| 1962–1963 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Jackie Fearn |
| Stadium | Boghead Park, Dumbarton |
| Scottish League Division 2 | 12th |
| Scottish Cup | First round |
| Scottish League Cup | Quarter-finals |
| Top goalscorer | League: Jimmy Hodgson (14) All: Jimmy Hodgson (14) |
The1962–63 season was the 79thfootball season in whichDumbarton competed at aScottish national level, entering theScottish Football League, theScottish Cup and theScottish League Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in theStirlingshire Cup.
After the previous season's disappointments, Dumbarton were having similar problems in the league until a run of five victories at the end of the campaign improved the team's position to finish in a creditable 12th place with 34 points, 21 behind champions St Johnstone.
| 22 August 1962Division 2 | Alloa Athletic | 2–0[1][2] | Dumbarton | Recreation Park, Alloa |
Foley 40'Smith 47' | Referee: RH Davidson |
| 28 August 1962Division 2 | Stenhousemuir | 1–0[3][4] | Dumbarton | Ochilview Park |
| Morrison 31' | Referee: W Elliot |
| 8 September 1962Division 2 | Dumbarton | 1–2[5][6] | Queen's Park | Boghead Park |
| Kilgannon 16' | McKay 49',84' | Attendance: 2,500 Referee: J Dearie |
| 15 September 1962Division 2 | Montrose | 0–2[7][8] | Dumbarton | Links Park |
| Hodgson 60' Newlands 88' | Attendance: 1,400 Referee: F Crossley |
| 22 September 1962Division 2 | Dumbarton | 1–3[9][10] | Albion Rovers | Boghead Park |
| Miller 67' | Taylor 24',35',87' | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W Stewart |
| 29 September 1962Division 2 | Berwick Rangers | 1–0[11][12] | Dumbarton | Shielfield Park |
| Smith 70' | Attendance: 1,200 Referee: J Paterson |
| 6 October 1962Division 2 | Dumbarton | 0–3[13][14] | Morton | Boghead Park |
| McLaughlin 32',40' Wilson 90' | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Kelly |
| 13 October 1962Division 2 | Brechin City | 0–3[15][16] | Dumbarton | Glebe Park, Brechin |
| Miller 30' Hodgson 48',71' | Attendance: 750 Referee: G Bowman |
| 27 October 1962Division 2 | Dumbarton | 5–1[17][18] | Stranraer | Boghead Park |
| Bain 34' Miller 51'Kilgannon 55',76'Wilson 85' | Dunlop 2' | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: F Crossley |
| 3 November 1962Division 2 | Dumbarton | 5–2[19][20] | East Fife | Boghead Park |
| Bain 19',35' Wilson 46' (pen.)Hodgson 49',53' | Trialist 60' Walker 61' | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W Syme |
| 10 November 1962Division 2 | St Johnstone | 2–0[21][22] | Dumbarton | Muirton Park |
| Bell 88' Kemp 89' | Attendance: 7,000 Referee: T Wharton |
| 17 November 1962Division 2 | Dumbarton | 0–1[23][24] | Hamilton | Boghead Park |
| Jardine 15' (OG) | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: G Weir |
| 24 November 1962Division 2 | Stirling Albion | 3–1[25][26] | Dumbarton | Annfield Stadium |
| Park 46',51',68' | Govan 40' | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: J Stewart |
| 1 December 1962Division 2 | Dumbarton | 3–1[27][28] | Ayr United | Boghead Park |
| Wilson 10' Waters 72',85' | Harra 35' (OG) | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: R Rodgers |
| 8 December 1962Division 2 | Arbroath | 4–2[29][30] | Dumbarton | Gayfield Park |
| Murray 21' Soutar 69'Kennedy 72'Robertson 80' | Melvin 20' Freil 85' | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: A Kidd |
| 29 December 1962Division 2 | Dumbarton | 1–0[31][32] | Alloa Athletic | Boghead Park |
| McLeod 75' | Attendance: 800 |
