1927–28 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1927–28 season was the 51st Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup. In addition Dumbarton played in the Dumbartonshire Cup.

Dumbarton

1927–1928 season
Manager	Donald Colman
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two	11th
Scottish Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Angus Urquhart (36) All: Angus Urquhart (36)
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Scottish League

Main article: 1927–28 Scottish Football League

Dumbarton's sixth consecutive season in the Second Division, while certainly an improvement on the previous season, was unremarkable in most respects. A run of six league defeats at the beginning of 1928 brought the threat of relegation, but 5 wins from 6 games at the end of the season lifted the team to an 11th place out of 20 with 36 points - 18 behind champions Ayr United.^[1]

Dumbarton v Arthurlie

13 August 1927 League	Dumbarton	0-1 [2][3]	Arthurlie	Boghead Park
			Armstrong 10'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: A Jennings

Queen of the South v Dumbarton

20 August 1927 League	Queen of the South	6-2 [4][5]	Dumbarton	Palmerston Park
	Connell 1' McCall 44' Mackie Halliday 89'		Crawford 11' Urquhart	Referee: H Watson

Dumbarton v St Bernard's

27 August 1927 League	Dumbarton	3-3 [6][7]	St Bernard's	Boghead Park
	Urquhart 7' Kirk		McCuaig Dickson 83'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: C MacDonald

Bathgate v Dumbarton

3 September 1927 League	Bathgate	2-3 [8][9]	Dumbarton	Mill Park, Bathgate
	McKinley 62' Houston 67'		Urquhart 32', 87' Crawford 37'	Referee: W Jamieson

Dumbarton v Morton

10 September 1927 League	Dumbarton	5-0 [10][11]	Morton	Boghead Park
	Russell 5', 41' Urquhart 30' McLardie Harvie

Albion Rovers v Dumbarton

17 September 1927 League	Albion Rovers	2-3 [12][13]	Dumbarton	Cliftonhill
	Quinn 67' McKenna (pen.)		McLardie 72', 80' Russell 81'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: W Webb

Dumbarton v King's Park

24 September 1927 League	Dumbarton	4-5 [14][15]	King's Park	Boghead Park
	Russell 1' Urquhart (pen.) (pen.) (pen.)		Granger Leonard 44' Toner 65' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,000

Alloa Athletic v Dumbarton

1 October 1927 League	Alloa Athletic	3-3 [16][17]	Dumbarton	Recreation Park, Alloa
	Campbell 40' Barr 42'		Russell 15' Kirk 60' Crawford	Referee: R Seith

Dumbarton v Forfar Athletic

8 October 1927 League	Dumbarton	2-0 [18][19]	Forfar Athletic	Boghead Park
	Russell 15' Miller 60'			Attendance: 2,000 Referee: H Watson

Clydebank v Dumbarton

15 October 1927 League	Clydebank	1-2 [20][21]	Dumbarton	Clydeholm Park
	Thomson 40'		Crawford 55', 80'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Hudson

Third Lanark v Dumbarton

22 October 1927 League	Third Lanark	4-1 [22][23]	Dumbarton	Cathkin Park
	McCurley 12' Hamill Parker		Crawford 43'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Prior

Dumbarton v Leith Athletic

29 October 1927 League	Dumbarton	2-2 [24][25]	Leith Athletic	Boghead Park
	Russell McPhail		Elliot 48' Young	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: W Webb

Dumbarton v East Fife

5 November 1927 League	Dumbarton	1-3 [26][27]	East Fife	Boghead Park
	Kirk 75'		Weir 20' Paterson 83' Cowan 90'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: R Seith

East Stirling v Dumbarton

12 November 1927 League	East Stirling	5-0 [28][29]	Dumbarton	Firs Park
	Stoddard 4' 43' (pen.) 70' (pen.) Russell			Referee: W Webb

Dumbarton v Ayr United

19 November 1927 League	Dumbarton	2-0 [30][31]	Ayr United	Boghead Park
	Urquhart 20', 33'			Attendance: 1,500 Referee: G Robertson

