1945–46 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1945–46 season was the seventh (and last) Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in specially arranged wartime football.

Dumbarton

1945–1946 season
Manager	Jackie Milne
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Division B	8th
B Division Supplementary Cup	Runner Up
League Cup South	Prelims
Top goalscorer	League: Jim McGowan (13) All: Jim McGowan (21)
Home colours

Scottish Football League

In what was the last Scottish football season to be played under wartime conditions, the League competition was split into two divisions, with Dumbarton playing in Division B. Dumbarton finished 8th out of 16 with 26 points - 18 behind champions Dundee. No promotion or relegation resulted from the competition.

11 August 1945 Division B	St Johnstone	3–3[1]	Dumbarton	Muirton Park
	Souttar  10' McIntosh  15', 75'		McGowan  6' McMillan  44' Timmins  60'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: J M Martin

18 August 1945 Division B	Dumbarton	4–0[2]	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
	McMillan  43' Murphy  47' McGowan  66', 67'			Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Brownlie

25 August 1945 Division B	Dundee	5–2[3]	Dumbarton	Dens Park
	Ochterlonie  8' Moir  11' Bowman  18' Anderson  47', 63'		Timmins  21' (pen) McGowan  27'	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: D Gerrard

1 September 1945 Division B	Dumbarton	6–3[4]	Raith Rovers	Boghead Park
	Marshall  4', 87' McGowan  36', 63' Mcdonald  71', 78'		Wood  35' Stewart  40', 75'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: E Shirley

8 September 1945 Division B	Ayr United	4–1[5]	Dumbarton	Somerset Park
	Harper  39' Malcolm  67' Leitch  73' Smith  84' (pen)		Mcdonald  33'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Nichol

15 September 1945 Division B	Dumbarton	1–1[6]	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
	Mcdonald  87'		Ormand  59'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W M Crawford

22 September 1945 Division B	Dumbarton	2–0[7]	Arbroath	Boghead Park
	McAloney  11' McGowan  14'			Attendance: 1,500 Referee: F Scott

29 September 1945 Division B	Alloa Athletic	2–1[8]	Dumbarton	Recreation Park, Alloa
	Stephenson  37' McKay  48'		McGowan  32'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Brownlie

6 October 1945 Division B	Dumbarton	2–1[9]	Dunfermline Athletic	Boghead Park
	McGowan  75' McNamara  80'		Ellis  14'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: J Pollock

13 October 1945 Division B	Dumbarton	3–0[10]	East Fife	Boghead Park
	McDonald  13' Bootland  60' Jess  73'			Attendance: 3,000 Referee: R Maxwell

20 October 1945 Division B	Cowdenbeath	1–5[11]	Dumbarton	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
	Ferguson  55'		McNamara  1' McDonald  30' Bootland  33' McMillan  34'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: G Mitchell

27 October 1945 Division B	Dumbarton	1–2[12]	Airdrie	Boghead Park
	McNamara  8'		Alexander  1', 59'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: W G Livingstone

3 November 1945 Division B	Dumbarton	2–1[13]	Dundee United	Boghead Park
	Campbell McGowan		Newman

10 November 1945 Division B	Albion Rovers	3–0[14]	Dumbarton	Cliftonhill
	Findlay  35', 86' Loudon 46'			Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W Bowman

17 November 1945 Division B	Dumbarton	3–5[15]	St Johnstone	Boghead Park
	Bootland  5' Marshall  36', 50'		McIntosh  8', 22' Burns  12' Boyd  24' Soutar  85'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Jackson

24 November 1945 Division B	Dumbarton	0–1[16]	Dundee	Boghead Park
			Gallacher  15'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Cameron

1 December 1945 Division B	Raith Rovers	1–4[17]	Dumbarton	Starks Park
	Woon  79'		McMillan  43', 61', 70' Timmins 75'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: W T Livingston

8 December 1945 Division B	Arbroath	0–3[18]	Dumbarton	Gayfield Park
			Neil  6', 9' McGowan  43'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J M Martin

15 December 1945 Division B	Stenhousemuir	2–2[19]	Dumbarton	Ochilview Park
	Newman  78' Clark  85'		Neil  2' McMillan 10'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: J M Martin

