1927–28 Dumbarton F.C. season explained

Club:Dumbarton
Season:1927–1928
Manager:Donald Colman
Stadium:Boghead Park, Dumbarton
League:Scottish League Division Two
League Result:11th
Cup1:Scottish Cup
Cup1 Result:First Round
League Topscorer:Angus Urquhart (36)
Season Topscorer:Angus Urquhart (36)
Prevseason:1926–27
Nextseason:1928–29

The 1927–28 season was the 51st Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup. In addition Dumbarton played in the Dumbartonshire Cup.

Scottish League

See main article: 1927–28 Scottish Football League. Dumbarton's sixth consecutive season in the Second Division, while certainly an improvement on the previous season, was unremarkable in most respects. A run of six league defeats at the beginning of 1928 brought the threat of relegation, but 5 wins from 6 games at the end of the season lifted the team to an 11th place out of 20 with 36 points - 18 behind champions Ayr United.[1]

Scottish Cup

See main article: 1927–28 Scottish Cup. Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by Hamilton.

Dumbartonshire Cup

Dumbarton were runners-up in the Dumbartonshire Cup for the fourth season running, losing out to Clydebank in the final.

Player statistics

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Source:[2]

Transfers

Players in

PlayerFromDate
James Laing Vale of Leven9 Jul 1927
James Miller East Fife13 Jul 1927
John Pesrson Ayr United18 Jul 1927
Alfred Aitchison Benburb8 Aug 1927
James Crawford Vale of Leven8 Aug 1927
Archibald McLardie Vale of Leven8 Aug 1927
Thomas Lamont Renton Thistle10 Aug 1927
William Kirk Arthurlie11 Aug 1927
Angus Urquhart Dykehead18 Aug 1927
Donald MacPhail Dumbarton Academy FP27 Aug 1927
Daniel Muir St Bernards31 Aug 1927
Archibald Gillies St Mirren4 Oct 1927
Robert Shaw Alloa Athletic14 Oct 1927
Jock Bradford St Mirren18 Jan 1928
Andrew Hamill Albion Rovers8 Apr 1928

Players out

PlayerToDate
Archibald Muir Third Lanark17 May 1927
Martin Davin Bury19 Aug 1927
Duncan Yuill Rangers17 Jan 1928
John Cameron Huddersfield Town
John Granger Ards
James Reid Vale of Leven
John Swan Nairn County
Adam Swanson Dumbarton Athletic

In addition Alfred Aitchison, John Black, robert Dennett, George Greenshields and Robert Main all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.

Source:[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Smailes, Gordon . The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records . Breedon Books . 1995 . Derby . 1-85983-020-X.
  2. Book: McAllister, Jim . The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club . J&J Robertson Printers . 2002 . Dumbarton.
  3. Book: Litster, John . Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players . PM Publications . Norwich.