1956–57 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1956–1957 season
ManagerPeter McGown
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 29th
Scottish CupSeventh round
Scottish League CupPrelims
Top goalscorerLeague: Hugh Gallacher (28)
All: Hugh Gallacher (37)

The 1956–57 season was the 73rd football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Stirlingshire Cup.

Scottish League[edit]

By coming so close to promotion the previous season, confidence was high to mount a serious challenge on the Division 2 title. However, despite breaking the 100 goals scored in a league season for the first time, the 70 against was never going to be 'championship material' and only a 9th place was achieved with 38 points, 26 behind runaway winners Clyde.

22 August 1956 Division 2 Cowdenbeath 2-1[1][2] Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Murray
Gilfillan 80'
Whalen Referee: A Crossman
5 September 1956 Division 2 Dumbarton 2-0[3][4] Hamilton Boghead Park
Gallacher,H 10'
McKeown 41'
Referee: R Smith
8 September 1956 Division 2 Stenhousemuir 1-3[5][6] Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Jackson 43' Brown 8', 10'
Whalen
Referee: P Crossley
12 September 1956 Division 2 Hamilton 1-1[7][8] Dumbarton Douglas Park
Woods 80' Rollo (pen) Attendance: 5,000
Referee: P Crossley
15 September 1956 Division 2 Dumbarton 3-2[9][10] East Stirling Boghead Park
Hunter
Kiernan
Forsyth 6'
Mooney 15'
Referee: W Brittle
19 September 1956 Division 2 Dumbarton 2-3[11][12] Cowdenbeath Boghead Park
Kiernan
Hunter
Beckett
Stewart
Quinn
Referee: R Rodger
22 September 1956 Division 2 Stirling Albion 3-1[13][14] Dumbarton Annfield Stadium
Smith 14'
Ritchie 64'
Philiben
Hunter 66' Attendance: 5,500
Referee: W Davidson
29 September 1956 Division 2 Dumbarton 4-0[15][16] Berwick Rangers Boghead Park
Whalen 33'
Kiernan 48'
Glover 80'
Brown 85'
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: R Davidson
6 October 1956 Division 2 Stranraer 5-4[17][18] Dumbarton Stair Park
Crow 11'
King 34'
Small 25'
McCutcheon 38'
Kiernan 13' 53'
Wilson (OG)
Referee: J Mackie
13 October 1956 Division 2 Dumbarton 0-1[19][20] Third Lanark Boghead Park
McInnes 27' Attendance: 6,000
Referee: W Liston
20 October 1956 Division 2 Dumbarton 2-3[21][22] Clyde Boghead Park
Gallacher,H 30'
Rollo 58' (pen)
Keogh 8', 77'
Innes 25'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: R Yacamini
29 October 1956 Division 2 Arbroath 3-2[23][24] Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Fernie 6'
Gunn 9'
McGrory 13'
Gallacher,H 7', 61' Attendance: 2,700
Referee: J Devine
3 November 1956 Division 2 Forfar Athletic 0-2[25][26] Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Gallacher,H 28'
Gallagher
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: R Morris
10 November 1956 Division 2 Dumbarton 2-2[27][28] Brechin City Boghead Park
Cairns 25'
Whalen 29'
Gray
Warrander
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: H Spence
17 November 1956 Division 2 Dumbarton 7-0[29][30] Montrose Boghead Park
Heaney 13'
Auld 23', 69'
Brown 32', 33', 59'
Craig 55'
Referee: W Harvey
24 November 1956 Division 2 Morton 1-1[31][32] Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Shaw 88' Gallacher,H 16' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: D McTaggart
