1933–34 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1933–34 season was the 57th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Dumbartonshire Cup.

Dumbarton

1933–1934 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two	6th
Scottish Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Johnny Haddow (33) All: Johnny Haddow (33)
Home colours

Scottish League

Dumbarton had their best season since their return to the Second Division 11 years earlier by finishing 6th out of 18, with 37 points – just 8 behind champions Albion Rovers. It could have so been much better, particularly with just 2 home defeats, but as with many previous seasons it was the inability to win away from Boghead which prevented any real promotion hopes.[1]

12 August 1933 League	Edinburgh City	2-1 [2][3]	Dumbarton	Powderhall Stadium
	Ross  1', 70'		Nugent  25'	Referee: J Allan

19 August 1933 League	Dumbarton	2-1 [4][5]	King's Park	Boghead Park
	Haddow  50'		Laird  5'	Attendance: 1,500

26 August 1933 League	Arbroath	4-1 [6][7]	Dumbarton	Gayfield Park
	Mutch Farquhar Ross		Haddow  (pen)	Attendance: 2,000

2 September 1933 League	Dumbarton	4-2 [8][9]	Dundee United	Boghead Park
	Ballantyne  1' Haddow McGonagle		Newman	Attendance: 1,000

9 September 1933 League	Albion Rovers	2-0 [10][11]	Dumbarton	Cliftonhill
	Miller Barclay  85'			Attendance: 2,500 Referee: K Blue

16 September 1933 League	Dumbarton	2-0 [12][13]	Raith Rovers	Boghead Park
	McGonagle  29' Ballantyne  33'			Attendance: 1,500 Referee: G McCutcheon

23 September 1933 League	Brechin City	4-0 [14][15]	Dumbarton	Glebe Park, Brechin
	Cameron  49' Pyper  70', 75' Linton  83'			Referee: A MacKay

30 September 1933 League	Dumbarton	3-1 [16][17]	Dunfermline Athletic	Boghead Park
	Ballantyne  24' Haddow  53' (pen) Taylor  90'		McGachie  46'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: G McKay

7 October 1933 League	Leith Athletic	0-1 [18][19]	Dumbarton	Marine Gardens
			Haddow

14 October 1933 League	Dumbarton	3-4 [20][21]	East Fife	Boghead Park
	Haddow  44', 55', 57'		Weir  12', 58' McCartney  32', 33'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: J Robertson

21 October 1933 League	Montrose	2-4 [22][23]	Dumbarton	Links Park
	Geddes  3' Gillespie		Ritchie,R Taylor Collins  60' Haddow	Referee: H McLachlan

28 October 1933 League	King's Park	3-1 [24][25]	Dumbarton	Forthbank Park
	Lang Bryce  10' Dyet  88'		Kennedy  5'

4 November 1933 League	Dumbarton	3-0 [26][27]	Forfar Athletic	Boghead Park
	Haddow  35' (pen) 50'			Attendance: 1,500 Referee: W McCulloch

11 November 1933 League	Alloa Athletic	2-0 [28][29]	Dumbarton	Recreation Park, Alloa
	Sclater Hamilton

18 November 1933 League	Dumbarton	2-0 [30][31]	Arbroath	Boghead Park
	Haddow Ballantyne			Attendance: 1,500 Referee: J McKay

25 November 1933 League	East Stirlingshire	3-1 [32][33]	Dumbarton	Firs Park
	Jack  62', 87' Duncan  86'		Haddow  60'	Referee: R Innes

2 December 1933 League	Dumbarton	2-0 [34][35]	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
	Wotherspoon  52' Haddow  75'			Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W McCulloch

9 December 1933 League	Morton	3-1 [36][37]	Dumbarton	Cappielow Park
	Gilliland  20' Keyes  22'		Haddow  (pen)	Attendance: 4,000

16 December 1933 League	Dumbarton	4-1 [38][39]	Edinburgh City	Boghead Park
	Haddow  46' Collins		McMeekin	Attendance: 1,000

23 December 1933 League	Dumbarton	3-1 [40][41]	Brechin City	Boghead Park
	Wallace  39' Haddow  59', 82'		Brown  83'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: J Ramsay

30 December 1933 League	Dundee United	4-4 [42][43]	Dumbarton	Tannadice Park
	Oucheronie  5' Ross  33' Munro		Haddow  86' (pen) Wotherspoon McMonagle  65'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: G McCutcheon

1 January 1934 League	Dumbarton	2-0 [44][45]	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
	Haddow  15', 50'			Attendance: 2,000

6 January 1934 League	East Fife	3-3 [46][47]	Dumbarton	Bayview Park, Methil
	Forgie Morrison Dougan  49'		Wotherspoon Collins  80' McMonagle  81'

13 January 1934 League	Dumbarton	1-2 [48][49]	Leith Athletic	Boghead Park
	Wotherspoon		Meikleham Percy	Attendance: 1,000

20 January 1934 League	Stenhousemuir	6-4 [50][51]	Dumbarton	Ochilview Park
	Turnbull  5' (pen) Howie  11' Hart  28', 30' Cowan  78'		Haddow  8', 57' Wotherspoon Wallace	Referee: H McLachlan

