| Club: | Dumbarton |
| Season: | 1929–1930 |
| Manager: | Donald Colman |
| Stadium: | Boghead Park, Dumbarton |
| League: | Scottish League Division Two |
| League Result: | 16th |
| Cup1: | Scottish Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | First Round |
| League Topscorer: | Johnny Haddow (21) |
| Season Topscorer: | Johnny Haddow (21) |
| Prevseason: | 1928–29 |
| Nextseason: | 1930–31 |
The 1929–30 season was the 53rd Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Dumbartonshire Cup.
See main article: 1929–30 Scottish Football League. With just 5 wins to show for their efforts in the league campaign up to the new year, it was to prove yet another fruitless season for Dumbarton, their eighth season in a row in the Second Division, and in the end finished 16th out of 20, with 30 points - 27 behind champions Leith Athletic.[1]
See main article: 1929–30 Scottish Cup. Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by Cowdenbeath.
For the first time since 1923, Dumbarton won the Dumbartonshire Cup, beating Clydebank in the final.
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| Player | From | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart Lennie | Queen's Park | 17 Jun 1929 | |
| James Kelso | Helensburgh Amateurs | 21 Jun 1929 | |
| Angus Kerr | 24 Jun 1929 | ||
| Archibald McNish | 27 Jul 1929 | ||
| John Fairlie | Bathgate | 30 Jul 1929 | |
| James Brannan | Croy Celtic | 8 Aug 1929 | |
| William Hyslop | 27 Aug 1929 | ||
| James Stewart | King's Park | 8 Oct 1929 | |
| Norman Shaw | Stenhousemuir | 11 Oct 1929 | |
| John Thomson | 24 Oct 1929 | ||
| Alex Fraser | Montrose | 10 Nov 1929 | |
| Alex McConnachie | Morton (loan) | 22 Nov 1929 | |
| William Livingstone | Motherwell | 14 Dec 1929 | |
| Willie Parlane | Hermitage FP | 26 Dec 1929 | |
| David Beattie | loan | 4 Feb 1930 | |
| Johnny Parlane | 3 Apr 1930 |
| Player | To | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Crawford | St Bernards | 8 Aug 1929 | |
| John Harvie | Clydebank | 9 Aug 1929 | |
| Robert Orr | Clydebank | 10 Sep 1929 | |
| Angus Kerr | Released | 16 Oct 1929 | |
| John Thomson | Released | 6 Nov 1929 | |
| John Fairlie | Queen of the South | 1 Jan 1930 | |
| Angus Urquhart | Manchester United | ||
| Archibald Gillies | Freed | ||
| Jock Bradford | Freed | ||
| Hugh Reid | Freed |
In addition John Jackson and Alex McIssac all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.
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