| 1934–1935 season | ||
|---|---|---|
| Stadium | Boghead Park, Dumbarton | |
| Scottish League Division Two | 16th | |
| Scottish Cup | Second Round | |
| Top goalscorer | League: Johnny Haddow (19) All: Johnny Haddow (23) | |
| Highest home attendance | 2,400 | |
| Lowest home attendance | 500 | |
| Average home league attendance | 1,100 | |
The1934–35 season was the 58thScottish football season in whichDumbarton competed at national level, entering theScottish Football League and theScottish Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in theDumbartonshire Cup.
After the optimism of the previous season, Dumbarton's 13th season in a row in the Second Division was to prove unlucky as they slumped to finish 16th out of 18, with 22 points - 30 behind champions Third Lanark.[1] During the season, a number of big defeats were suffered, conceding a 9, an 8 and 6 goals twice.
| 11 August 1934League | Dumbarton | 2–1[2][3] | Arbroath | Boghead Park |
English 41'Haddow 64' | Brand 61' | Attendance: 2,400 Referee: J McKay |
| 18 August 1934League | Dundee United | 5–2[4][5] | Dumbarton | Tannadice Park |
| Gardiner Smith Hart | Haddow Cumming | Attendance: 6,000 Referee: W Findlay |
| 25 August 1934League | Dumbarton | 2–0[6][7] | Brechin City | Boghead Park |
| Pyper 40' Haddow 48' | Attendance: 1,800 Referee: W McCulloch |
| 1 September 1934League | Stenhousemuir | 6–1[8][9] | Dumbarton | Ochilview Park |
| Hart 3',30' Howie 6',15'Cowan (pen.) | Haddow | Referee: J Horsburgh |
| 8 September 1934League | Edinburgh City | 3–2[10][11] | Dumbarton | Marine Gardens |
| Stephen 40' McMeekin 77'Wilson 90' | Pyper 12' Wallace | Referee: W McCulloch |
| 15 September 1934League | Leith Athletic | 2–1[12][13] | Dumbarton | Marine Gardens |
| McCormack McGillivray | English | Attendance: 2,000 |
| 22 September 1934League | Dumbarton | 2–2[14][15] | East Stirling | Boghead Park |
| Miller 33' Kennedy 36' | Duncan 75' | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: W Murray |
| 29 September 1934League | East Fife | 9–1[16][17] | Dumbarton | Bayview Park, Methil |
| Gillies 5' Cowan 9'Scott | English | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: J Robertson |
| 6 October 1934League | Dumbarton | 4–2[18][19] | Cowdenbeath | Boghead Park |
| Kennedy 23' Wallace 61' | Hamill 18' Newman 35' | Attendance: 500 Referee: R Carruthers |
| 13 October 1934League | Dumbarton | 0–0[20][21] | Alloa Athletic | Boghead Park |
| Attendance: 800 Referee: H Humphrey |
| 20 October 1934League | Brechin City | 1–4[22][23] | Dumbarton | Glebe Park, Brechin |
| Ritchie 27' | English 50' Wallace 73'Ballantyne 76',82' | Referee: R Innes |
| 27 October 1934League | Dumbarton | 1–2[24][25] | Leith Athletic | Boghead Park |
| Ritchie, G 46' | Meikleham 15' O'Rawe | Attendance: 1,000 |
| 3 November 1934League | King's Park | 3–2[26][27] | Dumbarton | Forthbank Park |
| Laird 2' Lang 20'Hillan 72' | Haddow 67' 88' | Attendance: 1,000 |
| 10 November 1934League | Dumbarton | 1–1[28][29] | Montrose | Boghead Park |
| English 22' | Oliphant 47' | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: A Cockburn |
| 17 November 1934League | Third Lanark | 4–2[30][31] | Dumbarton | Cathkin Park |
| Hay 21' Lynas | Ballantyne 78' Haddow (pen.) | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W Murray |
| 24 November 1934League | Dumbarton | 1–1[32][33] | Forfar Athletic | Boghead Park |
| Joyce 67' | Gabriel 8' | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: W Baxter |
| 1 December 1934League | Raith Rovers | 4–2[34][35] | Dumbarton | Starks Park |
| Miller 20' Fulton 67'Denholm 83' | Haddow 22' Wallace | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: J Grant |
| 8 December 1934League | St Bernard's | 5–0[36][37] | Dumbarton | Royal Gymnasium Ground |
| Russell 20',23' Murray 48' | Attendance: 500 Referee: R Carruthers |
| 15 December 1934League | Dumbarton | 1–4[38][39] | St Bernard's | Boghead Park |
| Speedie 5' | Murray 40' | Attendance: 800 Referee: J Mackay |
| 22 December 1934League | Dumbarton | 2–0[40][41] | Edinburgh City | Boghead Park |
| Haddow | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: R Innes |
| 29 December 1934League | Dumbarton | 2–1[42][43] | Stenhousemuir | Boghead Park |
| English 70' Haddow 85' | Howie 47' | Attendance: 1,100 |
| 1 January 1935League | Cowdenbeath | 8–1[44][45] | Dumbarton | Central Park, Cowdenbeath |
| Watson 1' Garland Whitelaw (pen.)McCurley | Haddow | Referee: J Horsburgh |
| 5 January 1935League | Forfar Athletic | 4–1[46][47] | Dumbarton | Station Park, Forfar |
| Wann 5' Black, W 48',61',75' | Henderson 50' | Attendance: 1,100 Referee: J Yeaman |
| 12 January 1935League | Dumbarton | 5–1[48][49] | Dundee United | Boghead Park |
| McDonald Speedie 35',50'English | Masson | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: R Carruthers |
| 19 January 1935League | East Stirling | 6–2[50][51] | Dumbarton | Firs Park |
| Brown 6' (pen.) Cameron Thomson, A 30' | Moran McDonald (pen.) | Attendance: 600 Referee: J Robertson |
| 2 February 1935League | Dumbarton | 2–5[52][53] | Morton | Boghead Park |
