1941–42 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1941–42 season was the third Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in regional football during World War II.

Dumbarton

1941–1942 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Southern League	12th
Summer Cup	First Round
League Cup South	Prelims
Top goalscorer	League: Felix McGrogan (14) All: Felix McGrogan (14)
Highest home attendance	8,000
Lowest home attendance	2,000
Average home league attendance	4,200
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Scottish Southern League

Main article: 1941–42 Southern Football League (Scotland)

The second season of the Scottish Southern League saw Dumbarton continue to improve their performances by finished 12th out of 16 with 26 points - 32 behind champions Rangers. Boosted by player 'guest' appearances Dumbarton could just about compete on an equal footing with the 'bigger' clubs.

Dumbarton v Airdrie

9 August 1941 League	Dumbarton	3–5[1][2]	Airdrie	Boghead Park
	Jeffrey 8' Rodger 16' Farr 30'		Flavell 2', 85' Mooney 65', 72' Stark 69'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: M C Hutton

Third Lanark v Dumbarton

16 August 1941 League	Third Lanark	4–3[3][4]	Dumbarton	Cathkin Park
	Glassey 7', 18', 79' Jones 65'		Rodgers 5' McBride 40' Jeffrey 46'	Attendance: 3,500

Dumbarton v Celtic

23 August 1941 League	Dumbarton	2–5[5][6]	Celtic	Boghead Park
	McBride 9', 57'		Delaney 20', 68', 82' McDonald,J 58' Divers 62'	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: J M Martin

St Mirren v Dumbarton

30 August 1941 League	St Mirren	2–4[7][8]	Dumbarton	Love Street (stadium)
	Stenhouse 38' Linwood 50'		McGrogan 52' Jeffrey 53', 64' Ross 66' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: W Webb

Dumbarton v Falkirk

6 September 1941 League	Dumbarton	0–1[9][10]	Falkirk	Boghead Park
			Widdowfield 84'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: P Craigmyle

Hibernian v Dumbarton

13 September 1941 League	Hibernian	4–0[11][12]	Dumbarton	Easter Road Stadium
	Finnegan 27' Nutley 44', 55', 62'			Attendance: 6,000 Referee: C E Faultless

Dumbarton v Partick Thistle

20 September 1941 League	Dumbarton	2–7[13][14]	Partick Thistle	Boghead Park
	Milne 6' McAloon 73'		Sharp 11', 30' Newall 24', 34', 68', 86' Gourlay 25'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: J Horsburgh

Motherwell v Dumbarton

27 September 1941 League	Motherwell	2–3[15][16]	Dumbarton	Fir Park
	Mathie 78' Ellis 82' (pen.)		Jeffrey 26', 79' Dougall 87'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: H Watson

Dumbarton v Morton

4 October 1941 League	Dumbarton	3–1[17][18]	Morton	Boghead Park
	Ross 43' McGrogan 57' McAloon 88'		Robertson 68'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Horsburgh

Rangers v Dumbarton

11 October 1941 League	Rangers	7–0[19][20]	Dumbarton	Ibrox Park
	Shaw 4' Marshall 19' Thomson 38' (pen.), 57' (pen.) McIntosh 43' Gillick 72', 76'			Attendance: 8,000 Referee: R C Scott

Dumbarton v Albion Rovers

18 October 1941 League	Dumbarton	5–2[21][22]	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
	Rodger 20', 80' McAloon 35' Milne 65' Jeffrey 72'		Dunsmore 17' Bell 60'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: M C Dale

Hearts v Dumbarton

25 October 1941 League	Hearts	7–4[23][24]	Dumbarton	Tynecastle Stadium
	Smith 3', 16' Gillies 27' Hamilton 55', 63' Walker 68', 75' (pen.)		Milne 8', 81', 85' Rodger 63'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: R Smellie

Dumbarton v Hamilton

1 November 1941 League	Dumbarton	3–2[25][26]	Hamilton	Boghead Park
	McGrogan 5' Rodger 26' Jeffrey 89'		Maves 12', 15'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: R G Benzie

Dumbarton v Clyde

8 November 1941 League	Dumbarton	6–0[27][28]	Clyde	Boghead Park
	McGrogan 15', 40' Rodger 50' Dougall 57' McAloon 65' Milne 88'			Attendance: 4,000 Referee: J Thomson

Queen's Park v Dumbarton

15 November 1941 League	Queen's Park	1–2[29][30]	Dumbarton	Hampden Park
	Mackintosh 7'		Ross 29', 73'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Thomson