8 December 1956 Division 2 Dumbarton 3-2[33][34] Dundee United Boghead Park
Auld 9', 60'
Brown 54'
Milne 23'
Watt 38'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: T Wharton
15 December 1956 Division 2 Alloa Athletic 2-3[35][36] Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Docherty
Dignam
Gallacher,H
Brown
8 December 1956 Division 2 Dumbarton 3-2[33][34] Dundee United Boghead Park
Auld 9', 60'
Brown 54'
Milne 23'
Watt 38'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: T Wharton
22 December 1956 Division 2 Dumbarton 8-1[37][38] Albion Rovers Boghead Park
Gallacher,H 15', 28', 36', 55', 83'
Brown 48'
Heaney 81'
Auld 83'
McKenna 42' Referee: T Edwards
15 December 1956 Division 2 Clyde 5-3[39][40] Dumbarton Shawfield Stadium
Innes 10', 50'
Ring 77'
Granville 81'
Craig 84' (OG)
Heaney 3'
Gallacher,H 52'
Auld
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: J Mowat
1 January 1957 Division 2 Dumbarton 1-3[41][42] Stirling Albion Boghead Park
Whalen 54' Pattison
Grant 56', 57'
Referee: A McLintock
2 January 1957 Division 2 East Stirling 3-2[43][44] Dumbarton Firs Park
Forsyth,D
Cairns
Brown
Referee: H Spence
5 January 1957 Division 2 Dumbarton 6-2[45][46] Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
Gibson 8'
Gallacher,H 32'
Brown 39', 51', 53'
Kiernan
Jack 38' Referee: H Gallacher
12 January 1957 Division 2 Berwick Rangers 1-0[47][48] Dumbarton Shielfield Park
Campbell 33' Referee: J Bissett
19 January 1957 Division 2 Dumbarton 4-1[49][50] Stranraer Boghead Park
Kiernan
Brown
Gallacher,H 54', 80'
Miller Referee: W Brittle
26 January 1957 Division 2 Third Lanark 7-0[51][52] Dumbarton Cathkin Park
Allan
Herbert
Walker 36', 39', 70'
Craig 75', 78'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: F Crossley
9 February 1957 Division 2 Dumbarton 4-1[53][54] St Johnstone Boghead Park
McKeown 9'
Gallacher,H 32'
Gallagher 54'
Brown 67'
Palmer 71' (pen) Referee: R Rodger
6 March 1957 Division 2 Dumbarton 3-1[55][56] Arbroath Boghead Park
Gallacher,H 30'
Auld 57'
Gibson 59'
Vandermotten 75'
9 March 1957 Division 2 Brechin City 4-1[57][58] Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Warrander
Stormont
Scott
Rollo 30' Referee: H Phillips
16 March 1957 Division 2 Montrose 1-6[59][60] Dumbarton Links Park
Kiddle 85' Brown 4'
Gallacher,H 14'
Gallagher 32'
Gibson 33'
Auld 41'
Rollo 90'
Referee: W Syme
23 March 1957 Division 2 Dumbarton 2-2[61][62] Morton Boghead Park
Brown 6'
Gallacher,H 48'
Gourlay 43'
Newman 56'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: A McLintock
10 April 1957 Division 2 Dumbarton 5-1[63][64] Forfar Athletic Boghead Park
Gallacher,H
Cairns
brown
McKeown
Gibson
Ogilvie
13 April 1957 Division 2 Dumbarton 5-0[65][66] Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
Gallacher,H 5'
Gibson 13', 38'
Brown
Referee: R Rodger
17 April 1957 Division 2 Dundee United 3-1[67][68] Dumbarton Tannadice Park
Coyle
McDonald
Hamilton (OG) Attendance: 1,500
20 April 1957 Division 2 Albion Rovers 3-1[69][70] Dumbarton Cliftonhill Stadium
Carson
Houston 27' (pen)
McKay 78'
McCall (pen) Referee: P Fitzpatrick
24 April 1957 Division 2 St Johnstone 0-6[71][72] Dumbarton Muirton Park
Gallacher,H
Gibson
McKeown