22 December 1945 Division B	Dumbarton	4–1[20]	Alloa Athletic	Boghead Park
	Bartleman  5' McGowan  18' Trialist  50' McMillan  72'		Gray  25'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: W M Crawford

29 December 1945 Division B	Dunfermline Athletic	1–1[21]	Dumbarton	East End Park
	Gilmour  41'		Neil  83'	Attendance: 3,000

1 January 1946 Division B	Dumbarton	1–3[22]	Ayr United	Boghead Park
	Bootland

2 January 1946 Division B	Dundee United	4–1[23]	Dumbarton	Tannadice Park
			McGowan	Attendance: 6,500

5 January 1946 Division B	East Fife	6–2[24]	Dumbarton	Bayview Stadium
	Smith  39', 73' Adamson  43', 50' Sneddon  61' Adams  81'		Murphy  17' Campbell  52'	Attendance: 3,000

12 January 1946 Division B	Dumbarton	3–1[25]	Cowdenbeath	Boghead Park
	Bartleman  39' Neil  44' Bootland  55'		Fraser  82'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Brownlie

19 January 1946 Division B	Airdrie	3–2[26]	Dumbarton	Broomfield Park
	Aitken  44', 85' McCulloch  87'		Neil  54' Bartleman  57'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Thompson

League Cup South

The story in the League Cup South was a familiar one, with Dumbarton failing to qualify from their section games.

23 February 1946 Div B Grp B	Dumbarton	0–1[27]	Ayr United	Boghead Park
			Harper  56'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: W Davidson

2 March 1946 Div B Grp B	Stenhousemuir	0–2[28]	Dumbarton	Ochilview Park
			McDonald  20' Bootland  59'	Attendance: 1,500

9 March 1946 Div B Grp B	Dundee United	3–2[29]	Dumbarton	Tannadice Park
	McKay  3' Cabrelli  63' Buchan  89'		McDonald  6' McGowan  55'	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: J Thompson

16 March 1946 Div B Grp B	Ayr United	3–1[30]	Dumbarton	Somerset Park
	Smith  33' Morrison  58', 81'		Bartleman  73'	Attendance: 7,900 Referee: W Brown

23 March 1946 Div B Grp B	Dumbarton	1–3[31]	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
	McGowan  1'		Donaldson  4', 70' Newall  80'	Attendance: 2,000

30 March 1946 Div B Grp B	Dumbarton	1–2[32]	Dundee United	Boghead Park
	McGowan  48'		Pacione  18', 30'	Referee: R G Benzie

Supplementary Cup

The Summer Cup was replaced for B Division teams with a Supplementary Cup, and Dumbarton reached the final only to lose out to Airdrie.

26 January 1946 1st Rnd 1st Leg	Stenhousemuir	1–6	Dumbarton	Ochilview Park
	Donald  7'		McNamara  40' McDonald McGowan  58', 88' Neil  70' Bootland  87'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: R Calder

2 February 1946 1st Rnd 2nd Leg	Dumbarton	2–2 (8–3 agg.)	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
	McGowan  17' Neil  59'		Donaldson  19' Arbuckle  61'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W Webb

16 February 1946 Semi Final	East Fife	0–1	Dumbarton	Ochilview Park
			Bootland  31'	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: C Blues

17 April 1946 Final	Airdrie	2–1	Dumbarton	Ibrox Park
	Peters		Bootland

Victory Cup

As in 1919, a special Victory Cup was played for, but for Dumbarton there was a first round exit, to Airdrie.

20 April 1946 1st Rnd 1st Leg	Airdrie	4–0[33][34]	Dumbarton	Broomfield Park
	Aitken  4', 27' Watson  37' McCulloch  87'			Attendance: 7,400 Referee: W G Livingston

24 April 1946 1st Rnd 2nd Leg	Dumbarton	1–1[35][36] (1–5 agg.)	Airdrie	Boghead Park
	Bootland		Flavell  10'

Stirlingshire Cup

The Stirlingshire Cup competition was re-established for the first time since 1939, with Dumbarton falling at the semi final stage to A Division opponents, Falkirk. The competition was however never completed.