Airdrie v Dumbarton

22 November 1941 League	Airdrie	3–2[31][32]	Dumbarton	Broomfield Park
	Junior 1' Flavell 18', 83'		McGrogan 12' Rodger 89'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J M Martin

Dumbarton v Third Lanark

29 November 1941 League	Dumbarton	1–5[33][34]	Third Lanark	Boghead Park
	Ross 52'		Newman 7' Connor 26', 55' Law 49', 82'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: J M Martin

Celtic v Dumbarton

6 December 1941 League	Celtic	4–2[35][36]	Dumbarton	Celtic Park
	Lynch 14' Conway 36' Delaney 58' McLaughlin 65' (pen.)		Jeffrey 28' McAloon 77'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Horsburgh

Dumbarton v St Mirren

13 December 1941 League	Dumbarton	5–1[37][38]	St Mirren	Boghead Park
	Gould 5', 15', 71' McAloon 58' McGrogan 80'		Brady 33'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J M Martin

Partick Thistle v Dumbarton

20 December 1941 League	Partick Thistle	4–3[39][40]	Dumbarton	Firhill Park
	Newall 25', 27', 35', 53'		Gould 26', 69' Hickie 89' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Thomson

Dumbarton v Motherwell

27 December 1941 League	Dumbarton	2–1[41][42]	Motherwell	Boghead Park
	Milne 16' Gould 21'		Wales 75'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: M C Dale

Falkirk v Dumbarton

1 January 1942 League	Falkirk	3–1[43][44]	Dumbarton	Brockville Park
	Rooney 3', 60' Dawson 5'		Hickie 61' (pen.)	Referee: M Hutton

Dumbarton v Hibernian

3 January 1942 League	Dumbarton	2–1[45][46]	Hibernian	Boghead Park
	McGrogan 5' Gould 8'		Combe 3'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: J B Smillie

Morton v Dumbarton

10 January 1942 League	Morton	2–2[47][48]	Dumbarton	Cappielow Park
	Steele 10' Hunter 55'		Gould 12', 58'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: J R Boyd

Dumbarton v Rangers

17 January 1942 League	Dumbarton	3–3[49][50]	Rangers	Boghead Park
	Jeffrey 25' McAloon 55' McGrogan 65'		Marshall 5' Smith 15' Hickie 89' (OG)	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: R C Scott

Dumbarton v Hearts

31 January 1942 League	Dumbarton	3–3[51][52]	Hearts	Boghead Park
	Gould 23' McGrogan 54', 89'		Dougan 34' Christie 44' Smith,G 73'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: W J Robertson

Clyde v Dumbarton

14 February 1942 League	Clyde	5–4[53][54]	Dumbarton	Shawfield Stadium
	Wallace 1' Mills 37' Beaton 55' Williams 59', 84'		McGrogan 22' Henderson 32' Gould 39' McAloon 72'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: J Thomson

Dumbarton v Queen's Park

21 February 1942 League	Dumbarton	2–1[55][56]	Queen's Park	Boghead Park
	Hepburn 67' McAloon 88'		Wilkie 62'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: J B Smillie

Albion Rovers v Dumbarton

2 May 1942 League	Albion Rovers	0–0[57][58]	Dumbarton	Cliftonhill
				Attendance: 1,500 Referee: M C Hutton

Hamilton v Dumbarton

9 May 1942 League	Hamilton	4–1[59][60]	Dumbarton	Douglas Park
	Herd 9' Newman 13', 34', 87'		Henderson 89'	Attendance: 1,500

League Cup South

Main article: 1941–42 Southern League Cup (Scotland)

For the second successive season, Dumbarton failed to qualify from the sectional games.

Morton v Dumbarton

28 February 1942 Group A	Morton	4–1[61]	Dumbarton	Cappielow Park
	Hunter 1', 10', 52', 83'		Hepburn 57'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: P Craigmyle

St Mirren v Dumbarton

14 March 1942 Group A	St Mirren	1–3[62]	Dumbarton	Love Street (stadium)
	Drinkwater 73'		Gould 28' McGrogan 56', 88'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: M C Hutton

Dumbarton v Morton

21 March 1942 Group A	Dumbarton	3–4[63]	Morton	Boghead Park
	Gould 5', 72', 85'		Cumner 13', 75' Kelly 66' Wilkie 86'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: J Thomson