Dundee United v Dumbarton

26 November 1927 League	Dundee United	3-1 [32][33]	Dumbarton	Tannadice Park
	Campbell 70' Walker 85' (pen.) Kay 87'		Urquhart	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: J Grant

Armadale v Dumbarton

3 December 1927 League	Armadale	2-0 [34][35]	Dumbarton	Volunteer Park, Armadale
	Grove 25', 83'			Referee: J Rowan

Dumbarton v Arbroath

10 December 1927 League	Dumbarton	2-0 [36][37]	Arbroath	Boghead Park
	Urquhart 42' Crawford 58'			Referee: W Jamieson

Stenhousemuir v Dumbarton

17 December 1927 League	Stenhousemuir	1-0 [38][39]	Dumbarton	Ochilview Park
	Morrison,E 45'			Referee: C Ritchie

Arthurlie v Dumbarton

24 December 1927 League	Arthurlie	0-1 [40][41]	Dumbarton	Dunterlie Park
			Urquhart 15'	Referee: A Stewart

Dumbarton v Bathgate

31 December 1927 League	Dumbarton	2-1 [42][43]	Bathgate	Boghead Park
	Urquhart 44', 65'		Hughes 40'	Referee: J Rowan

Dumbarton v Clydebank

2 January 1928 League	Dumbarton	0-2 [44][45]	Clydebank	Boghead Park
			Thomson Chalmers	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W Blair

Morton v Dumbarton

3 January 1928 League	Morton	2-0 [46][47]	Dumbarton	Cappielow Park
	Jessman			Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Leggatt

St Bernard's v Dumbarton

7 January 1928 League	St Bernard's	2-0 [48][49]	Dumbarton	Royal Gymnasium Ground
	Swanson 5' Patrick			Referee: W McDonald

Dumbarton v Albion Rovers

14 January 1928 League	Dumbarton	0-1 [50][51]	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
			Trialist 60'	Referee: J Hudson

Forfar Athletic v Dumbarton

28 January 1928 League	Forfar Athletic	3-2 [52][53]	Dumbarton	Station Park, Forfar
	Menzies 15' Davidson 40' McLean 88' (pen.)		Urquhart 53', 85' (pen.)	Referee: W Blair

Leith Athletic v Dumbarton

4 February 1928 League	Leith Athletic	2-1 [54][55]	Dumbarton	New Powderhall
	Anderson Aitchison (OG)		Crawford	Attendance: 1,500

Dumbarton v Alloa Athletic

8 February 1928 League	Dumbarton	2-1 [56][57]	Alloa Athletic	Boghead Park
	Urquhart Kirk		Junior	Referee: J Robertson

King's Park v Dumbarton

11 February 1928 League	King's Park	4-0 [58][59]	Dumbarton	Forthbank Park
	Tonner 75' Scoular 90'			Referee: J Grant

Dumbarton v Third Lanark

25 February 1928 League	Dumbarton	0-0 [60][61]	Third Lanark	Boghead Park
				Attendance: 3,000 Referee: R Seith

Dumbarton v Queen of the South

3 March 1928 League	Dumbarton	1-0 [62][63]	Queen of the South	Boghead Park
	Urquhart 60'			Referee: J Thomson

East Fife v Dumbarton

10 March 1928 League	East Fife	4-1 [64][65]	Dumbarton	Bayview Park, Methil
	Weir 56', 86' Russell 85'		Urquhart	Referee: J McKay

Dumbarton v East Stirling

17 March 1928 League	Dumbarton	6-1 [66][67]	East Stirling	Boghead Park
	Urquhart 20' 40' Miller Crawford 89'		Bowie	Referee: J Rowan

Ayr United v Dumbarton

24 March 1928 League	Ayr United	0-1 [68][69]	Dumbarton	Somerset Park
			Urquhart 15'	Referee: W Jamieson

Dumbarton v Dundee United

31 March 1928 League	Dumbarton	3-0 [70][71]	Dundee United	Boghead Park
	Urquhart 44' (pen.) Hamill 65', 70'			Attendance: 2,500 Referee: J McKay

Dumbarton v Armadale

7 April 1928 League	Dumbarton	6-2 [72][73]	Armadale	Boghead Park
	Urquhart 10' 15' 43' 46' Hamill 88'		Junior 42' Tonner 70', pen'	Referee: C McDonald

Arbroath v Dumbarton

14 April 1928 League	Arbroath	3-0 [74][75]	Dumbarton	Gayfield Park
	Gentles 51', 56' Warrander 68'			Referee: W Webb

Dumbarton v Stenhousemuir

21 April 1928 League	Dumbarton	4-1 [76][77]	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
	Urquhart 25' 60' Kirk 70'		Robertson	Referee: J Leggatt

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1927–28 Scottish Cup

Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by Hamilton.

