1945–46 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1945–46 season was the seventh (and last) Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in specially arranged wartime football.

Dumbarton

1945–1946 season
Manager	Jackie Milne
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Division B	8th
B Division Supplementary Cup	Runner-up
League Cup South	Prelims
Top goalscorer	League: Jim McGowan (13) All: Jim McGowan (21)
Home colours
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Scottish Football League

Main article: 1945-46 Scottish Football League

In what was the last Scottish football season to be played under wartime conditions, the League competition was split into two divisions, with Dumbarton playing in Division B. Dumbarton finished 8th out of 16 with 26 points - 18 behind champions Dundee. No promotion or relegation resulted from the competition.

St Johnstone v Dumbarton

11 August 1945 Division B	St Johnstone	3–3[1]	Dumbarton	Muirton Park
	Souttar 10' McIntosh 15', 75'		McGowan 6' McMillan 44' Timmins 60'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: J M Martin

Dumbarton v Albion Rovers

18 August 1945 Division B	Dumbarton	4–0[2]	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
	McMillan 43' Murphy 47' McGowan 66', 67'			Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Brownlie

Dundee v Dumbarton

25 August 1945 Division B	Dundee	5–2[3]	Dumbarton	Dens Park
	Ochterlonie 8' Moir 11' Bowman 18' Anderson 47', 63'		Timmins 21' (pen.) McGowan 27'	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: D Gerrard

Dumbarton v Raith Rovers

1 September 1945 Division B	Dumbarton	6–3[4]	Raith Rovers	Boghead Park
	Marshall 4', 87' McGowan 36', 63' Mcdonald 71', 78'		Wood 35' Stewart 40', 75'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: E Shirley

Ayr United v Dumbarton

8 September 1945 Division B	Ayr United	4–1[5]	Dumbarton	Somerset Park
	Harper 39' Malcolm 67' Leitch 73' Smith 84' (pen.)		Mcdonald 33'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Nichol

Dumbarton v Stenhousemuir

15 September 1945 Division B	Dumbarton	1–1[6]	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
	Mcdonald 87'		Ormand 59'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W M Crawford

Dumbarton v Arbroath

22 September 1945 Division B	Dumbarton	2–0[7]	Arbroath	Boghead Park
	McAloney 11' McGowan 14'			Attendance: 1,500 Referee: F Scott

Alloa Athletic v Dumbarton

29 September 1945 Division B	Alloa Athletic	2–1[8]	Dumbarton	Recreation Park, Alloa
	Stephenson 37' McKay 48'		McGowan 32'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Brownlie

Dumbarton v Dunfermline Athletic

6 October 1945 Division B	Dumbarton	2–1[9]	Dunfermline Athletic	Boghead Park
	McGowan 75' McNamara 80'		Ellis 14'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: J Pollock

Dumbarton v East Fife

13 October 1945 Division B	Dumbarton	3–0[10]	East Fife	Boghead Park
	McDonald 13' Bootland 60' Jess 73'			Attendance: 3,000 Referee: R Maxwell

Cowdenbeath v Dumbarton

20 October 1945 Division B	Cowdenbeath	1–5[11]	Dumbarton	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
	Ferguson 55'		McNamara 1' McDonald 30' Bootland 33' McMillan 34'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: G Mitchell

Dumbarton v Airdrie

27 October 1945 Division B	Dumbarton	1–2[12]	Airdrie	Boghead Park
	McNamara 8'		Alexander 1', 59'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: W G Livingstone

Dumbarton v Dundee United

3 November 1945 Division B	Dumbarton	2–1[13]	Dundee United	Boghead Park
	Campbell McGowan		Newman

Albion Rovers v Dumbarton

10 November 1945 Division B	Albion Rovers	3–0[14]	Dumbarton	Cliftonhill
	Findlay 35', 86' Loudon 46'			Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W Bowman

Dumbarton v St Johnstone

17 November 1945 Division B	Dumbarton	3–5[15]	St Johnstone	Boghead Park
	Bootland 5' Marshall 36', 50'		McIntosh 8', 22' Burns 12' Boyd 24' Soutar 85'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Jackson

Dumbarton v Dundee

24 November 1945 Division B	Dumbarton	0–1[16]	Dundee	Boghead Park
			Gallacher 15'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Cameron

Raith Rovers v Dumbarton

1 December 1945 Division B	Raith Rovers	1–4[17]	Dumbarton	Starks Park
	Woon 79'		McMillan 43', 61', 70' Timmins 75'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: W T Livingston

Arbroath v Dumbarton

8 December 1945 Division B	Arbroath	0–3[18]	Dumbarton	Gayfield Park
			Neil 6', 9' McGowan 43'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J M Martin

