| Club: | Dumbarton |
| Season: | 1940–1941 |
| Stadium: | Boghead Park, Dumbarton |
| League: | Scottish Southern League |
| League Result: | 14th |
| Cup1: | Summer Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Semi-final |
| Cup2: | League Cup South |
| Cup2 Result: | Prelims |
| League Topscorer: | Stan Williams (11) |
| Season Topscorer: | Stan Williams (16) |
| Prevseason: | 1939–40 |
| Nextseason: | 1941–42 |
The 1940–41 season was the second Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in regional football during World War II.
See main article: 1940–41 Southern Football League (Scotland). It was the intention of the Scottish League to start up operations again this season, but after the fall of France, it was decided that the League would cease all operations until the war was over. Nevertheless, it was left to the clubs themselves to organise themselves and to this end the clubs in the 'central belt' established the Scottish Southern League. 13 of the clubs who had played in the Western Division the previous season competed, along with Falkirk, Hearts and Hibernian, who took the places of Ayr United, Kilmarnock and Queen of the South. Dumbarton finished 14th out of 16 with 24 points - 32 behind champions Rangers.
See main article: 1940–41 Southern League Cup (Scotland). To complete the fixture list, two further competitions were introduced restricted to the 16 'South' league members. The League Cup South was established, beginning with 4 sections of 4 teams playing on a 'home and away' basis, followed by semi finals and a final. Unfortunately Dumbarton did not progress beyond the section prelims.
See main article: Summer Cup (Scottish football). Dumbarton reached the semi-final before losing to eventual champions Hibernian.
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On 8 February 1941, Jackie Milne played for Scotland in an unofficial international match against England at Newcastle - the Scots winning 3-2.
Two weeks prior, on 25 January 1941, Milne played for an SFA Select against an Army XI, with the SFA gaining a narrow 1-0 victory.
| Player | From | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Dunn | Raith Rovers (guest) | 30 Nov 1939 | |
| John Hill | Cowdenbeath (guest) | 31 Jul 1940 | |
| Felix McGrogan | Kilmarnock (guest) | 31 Jul 1940 | |
| James Shields | Celtic (guest) | 31 Jul 1940 | |
| James Bulloch | Alloa Athletic (guest) | 3 Aug 1940 | |
| John Soutar | Montrose (guest) | 3 Aug 1940 | |
| Thomas Gilmour | Rangers (guest) | 5 Aug 1940 | |
| John Drysdale | Kilmarnock (guest) | 6 Aug 1940 | |
| Charlie Ferguson | Aberdeen (guest) | 6 Aug 1940 | |
| Frank Moulds | St Johnstone (guest) | 6 Aug 1940 | |
| George Hay | Queen of the South (guest) | 8 Aug 1940 | |
| Alfred Williams | Aberdeen (guest) | 10 Aug 1940 | |
| Andy Cheyne | Motherwell (guest) | 22 Aug 1940 | |
| William Telfer | Motherwell (guest) | 22 Aug 1940 | |
| Hugh Hart | Dunfermline Athletic (guest) | 23 Aug 1940 | |
| Henry Dornan | Kilmarnock (guest) | 27 Aug 1940 | |
| Jackie Milne | Middlesbrough (guest) | 30 Aug 1940 | |
| William Brown | Falkirk (guest) | 13 Sep 1940 | |
| Jock Wallace | Blackpool (guest) | 19 Sep 1940 | |
| George Steele | Morton (guest) | 5 Oct 1940 | |
| Archibald Taylor | Clyde (guest) | 8 Nov 1940 | |
| David Mathie | Motherwell (guest) | 5 Dec 1940 | |
| George Henderson | Wishaw | 18 Jan 1941 | |
| George Jeffrey | Wishaw | 24 Jan 1941 | |
| Jeffrey Lockwood | Manchester City | 15 Mar 1941 | |
| William Aird | St Bernard's (guest) | ||
| Charlie Gavin | Arbroath (guest) | ||
| Jimmy Hickie | Clyde (guest) | ||
| Fally Rodger | Northampton Town (guest) | ||
| Sammy Ross | Falkirk (guest) | ||
| William Savage | Queen of the South (guest) | ||
| George Urquhart | Arbroath (guest) |
| Player | To | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Cowan | Stenhousemuir | ||
| Bobby Speedie | Clydebank Juniors |
In addition James Brown, John Forsyth, John Getty, John McBride, David McLean and William Nichol all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.
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