Scottish Cup[edit]

In the Cup, Dumbarton dispatched two Division 1 clubs en route to the quarter-finals, where Raith Rovers were to prove too strong.

2 February 1957 Round 5 Queen of the South 2–2[73][74] Dumbarton Palmerston Park
McGill 4'
Black
Gallacher,H 32'
Brown
Attendance: 7,199
Referee: F Crossley
6 February 1957 Round 5R Dumbarton 4–2[75][76] Queen of the South Boghead Park
Whalen 10'
McCall
Gibson
Gallacher,H
McMillan
Oakes 30'
Attendance: 5,799
Referee: F Crossley
16 February 1957 Round 6 Motherwell 1–3[77][78] Dumbarton fir Park
Gardinaer 15' Gibson 36', 89'
Cairns 72' (pen)
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: D Gerrard
2 March 1957 Round 7 Dumbarton 0–4[79][80] Raith Rovers Boghead Park
Kelly
Copland 63'
McEwan 64'
Attendance: 18,001[81]
Referee: H Phillips

Scottish League Cup[edit]

Dumbarton failed to qualify from their section in the League Cup, although it was their poor home performances which were to count against them this season.

11 August 1956 Section 5 Dumbarton 1–8[82][83] Brechin City Boghead Park
Gallacher,H 40' Selway 33' 55' 89'
Warrander 38'
Muir 53', 63', 64'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: G Fitzgerald
15 August 1956 Section 5 Hamilton 5–3[84][85] Dumbarton Douglas Park
Woods 24'
Currie
Armit
Sharp 89'
Gallacher,H 40'
Whalen 39'
Referee: G Mitchell
18 August 1956 Section 5 Dumbarton 1–1[86][87] Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
Gallacher,H 25' Docherty 45' Referee: A McLintock
25 August 1956 Section 5 Brechin City 3–4[88][89] Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Muir 23'
Duncan 40' (pen)
Selway 80'
Hunter 30'
Gallacher,H 61', 88'
McCall 79'
Referee: H Gallacher
29 August 1956 Section 5 Dumbarton 3–4[90][91] Hamilton Boghead Park
Whalen 42', 66', 82' Quinn 6' (pen), 22' (pen)
Thomson 65'
Armit
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: R Morris
1 September 1956 Section 5 Alloa Athletic 1–3[92][93] Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Wales 52' Gallacher,H 30'
Rollo 57' (pen)
Glover
Referee: J Mackie

Stirlingshire Cup[edit]

With an aggregate win over Alloa Athletic in the final, the county cup returned to Dumbarton for the second time.

29 April 1957 Final First leg Dumbarton 4-2 Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
Auld
Gallacher,H
Whalen

30 April 1957 Final Second leg Alloa Athletic 1-1
(3-5 agg.)
Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Gallacher,H

Friendlies[edit]

23 January 1957 Friendly Dumbarton 2-3[94] Celtic Boghead Park
Gallacher,H McPhail
Tully
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: W Syme
1 April 1957 Friendly Dumbarton 2-2 Combined Services XI Boghead Park
Gallacher,H
Brown

Player statistics[edit]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Tommy McCulloch 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Alex McNeill[95] 9 0 6 0 0 0 3 0
GK Scotland SCO Eddie O'Donnell[96] 36 0 29 0 4 0 3 0
DF Scotland SCO Joe Gallacher[97] 15 0 11 0 0 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO John McKay[98] 43 0 35 0 4 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Willie Neilson[99] 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
DF Scotland SCO Alex Rollo 41 5 32 4 4 0 5 1
MF Scotland SCO Benny Cairns 40 5 32 4 4 1 4 0
MF Scotland SCO Tommy Craig 41 1 33 1 4 0 4 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim Hunter[100] 22 4 17 3 0 0 5 1
MF Scotland SCO Jimmy Mann[101] 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO John McCall[102] 40 3 31 1 4 1 5 1
FW Scotland SCO Bertie Auld 16 8 15 8 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Les Brown 39 20 30 19 4 1 5 0
FW Scotland SCO Hugh Gallacher[103] 39 37 29 28 4 2 6 7
FW Scotland SCO John Gallagher[104] 16 4 13 4 2 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Bobby Gibson[105] 20 11 16 8 4 3 0 0
FW Scotland SCO John Glover[106] 8 2 7 1 0 0 1 1
FW Scotland SCO John Heaney[107] 16 3 12 3 4 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Hendry[108] 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Felix Kiernan 11 8 11 8 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Billy McKeown[109] 12 3 11 3 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO John McMillan 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jim McQuade 6 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
FW Scotland SCO Alex Stewart[110] 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Tom Whalen 23 10 17 5 1 1 5 4

Source:[111]

Transfers[edit]

Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:

Source:[112]

Reserve team[edit]

Dumbarton played a 'reserve' team in the Alliance League, which was set up for Division 2 sides. The season was split into two 'series' - with Dumbarton winning the First Series (with 6 wins and 2 draws from 10 games) and finishing as runners up in the Second (with 6 wins and 3 draws from 12 games).

References[edit]

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  81. ^ The attendance still stands as a record at Boghead.
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  94. ^ A match against Celtic was played to celebrate the 'switch on' of the new floodlights at Boghead.
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  96. ^ "Eddie O'Donnell - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  97. ^ "Joe Gallacher - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  98. ^ The league match against Montrose on 17 November marked John McKay's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions.
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  100. ^ "Jim Hunter - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  101. ^ "Jimmy Mann - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  102. ^ The Scottish Cup tie against Queen of the South on 2 February marked John McCall's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions.
  103. ^ The league match against Stirling Albion on 1 January marked Hugh Gallacher's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions.
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  105. ^ "Bobby Gibson - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  106. ^ "John Glover - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  107. ^ "John Heaney - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  108. ^ "Hendry - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
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  110. ^ "Alex Stewart - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
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