1941–42 Dumbarton F.C. season
1941–1942 season | |||
Stadium | Boghead Park, Dumbarton | ||
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Scottish Southern League | 12th | ||
Summer Cup | First Round | ||
League Cup South | Prelims | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: Felix McGrogan (14) All: Felix McGrogan (14) | ||
Highest home attendance | 8,000 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 2,000 | ||
Average home league attendance | 4,200 | ||
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Season 1941–42 was the 65th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level and the third season of special wartime football during World War II.
Overview
The second season of the Scottish Southern League saw Dumbarton continue to improve their performances by finished 12th out of 16 with 26 points - 32 behind champions Rangers. Boosted by player 'guest' appearances Dumbarton could just about compete on an equal footing with the 'bigger' clubs.
In the Summer Cup, however, Dumbarton failed to deliver by falling at the first hurdle to Motherwell.
Similarly, the League Cup South was little better with Dumbarton failing to qualify from the sectional games.
Note that the number of goals conceded in all games during the season was 112, the ninth time the 'century' had been broken, and the third season in a row.
Results
Win |
Draw |
Loss |
All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.
Scottish Southern League
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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9 August 1941 | Airdrie | H | 3-5 | Jeffrey;Farr;Rodger | 4,000 |
16 August 1941 | Third Lanark | A | 3-4 | McBride;Jeffrey;Rodger | 3,500 |
23 August 1941 | Celtic | H | 2-5 | McBride(2) | 8,000 |
30 August 1941 | St Mirren | A | 4-2 | Jeffrey(2);Ross;McGrogan | 5,000 |
6 September 1941 | Falkirk | H | 0-1 | 2,500 | |
13 September 1941 | Hibernian | A | 0-4 | 6,000 | |
20 September 1941 | Partick Thistle | H | 2-7 | Milne;McAloon | 2,500 |
27 September 1941 | Motherwell | A | 3-2 | Jeffrey(2);Dougall | 2,000 |
4 October 1941 | Morton | H | 3-1 | McAloon;Ross;McGrogan | 3,000 |
11 October 1941 | Rangers | A | 0-7 | 8,000 | |
18 October 1941 | Albion Rovers | H | 5-2 | McGrogan(2);McAloon;Rodger;Jeffrey | 3,000 |
25 October 1941 | Hearts | A | 4-7 | Milne(3);Rodger | 5,000 |
1 November 1941 | Hamilton | H | 3-2 | Rodger;Jeffrey;McGrogan | 2,500 |
8 November 1941 | Clyde | H | 6-0 | McGrogan(2);McAloon Rodger;Dougall;Milne | 4,000 |
15 November 1941 | Queen's Park | A | 2-1 | Ross(2) | 2,000 |
22 November 1941 | Airdrie | A | 2-3 | Rodger;McGrogan | 3,000 |
29 November 1941 | Third Lanark | H | 1-5 | Ross | 2,500 |
6 December 1941 | Celtic | A | 2-4 | Jeffrey;McAloon | 3,000 |
13 December 1941 | St Mirren | H | 5-1 | Gould(3);McAloon;McGrogan | 2,000 |
20 December 1941 | Partick Thistle | A | 3-4 | Gould(2);Hickie | 5,000 |
27 December 1941 | Motherwell | H | 2-1 | Milne;Gould | 3,000 |
1 January 1942 | Falkirk | A | 1-3 | Hickie | |
3 January 1942 | Hibernian | H | 2-1 | Gould;McGrogan | 2,500 |
10 January 1942 | Morton | A | 2-2 | Gould(2) | 4,000 |
17 January 1942 | Rangers | H | 3-3 | McGrogan;Jeffrey;McAloon | 6,000 |
31 January 1942 | Hearts | H | 3-3 | McGrogan(2);Gould | 4,000 |
14 February 1942 | Clyde | A | 4-5 | McAloon;Gould;Henderson;McGrogan | 6,000 |
21 February 1942 | Queen's Park | H | 2-1 | Hepburn;McAloon | 4,000 |
2 May 1942 | Albion Rovers | A | 0-0 | 1,500 | |
9 May 1942 | Hamilton | A | 1-4 | Henderson | 1,500 |
League Cup South
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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28 February 1942 | P | Morton | A | 1-4 | Hepburn | 4,000 |
14 March 1942 | P | St Mirren | A | 3-1 | McGrogan(2);Gould | 4,000 |
21 March 1942 | P | Morton | H | 3-4 | Gould(3) | 6,000 |
28 March 1942 | P | Falkirk | A | 0-5 | 3,000 | |
4 April 1942 | P | St Mirren | H | 4-2 | Ross(2);Gould;McGrogan | 2,000 |
11 April 1942 | P | Falkirk | H | 3-3 | Ross(2);Gould | 2,500 |
Summer Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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30 May 1942 | 1(1) | Motherwell | H | 1-0 | McGrogan | 3,500 |
6 June 1942 | 1(2) | Motherwell | A | 2-4 | McAloon;Reid | 3,000 |
Appearances
Dumbarton used 28 players for the 38 League, Cup and League Cup matches, as detailed below. George Urquhart was to top the 'selection charts' by featuring in 35 of these matches. Note that an unnamed trialist played in one match.[1]
Player | Position[2] | Appearances | Goals |
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Boyd | FW | 1 | |
Robert Chalmers | MF | 1 | |
Andy Cheyne | DF | 1 | |
David Corbett | MF | 7 | |
Edward Currie | FW | 2 | |
Robert Dougall | MF | 26 | 2 |
Andrew Farr | FW | 3 | 1 |
Charlie Gavin | MF | 26 | |
Johnny Gould | FW | 20 | 17 |
George Henderson | MF | 10 | 2 |
John Hepburn | FW | 13 | 2 |
Jimmy Hickie | DF | 33 | 2 |
James Hornall | GK | 11 | |
George Jeffrey | FW | 21 | 10 |
Patrick Kelly | GK | 10 | |
Johnny Mathers | FW | 5 | |
Gerry McAloon | FW | 28 | 10 |
John McBride | FW | 4 | 4 |
Felix McGrogan | FW | 30 | 18 |
Jackie Milne | FW | 28 | 6 |
A Vincent Pritchard | FW | 7 | |
Willie Reid | FW | 4 | 1 |
Fally Rodger | FW | 16 | 7 |
Sammy Ross | FW | 22 | 9 |
Willie Savage | DF | 27 | |
William Smith | DF | 9 | |
George Urquhart | MF | 35 | |
Jock Wallace | GK | 17 |