Stenhousemuir v Dumbarton

15 December 1945 Division B	Stenhousemuir	2–2[19]	Dumbarton	Ochilview Park
	Newman 78' Clark 85'		Neil 2' McMillan 10'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: J M Martin

Dumbarton v Alloa Athletic

22 December 1945 Division B	Dumbarton	4–1[20]	Alloa Athletic	Boghead Park
	Bartleman 5' McGowan 18' Trialist 50' McMillan 72'		Gray 25'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: W M Crawford

Dunfermline Athletic v Dumbarton

29 December 1945 Division B	Dunfermline Athletic	1–1[21]	Dumbarton	East End Park
	Gilmour 41'		Neil 83'	Attendance: 3,000

Dumbarton v Ayr United

1 January 1946 Division B	Dumbarton	1–3[22]	Ayr United	Boghead Park
	Bootland

Dundee United v Dumbarton

2 January 1946 Division B	Dundee United	4–1[23]	Dumbarton	Tannadice Park
			McGowan	Attendance: 6,500

East Fife v Dumbarton

5 January 1946 Division B	East Fife	6–2[24]	Dumbarton	Bayview Stadium
	Smith 39', 73' Adamson 43', 50' Sneddon 61' Adams 81'		Murphy 17' Campbell 52'	Attendance: 3,000

Dumbarton v Cowdenbeath

12 January 1946 Division B	Dumbarton	3–1[25]	Cowdenbeath	Boghead Park
	Bartleman 39' Neil 44' Bootland 55'		Fraser 82'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Brownlie

Airdrie v Dumbarton

19 January 1946 Division B	Airdrie	3–2[26]	Dumbarton	Broomfield Park
	Aitken 44', 85' McCulloch 87'		Neil 54' Bartleman 57'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Thompson

League Cup South

Main article: 1945–46 Southern League Cup (Scotland)

The story in the League Cup South was a familiar one, with Dumbarton failing to qualify from their section games.

Dumbarton v Ayr United

23 February 1946 Div B Grp B	Dumbarton	0–1[27]	Ayr United	Boghead Park
			Harper 56'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: W Davidson

Stenhousemuir v Dumbarton

2 March 1946 Div B Grp B	Stenhousemuir	0–2[28]	Dumbarton	Ochilview Park
			McDonald 20' Bootland 59'	Attendance: 1,500

Dundee United v Dumbarton

9 March 1946 Div B Grp B	Dundee United	3–2[29]	Dumbarton	Tannadice Park
	McKay 3' Cabrelli 63' Buchan 89'		McDonald 6' McGowan 55'	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: J Thompson

Ayr United v Dumbarton

16 March 1946 Div B Grp B	Ayr United	3–1[30]	Dumbarton	Somerset Park
	Smith 33' Morrison 58', 81'		Bartleman 73'	Attendance: 7,900 Referee: W Brown

Dumbarton v Stenhousemuir

23 March 1946 Div B Grp B	Dumbarton	1–3[31]	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
	McGowan 1'		Donaldson 4', 70' Newall 80'	Attendance: 2,000

Dumbarton v Dundee United

30 March 1946 Div B Grp B	Dumbarton	1–2[32]	Dundee United	Boghead Park
	McGowan 48'		Pacione 18', 30'	Referee: R G Benzie

Supplementary Cup

The Summer Cup was replaced for B Division teams with a Supplementary Cup, and Dumbarton reached the final only to lose out to Airdrie.

Stenhousemuir v Dumbarton

26 January 1946 1st Rnd 1st Leg	Stenhousemuir	1–6	Dumbarton	Ochilview Park
	Donald 7'		McNamara 40' McDonald McGowan 58', 88' Neil 70' Bootland 87'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: R Calder

Dumbarton v Stenhousemuir

2 February 1946 1st Rnd 2nd Leg	Dumbarton	2–2 (8–3 agg.)	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
	McGowan 17' Neil 59'		Donaldson 19' Arbuckle 61'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W Webb

East Fife v Dumbarton

16 February 1946 Semi-final	East Fife	0–1	Dumbarton	Ochilview Park
			Bootland 31'	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: C Blues

Airdrie v Dumbarton

17 April 1946 Final	Airdrie	2–1	Dumbarton	Ibrox Park
	Peters		Bootland

Victory Cup

As in 1919, a special Victory Cup was played for, but for Dumbarton there was a first round exit, to Airdrie.

