1968–69 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1968–1969 season

Manager

Ian Spence/ Jackie Stewart

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division 2

14th

Scottish Cup

First Round

Scottish League Cup

Prelims

Top goalscorer

League: Roy McCormack (19)
All: Roy McCormack (26)

← 1967–68

1969–70 →

Season 1968–69 was the 92nd football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 62nd time, the Scottish Cup for the 74th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 22nd time.

Overview

Another poor start to a league season, with a single win and a draw from the first eight matches, resulted in the sacking of manager Ian Spence. His replacement, Jackie Stewart took charge on 1 December, and although results were to improve, nonetheless Dumbarton finished in a disappointing 14th place, with 27 points, 37 behind champions Motherwell.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton scrapped past non-league minnons Vale of Leithen in the second preliminary round, but were not disgraced in their single goal defeat to First Division opponents St Mirren in the first round proper.

In the League Cup, two wins from the six sectional games were never going to be enough to qualify for the knock out stages of the competition.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup Dumbarton lost in the first round to East Stirling.

In addition, Dumbarton were to undertake a 'mini' pre-season tour across the border - the first games played in England by the club for almost a decade.

Finally the number of goals conceded in all games during the season was 100, the 19th time this unwanted 'century' had been broken, and the second season in a row.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1968–69 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
21 August 1968	Montrose	H	1-2	McCormack
4 September 1968	Montrose	A	0-2
7 September 1968	Clydebank	A	1-0	OG	3,500
14 September 1968	Stirling Albion	H	1-3	McCormack
18 September 1968	East Fife	A	1-1	McCormack
21 September 1968	East Stirling	A	1-4	Watson
28 September 1968	Stranraer	H	1-3	McCormack
5 October 1968	Stenhousemuir	A	2-3	McCormack;Boyd
12 October 1968	Albion Rovers	H	3-1	Boyd;Watson(2)
19 October 1968	Berwick Rangers	A	0-2
26 October 1968	Brechin City	H	2-1	McCormack(2)
2 November 1968	Queen of the South	A	1-4	McCormack)
9 November 1968	Ayr United	H	0-3		400
16 November 1968	Forfar Athletic	A	0-2
23 November 1968	Cowdenbeath	A	1-3	Graham	300
30 November 1968	Hamilton	H	1-0	Curran	500
7 December 1968	Alloa Athletic	H	4-1	Boyd(2);McCormack(2)
14 December 1968	East Fife	H	1-1	McCormack
21 December 1968	Motherwell	A	1-1	Easton
28 December 1968	Queens Park	H	0-2		800
1 January 1969	Clydebank	H	3-3	Boyd;McCormack;Watson
2 January 1969	Stirling Albion	A	0-3
11 January 1969	Stranraer	A	2-1	Boyd;McCormack
18 January 1969	Stenhousemuir	H	5-1	Boyd;McCormack(2);Watson(2)
1 February 1969	Albion Rovers	A	2-1	Boyd;McCormack
8 February 1969	Berwick Rangers	H	3-1	Watson;Currie(2)	1,700
22 February 1969	Queen of the South	H	0-2		700
1 March 1969	Ayr United	A	0-4
8 March 1969	Forfar Athletic	H	2-3	McCormack;OG	500
15 March 1969	Cowdenbeath	H	0-3
22 March 1969	Hamilton	A	0-0		230
29 March 1969	Alloa Athletic	A	1-0	Boyd	400
9 April 1969	Brechin City	A	0-1
12 April 1969	Motherwell	A	2-4	McCormack;McMichael	1,200
19 April 1969	Queens Park	A	0-2		977
25 April 1969	East Stirling	H	4-1	Easton;McCormack;Watson;McMichael

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1968–69 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
4 January 1969	P2	Vale of Leithen	H	3-2	McCormack(2);Watson	1,250
25 January 1969	1	St Mirren	H	0-1		8,860

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1968–69 Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
10 August 1968	P	Albion Rovers	H	0-4
14 August 1968	P	Forfar Athletic	A	0-1
17 August 1968	P	Queens Park	H	4-3	McCormack(2);McGhee(2)	1,485
24 August 1968	P	Albion Rovers	A	0-5
28 August 1968	P	Forfar Athletic	H	5-1	McCormack(3);Graham;Easton
31 August 1968	P	Queens Park	A	0-1

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
21 October 1968	1	East Stirling	A	1-3	Boyd

* - lost on toss of coin

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
31 July 1968	Chester City	A	1-4	McMurray
2 August 1968	Southport	A	3-0	McGhee(2);Watson
5 August 1968	Tranmere Rovers	H	2-2	Graham;McCully	2,500
11 September 1968	Hearts XI	H	2-3	McCormack;Brown
4 April 1969	Partick Thistle XI	H	2-1	unknown

Appearances

Dumbarton used 34 players for the 44 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Johnny Graham was best by featuring in all of these matches.^[1]

Player	Position	Appearances^[2]	Goals
David Anderson	GK	31
Steve Anderson	GK	2
Ian Boyd	FW	31	9
Jackie Boyle	MF	3
Brogan	FW	1
Hugh Brown	FW	16(5)
Bill Caldwell	FW	1
Len Campbell	MF	24
Willie Cunningham	MF	1
Ronnie Curran	MF	26(2)	1
Derek Currie	FW	1	2
George Easton	FW	29(2)	3
Jim Fagan	MF	1(1)
Johnny Graham	MF	44	2
Jim Harkins	GK	9
Davie Hogg	FW	2
Bobby Johnstone	MF	16
McAlister	MF	1
Jackie McBride	MF	1
Roy McCormack	FW	43	26
Henry McCully	MF	8
John McGhee	FW	32(2)	2
Mike McGowan	FW	1
Alex McMichael	FW	10	2
Bill McMurray	DF	40(1)
George Muir	DF	38
Savage	FW	1
Alex Smith	DF	2
Walter Smith	GK	3
Jackie Stewart	FW	1(1)
Allan Watson	FW	42	9
Whitelaw	FW	1
Billy Wilkinson	DF	13(2)
Michael Wynne	FW	9(1)
Bobby Young	FW	1

References

↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
↑ Substitute appearances in brackets.

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

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Domestic leagues	Football League First Division Second Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Related to national team	Results 1970 World Cup qualifying (Group 7) British Home Championship

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1968–69 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Stirlingshire Cup

Other Matches

Appearances

See also

References

External links