| 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.
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]
See main article: 1927–28 Scottish Cup. Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by Hamilton.
Dumbarton were runners-up in the Dumbartonshire Cup for the fourth season running, losing out to Clydebank in the final.
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| Player | From | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Laing | Vale of Leven | 9 Jul 1927 | |
| James Miller | East Fife | 13 Jul 1927 | |
| John Pesrson | Ayr United | 18 Jul 1927 | |
| Alfred Aitchison | Benburb | 8 Aug 1927 | |
| James Crawford | Vale of Leven | 8 Aug 1927 | |
| Archibald McLardie | Vale of Leven | 8 Aug 1927 | |
| Thomas Lamont | Renton Thistle | 10 Aug 1927 | |
| William Kirk | Arthurlie | 11 Aug 1927 | |
| Angus Urquhart | Dykehead | 18 Aug 1927 | |
| Donald MacPhail | Dumbarton Academy FP | 27 Aug 1927 | |
| Daniel Muir | St Bernards | 31 Aug 1927 | |
| Archibald Gillies | St Mirren | 4 Oct 1927 | |
| Robert Shaw | Alloa Athletic | 14 Oct 1927 | |
| Jock Bradford | St Mirren | 18 Jan 1928 | |
| Andrew Hamill | Albion Rovers | 8 Apr 1928 |
| Player | To | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archibald Muir | Third Lanark | 17 May 1927 | |
| Martin Davin | Bury | 19 Aug 1927 | |
| Duncan Yuill | Rangers | 17 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'.
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