1944–45 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1944–45 season was the sixth Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in regional football during World War II.

Dumbarton
1944–1945 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Southern League13th
Summer CupFirst Round
League Cup SouthPrelims
Top goalscorerLeague: Willie Reid (13)
All: Willie Reid (15)

Scottish Southern League

Four seasons of improving performances were not to be continued, with Dumbarton suffering a disastrous start to their fifth season in the Southern League campaign which saw only 3 points earned from the first 11 games. Things were not helped by a high 'turn-over' of playing staff and Dumbarton slumped to 13th out of 16 in the Scottish Southern League with 21 points - 38 behind champions Rangers.

12 August 1944 League Motherwell 4–3[1][2] Dumbarton Fir Park
Gibson 19'
Kilmarnock 44' (pen)
Gillan 61'
Mathie 82'
Stead 8'
Brooks 35'
Reid 38'
Attendance: 5,000
19 August 1944 League Dumbarton 4–1[3][4] Partick Thistle Boghead Park
Brooks 48', 55'
Reid 52'
Timmins 78'
Sharp 6' Attendance: 5,500
26 August 1944 League St Mirren 4–2[5][6] Dumbarton Love Street (stadium)
Linwood 47', 59'
Lindsay 50'
McKenna 58'
Brooks 28'
McLean 77'
Attendance: 7,000
2 September 1944 League Dumbarton 0–3[7][8] Hibernian Boghead Park
Cheyne 44' (OG)
Colvan 55'
Smith 73'
Attendance: 3,500
9 September 1944 League Falkirk 5–1[9][10] Dumbarton Brockville Park
Fitzsimmons 20', 65', 69'
Inglis 32'
Bagan 42' (pen)
McLean 27' Attendance: 4,000
16 September 1944 League Dumbarton 0–3[11][12] Celtic Boghead Park
Gallacher 10' (86)
Delaney 17'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: C R Blae
23 September 1944 League Airdrie 2–1[13][14] Dumbarton Broomfield Park
Aitken 40'
Ferguson 49'
Brooks 23' Attendance: 3,000
30 September 1944 League Dumbarton 2–5[15][16] Third Lanark Boghead Park
Timmins 40', 42' McIntosh 15'
Dawson 18', 67', 85'
Orr 25'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: W Livingston
7 October 1944 League Dumbarton 2–2[17][18] Queen's Park Boghead Park
Mooney 35' (pen)
Timmins 58'
Hodge 11', 44' Attendance: 2,500
14 October 1944 League Hearts 4–0[19][20] Dumbarton Tynecastle Stadium
Conn 29'
Kelly 68', 77'
Urquhart 80'
Attendance: 5,000
21 October 1944 League Dumbarton 0–4[21][22] Morton Boghead Park
McAloon 19', 38'
Kelly 29'
Crum 70'
Attendance: 5,000
28 October 1944 League Albion Rovers 2–4[23][24] Dumbarton Cliftonhill
McIlhatton 21', 44' Reid 1'
Hepburn 72', 85'
Brooks 74'
Attendance: 1,000
11 November 1944 League Rangers 5–2[25][26] Dumbarton Ibrox Park
Duncanson 30'
Waddell 33', 53'
Symon 35'
Watkins 78'
Dolan 31'
Brawley 71'
Attendance: 12,000
18 November 1944 League Dumbarton 3–0[27][28] Clyde Boghead Park
Reid 28', 42'
Milne 55'
Attendance: 6,000
25 November 1944 League Dumbarton 2–6[29][30] Motherwell Boghead Park
Marshall 44', 62' Watson 15'
McCulloch 16', 50'
Mathie 46', 86'
Ross 75'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: C Blues
2 December 1944 League Partick Thistle 1–2[31][32] Dumbarton Firhill Park
Sharp 43' Reid 30'
Brooks 86'
Attendance: 5,000
9 December 1944 League Dumbarton 3–1[33][34] St Mirren Boghead Park
Murphy 47'
Reid 49'
Pritchard 75'
Linwood 29' Attendance: 4,000
Referee: C R Blues
16 December 1944 League Hibernian 0–0[35][36] Dumbarton Easter Road Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
23 December 1944 League Dumbarton 2–0[37][38] Airdrie Boghead Park
Reid 5' (pen), 79' Attendance: 2,500
30 December 1944 League Celtic 2–1[39][40] Dumbarton Celtic Park
McLaughlin 16', 28' Marshall 75' Attendance: 9,000
1 January 1945 League Dumbarton 1–4[41][42] Falkirk Boghead Park
Brawley (pen) Fizsimmons 10'
Henderson 23'
Bagan
2 January 1945 League Clyde 7–1[43][44] Dumbarton Broadwood Stadium
Johnstone
Johnstone,L
Timmins
6 January 1945 League Third Lanark 0–2[45][46] Dumbarton Cathkin Park
Marshall 44'
McMillan 52'
Attendance: 5,000
13 January 1945 League Queen's Park 2–0[47][48] Dumbarton Hampden Park
Harris 32', 88' Attendance: 4,000
3 February 1945 League Dumbarton 3–2[49][50] Albion Rovers Boghead Park
Filshie 8'
Pritchard 35', 60'
Hannah 45', 80' Attendance: 2,000
10 February 1945 League Hamilton 3–3[51][52] Dumbarton Douglas Park
Jarvie 5'
Jones 50'
Burns 59' (pen)
Reid 26', 31'
Murphy 58'
Attendance: 1,000
17 February 1945 League Dumbarton 3–6[53][54] Rangers Boghead Park
Milne 41'
Murphy 85'
Gray 88' (OG)
Gillick 10', 28'
Duncanson 17', 57', 61'
Young 81' (pen)
Attendance: 4,000
7 April 1945 League Morton 2–1[55][56] Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Henderson 26'
McInnes 74'
Reid 55' Attendance: 5,000
21 April 1945 League Dumbarton 3–2[57][58] Hearts Boghead Park
Hepburn 12'
Boyd
Reid 72' (pen)
Walker
Kelly 88'
Attendance: 1,300

