] | Dumbarton | Douglas Park |
Faulds ![]() Kelly ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 |
27 October 1917 League | Dumbarton | 1β4 [22] [23] | Kilmarnock | Boghead Park |
McCulloch ![]() |
Goldie ![]() Culley ![]() ![]() Hamilton,T ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 |
3 November 1917 League | Clyde | 0β4 [24] [25] | Dumbarton | Shawfield Stadium |
Ritchie,W ![]() McCulloch ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 |
10 November 1917 League | Ayr United | 0β1 [26] [27] | Dumbarton | Somerset Park |
Ritchie,W ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 |
17 November 1917 League | Dumbarton | 0-2 [28] [29] | Celtic | Boghead Park |
Gallagher ![]() Browning ![]() |
Attendance: 7,000 |
24 November 1917 League | Dumbarton | 4β3 [30] [31] | Motherwell | Boghead Park |
McCulloch ![]() Thom ![]() ![]() |
Morgan ![]() Ferguson ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 |
1 December 1917 League | Rangers | 2β1 [32] [33] | Dumbarton | Ibrox Park |
Cairns ![]() ![]() |
McCulloch ![]() |
Attendance: 15,000 |
15 December 1917 League | Dumbarton | 2-0 [36] [37] | Airdrie | Boghead Park |
McCulloch ![]() Thom ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500 |
22 December 1917 League | Celtic | 3β0 [38] [39] | Dumbarton | Celtic Park |
McMenemy ![]() Gallagher ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 8,000 |
29 December 1917 League | Dumbarton | 1β1 [40] [41] | Hearts | Boghead Park |
Thom ![]() |
Sharpe ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 |
31 December 1917 League | Clydebank | 1β2 [42] [43] | Dumbarton | Clydeholm Park |
Travers ![]() |
Thom ![]() Gunn ![]() |
Attendance: 10,000 |
5 January 1918 League | Third Lanark | 4β1 [44] [45] | Dumbarton | Cathkin Park |
McLean ![]() ![]() ![]() Duncan ![]() |
McCulloch ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 |
26 January 1918 League | Dumbarton | 3β1 [46] [47] | Clyde | Boghead Park |
Raeside ![]() Durnin ![]() Thom ![]() |
McGowan ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 |
2 February 1918 League | Kilmarnock | 0β0 [48] [49] | Dumbarton | Rugby Park |
Attendance: 5,000 |
9 February 1918 League | Dumbarton | 0β1 [50] [51] | Third Lanark | Boghead Park |
Duncan ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 |
16 February 1918 League | Morton | 2β2 [52] [53] | Dumbarton | Cappielow Park |
Stevenson,R ![]() Seymour ![]() |
McKim ![]() Stewart ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 |
23 February 1918 League | Dumbarton | 1β0 [54] [55] | Ayr United | Boghead Park |
Stewart ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 |
2 March 1918 League | Dumbarton | 5β2 [56] [57] | St Mirren | Boghead Park |
Thom ![]() ![]() ![]() Stewart ![]() Ritchie,W ![]() |
Higginbotham ![]() Durward ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 |
9 March 1918 League | Queen's Park | 2β0 [58] [59] | Dumbarton | Hampden Park |
Aitken ![]() Morton,R ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 |
23 March 1918 League | Dumbarton | 1-2 [62] [63] | Hamilton | Boghead Park |
Stewart ![]() |
Crawford ![]() Murphy ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 |
6 April 1918 League | Dumbarton | 1β1 [64] [65] | Partick Thistle | Boghead Park |
Stewart ![]() |
Bowie ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 |
13 April 1918 League | Hearts | 1β2 [66] [67] | Dumbarton | Tynecastle Stadium |
Gibson ![]() |
McKim ![]() Durnin ![]() |
Attendance: 4,500 |
20 April 1918 League | Falkirk | 1β1 [68] [69] | Dumbarton | Brockville Park |
Simpson ![]() |
Finnie ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 |
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 1918β19 season.
30 March 1918 Semi Final | Dumbarton | 2β1 | Dumbarton Harp | Boghead Park |
Durnin ![]() Stewart ![]() |
![]() |
7 September 1918 Final | Dumbarton | 0β1 | Clydebank | Boghead Park |
Travers ![]() |
Attendance: 6,000 |
Dumbarton retained the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup for the second successive year by beating Renton in the final.
