1960–61 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1960–1961 season
Manager Bobby Combe
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 2 10th
Scottish Cup Second Round
Scottish League Cup Quarter Finals
Top goalscorer League: David Fagan/ Hugh Gallacher (9)
All: Tom Whalen (12)

Season 1960–61 was the 84th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 54th time, the Scottish Cup for the 66th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 14th time.

Overview

Another good start to the season - unbeaten in the first four games - was not maintained and Dumbarton never really managed to progress above mid-table, finishing in 10th place with 35 points, 20 behind champions Stirling Albion.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton had another early exit, losing to Alloa Athletic in the second round, having received a first round bye.

With 3 wins and 3 draws from their 6 games, Dumbarton won their section in the League Cup, and following a play off win over Cowdenbeath, lost a close encounter with Queen of the South in the quarter finals.

Locally Dumbarton again lost out to Falkirk in the semi final of the Stirlingshire Cup, after a drawn game.

Note that manager Bobby Combe resigned as manager on 10 November 1960, and his replacement, Bobby Campbell would not take up the reins until 1 May 1961.

Finally, Dumbarton broke both the goals for and goals against 'centuries' during the season. By scoring 118 goals in all games, this was the 12th time that the 'century - for' had been broken, and by conceding 107, this was the 17th time that the 'century - against' had been broken.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
24 August 1960HamiltonH5-1Duchart(2);Whalen;Ormond;Bryce4,000
10 September 1960Queens ParkA1-1Ormond2,500
17 September 1960East FifeH1-0Duchart3,000
24 September 1960StenhousemuirA4-4Fagan(3);MacKenzie
28 September 1960CowdenbeathH0-2
1 October 1960Forfar AthleticH7-2Fagan(3);Duchart(3);Whalen2,500
12 October 1960MortonH2-4Tulloch;Duchart
15 October 1960Queen of the SouthA2-0Tulloch;Duchart4,500
22 October 1960FalkirkH1-2Ormond3,400
29 October 1960Berwick RangersA2-2Tulloch(2)1,330
5 November 1960MontroseH2-4Whalen;Tulloch2,000
12 November 1960Stirling AlbionA0-03,000
19 November 1960East StirlingH3-3Whalen;Tulloch;MacKenzie3,000
26 November 1960Albion RoversA0-5800
3 December 1960Brechin CityH2-0Whalen;Bryce1,000
10 December 1960Alloa AthleticA2-1Fagan(2)1,800
17 December 1960StranraerH1-2Stewart2,000
24 December 1960ArbroathA3-1Stewart(2);Murney1,600
31 December 1960HamiltonA0-12,000
2 January 1961Queens ParkH3-2Fagan;Bryce;Stewart
7 January 1961East FifeA2-4Kilgannon;Bryce
14 January 1961StenhousemuirH2-4Whalen;Smith
21 January 1961Forfar AthleticA0-12,000
28 January 1961MortonA3-2Whalen(2);MacKenzie3,000
18 February 1961Queen of the SouthH3-1Collings;Murney;Ormond700
25 February 1961FalkirkA1-7Ormond6,000
4 March 1961Berwick RangersH4-3Ormond(2);Collings;Gallacher1,500
11 March 1961MontroseA1-4Gallacher1,300
18 March 1961Stirling AlbionH2-4Gallacher(2)3,000
25 March 1961East StirlingA4-2Gallacher(3);MacKenzie750
1 April 1961Albion RoversH2-0Gallacher;MacKenzie2,000
4 April 1961CowdenbeathA2-3Bain;Stewart
8 April 1961Brechin CityA2-3MacKenzie;Stewart1,000
10 April 1961Alloa AthleticH3-1Collings(2);MacKenzie
22 April 1961StranraerA2-4Murney;Collings1,300
29 April 1961ArbroathH4-2Bain;Murney;Gallacher;Collings

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
11 February 19612Alloa AthleticA0-13,610

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
13 August 1960PBerwick RangersA2-2Duchart;OG2,606
17 August 1960PAlloa AthleticH0-03,500
20 August 1960PMortonA3-1Smith;Bryce;Duchart7,000
27 August 1960PBerwick RangersH3-0Smith;Bryce;Whalen
31 August 1960PAlloa AthleticA5-1Ormond(2);Whalen;Black;Smith
3 September 1960PMortonH3-3Bryce(2);Ormond3,500
5 September 1960PO1CowdenbeathH3-0Whalen(2);Black5,500
7 September 1960PO2CowdenbeathA1-2OG
14 September 1960QF1Queen of the SouthA0-2
21 September 1960QF2Queen of the SouthH2-1Bryce;Duchart6,000

Stirlingshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
17 October 19601StenhousemuirH1-0Ormond1,000
1 November 1960SFFalkirkA1-1Whalen
9 January 1961SFRFalkirkH1-4Nimmo

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
6 August 1960Dennistoun WaverleyH5-0Bryce(5)
7 October 1960GatesheadA0-3
26 October 1960Vale of LevenH6-2unknown
4 February 1961GatesheadH4-1Kilgannon;Collings(2);Fagan

Appearances

Dumbarton used 36 players for the 47 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Freddie Glidden was best featuring in 42 of these matches. Note that unnamed trialist(s) played in three matches.[1]

Player Position[2] Appearances Goals
Scotland Tommy Agnew GK 1
Scotland John Bain FW 52
Scotland Gordon Black MF 392
Scotland John Bryce FW 159
Scotland Burns FW 1
Scotland Billy Collings FW 116
Scotland Tommy Craig MF 3
Scotland Bobby Crum FW 2
Scotland Willie Devlin GK 1
Scotland Alex Duchart FW 2011
Scotland Bill Eadie GK 1
Scotland David Fagan MF 119
Scotland Tommy Ferns MF 29
Scotland Fleming FW 1
Scotland Hugh Gallacher FW 109
Scotland Freddie Glidden MF 42
Scotland Tommy Govan DF 20
Scotland Peter Haggerty MF 3
Scotland Charlie Hamill DF 41
Scotland John Hardie MF 3
Scotland Andy Jardine DF 24
Scotland Jim Kilgannon MF 251
Scotland Pat McGinlay FW 2
Scotland Jim McGrogan DF 2
Scotland Johnny MacKenzie FW 317
Scotland Hugh Murney MF 18
Scotland Gerry Murnin FW 10
Scotland Danny O'Donnell FW 1
Scotland Eddie O'Donnell GK 1
Scotland Bert Ormond FW 3010
Scotland Doug Robertson GK 41
Scotland Alan Ross GK 1
Scotland Denis Smith FW 134
Scotland Charlie Stewart FW 126
Scotland George Tulloch FW 86
Scotland Tom Whalen FW 3412

Reserve Team

Dumbarton played only one competitive 'reserve' match in the Scottish Second XI Cup, heavily defeated by Kilmarnock in the first round.

See also

References

  1. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  2. The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two defenders, three midfielders and five forwards).

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