League Cup South

Dumbarton again failed to escape from their qualifying section in the League Cup South, winning one and drawing two of their qualifying matches.

24 February 1945 Group D Motherwell 2–1[61] Dumbarton Fir Park
Mathie 5', 19' Murphy 44' Attendance: 4,000
3 March 1945 Group D Dumbarton 0–0[62] Hearts Boghead Park
Attendance: 4,000
10 March 1945 Group D Dumbarton 5–1[63] St Mirren Boghead Park
Hepburn 20'
Murphy 25'
Brawley 52' (pen), 87' (pen)
Reid 80'
Feeham 40' Attendance: 3,000
17 March 1945 Group D Dumbarton 2–2[64] Motherwell Boghead Park
Hepburn 48'
Pritchard 51'
Kilmarnock 55' (pen)
McCulloch 89'
Attendance: 7,000
24 March 1945 Group D Hearts 6–2[65] Dumbarton Tynecastle Stadium
Kelly 2', 19', 82'
McCrae 8'
Miller 41' (pen)
McClure 73'
Reid 47'
Brawley 80' (pen)
Attendance: 15,000
31 March 1945 Group D St Mirren 3–1[66] Dumbarton Love Street (stadium)
Linwood 5'
Feehan 25', 36'
Filshie 21' Attendance: 3,000

Summer Cup

Dumbarton suffered another first round defeat in the Summer Cup, this time to Partick Thistle.

26 May 1945 Cup 1(1) Partick Thistle 4–4[67] Dumbarton Firhill Park
Stockdale 16', 57'
Shankley 31' (pen)
McGeachie 75'
Murphy 7', 58'
Hepburn 9'
Browning 85'
Attendance: 7,000
2 June 1945 Cup 1(2) Dumbarton 1–2[68]
(5–6 agg.)
Partick Thistle Boghead Park
Timmins 5' Johnson 24', 60' Attendance: 5,000

Player statistics

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSouthern DivisionSummer CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland SCO Brendan Bell 20200000
GK Scotland SCO James Dover[69] 90900000
GK Scotland SCO Stan Gullan 70700000
GK Scotland SCO Jim Hoey[70] 160802060
GK Scotland SCO David Watson[71] 40400000
DF Scotland SCO Andy Cheyne[72] 1201200000
DF Scotland SCO James Hoy[73] 70700000
DF Scotland SCO Alex Kay[74] 2601802060
DF Scotland SCO John Mulvaney[75] 40400000
DF Scotland SCO Robert Wallace[76] 2501900060
MF Scotland SCO Tom Brawley[77] 2852320053
MF Scotland SCO John Browning 21002100
MF Scotland SCO John Craig[78] 60500010
MF Scotland SCO Bobby Donaldson 40100030
MF Scotland SCO Frank Douglas[79] 20002000
MF Scotland SCO Andrew Easton[80] 10100000
MF Scotland SCO Hugh Hart[81] 30300000
MF England ENG Cliff Mansley 10100000
MF Scotland SCO Andrew McAlpine[82] 30300000
MF Scotland SCO Gordon McFarlane[83] 20000020
MF Scotland SCO Jackie Milne 2221422060
MF Scotland SCO Willie Reid[84] 331527130062
MF Scotland SCO Jimmy Timmins[85] 2362251100
FW Scotland SCO Robert Torrance[86] 80800000
FW Scotland SCO Andrew Boyd[87] 21210000
FW Scotland SCO George Brooks[88] 2071970010
FW Scotland SCO George Campbell 2701902060
FW Scotland SCO Dolan[89] 11110000
FW Scotland SCO Alexander Filshie[90] 92612011
FW Scotland SCO John Hepburn[91] 2862132152
FW Scotland SCO Donald MacMillan[92] 81810000
FW Scotland SCO Ernest Marshall[93] 1541141030
FW Scotland SCO Victor McAloney[94] 10100000
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy McGowan 20002000
FW Scotland SCO Albert McLean[95] 50500000
FW Scotland SCO Mooney[96] 71710000
FW Scotland SCO Robert Murphy[97] 2671932252
FW Scotland SCO Vince Pritchard[98] 84430041
FW Scotland SCO Angus Stead[99] 61610000
FW Scotland SCO Trialists 30300000

Source:[100]

Transfers

Source:[101]

Reserve team

Dumbarton's Second XI had similar disappointing fortunes during the season to the first team.

In the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost in the first round to Falkirk, and finished 9th (of 11) in the Glasgow & District Reserve League.

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