1956–57 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1956–1957 season
Manager Peter McGown
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 2 9th
Scottish Cup Seventh Round
Scottish League Cup Prelims
Top goalscorer League: Hugh Gallacher (27)
All: Hugh Gallacher (36)

Season 1956–57 was the 80th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 50th time, the Scottish Cup for the 62nd time and the Scottish League Cup for the 10th time.

Overview

By coming so close to promotion the previous season, confidence was high to mount a serious challenge on the Division 2 title. However despite breaking the 100 goals scored in a league season for the first time, the 70 against was never going to be 'championship material' and only a 9th place was achieved with 38 points, 26 behind runaway winners Clyde.

In the Scottish Cup, however, two Division 1 clubs were defeated on route to a quarter final against Raith Rovers - and although the tie was lost the 18,001 crowd at Boghead still stands as the record home crowd.

Dumbarton returned to old habits in the League Cup by failing to qualify from their section, although it was their poor home performances which were to count against them this season.

It was however the Stirlingshire Cup which was to bring some cheer, as an aggregate win over Alloa Athletic was to bring the cup home to Dumbarton for the second time.

It should be noted that Boghead had floodlights installed during the season, and a friendly against Celtic was played to celebrate the 'switch on'.

Finally, Dumbarton broke both the goals for and goals against 'centuries' during the season. By scoring 134 goals in all games, this was the ninth time that the 'century - for' had been broken, and by conceding 109, this was the 15th time that the 'century - against' had been broken.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
22 August 1956CowdenbeathA1-2Whalen
5 September 1956HamiltonH2-0Gallacher,H;McKeown
8 September 1956StenhousemuirA3-1Brown(2);Whalen
12 September 1956HamiltonA1-1Rollo5,000
15 September 1956East StirlingH3-2Kiernan(2);Hunter
19 September 1956CowdenbeathH2-3Kiernan;Hunter
22 September 1956Stirling AlbionA1-3Hunter5,500
29 September 1956Berwick RangersH4-0Brown;Whalen;Kiernan;;Glover4,300
6 October 1956StranraerA4-5Kiernan(3);OG
13 October 1956Third LanarkH0-16,000
20 October 1956ClydeH2-3Gallacher,H;Rollo8,000
27 October 1956ArbroathA2-3Gallacher,H(2)
3 November 1956Forfar AthleticA2-0Gallacher,H;Gallagher1,600
10 November 1956Brechin CityH2-2Cairns;Whalen
17 November 1956MontroseH7-0Brown(3);Auld(2);Craig;Heaney
24 November 1956MortonA1-1Gallacher,H2,000
8 December 1956Dundee UnitedH3-2Auld(2);Brown5,000
15 December 1956Alloa AthleticA3-2Gallacher,H(2);Brown
22 December 1956Albion RoversH8-1Gallacher,H(5);Brown;Heaney;Auld
29 December 1956ClydeA3-5Gallacher,H;Heaney;Auld9,000
1 January 1957Stirling AlbionH1-3Whalen
2 January 1957East StirlingA2-3Cairns;Brown
5 January 1957StenhousemuirH6-2Brown(3);Gallacher,H;Gibson;Kiernan
12 January 1957Berwick RangersA0-1
19 January 1957StranraerH4-1Gallacher,H(2);Brown;Cairns
26 January 1957Third LanarkA0-76,000
9 February 1957St JohnstoneH4-1Gallacher,H(2);Gallagher;Brown
6 March 1957ArbroathH3-1Gibson;Gallacher,H;Auld
9 March 1957Brechin CityA1-4Rollo
16 March 1957MontroseA6-1Rollo;Brown;Gibson;Gallacher,H;Gallagher;Auld
23 March 1957MortonH2-2Gallacher,H;Brown5,000
10 April 1957Forfar AthleticH5-1Cairns;Brown;Gibson;;Gallacher,H;McKeown
13 April 1957Alloa AthleticH5-0Gibson(2);Gallacher,H(2);Brown
17 April 1957Dundee UnitedA1-3OG1,500
20 April 1957Albion RoversA1-3McCall
24 April 1957St JohnstoneA6-0Gallacher,H(3);Gibson(2);McKeown

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
2 February 19575Queen of the SouthA2-2Gallacher,H;Brown7,199
6 February 19575RQueen of the SouthH4-2McCall;Gibson;Gallacher,H;Whalen5,700
16 February 19576MotherwellA3-1Gibson(2);Cairns16,000
2 March 19577Raith RoversH0-418,001

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
11 August 1956PBrechin CityH1-8Gallacher,H6,000
15 August 1956PHamiltonA3-5Gallacher,H(2);Whalen
18 August 1956PAlloa AthleticH1-1Gallacher,H
25 August 1956PBrechin CityA4-3Gallacher,H(2);Hunter;McCall
29 August 1956PHamiltonH3-4Whalen(3)5,000
1 September 1956PAlloa AthleticA3-1Rollo;Gallacher,H;Glover

Stirlingshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
SFFalkirkWO
29 April 1957F1Alloa AthleticH4-2Auld;Gallacher,H(2);Whalen
30 April 1957F2Alloa AthleticA1-1Gallacher,H

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
23 January 1957CelticH2-5Gallacher,H(2)7,000
1 April 1957Combined Services XIH2-2Gallacher,H;Brown

Appearances

Dumbarton used 26 players for the 46 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Tommy Craig and John McKay were best by featuring in all but one of these matches.[1]

Player Position[2] Appearances Goals
Scotland Bertie Auld FW 168
Scotland Les Brown FW 3923
Scotland Benny Cairns MF 405
Scotland Tommy Craig MF 431
Scotland Hugh Gallacher FW 3936
Scotland Joe Gallacher DF 15
Scotland John Gallagher FW 164
Scotland Bobby Gibson FW 2011
Scotland John Glover FW 82
Scotland John Heaney FW 163
Scotland Hendry FW 1
Scotland Jim Hunter MF 224
Scotland Felix Kiernan FW 118
Scotland Jimmy Mann MF 1
Scotland John McCall MF 383
Scotland Tommy McCulloch GK 1
Scotland John McKay DF 43
Scotland Billy McKeown FW 123
Scotland John McMillan FW 4
Scotland Alex McNeill GK 9
Scotland Jim McQuade FW 6
Scotland Willie Neilson DF 3
Scotland Eddie O'Donnell GK 36
Scotland Alex Rollo DF 415
Scotland Alex Stewart FW 3
Scotland Tom Whalen FW 2310

Reserve Team

Dumbarton played a 'reserve' team in the Alliance League, which was set up for Division 2 sides. The season was split into two 'series' - with Dumbarton winning the First Series (with 6 wins and 2 draws from 10 games) and finishing as runners up in the Second (with 6 wins and 3 draws from 12 games).

See also

References

  1. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  2. The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two defenders, three midfielders and five forwards).

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