| 1 January 1963Division 2 | Queen's Park | 2–2[33][34] | Dumbarton | Hampden Park |
| Buchanan 41',55' | Miller 4' McLeod 27' | Referee: J Dearie |
| 5 January 1963Division 2 | Albion Rovers | 1–0[35][36] | Dumbarton | Cliftonhill Stadium |
| McLeod 85' | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: J McConville |
| 26 January 1963Division 2 | Dumbarton | 1–0[37][38] | Forfar Athletic | Boghead Park |
| Hodgson 20' | Referee: J Paterson |
| 2 February 1963Division 2 | Morton | 0–0[39][40] | Dumbarton | Cappielow Park |
| Attendance: 7,000 Referee: W Syme |
| 2 March 1963Division 2 | Stranraer | 5–5[41][42] | Dumbarton | Stair Park |
| McMillan 8' Hanlon 26',46'Nelson 47'McGill 66' | Carr 9' Bowie 15'Friel 52'Hodgson 60'McLeod 72' | Attendance: 1,200 Referee: A Kidd |
| 9 March 1963Division 2 | East Fife | 3–0[43][44] | Dumbarton | Bayview Park, Methil |
| Stewart 5',70' Duncan 84' | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: W Syme |
| 13 March 1963Division 2 | East Stirling | 3–1[45][46] | Dumbarton | Firs Park |
| Kemp 35' (77) Cockburn | Halliday 79' |
| 16 March 1963Division 2 | Dumbarton | 2–3[47][48] | St Johnstone | Boghead Park |
| Harra 57' Friel 67' | Ferguson, A 27' Townsend 35'Young 81' | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: J Stewart |
| 20 March 1963Division 2 | Dumbarton | 2–1[49][50] | Stenhousemuir | Boghead Park |
| Friel 62' McLardy 80' | Rankin 75' | Referee: W Brittle |
| 23 March 1963Division 2 | Hamilton | 4–2[51][52] | Dumbarton | Douglas Park |
| McGill 9' Hastings 14'Forsyth 23'Hutton 41' (pen.) | Hodgson 55' McLeod 85' | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: A Cook |
| 27 March 1963Division 2 | Dumbarton | 2–2[53][54] | East Stirling | Boghead Park |
| Hodgson 11' (18) | Hamill 15' (pen.) Kemp 68' | Referee: J Elliott |
| 30 March 1963Division 2 | Dumbarton | 3–0[55][56] | Stirling Albion | Boghead Park |
| Howie 46',80' Halliday 57' | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: J Dearie |
| 3 April 1963Division 2 | Dumbarton | 4–3[57][58] | Brechin City | Boghead Park |
| Hodgson 14',47',72' Halliday 70' | Trialist 4',24' Warrander 88' | Referee: J Dearie |
| 6 April 1963Division 2 | Ayr United | 2–0[59][60] | Dumbarton | Somerset Park |
| Harra 15' (OG) Jones 51' | Attendance: 400 Referee: W Brittle |
| 10 April 1963Division 2 | Cowdenbeath | 5–2[61][62] | Dumbarton | Central Park, Cowdenbeath |
| Trialist Matthew (pen.)Vincent Fraser | Hodgson Halliday (pen.) | Referee: A McKenzie |
| 13 April 1963Division 2 | Dumbarton | 3–1[63][64] | Arbroath | Boghead Park |
| Fraser 48' Bowie 55'Halliday 85' | Gillespie 60' | Attendance: 1,300 Referee: W Elliott |
| 17 April 1963Division 2 | Dumbarton | 3–0[65][66] | Montrose | Boghead Park |
| Halliday 10',66',81' (pen.) | Attendance: W Elliott |
| 20 April 1963Division 2 | Forfar Athletic | 3–4[67][68] | Dumbarton | Station Park, Forfar |
| Kitchenbrand 33' Milne 64' (pen.)Kennedy 83' | Friel 21' (74) Halliday 37' (pen.)Fraser 89' |
| 24 April 1963Division 2 | Dumbarton | 3–0[69][70] | Berwick Rangers | Boghead Park |
| Halliday 44',56' Friel 60' | Referee: H Phillips |
| 27 April 1963Division 2 | Dumbarton | 1–0[71][72] | Cowdenbeath | Boghead Park |
| Friel |
The League Cup was to prove the bright spot of the season, and after 3 wins and a draw from their sectional ties, and a subsequent play off win over Cowdenbeath, Dumbarton were to lose a close quarter final encounter against Rangers, the highlight being a 1–1 draw at Ibrox.
