1956–57 Dumbarton F.C. season
1956–1957 season | |||
Manager | Peter McGown | ||
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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) | ||
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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
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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22 August 1956 | Cowdenbeath | A | 1-2 | Whalen | |
5 September 1956 | Hamilton | H | 2-0 | Gallacher,H;McKeown | |
8 September 1956 | Stenhousemuir | A | 3-1 | Brown(2);Whalen | |
12 September 1956 | Hamilton | A | 1-1 | Rollo | 5,000 |
15 September 1956 | East Stirling | H | 3-2 | Kiernan(2);Hunter | |
19 September 1956 | Cowdenbeath | H | 2-3 | Kiernan;Hunter | |
22 September 1956 | Stirling Albion | A | 1-3 | Hunter | 5,500 |
29 September 1956 | Berwick Rangers | H | 4-0 | Brown;Whalen;Kiernan;;Glover | 4,300 |
6 October 1956 | Stranraer | A | 4-5 | Kiernan(3);OG | |
13 October 1956 | Third Lanark | H | 0-1 | 6,000 | |
20 October 1956 | Clyde | H | 2-3 | Gallacher,H;Rollo | 8,000 |
27 October 1956 | Arbroath | A | 2-3 | Gallacher,H(2) | |
3 November 1956 | Forfar Athletic | A | 2-0 | Gallacher,H;Gallagher | 1,600 |
10 November 1956 | Brechin City | H | 2-2 | Cairns;Whalen | |
17 November 1956 | Montrose | H | 7-0 | Brown(3);Auld(2);Craig;Heaney | |
24 November 1956 | Morton | A | 1-1 | Gallacher,H | 2,000 |
8 December 1956 | Dundee United | H | 3-2 | Auld(2);Brown | 5,000 |
15 December 1956 | Alloa Athletic | A | 3-2 | Gallacher,H(2);Brown | |
22 December 1956 | Albion Rovers | H | 8-1 | Gallacher,H(5);Brown;Heaney;Auld | |
29 December 1956 | Clyde | A | 3-5 | Gallacher,H;Heaney;Auld | 9,000 |
1 January 1957 | Stirling Albion | H | 1-3 | Whalen | |
2 January 1957 | East Stirling | A | 2-3 | Cairns;Brown | |
5 January 1957 | Stenhousemuir | H | 6-2 | Brown(3);Gallacher,H;Gibson;Kiernan | |
12 January 1957 | Berwick Rangers | A | 0-1 | ||
19 January 1957 | Stranraer | H | 4-1 | Gallacher,H(2);Brown;Cairns | |
26 January 1957 | Third Lanark | A | 0-7 | 6,000 | |
9 February 1957 | St Johnstone | H | 4-1 | Gallacher,H(2);Gallagher;Brown | |
6 March 1957 | Arbroath | H | 3-1 | Gibson;Gallacher,H;Auld | |
9 March 1957 | Brechin City | A | 1-4 | Rollo | |
16 March 1957 | Montrose | A | 6-1 | Rollo;Brown;Gibson;Gallacher,H;Gallagher;Auld | |
23 March 1957 | Morton | H | 2-2 | Gallacher,H;Brown | 5,000 |
10 April 1957 | Forfar Athletic | H | 5-1 | Cairns;Brown;Gibson;;Gallacher,H;McKeown | |
13 April 1957 | Alloa Athletic | H | 5-0 | Gibson(2);Gallacher,H(2);Brown | |
17 April 1957 | Dundee United | A | 1-3 | OG | 1,500 |
20 April 1957 | Albion Rovers | A | 1-3 | McCall | |
24 April 1957 | St Johnstone | A | 6-0 | Gallacher,H(3);Gibson(2);McKeown |
Scottish Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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2 February 1957 | 5 | Queen of the South | A | 2-2 | Gallacher,H;Brown | 7,199 |
6 February 1957 | 5R | Queen of the South | H | 4-2 | McCall;Gibson;Gallacher,H;Whalen | 5,700 |
16 February 1957 | 6 | Motherwell | A | 3-1 | Gibson(2);Cairns | 16,000 |
2 March 1957 | 7 | Raith Rovers | H | 0-4 | 18,001 |
Scottish League Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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11 August 1956 | P | Brechin City | H | 1-8 | Gallacher,H | 6,000 |
15 August 1956 | P | Hamilton | A | 3-5 | Gallacher,H(2);Whalen | |
18 August 1956 | P | Alloa Athletic | H | 1-1 | Gallacher,H | |
25 August 1956 | P | Brechin City | A | 4-3 | Gallacher,H(2);Hunter;McCall | |
29 August 1956 | P | Hamilton | H | 3-4 | Whalen(3) | 5,000 |
1 September 1956 | P | Alloa Athletic | A | 3-1 | Rollo;Gallacher,H;Glover |
Stirlingshire Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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SF | Falkirk | WO | ||||
29 April 1957 | F1 | Alloa Athletic | H | 4-2 | Auld;Gallacher,H(2);Whalen | |
30 April 1957 | F2 | Alloa Athletic | A | 1-1 | Gallacher,H |
Other Matches
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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23 January 1957 | Celtic | H | 2-5 | Gallacher,H(2) | 7,000 |
1 April 1957 | Combined Services XI | H | 2-2 | Gallacher,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 |
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Bertie Auld | FW | 16 | 8 |
Les Brown | FW | 39 | 23 |
Benny Cairns | MF | 40 | 5 |
Tommy Craig | MF | 43 | 1 |
Hugh Gallacher | FW | 39 | 36 |
Joe Gallacher | DF | 15 | |
John Gallagher | FW | 16 | 4 |
Bobby Gibson | FW | 20 | 11 |
John Glover | FW | 8 | 2 |
John Heaney | FW | 16 | 3 |
Hendry | FW | 1 | |
Jim Hunter | MF | 22 | 4 |
Felix Kiernan | FW | 11 | 8 |
Jimmy Mann | MF | 1 | |
John McCall | MF | 38 | 3 |
Tommy McCulloch | GK | 1 | |
John McKay | DF | 43 | |
Billy McKeown | FW | 12 | 3 |
John McMillan | FW | 4 | |
Alex McNeill | GK | 9 | |
Jim McQuade | FW | 6 | |
Willie Neilson | DF | 3 | |
Eddie O'Donnell | GK | 36 | |
Alex Rollo | DF | 41 | 5 |
Alex Stewart | FW | 3 | |
Tom Whalen | FW | 23 | 10 |
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).