4 May 1918 First Round | Dumbarton | 2β0 | Dumbarton Harp | Boghead Park |
Finnie ![]() Ritchie,W ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 |
18 May 1918 Semi Final | Clydebank | 2β3 ( a.e.t.) | Dumbarton | Clydholm Park |
Sutherland ![]() ![]() |
Durnin ![]() Thom ![]() McGregor ![]() |
Attendance: 6,000 |
28 May 1918 Final | Dumbarton | 2β1 ( a.e.t.) | Renton | Boghead Park |
Finnie ![]() |
Harris ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 |
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 ![]() McDonald ![]() |
Finnie ![]() Ritchie,W ![]() Stewart ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 |
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Scottish League | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | ![]() |
John Miller [70] | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Felix Gunn [71] | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | |
DF | ![]() |
Alex Marshall [72] | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Bob McGrory | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Archibald Ritchie | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
John Semple | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
John Durnin | 21 | 2 | 21 | 2 | |
MF | ![]() |
James McGregor [73] | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 | |
MF | ![]() |
John McMeekin [74] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Thomas Raeside | 29 | 2 | 29 | 2 | |
MF | ![]() |
Alex Trotter | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
William Wilson [75] | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Richard Bell [76] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
John Brodie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Hugh Cairney [77] | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() |
David Finnie [78] | 31 | 3 | 31 | 3 | |
FW | ![]() |
William Gallacher [79] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
John McCulloch | 18 | 13 | 18 | 13 | |
FW | ![]() |
John McKim [80] | 20 | 4 | 20 | 4 | |
FW | ![]() |
Arthur Murphy [81] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
William Ritchie | 27 | 4 | 27 | 4 | |
FW | ![]() |
Finlay Speedie | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
James Stewart | 13 | 9 | 13 | 9 | |
FW | ![]() |
Alexander Thom [82] | 33 | 9 | 33 | 9 | |
FW | ![]() |
Fred Williams [83] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Source: [84]
Players in
|
Players out
|
Source: [86]
In addition Robert Catterson, Thomas Hamilton and Joseph Tait all played their final 'first XI' games in Dumbarton colours.
1917β1918 season | ||
---|---|---|
Manager | James Collins | |
Stadium | Boghead Park, Dumbarton | |
Scottish League | 8th | |
Top goalscorer | League: John McCulloch (13) All: John McCulloch (13) | |
Highest home attendance | 8,000 | |
Lowest home attendance | 2,000 | |
Average home league attendance | 3,260 | |
| ||
The 1917β18 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.
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 1893β94 season. [1]
18 August 1917 League | Dumbarton | 4-1 [2] [3] | Falkirk | Boghead Park |
McKim ![]() ![]() Finnie ![]() Stewart ![]() |
Shearer ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: A Edward |
25 August 1917 League | Motherwell | 0β0 [4] [5] | Dumbarton | Fir Park |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: T Dougray |
1 September 1917 League | Dumbarton | 0β3 [6] [7] | Morton | Boghead Park |
Broad ![]() ![]() McNab ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 |
8 September 1917 League | Partick Thistle | 0β0 [8] [9] | Dumbarton | Firhill Park |
Attendance: 7,000 |
15 September 1917 League | Dumbarton | 2β1 [10] [11] | Queen's Park | Boghead Park |
Finnie ![]() Ritchie,W ![]() |
Walker ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Binnie |
22 September 1917 League | St Mirren | 2β1 [12] [13] | Dumbarton | Love Street (stadium) |
Harris ![]() Lindsay ![]() |
Cairney ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 |
29 September 1917 League | Dumbarton | 2β4 [14] [15] | Rangers | Boghead Park |
Stewart ![]() ![]() |
Muirhead ![]() ![]() Cairns ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 8,000 |
6 October 1917 League | Hibernian | 0β3 [16] [17] | Dumbarton | Easter Road Stadium |
McCulloch ![]() ![]() Stewart ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 |
13 October 1917 League | Dumbarton | 2β3 [18] [19] | Clydebank | Boghead Park |
McCulloch ![]() |
Brander ![]() Neish ![]() O'Kane ![]() |
Attendance: 7,000 |
20 October 1917 League | Hamilton | 2β0 [20] [21] | Dumbarton | Douglas Park |
Faulds ![]() Kelly ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 |
27 October 1917 League | Dumbarton | 1β4 [22] [23] | Kilmarnock | Boghead Park |
McCulloch ![]() |
Goldie ![]() Culley ![]() ![]() Hamilton,T ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 |
3 November 1917 League | Clyde | 0β4 [24] [25] | Dumbarton | Shawfield Stadium |
Ritchie,W ![]() McCulloch ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 |
10 November 1917 League | Ayr United | 0β1 [26] [27] | Dumbarton | Somerset Park |
Ritchie,W ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 |
17 November 1917 League | Dumbarton | 0-2 [28] [29] | Celtic | Boghead Park |
Gallagher ![]() Browning ![]() |
Attendance: 7,000 |
24 November 1917 League | Dumbarton | 4β3 [30] [31] | Motherwell | Boghead Park |
McCulloch ![]() Thom ![]() ![]() |
Morgan ![]() Ferguson ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 |
1 December 1917 League | Rangers | 2β1 [32] [33] | Dumbarton | Ibrox Park |
Cairns ![]() ![]() |