Falkirk v Dumbarton

28 March 1942 Group A	Falkirk	5–0[64]	Dumbarton	Brockville Park
	Stewart 15', 89' Paterson 18', 25' McPhee 74' (pen.)			Attendance: 3,000

Dumbarton v St Mirren

4 April 1942 Group A	Dumbarton	4–2[65]	St Mirren	Boghead Park
	Ross 37' (pen.), 44' McGrogan 55' Gould 80'		Linwood 1', 27'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W McCulloch

Dumbarton v Falkirk

11 April 1942 Group A	Dumbarton	3–3[66]	Falkirk	Boghead Park
	Ross 30', 80' Gould 85'		Paterson 20' Carruthers 65' Rooney 83'	Attendance: 2,500

Summer Cup

Main article: Summer Cup (Scottish football)

Dumbarton fell at the first hurdle to Motherwell.

Dumbarton v Motherwell

30 May 1942 Cup R1(1)	Dumbarton	1–0[67]	Motherwell	Boghead Park
	McGrogan 65'			Attendance: 3,500 Referee: W J Robertson

Motherwell v Dumbarton

6 June 1942 Cup R1(2)	Motherwell	4–2[68] (4–3 agg.)	Dumbarton	Fir Park
	Reid 34', 39' Bremner 48', 74'		Reid 17' McAloon 33'	Attendance: 3,000

Player statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Southern Division		Summer Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	James Hornall[69]	11	0	3	0	2	0	6	0
	GK	RSA	Patrick Kelly	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Jock Wallace	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Andy Cheyne[70]	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jimmy Hickie[71]	33	2	27	2	0	0	6	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Savage	27	0	19	0	2	0	6	0
	DF	SCO	William Smith[72]	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Robert Chalmers[73]	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	David Corbett	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Robert Dougall	26	2	18	2	2	0	6	0
	MF	SCO	Charlie Gavin[74]	26	0	23	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	SCO	George Henderson[75]	10	2	9	2	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	George Urquhart[76]	35	0	28	0	2	0	5	0
	FW	SCO	Boyd[77]	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Edward Currie[78]	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Andrew Farr[79]	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Johnny Gould	20	17	12	11	2	0	6	6
	FW	SCO	John Hepburn[80]	13	2	5	1	2	0	6	1
	FW	SCO	George Jeffrey	21	10	21	10	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Johnny Mathers[81]	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Gerry McAloon	28	10	22	9	1	1	5	0
	FW	SCO	John McBride[82]	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Felix McGrogan	30	18	22	14	2	1	6	3
	FW	SCO	Jackie Milne	28	6	24	6	2	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	Vince Pritchard[83]	7	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
	FW	SCO	Willie Reid[84]	4	1	2	0	2	1	0	0
	FW	SCO	Fally Rodger[85]	16	7	16	7	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Sammy Ross	22	9	19	5	0	0	3	4
	FW	SCO	Trialist	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Source:^[86]

Transfers

Players in Player From Date Jock Wallace Blackpool (guest) 19 Sep 1940 Felix McGrogan Kilmarnock (guest) 21 May 1941 William Savage Queen of the South (guest) 24 May 1941 George Urquhart Arbroath (guest) 28 May 1941 Jimmy Hickie Clyde (guest) 4 Jun 1941 Fally Rodger Northampton Town (guest) 4 Jun 1941 Sammy Ross Falkirk (guest) 4 Jun 1941 Charles Gavin Arbroath (guest) 28 Jul 1941 David Corbett St Mirren 30 Jul 1940 Robert Dougall Reading (guest) 4 Aug 1941 Andrew Farr Arsenal (guest) 7 Aug 1941 Jackie Milne Middlesbrough (guest) 14 Aug 1941 Johnny Mathers St Johnstone (guest) 28 Aug 1941 Jerry McAloon Wolverhampton Wanderers (guest) 24 Sep 1941 William Smith Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 30 Oct 1940 Patrick Kelly Aberdeen (guest) 3 Dec 1941 Johnny Gould Albion Rovers F.C. (guest) 13 Dec 1941 John Hepburn Arthurlie 26 Jan 1941 James Hornall Shawfield Juniors 25 Feb 1941 A Vincent Pritchard Maryhill Harp 11 Mar 1941 Robert Chalmers Carluke Rovers Andy Cheyne Motherwell (guest) Edward Currie Carluke Rovers William Reid Cowdenbeath (guest)

Players out Player To Date George Jeffrey Aberdeen (loan)

In addition John Casey and Geoffrey Lockwood both played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.

Source:^[87]