5 September 1945 1st Rnd 1st Leg	Stirling Albion	3–2	Dumbarton	Annfield Stadium
	Gourlay  30' Campbell  57' Sanders  75'		Hepburn  21' Murphy  70'	Attendance: 3,000

5 September 1945 1st Rnd 2nd Leg	Dumbarton	4–0 (6–3 agg.)	Stirling Albion	Boghead Park
	McGowan  35' Smith			Attendance: 2,500 Referee: W Davidson

11 May 1946 Semi Final	Falkirk	2–1	Dumbarton	Brockville Park
	Brooks  23', 48'		Neilson  75'	Referee: J Godfrey

Player statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Southern Division		Supplementary Cup		League Cup		Victory Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Archibald Dingley[37]	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Joe Henderson	11	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	2	0
	GK		Jim Hoey[38]	12	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Peter McArthur[39]	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Ian Ogilvie	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		James Brown[40]	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	DF		Ralph Cowan[41]	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Alex Kay[42]	31	0	26	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
	DF		Robert Wallace[43]	30	0	19	0	4	0	5	0	2	0
	MF		George Campbell	37	2	25	2	4	0	6	0	2	0
	MF		John Craig[44]	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Bobby Donaldson	35	0	23	0	4	0	6	0	2	0
	MF		Jim Douglas[45]	25	0	16	0	2	0	5	0	2	0
	MF		Gordon McFarlane[46]	19	0	12	0	3	0	4	0	0	0
	MF		Bobby Ross[47]	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
	MF		Jimmy Timmins[48]	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Robert Torrance[49]	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	FW		David Bartleman[50]	17	4	11	3	1	0	4	1	1	0
	FW		Charlie Bootland	27	10	17	5	4	3	4	1	2	1
	FW		Alexander Filshie[51]	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		John Getty[52]	5	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0
	FW		John Hepburn[53]	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Thomas Jess[54]	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Donald MacMillan[55]	14	7	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Ernest Marshall[56]	3	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Victor McAloney[57]	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Bernard McDonald[58]	24	10	13	7	4	1	5	2	2	0
	FW		Jimmy McGowan	37	19	25	13	4	3	6	3	2	0
	FW		Hugh McNamara[59]	8	4	7	3	1	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Robert Murphy[60]	9	2	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		William Neil[61]	20	9	9	7	3	2	6	0	2	0
	FW		Jimmy Smith	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Trialists	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:[62]

Transfers

Players in Player From Date Jim Douglas Clyde 18 May 1945 Bernard McDonald 14 Aug 1945 Thomas O'Reilly 1 Sep 1945 Peter McArthur Clyde 12 Sep 1945 Hugh McNamara Clyde 4 Oct 1945 Thomas Jess St Mirren 6 Oct 1945 Charlie Bootland amateur 15 Oct 1945 Archiblad Dingley Ayr United 16 Oct 1945 Alexander Filshie Morton 8 Nov 1945 William Neil Rangers 20 Nov 1945 David Bartleman Burnbank Athletic 29 Nov 1945 Ralph Cowan Rangers 1 Jan 1946 James Brown 23 Feb 1946 Ian Ogilvie Forfar Celtic Bobby Ross Rangers Gordon MacFarlane Jimmy Smith

Players out Player To Date Willie Reid St Mirren 23 May 1945 George Brooks Falkirk 26 May 1945 Robert Murphy Released 1 Jul 1945 George Jeffrey Hamilton 30 Aug 1945 Thomas O'Reilly 17 Sep 1945 John Hepburn Clyde 4 Oct 1945 Peter McArthur Released 26 Oct 1945 Ernest Marshall Released 22 Nov 1945 Archibald Dingley amateur 12 Jan 1946 Joseph Henderson Hibernian (loan) 30 Jan 1946 Hugh McNamara released 2 Feb 1946 Ralph Cowan Stirling Albion 20 Feb 1946 John Browning Albion Rovers

Source:[63]

In addition Andrew Bartleman, David Boyd, Tom Brawley, Andrew Cheyne, Frank Douglas, Stan Gullan, James Hoy, Jackie Milne, John Mulvaney, Vincemnt Pritchard and David Watson would all have played their last 1st team game for Dumbarton before the end of the season.

References

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45. "Jim Douglas - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
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47. "Bobby Ross - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
48. "Jimmy Timmins - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
49. "Robert Torrance - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
50. "David Bartleman - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
51. "Alexander Filshie - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
52. "John Getty - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
53. "John Hepburn - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
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61. "William Neil - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
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63. Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

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