McCulloch ![]() |
Attendance: 15,000 |
15 December 1917 League | Dumbarton | 2-0 [36] [37] | Airdrie | Boghead Park |
McCulloch ![]() Thom ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500 |
22 December 1917 League | Celtic | 3β0 [38] [39] | Dumbarton | Celtic Park |
McMenemy ![]() Gallagher ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 8,000 |
29 December 1917 League | Dumbarton | 1β1 [40] [41] | Hearts | Boghead Park |
Thom ![]() |
Sharpe ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 |
31 December 1917 League | Clydebank | 1β2 [42] [43] | Dumbarton | Clydeholm Park |
Travers ![]() |
Thom ![]() Gunn ![]() |
Attendance: 10,000 |
5 January 1918 League | Third Lanark | 4β1 [44] [45] | Dumbarton | Cathkin Park |
McLean ![]() ![]() ![]() Duncan ![]() |
McCulloch ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 |
26 January 1918 League | Dumbarton | 3β1 [46] [47] | Clyde | Boghead Park |
Raeside ![]() Durnin ![]() Thom ![]() |
McGowan ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 |
2 February 1918 League | Kilmarnock | 0β0 [48] [49] | Dumbarton | Rugby Park |
Attendance: 5,000 |
9 February 1918 League | Dumbarton | 0β1 [50] [51] | Third Lanark | Boghead Park |
Duncan ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 |
16 February 1918 League | Morton | 2β2 [52] [53] | Dumbarton | Cappielow Park |
Stevenson,R ![]() Seymour ![]() |
McKim ![]() Stewart ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 |
23 February 1918 League | Dumbarton | 1β0 [54] [55] | Ayr United | Boghead Park |
Stewart ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 |
2 March 1918 League | Dumbarton | 5β2 [56] [57] | St Mirren | Boghead Park |
Thom ![]() ![]() ![]() Stewart ![]() Ritchie,W ![]() |
Higginbotham ![]() Durward ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 |
9 March 1918 League | Queen's Park | 2β0 [58] [59] | Dumbarton | Hampden Park |
Aitken ![]() Morton,R ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 |
23 March 1918 League | Dumbarton | 1-2 [62] [63] | Hamilton | Boghead Park |
Stewart ![]() |
Crawford ![]() Murphy ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 |
6 April 1918 League | Dumbarton | 1β1 [64] [65] | Partick Thistle | Boghead Park |
Stewart ![]() |
Bowie ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 |
13 April 1918 League | Hearts | 1β2 [66] [67] | Dumbarton | Tynecastle Stadium |
Gibson ![]() |
McKim ![]() Durnin ![]() |
Attendance: 4,500 |
20 April 1918 League | Falkirk | 1β1 [68] [69] | Dumbarton | Brockville Park |
Simpson ![]() |
Finnie ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 |
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 1918β19 season.
30 March 1918 Semi Final | Dumbarton | 2β1 | Dumbarton Harp | Boghead Park |
Durnin ![]() Stewart ![]() |
![]() |
7 September 1918 Final | Dumbarton | 0β1 | Clydebank | Boghead Park |
Travers ![]() |
Attendance: 6,000 |
Dumbarton retained the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup for the second successive year by beating Renton in the final.
4 May 1918 First Round | Dumbarton | 2β0 | Dumbarton Harp | Boghead Park |
Finnie ![]() Ritchie,W ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 |
18 May 1918 Semi Final | Clydebank | 2β3 ( a.e.t.) | Dumbarton | Clydholm Park |
Sutherland ![]() ![]() |
Durnin ![]() Thom ![]() McGregor ![]() |
Attendance: 6,000 |
28 May 1918 Final | Dumbarton | 2β1 ( a.e.t.) | Renton | Boghead Park |
Finnie ![]() |
Harris ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 |
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 ![]() McDonald ![]() |
Finnie ![]() Ritchie,W ![]() Stewart ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 |
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Scottish League | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | ![]() |
John Miller [70] | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Felix Gunn [71] | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | |
DF | ![]() |
Alex Marshall [72] | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Bob McGrory | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Archibald Ritchie | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
John Semple | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
John Durnin | 21 | 2 | 21 | 2 | |
MF | ![]() |
James McGregor [73] | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 | |
MF | ![]() |
John McMeekin [74] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Thomas Raeside | 29 | 2 | 29 | 2 | |
MF | ![]() |
Alex Trotter | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
William Wilson [75] | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Richard Bell [76] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
John Brodie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Hugh Cairney [77] | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() |
David Finnie [78] | 31 | 3 | 31 | 3 | |
FW | ![]() |
William Gallacher [79] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
John McCulloch | 18 | 13 | 18 | 13 | |
FW | ![]() |
John McKim [80] | 20 | 4 | 20 | 4 | |
FW | ![]() |
Arthur Murphy [81] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
William Ritchie | 27 | 4 | 27 | 4 | |
FW | ![]() |
Finlay Speedie | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
James Stewart | 13 | 9 | 13 | 9 | |
FW | ![]() |
Alexander Thom [82] | 33 | 9 | 33 | 9 | |
FW | ![]() |
Fred Williams [83] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Source: [84]
Players in
|
Players out
|
Source: [86]
In addition Robert Catterson, Thomas Hamilton and Joseph Tait all played their final 'first XI' games in Dumbarton colours.