Dumbarton v Hamilton

25 January 1928 Cup R1	Dumbarton	2–3[78][79]	Hamilton	Boghead Park
	McLardie 80' Gillies 94'		Toner 1' Dick 20' McKay 43'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: R Innes

Dumbartonshire Cup

Dumbarton were runners-up in the Dumbartonshire Cup for the fourth season running, losing out to Clydebank in the final.

Dumbarton v Vale of Leven

18 February 1928 Semi Final	Dumbarton	7-2	Vale of Leven	Boghead Park
	Muir Crawford Harvie Lamont Murray

Clydebank v Dumbarton

28 April 1928 Final	Clydebank	0-0	Dumbarton	Clydeholm Park
				Attendance: 1,000

Clydebank v Dumbarton

30 April 1928 Final Replay	Clydebank	4-2	Dumbarton	Clydeholm Park
	Thomson Chalmers		Crawford	Attendance: 1,000

Player statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		Scottish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Jock Bradford[80]	14	0	13	0	1	0
	GK	SCO	Duncan Yuill[81]	24	0	24	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Alfred Aitchison[82]	14	0	14	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Daniel Muir	35	0	34	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Robert Shaw[83]	27	0	26	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	John Harvie	32	1	31	1	1	0
	MF	SCO	James Laing[84]	12	0	12	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Thomas Lamont[85]	7	0	7	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Andrew Mair	6	0	6	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	James Miller	38	2	37	2	1	0
	MF	SCO	John Muir	4	0	4	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Rock[86]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Watt[87]	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Trialist	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Brown[88]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	James Crawford[89]	35	9	34	9	1	0
	FW	SCO	Archibald Gillies[90]	30	1	29	0	1	1
	FW	SCO	Andrew Hamill[91]	10	3	10	3	0	0
	FW	SCO	William Kirk[92]	37	5	36	5	1	0
	FW	SCO	Archibald McLardie[93]	27	4	26	3	1	1
	FW	SCO	Donald MacPhail	12	1	11	1	1	0
	FW	SCO	William Murray[94]	7	0	7	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	John Pearson[95]	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	John Russell[96]	12	6	12	6	0	0
	FW	SCO	Angus Urquhart[97]	36	36	35	36	1	0

Source:^[98]

Transfers

Players in Player From Date James Laing Vale of Leven 9 Jul 1927 James Miller East Fife 13 Jul 1927 John Pesrson Ayr United 18 Jul 1927 Alfred Aitchison Benburb 8 Aug 1927 James Crawford Vale of Leven 8 Aug 1927 Archibald McLardie Vale of Leven 8 Aug 1927 Thomas Lamont Renton Thistle 10 Aug 1927 William Kirk Arthurlie 11 Aug 1927 Angus Urquhart Dykehead 18 Aug 1927 Donald MacPhail Dumbarton Academy FP 27 Aug 1927 Daniel Muir St Bernards 31 Aug 1927 Archibald Gillies St Mirren 4 Oct 1927 Robert Shaw Alloa Athletic 14 Oct 1927 Jock Bradford St Mirren 18 Jan 1928 Andrew Hamill Albion Rovers 8 Apr 1928

Players out Player To Date Archibald Muir Third Lanark 17 May 1927 Martin Davin Bury 19 Aug 1927 Duncan Yuill Rangers 17 Jan 1928 John Cameron Huddersfield Town John Granger Ards James Reid Vale of Leven John Swan Nairn County Adam Swanson Dumbarton Athletic

In addition Alfred Aitchison, John Black, robert Dennett, George Greenshields and Robert Main all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.

Source:^[99]