1898–99 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1898–99 season was the 26th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level entering the Scottish Cup and the Scottish Qualifying Cup. In addition Dumbarton played in the Dumbartonshire Cup.

Dumbarton

1898–99 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: All: Willie Speedie (6)
Home colours

Scottish Qualifying Cup

Since 1895, the smaller clubs required to enter the Scottish Qualifying Cup in order to gain access to the Scottish Cup proper. This season, for the first time, Dumbarton were required to pre-qualify for the Scottish Cup and did so by reaching the fourth round of the Qualifying Cup before losing out to Renton.

24 September 1898 QualifyCup R1	Dumbarton	6–2[1]	Linthouse	Boghead Park
	Miller,J Littlejohn Speedie  55' Thomson		45'

8 October 1898 QualifyCup R2	Thornliebank	2–4[2]	Dumbarton	Thornliebank
			Speedie Littlejohn

22 October 1898 QualifyCup R3	Dumbarton	7–1[3]	Glasgow University	Boghead Park
	Miller,J Speedie Littlejohn

5 November 1898 QualifyCup R4	Renton	3–2[4]	Dumbarton	Tontine Park
	(pen) Brady  50'		Speedie

Scottish Cup

Dumbarton's appearance in the Scottish Cup itself was short-lived being knocked out in the first round by East Stirlingshire.

14 January 1899 Cup R1	East Stirling	4–1[5][6]	Dumbarton	Merchiston Park
	Jardine scrimmage Hailstones  90'		Gillies  40'	Attendance: 4,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

Dumbarton continued to dominate the local scene by retaining the Dumbartonshire Cup, beating Vale of Leven in a two-legged semi final then Renton in the final.

11 February 1899 Semi Final First Leg	Vale of Leven	3–2	Dumbarton	Millburn Park
			Speedie

25 February 1899 Semi Final Second Leg	Dumbarton	4–0 (6–3 agg.)	Vale of Leven	Boghead Park
	Mackie

22 April 1899 Final	Dumbarton	6–3	Renton	Millburn Park
	Speedie			Attendance: 600

Friendlies

For a second season Dumbarton were without league fixtures, and the task of building a fixture list with attractive opponents was becoming more difficult.

During the season, 15 'friendly' matches were played, including close defeats home and away against Celtic, and fixtures against Ayrshire Cup holders, Kilmarnock, Lanarkshire Cup holders, Airdrie and Perthshire Cup holders, Fair City Athletic, in the latter case to open Fair City's new ground. In all, 6 were won and 9 lost, scoring 45 goals and conceding 45.

24 August 1898 Friendly	Dumbarton	1–3	Celtic	Boghead Park
	Mackie		Somers Campbell  85'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Mr McLeod

27 August 1898 Friendly	Vale of Leven	0–3	Dumbarton	Millburn Park
			Ward Mackie

17 September 1898 Friendly	Kilmarnock	8–2	Dumbarton	Rugby Park

1 October 1898 Friendly	Dumbarton	2–3	Renton	Boghead Park
	Mackie Thomson  (pen)		Traill  5' Martin

15 October 1898 Friendly	Dumbarton	3–4	Scottish Amateur XI	Boghead Park
	Gillies Morrice

10 November 1898 Friendly	Celtic	3–2	Dumbarton	Celtic Park
	McMahon Divers		Littlejohn Speedie	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Mr Richmond

26 November 1898 Friendly	Dumbarton	5–3	Linthouse	Boghead Park
	Speedie Gillies Miller,J Wingate

3 December 1898 Friendly	Queen's Park	8–2	Dumbarton	Hampden Park
	Morrice  (OG) Mitchell  (OG)		Mackie Speedie	Referee: Mr Ellis

10 December 1898 Friendly	Dumbarton	7–1	Airdrie	Boghead Park
	Miller  (pen) (pen) Speedie Wingate Morrice Littlejohn		Goldie

24 December 1898 Friendly	Renton	2–0	Dumbarton	Tontine Park

7 January 1899 Friendly	Dumbarton	6–0	King's Park	Boghead Park
	Gillies Miller,J Mackie Wingate		Goldie

4 February 1899 Friendly	Dundee	5–3	Dumbarton	Carolina Port
			Wingate

18 February 1899 Friendly	Dumbarton	4–1	Renton	Boghead Park
	Lang Speedie Gillies

16 March 1899 Friendly	Fair City Athletic	4–3	Dumbarton	Balhousie Park, Perth
	Campbell Farrell

8 April 1899 Friendly	Ayr Parkhouse	0–2	Dumbarton	Beresford Park

Player statistics

The lack of league participation continued to take a toll on the players willing to serve the club and, amongst others, John Docherty, James Richmond and internationalist William Thomson left the club to join Celtic, Partick Thistle and Clyde respectively.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Cup		Qualifying Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		G Millar[7]	5	0	1	0	4	0
	DF		Andrew Mauchlen[8]	5	0	1	0	4	0
	DF		Daniel Thomson[9]	4	1	0	0	4	1
	MF		John Gillan[10]	4	0	1	0	3	0
	MF		Kennedy[11]	4	0	1	0	3	0
	MF		Henry Mitchell[12]	3	0	1	0	2	0
	MF		Morrice[13]	5	0	1	0	4	0
	FW		Alexander Gillies[14]	4	1	1	1	3	0
	FW		Robert Hendry[15]	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		James Littlejohn[16]	4	5	0	0	4	5
	FW		Lewis Mackie[17]	5	0	1	0	4	0
	FW		John Millar[18]	5	4	1	0	4	4
	FW		Willie Speedie[19]	5	6	1	0	4	6
	FW		Thomas Wingate[20]	1	0	1	0	0	0

Source:[21]

Reserve team

Dumbarton lost in the second round of the Scottish Second XI Cup to Rangers.

References

1. "Dumbarton 6 - 2 Linthouse, Saturday, September 24th, 1898". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
2. "Thornliebank 2 - 4 Dumbarton, Saturday, October 8th, 1898". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
3. "Dumbarton 7 - 1 Glasgow University, Saturday, October 22nd, 1898". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
4. "Renton 3 - 2 Dumbarton, Saturday, November 5th, 1898". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
5. "East Stirlingshire 4 - 1 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (14/01/1899)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
6. "East Stirlingshire 4 - 1 Dumbarton, Saturday, January 14th, 1899". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
7. "G Millar - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
8. "Andrew Mauchlen - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
9. "Daniel Thomson - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
10. "John Gillan - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
11. "Kennedy - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
12. "Henry Mitchell - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
13. "Morrice - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
14. "Alexander Gillies - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
15. "Robert Hendry - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
16. "James Littlejohn - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
17. "Lewis Mackie - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
18. "James Millar - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
19. "Willie Speedie - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
20. "Thomas Wingate - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
21. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.