10 February 1934 League	Dunfermline Athletic	3-0 [52][53]	Dumbarton	East End Park
	Watson Garland Dobson			Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Grant

24 February 1934 League	Dumbarton	3-2 [54][55]	Alloa Athletic	Boghead Park
	Haddow Ritchie,R		Hamilton Bollind	Attendance: 1,000

3 March 1934 League	Dumbarton	2-0 [56][57]	St Bernard's	Boghead Park
	Ballantyne			Attendance: 800

10 March 1934 League	St Bernard's	7-2 [58][59]	Dumbarton	Royal Gymnasium Ground
	Forbes  10' Murray Newman Russell  88'		Wallace Kennedy

17 March 1934 League	Dumbarton	2-0 [60][61]	East Stirling	Boghead Park
	Wallace  40' Haddow  89'			Attendance: 800 Referee: W McCulloch

24 March 1934 League	Forfar Athletic	4-0 [62][63]	Dumbarton	Station Park, Forfar
	Black  69', 84' Gabriel  70', 89'			Referee: H McLachlan

31 March 1934 League	Dumbarton	2-0 [64][65]	Montrose	Boghead Park
	Ritchie,R  75' Taylor  80'			Referee: W Murray

7 April 1934 League	Forfar Athletic	1-1 [66][67]	Dumbarton	Starks Park
	Crichton  30'		Ritchie,R	Referee: A Bainbridge

21 April 1934 League	Dumbarton	3-1 [68][69]	Morton	Boghead Park
	Haddow Collins		Cummings	Attendance: 1,500

Scottish Cup

There was another first round exit, this time to Arbroath.

20 January 1934 Cup R1	Arbroath	1–2[70][71]	Dumbarton	Gayfield Park
	Brand Muir  68'		Collins	Attendance: 3,440 Referee: D Rees

Dumbartonshire Cup

Dumbarton lost the Dumbartonshire Cup to non-league Vale Ocaba.

18 April 1934 Final	Vale Ocaba	3-1	Dumbarton	Millburn Park
			Kennedy	Attendance: 600

Friendlies

7 September 1933 Friendly	Dumbarton	4–2	Milngavie	Boghead Park
	Wallace Kennedy

27 January 1934 Friendly	Dumbarton	1–3	Clyde	Boghead Park
	Wallace

Player statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		Scottish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Archibald Milliken	2	0	2	0	0	0
	GK		William Simpson[72]	33	0	32	0	1	0
	DF		William Hamilton[73]	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF		Kane[74]	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF		McCallum[75]	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF		McCrone[76]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		William Meek[77]	11	0	10	0	1	0
	DF		James Osborne[78]	7	0	7	0	0	0
	DF		Martin Watson[79]	29	0	28	0	1	0
	MF		Charles Ballantyne	32	6	31	6	1	0
	MF		John Forgie[80]	21	0	21	0	0	0
	MF		Allan Miller[81]	3	0	3	0	0	0
	MF		William Murray[82]	4	0	4	0	0	0
	MF		Dick Ritchie[83]	33	4	32	4	1	0
	MF		George Ritchie[84]	28	0	28	0	0	0
	MF		Robert Taylor[85]	19	3	18	3	1	0
	FW		Blackwood[86]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		David Collins	21	5	20	4	1	1
	FW		Johnny Haddow	32	33	31	33	1	0
	FW		David Hodge[87]	10	1	10	1	0	0
	FW		Kempton[88]	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW		David Kennedy[89]	15	3	15	3	0	0
	FW		Thomas McGunnigle	27	4	26	4	1	0
	FW		Michael Noone[90]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		A Ritchie[91]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		John Wallace[92]	25	4	24	4	1	0
	FW		Daniel Wotherspoon[93]	21	5	20	5	1	0

Source:[94]

Transfers

Players in Player From Date Daniel Wotherspoon Maryhill 3 Jul 1933 Dick Ritchie Morton 4 Aug 1933 George Ritchie 7 Aug 1933 John Forgie Milngavie 8 Aug 1933 Michael Noone Morton 9 Aug 1933 Martin Watson Queen of the South 10 Aug 1933 David Hodge Morton 17 Aug 1933 Johnny Haddow King's Park 18 Aug 1933 Thomas McGunnigle Bangor 24 Aug 1933 John Wallace 3 Oct 1933 David Collins Bradford PA 21 Oct 1933 James Osborne Northampton Town 29 Nov 1933 William Meek 18 Jan 1934 Allan Miller

Players out Player To Date James Liddell Albion Rovers 19 Jun 1933 Archibald Milliken Dundee United (loan) 13 Jul 1933 Andrew Young Freed 15 Jul 1933 William Hamilton Edinburgh City 27 jul 1933 Willie Parlane St Mirren 8 Aug 1933 John Lang King's Park 12 Sep 1933 David Hodge Freed 18 Oct 1933 Andrew Heeps East Stirling Jim Kelso Bradford PA Archibald Turner Kilmarnock

In addition William Gilmour, Henry McAvoy, William McGall, Sam McNee, Michael Noone and Alex Parlane all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.

Source:[95]

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