1944–45 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1944–1945 season
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Southern League 13th
Summer Cup First Round
League Cup South Prelims
Top goalscorer League: Willie Reid (13)
All: Willie Reid (15)
← 1943–44 1945–46 →

Season 1944–45 was the 68th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level and the sixth season of special wartime football during World War II.

Overview

Four seasons of improving performances were not to be continued, with Dumbarton suffering a disastrous start to the campaign which saw only 3 points earned from the first 11 games. Things were not helped by a high 'turn-over' of playing staff and Dumbarton slumped to 13th out of 16 in the Scottish Southern League with 21 points - 38 behind champions Rangers.

The cup results were no better, with Dumbarton again failing to escape from their qualifying section in the League Cup South.

In the Summer Cup, Dumbarton suffered another first round defeat, this time to Partick Thistle.

Note that Jackie Milne was appointed manager in June 1945.

Finally, the number of goals conceded in all games during the season was 104, the 11th time the 'century' had been broken.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Southern League

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Main article: Southern Football League (Scotland)
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
12 August 1944 Motherwell A 3-4 Reid;Brooks;Stead 5,000
19 August 1944 Partick Thistle H 4-1 Brooks(2);Reid;Timmins 5,500
26 August 1944 St Mirren A 2-4 Brooks;McLean 7,000
2 September 1944 Hibernian H 0-3 3,500
9 September 1944 Falkirk A 1-5 McLean 4,000
16 September 1944 Celtic H 0-3 7,000
23 September 1944 Airdrie A 1-3 Brooks 3,000
30 September 1944 Third Lanark H 2-5 Timmins(2) 3,000
7 October 1944 Queen's Park H 2-2 Timmins;Mooney 2,500
14 October 1944 Hearts A 0-4 5,000
21 October 1944 Morton H 0-4 5,000
28 October 1944 Albion Rovers A 4-2 Hepburn(2);Brooks;Reid 1,000
11 November 1944 Rangers A 2-5 Brawley;Dolan 12,000
18 November 1944 Clyde H 3-0 Reid(2);Milne 6,000
25 November 1944 Motherwell H 2-6 Marshall(2) 6,000
2 December 1944 Partick Thistle A 2-1 Brooks;Reid 5,000
9 December 1944 St Mirren H 3-1 Pritchard;Reid;Murphy 4,000
16 December 1944 Hibernian A 0-0 5,000
23 December 1944 Airdrie H 2-0 Reid(2) 2,500
30 December 1944 Celtic A 1-2 Marshall 9,000
1 January 1945 Falkirk H 1-4 Brawley
2 January 1945 Clyde A 1-7 Timmins
6 January 1945 Third Lanark A 2-0 MacMillan;Marshall 5,000
13 January 1945 Queen's Park A 0-2 4,000
3 February 1945 Albion Rovers H 3-2 Pritchard(2);Filshie 2,000
10 February 1945 Hamilton A 3-3 Reid(2);Murphy 1,000
17 February 1945 Rangers H 3-6 Milne;Murphy;OG 4,000
7 April 1945 Morton A 1-2 Reid 5,000
21 April 1945 Hearts H 3-2 Hepburn;Reid;Boyd 1,300
28 April 1945 Hamilton H 0-2

League Cup South

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Main article: 1944–45 Southern League Cup (Scotland)
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
24 February 1945 P Motherwell A 1-2 Murphy 4,000
3 March 1945 P Hearts H 0-0 4,000
10 March 1945 P St Mirren H 5-1 Brawley(2);Hepburn;Reid;Murphy 3,000
17 March 1945 P Motherwell H 2-2 Hepburn;Pritchard 7,000
24 March 1945 P Hearts A 2-6 Brawley;Reid 15,000
31 March 1945 P St Mirren A 1-3 Filshie 3,000

Summer Cup

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Main article: Summer Cup (Scottish football)
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
26 May 1945 1(1) Partick Thistle H 4-4 Murphy(2);Hepburn;Browning 7,000
2 June 1945 1(2) Partick Thistle A 1-2 Timmins 5,000

Appearances

Dumbarton used 39 players for the 38 League, Cup and League Cup matches, as detailed below. Willie Reid topped the 'selection chart' by featuring in 33 of these matches. Note that unnamed trialist(s) played in three matches.[1]

Player Position[2] Appearances Goals
Scotland Brendan Bell GK 2
Scotland Andrew Boyd FW 2 1
Scotland Tom Brawley MF 28 5
Scotland George Brooks FW 20 7
Scotland John Browning MF 2 1
Scotland George Campbell FW 27
Scotland Andy Cheyne DF 12
Scotland John Craig MF 6
Scotland Dolan FW 1 1
Scotland Bobby Donaldson MF 4
Scotland Frank Douglas MF 2
Scotland James Dover GK 9
Scotland Andrew Easton MF 1
Scotland Alexander Filshie FW 9 2
Scotland Stan Gullan GK 7
Scotland Hugh Hart MF 3
Scotland John Hepburn[3] FW 28 6
Scotland Jim Hoey GK 16
Scotland James Hoy DF 7
Scotland Alex Kay DF 26
Scotland Donald MacMillan FW 8 1
England Cliff Mansley MF 1
Scotland Ernest Marshall FW 15 4
Scotland Victor McAloney FW 1
Scotland Andrew McAlpine MF 3
Scotland Gordon McFarlane MF 2
Scotland James McGowan FW 2
Scotland Albert McLean FW 5
Scotland Jackie Milne MF 22 2
Scotland Mooney FW 7 1
Scotland John Mulvaney DF 4
Scotland Robert Murphy FW 26 7
Scotland A Vincent Pritchard FW 8 4
Scotland Willie Reid[4] FW 33 15
Scotland Angus Stead FW 6 1
Scotland Jimmy Timmins MF 23 6
Scotland Robert Torrance MF 8
Scotland Robert Wallace DF 25
Scotland David Watson GK 4

Reserve Team

Dumbarton's Second XI had similar disappointing fortunes during the season to the first team.

In the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost in the first round to Falkirk, and finished 9th (of 11) in the Glasgow & District Reserve League.

See also

References

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  2. ↑ The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two defenders, three midfielders and five forwards).
  3. ↑ The League Cup South tie against St Mirren on 31 March marked John Hepburn's 100th appearance for the club in all national competitions.
  4. ↑ The league match against Morton on 7 April marked Willie Reid's 100th appearance for the club in all national competitions.

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