| Club: | Dumbarton |
| Season: | 1937–1938 |
| Stadium: | Boghead Park, Dumbarton |
| League: | Scottish League Division Two |
| League Result: | 7th |
| Cup1: | Scottish Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | First Round |
| League Topscorer: | Jimmy Smith (29) |
| Season Topscorer: | Jimmy Smith (29) |
| Prevseason: | 1936–37 |
| Nextseason: | 1938–39 |
The 1937–38 season was the 61st Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup.
See main article: 1937–38 Scottish Football League. Dumbarton made another encouraging start to their 15th season in a row in the Second Division, with only one defeat in their first 8 games. Although that form wasn't maintained fully, Dumbarton had their best season for a number of years by finishing 7th out of 18, with 39 points – 20 behind champions Raith Rovers. For the fifth time, Dumbarton maintained an unbeaten home league record, but with only 3 wins from 17 fixtures away from Boghead, promotion was never going to be a real possibility.[1]
See main article: 1937–38 Scottish Cup. Dumbarton came up against first division Kilmarnock in the first round and despite a good fight were to finish up second best.
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| Player | From | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Deans | Cowdenbeath | 28 May 1937 | |
| Robert Muir | Alloa Athletic | 4 Jun 1937 | |
| Gavin Smith | Pollok | 15 Jun 1937 | |
| Willie White | Kirkintilloch Rob Roy | 25 Jun 1937 | |
| John Clay | Morton | 1 Jul 1937 | |
| John Irvine | Alloa Athletic | 1 Jul 1937 | |
| William Kemp | Dumbarton Harp | 10 Aug 1937 | |
| James McKain | 10 Aug 1937 | ||
| Jimmy Smith | 10 Aug 1937 | ||
| Thomas Devers | Aberdeen | 23 Sep 1937 | |
| John Curley | Morton | 24 Aug 1937 | |
| William Morrison | 2 Nov 1937 | ||
| Sandy Cochrane | East Stirling | 17 Nov 1937 | |
| James McAllister | Airdrie | 17 Nov 1937 | |
| Daniel Clancy | Ayr United | 19 Nov 1937 | |
| David Muir | St Mirren | 1 Jan 1938 |
| Player | To | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Irvine | released | 22 Nov 1937 | |
| Thomas Devers | released | 3 Dec 1937 | |
| Robert Muir | 3 Dec 1937 | ||
| William Deans | King's Park | 31 Dec 1937 | |
| David Muir | released | 6 Jan 1938 | |
| Joseph Jackson | released | 26 Jan 1938 | |
| Edward McDonnell | Clyde | ||
| Peter McMahon | Brechin City | ||
| Andrew Sinclair | King's Park | ||
| Martin Watson | King's Park |
In addition John Glass, James Mitchell, David Ogilvie, Willie Parlane, Alex Scott and Alex Young all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.
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