| Ballantyne 4' 24' (pen.) | Benzie 19' McGarry 80'Collins | Attendance: 1,400 Referee: W Baxter |
| 16 February 1935League | Montrose | 5–0[54][55] | Dumbarton | Links Park |
| Oliphant 15' Allan 27'Calder 55'Hughes 56',85' | Attendance: 500 Referee: J McKay |
| 2 March 1935League | Dumbarton | 4–2[56][57] | East Fife | Boghead Park |
| Muir Haddow 30'Moran | Scott 48' | Attendance: 900 Referee: J Robertson |
| 9 March 1935League | Morton | 3–2[58][59] | Dumbarton | Cappielow Park |
| Morton 44' (pen.) McGrath 55'Calder 84' | Ballantyne Haddow 30' | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: J Armour |
| 16 March 1935League | Alloa Athletic | 4–1[60][61] | Dumbarton | Recreation Park, Alloa |
| Dugan 12' Richardson 58'Borland Rutherford | Haddow | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: J Grant |
| 23 March 1935League | Dumbarton | 4–2[62][63] | King's Park | Boghead Park |
| Speedie Haddow (pen.) 80' | Bryce | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: J Welsh |
| 30 March 1935League | Arbroath | 4–0[64][65] | Dumbarton | Gayfield Park |
| Carver 13',81',89' McNab 15' | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: H McLachlan |
| 5 April 1935League | Dumbarton | 0–1[66][67] | Third Lanark | Boghead Park |
| Hay 70' | Attendance: 1,000 |
| 13 April 1935League | Dumbarton | 3–4[68][69] | Raith Rovers | Boghead Park |
| Haddow 8' Speedie 34' | Fulton 45' Denholm 80'Wilson 73' | Attendance: 900 Referee: J MacKay |
This season it was a second round exit, to First Division St Johnstone.
| 26 January 1935Cup R1 | Vale Ocaba | 1–6[70][71] | Dumbarton | Millburn Park |
| McLean 21' | Haddow 12',20',37',80' English 27'Speedie 30' | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: W Murray |
| 9 February 1935Cup R2 | Dumbarton | 4–0[72][73] | St Johnstone | Muirton Park |
| Ferguson 19',20',87' Stewart 42' | Attendance: 6,034 Referee: D Reilly |
Dumbarton failed to regain the Dumbartonshire Cup, with amateur side Vale Ocaba retaining the trophy. Both games were held over until the start of the 1935–36 season.
| 4 September 1935Final | Dumbarton | 3–3 | Vale Ocaba | Boghead Park |
| Cameron Watson Taylor, A | | Attendance: 1,000 |
| 11 September 1935Final Replay | Vale Ocaba | 4–1 | Dumbarton | Millburn Park |
| Haddow | Attendance: 2,000 |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Second Division | Scottish Cup | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK |  SCO | Robert Kerr[74] | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| GK | SCO | Archibald Milliken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| GK | SCO | William Simpson[75] | 31 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO | William Barrie[76] | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO | McCourt[77] | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO | William McDonald[78] | 30 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO | Edwin Powell[79] | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO | John Rodger[80] | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO | Thomson[81] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO | Martin Watson[82] | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO | Charles Ballantyne[83] | 28 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO | Joyce[84] | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO | Robert Kyle[85] | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO | Hugh Moran[86] | 16 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO | Rankin[87] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO | Dick Ritchie[88] | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO | George Ritchie[89] | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO | George Taylor[90] | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Duncan Colquhoun | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Thomas Cumming[91] | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Duffie[92] | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Richard English[93] | 29 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |
| FW | SCO | Johnny Haddow | 29 | 23 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 4 | |
| FW | SCO | Robert Henderson[94] | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Matthew Kennedy[95] | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | James McLeod[96] | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Allan Miller[97] | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | James Muir[98] | 18 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Angus Polson[99] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | John Pyper[100] | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Robert Speedie[101] | 19 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | |
| FW | SCO | John Wallace[102] | 32 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Trialist | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Source:[103]
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In addition Thomas Cumming, John Forgie, David Kennedy, William Meek, William Murray, James Osborne and Robert Taylor all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.
Source:[104]