Airdrie v Dumbarton

20 April 1946 1st Rnd 1st Leg	Airdrie	4–0[33][34]	Dumbarton	Broomfield Park
	Aitken 4', 27' Watson 37' McCulloch 87'			Attendance: 7,400 Referee: W G Livingston

Dumbarton v Airdrie

24 April 1946 1st Rnd 2nd Leg	Dumbarton	1–1[35][36] (1–5 agg.)	Airdrie	Boghead Park
	Bootland		Flavell 10'

Stirlingshire Cup

The Stirlingshire Cup competition was re-established for the first time since 1939, with Dumbarton falling at the semi-final stage to A Division opponents, Falkirk. The competition was however never completed.

Stirling Albion v Dumbarton

5 September 1945 1st Rnd 1st Leg	Stirling Albion	3–2	Dumbarton	Annfield Stadium
	Gourlay 30' Campbell 57' Sanders 75'		Hepburn 21' Murphy 70'	Attendance: 3,000

Dumbarton v Stirling Albion

5 September 1945 1st Rnd 2nd Leg	Dumbarton	4–0 (6–3 agg.)	Stirling Albion	Boghead Park
	McGowan 35' Smith			Attendance: 2,500 Referee: W Davidson

Falkirk v Dumbarton

11 May 1946 Semi-final	Falkirk	2–1	Dumbarton	Brockville Park
	Brooks 23', 48'		Neilson 75'	Referee: J Godfrey

Player statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Southern Division		Supplementary Cup		League Cup		Victory Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Archibald Dingley[37]	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Joe Henderson	11	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	2	0
	GK	SCO	Jim Hoey[38]	12	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Peter McArthur[39]	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Ian Ogilvie	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	James Brown[40]	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Ralph Cowan[41]	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Kay[42]	31	0	26	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Robert Wallace[43]	30	0	19	0	4	0	5	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	George Campbell	37	2	25	2	4	0	6	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	John Craig[44]	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Bobby Donaldson	35	0	23	0	4	0	6	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Jim Douglas[45]	25	0	16	0	2	0	5	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Gordon McFarlane[46]	19	0	12	0	3	0	4	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Bobby Ross[47]	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Jimmy Timmins[48]	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Robert Torrance[49]	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	David Bartleman[50]	17	4	11	3	1	0	4	1	1	0
	FW	SCO	Charlie Bootland	27	10	17	5	4	3	4	1	2	1
	FW	SCO	Alexander Filshie[51]	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	John Getty[52]	5	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	John Hepburn[53]	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Thomas Jess[54]	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Donald MacMillan[55]	14	7	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Ernest Marshall[56]	3	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Victor McAloney[57]	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Bernard McDonald[58]	24	10	13	7	4	1	5	2	2	0
	FW	SCO	Jimmy McGowan	37	19	25	13	4	3	6	3	2	0
	FW	SCO	Hugh McNamara[59]	8	4	7	3	1	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Robert Murphy[60]	9	2	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	William Neil[61]	20	9	9	7	3	2	6	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	Jimmy Smith	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Trialists	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:^[62]

Transfers

Players in Player From Date Jim Douglas Clyde 18 May 1945 Bernard McDonald 14 Aug 1945 Thomas O'Reilly 1 Sep 1945 Peter McArthur Clyde 12 Sep 1945 Hugh McNamara Clyde 4 Oct 1945 Thomas Jess St Mirren 6 Oct 1945 Charlie Bootland amateur 15 Oct 1945 Archiblad Dingley Ayr United 16 Oct 1945 Alexander Filshie Morton 8 Nov 1945 William Neil Rangers 20 Nov 1945 David Bartleman Burnbank Athletic 29 Nov 1945 Ralph Cowan Rangers 1 Jan 1946 James Brown 23 Feb 1946 Ian Ogilvie Forfar Celtic Bobby Ross Rangers Gordon MacFarlane Jimmy Smith

Players out Player To Date Willie Reid St Mirren 23 May 1945 George Brooks Falkirk 26 May 1945 Robert Murphy Released 1 Jul 1945 George Jeffrey Hamilton 30 Aug 1945 Thomas O'Reilly 17 Sep 1945 John Hepburn Clyde 4 Oct 1945 Peter McArthur Released 26 Oct 1945 Ernest Marshall Released 22 Nov 1945 Archibald Dingley amateur 12 Jan 1946 Joseph Henderson Hibernian (loan) 30 Jan 1946 Hugh McNamara released 2 Feb 1946 Ralph Cowan Stirling Albion 20 Feb 1946 John Browning Albion Rovers

Source:^[63]

In addition Andrew Bartleman, David Boyd, Tom Brawley, Andrew Cheyne, Frank Douglas, Stan Gullan, James Hoy, Jackie Milne, John Mulvaney, Vincent Pritchard and David Watson would all have played their last 1st team game for Dumbarton before the end of the season.