1877–78 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1877–78 season was the fifth Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level.

Dumbarton
1877–78 season
StadiumTownend, Dumbarton
Scottish CupSecond Round

Scottish Cup
Main article: 1877–78 Scottish Cup

During the early years of the Scottish Cup, the earlier rounds of the competition were played on a regional basis, which was always a tough proposition as three of the top Scottish clubs at the time were from Dumbartonshire. This season Dumbarton came up against Vale of Leven in the second round, and lost (to the eventual champions) after a 1-1 draw.[1]

29 September 1877 Cup R1 Dumbarton 4-0[2][3] Waverley Dumbarton
Lawrence
McMaster
Anderson
20 October 1877 Cup R2 Dumbarton 1-1[4] Vale of Leven Dumbarton
Attendance: 3,000
27 October 1877 Cup R2r Vale of Leven 4-1[5] Dumbarton Alexandria
Paton


Meikleham Attendance: 5,000

Friendlies

During the season, 12 'friendly' matches were played, including home and away fixtures against local teams Renton and Alexandria, and also Glasgow sides, Rangers and South Western. Of these matches, 8 were won, 1 drawn and 3 lost, scoring 32 goals and conceding 8.

1 September 1877 Friendly Dumbarton 2-1 Renton Dumbarton
15 September 1877 Friendly South Western 1-2 Dumbarton Govan
Meikleham
24 November 1877 Friendly Rangers 1-0 Dumbarton Kinning Park
Marshall
1 December 1877 Friendly Dumbarton 9-0 Lancefield Dumbarton
15 December 1877 Friendly Mauchline 1-0 Dumbarton Mauchline
15'
22 December 1877 Friendly Renton 1-1 Dumbarton Tontine Park
2 March 1878 Friendly Alexandria 0-3 Dumbarton Alexandria
16 March 1878 Friendly Dumbarton 6-0 Alexandria Dumbarton
23 March 1878 Friendly Dumbarton 2-1 Rangers Dumbarton
30 March 1878 Friendly Dumbarton 1-2 South Western Dumbarton
Galbraith
13 April 1878 Friendly Dumbarton 4-0 Renton Dumbarton
20 April 1878 Friendly Dumbarton 2-0 Lennox Dumbarton

Player statistics

Of note amongst those appearing in club colours for the first time this season were Joe Lindsay, Jock Hutcheson and William McKinnon.

Only includes appearances and goals in competitive Scottish Cup matches.

Player Position Appearances Goals
Scotland John Kennedy[6] GK 3 0
Scotland Jock Hutcheson DF 2 0
Scotland Andrew Kennedy[7] DF 1 0
Scotland Archie Lang DF 3 0
Scotland James Boyd[8] MF 3 0
Scotland Peter Miller MF 3 0
Scotland William Anderson[9] FW 3 1
Scotland Alex Galbraith[10] FW 2 0
Scotland David Hartley[11] FW 3 1
Scotland Alex Lawrence[12] FW 3 2
Scotland William McKinnon FW 1 0
Scotland J McMaster[13] FW 3 1
Scotland James Meikleham[14] FW 3 0

Source:[15]

International trial

In order to select a 'Scotland' team to play against England, an international trial match was held for Dunbartonshire players on 9 February 1878 at Alexandria. Archie Lang, Peter Miller, Alex Galbraith, Joe Lindsay and J McMaster all played. A month later on 9 March a second trial match was held at Ibrox to consider selection for the team to play against Wales, with Peter Miller and Alex Galbraith playing. In the end however, none of the Dumbarton men were capped.

References
  1. Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. "Dumbarton 4 - 1 Waverley, Scottish Cup (29/09/1877)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  3. "Dumbarton 4-0 Waverley, Saturday, September 29th, 1877". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  4. "Dumbarton 1-1 Vale of Leven, Saturday, October 20th, 1877". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  5. "Vale of Leven 4-1 Dumbarton, Saturday, October 27th, 1877". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  6. "John Kennedy - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  7. "A Kennedy - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  8. "Boyd - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  9. "Anderson - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  10. "Alex Galbraith - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  11. "David Hartley - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  12. "Alex Lawrence - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  13. "J McMaster - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  14. "James Meikleham - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  15. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.