| 11 August 1962Group 9 | Albion Rovers | 3–5[73][74] | Dumbarton | Cliftonhill Stadium |
| Flannigan McGuire | Miller 11',17' Jardine 15'Copeland Black | Referee: D Weir |
| 15 August 1962Group 9 | Dumbarton | 1–1[75][76] | Stenhousemuir | Boghead Park |
| Miller | Hannah |
| 18 August 1962Group 9 | Brechin City | 3–5[77][78] | Dumbarton | Glebe Park, Brechin |
| Allan 52l' (67),pen' Hammell 88' | Govan 32',40',74' Miller 54'Carr 68' | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: J Gordon |
| 25 August 1962Group 9 | Dumbarton | 1–0[79][80] | Forfar Athletic | Boghead Park |
| Harra 27' (pen.) | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Paterson |
| 3 September 1962Playoff 1st leg | Dumbarton | 0–0[81][82] | Berwick Rangers | Boghead Park |
| Referee: W Brittle |
| 5 September 1962Playoff 2nd leg | Berwick Rangers | 1–2[83][84] (1–2agg.) | Dumbarton | Shielfield Park |
| McCulloch 15' | Miller 32',62' | Attendance: 3,125 Referee: W Brittle |
| 12 September 1962QF 1st leg | Dumbarton | 1–3[85][86] | Rangers | Boghead Park |
| Miller 42' | Millar 8' Greig 39'Wilson 48' (pen.) | Attendance: 17,500 Referee: F Crossley |
| 19 September 1962QF 2nd leg | Rangers | 1–1[87][88] (4–2agg.) | Dumbarton | Ibrox Park |
| Greig 31' | Newlands 10' | Attendance: 19,000 Referee: F Crossley |
In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton fell at the first hurdle for the fourth consecutive season, losing to Arbroath.
| 12 January 1963Cup round 1 | Arbroath | 2–0[89][90] | Dumbarton | Gayfield Park |
| Gillespie 60' Murray 74' | Attendance: 2,030 Referee: H Phillips |
Dumbarton lost out to Falkirk in the first round of the county Cup.
| 9 October 1962First Round | Falkirk | 2–0 | Dumbarton | Brockville Park |
| Hunter 41' (pen.) Henderson 59' | Referee: A Webster |
| 20 October 1962Friendly | Ross County | 1–1 | Dumbarton | Victoria Park, Dingwall |
| Kilgannon |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Second Division | Scottish Cup | League Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK |  SCO | Maurice Crawford[91] | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| GK | SCO | Tommy Fleck[92] | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| GK | SCO | Doug Robertson[93] | 23 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO | Alan Black | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| DF | SCO | Tommy Govan | 40 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
| DF | SCO | Andy Jardine[94] | 40 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| MF | SCO | George Cameron[95] | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO | Alistair Campbell[96] | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO | Hugh Harra | 42 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| MF | SCO | Jim Kilgannon | 34 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO | John Newlands[97] | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| MF | SCO | John Walker[98] | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| MF | SCO | Joe Wilson[99] | 41 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | John Bain[100] | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Don Bowie | 28 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Tommy Campbell | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Joe Carr | 19 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| FW | SCO | Jimmy Copeland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| FW | SCO | Jim Fraser[101] | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Benny Friel | 20 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Tommy Halliday | 14 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Jim Harley[102] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Jimmy Hodgson[103] | 29 | 14 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Willie Howie[104] | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Jimmy Madden[105] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Jimmy McGraw[106] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Dan McLardy[107] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Eddie McLeod[108] | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Tom McQuade[109] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Alistair Melvin[110] | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Jimmy Miller[111] | 26 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | |
| FW | SCO | Alec Morrison[112] | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Ian Russell[113] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Pat Waters | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO | Jackie Webb | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Source:[114]
Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:
Players in[edit]
| Players out[edit]
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Source:[115]
For the second year running, Dumbarton played a team in the Combined Reserve League, finishing 3rd of 7, winning 10 and drawing 8 from 24 matches. In the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost in the first round to Queens Park, after a draw.
