1960–61 Dumbarton F.C. season
1960–1961 season | |||
Manager | Bobby Combe | ||
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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) | ||
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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
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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24 August 1960 | Hamilton | H | 5-1 | Duchart(2);Whalen;Ormond;Bryce | 4,000 |
10 September 1960 | Queens Park | A | 1-1 | Ormond | 2,500 |
17 September 1960 | East Fife | H | 1-0 | Duchart | 3,000 |
24 September 1960 | Stenhousemuir | A | 4-4 | Fagan(3);MacKenzie | |
28 September 1960 | Cowdenbeath | H | 0-2 | ||
1 October 1960 | Forfar Athletic | H | 7-2 | Fagan(3);Duchart(3);Whalen | 2,500 |
12 October 1960 | Morton | H | 2-4 | Tulloch;Duchart | |
15 October 1960 | Queen of the South | A | 2-0 | Tulloch;Duchart | 4,500 |
22 October 1960 | Falkirk | H | 1-2 | Ormond | 3,400 |
29 October 1960 | Berwick Rangers | A | 2-2 | Tulloch(2) | 1,330 |
5 November 1960 | Montrose | H | 2-4 | Whalen;Tulloch | 2,000 |
12 November 1960 | Stirling Albion | A | 0-0 | 3,000 | |
19 November 1960 | East Stirling | H | 3-3 | Whalen;Tulloch;MacKenzie | 3,000 |
26 November 1960 | Albion Rovers | A | 0-5 | 800 | |
3 December 1960 | Brechin City | H | 2-0 | Whalen;Bryce | 1,000 |
10 December 1960 | Alloa Athletic | A | 2-1 | Fagan(2) | 1,800 |
17 December 1960 | Stranraer | H | 1-2 | Stewart | 2,000 |
24 December 1960 | Arbroath | A | 3-1 | Stewart(2);Murney | 1,600 |
31 December 1960 | Hamilton | A | 0-1 | 2,000 | |
2 January 1961 | Queens Park | H | 3-2 | Fagan;Bryce;Stewart | |
7 January 1961 | East Fife | A | 2-4 | Kilgannon;Bryce | |
14 January 1961 | Stenhousemuir | H | 2-4 | Whalen;Smith | |
21 January 1961 | Forfar Athletic | A | 0-1 | 2,000 | |
28 January 1961 | Morton | A | 3-2 | Whalen(2);MacKenzie | 3,000 |
18 February 1961 | Queen of the South | H | 3-1 | Collings;Murney;Ormond | 700 |
25 February 1961 | Falkirk | A | 1-7 | Ormond | 6,000 |
4 March 1961 | Berwick Rangers | H | 4-3 | Ormond(2);Collings;Gallacher | 1,500 |
11 March 1961 | Montrose | A | 1-4 | Gallacher | 1,300 |
18 March 1961 | Stirling Albion | H | 2-4 | Gallacher(2) | 3,000 |
25 March 1961 | East Stirling | A | 4-2 | Gallacher(3);MacKenzie | 750 |
1 April 1961 | Albion Rovers | H | 2-0 | Gallacher;MacKenzie | 2,000 |
4 April 1961 | Cowdenbeath | A | 2-3 | Bain;Stewart | |
8 April 1961 | Brechin City | A | 2-3 | MacKenzie;Stewart | 1,000 |
10 April 1961 | Alloa Athletic | H | 3-1 | Collings(2);MacKenzie | |
22 April 1961 | Stranraer | A | 2-4 | Murney;Collings | 1,300 |
29 April 1961 | Arbroath | H | 4-2 | Bain;Murney;Gallacher;Collings |
Scottish Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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11 February 1961 | 2 | Alloa Athletic | A | 0-1 | 3,610 |
Scottish League Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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13 August 1960 | P | Berwick Rangers | A | 2-2 | Duchart;OG | 2,606 |
17 August 1960 | P | Alloa Athletic | H | 0-0 | 3,500 | |
20 August 1960 | P | Morton | A | 3-1 | Smith;Bryce;Duchart | 7,000 |
27 August 1960 | P | Berwick Rangers | H | 3-0 | Smith;Bryce;Whalen | |
31 August 1960 | P | Alloa Athletic | A | 5-1 | Ormond(2);Whalen;Black;Smith | |
3 September 1960 | P | Morton | H | 3-3 | Bryce(2);Ormond | 3,500 |
5 September 1960 | PO1 | Cowdenbeath | H | 3-0 | Whalen(2);Black | 5,500 |
7 September 1960 | PO2 | Cowdenbeath | A | 1-2 | OG | |
14 September 1960 | QF1 | Queen of the South | A | 0-2 | ||
21 September 1960 | QF2 | Queen of the South | H | 2-1 | Bryce;Duchart | 6,000 |
Stirlingshire Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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17 October 1960 | 1 | Stenhousemuir | H | 1-0 | Ormond | 1,000 |
1 November 1960 | SF | Falkirk | A | 1-1 | Whalen | |
9 January 1961 | SFR | Falkirk | H | 1-4 | Nimmo |
Other Matches
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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6 August 1960 | Dennistoun Waverley | H | 5-0 | Bryce(5) | |
7 October 1960 | Gateshead | A | 0-3 | ||
26 October 1960 | Vale of Leven | H | 6-2 | unknown | |
4 February 1961 | Gateshead | H | 4-1 | Kilgannon;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 |
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Tommy Agnew | GK | 1 | |
John Bain | FW | 5 | 2 |
Gordon Black | MF | 39 | 2 |
John Bryce | FW | 15 | 9 |
Burns | FW | 1 | |
Billy Collings | FW | 11 | 6 |
Tommy Craig | MF | 3 | |
Bobby Crum | FW | 2 | |
Willie Devlin | GK | 1 | |
Alex Duchart | FW | 20 | 11 |
Bill Eadie | GK | 1 | |
David Fagan | MF | 11 | 9 |
Tommy Ferns | MF | 29 | |
Fleming | FW | 1 | |
Hugh Gallacher | FW | 10 | 9 |
Freddie Glidden | MF | 42 | |
Tommy Govan | DF | 20 | |
Peter Haggerty | MF | 3 | |
Charlie Hamill | DF | 41 | |
John Hardie | MF | 3 | |
Andy Jardine | DF | 24 | |
Jim Kilgannon | MF | 25 | 1 |
Pat McGinlay | FW | 2 | |
Jim McGrogan | DF | 2 | |
Johnny MacKenzie | FW | 31 | 7 |
Hugh Murney | MF | 18 | |
Gerry Murnin | FW | 10 | |
Danny O'Donnell | FW | 1 | |
Eddie O'Donnell | GK | 1 | |
Bert Ormond | FW | 30 | 10 |
Doug Robertson | GK | 41 | |
Alan Ross | GK | 1 | |
Denis Smith | FW | 13 | 4 |
Charlie Stewart | FW | 12 | 6 |
George Tulloch | FW | 8 | 6 |
Tom Whalen | FW | 34 | 12 |
Reserve Team
Dumbarton played only one competitive 'reserve' match in the Scottish Second XI Cup, heavily defeated by Kilmarnock in the first round.