| Club: | Dumbarton |
| Season: | 1941–1942 |
| Stadium: | Boghead Park, Dumbarton |
| League: | Scottish Southern League |
| League Result: | 12th |
| Cup1: | Summer Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | First Round |
| Cup2: | League Cup South |
| Cup2 Result: | Prelims |
| League Topscorer: | Felix McGrogan (14) |
| Season Topscorer: | Felix McGrogan (14) |
| Highest Attendance: | 8,000 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 2,000 |
| Average Attendance: | 4,200 |
| Prevseason: | 1940–41 |
| Nextseason: | 1942–43 |
The 1941–42 season was the third Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in regional football during World War II.
See main article: 1941–42 Southern Football League (Scotland). The second season of the Scottish Southern League saw Dumbarton continue to improve their performances by finished 12th out of 16 with 26 points - 32 behind champions Rangers. Boosted by player 'guest' appearances Dumbarton could just about compete on an equal footing with the 'bigger' clubs.
See main article: 1941–42 Southern League Cup (Scotland). For the second successive season, Dumbarton failed to qualify from the sectional games.
See main article: Summer Cup (Scottish football). Dumbarton fell at the first hurdle to Motherwell.
|}
Source:[1]
| Player | From | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jock Wallace | Blackpool (guest) | 19 Sep 1940 | |
| Felix McGrogan | Kilmarnock (guest) | 21 May 1941 | |
| William Savage | Queen of the South (guest) | 24 May 1941 | |
| George Urquhart | Arbroath (guest) | 28 May 1941 | |
| Clyde (guest) | 4 Jun 1941 | ||
| Fally Rodger | Northampton Town (guest) | 4 Jun 1941 | |
| Sammy Ross | Falkirk (guest) | 4 Jun 1941 | |
| Charles Gavin | Arbroath (guest) | 28 Jul 1941 | |
| David Corbett | St Mirren | 30 Jul 1940 | |
| Robert Dougall | Reading (guest) | 4 Aug 1941 | |
| Andrew Farr | Arsenal (guest) | 7 Aug 1941 | |
| Jackie Milne | Middlesbrough (guest) | 14 Aug 1941 | |
| Johnny Mathers | St Johnstone (guest) | 28 Aug 1941 | |
| Jerry McAloon | Wolverhampton Wanderers (guest) | 24 Sep 1941 | |
| William Smith | Kirkintilloch Rob Roy | 30 Oct 1940 | |
| Patrick Kelly | Aberdeen (guest) | 3 Dec 1941 | |
| Johnny Gould | Albion Rovers F.C. (guest) | 13 Dec 1941 | |
| John Hepburn | Arthurlie | 26 Jan 1941 | |
| James Hornall | Shawfield Juniors | 25 Feb 1941 | |
| A Vincent Pritchard | Maryhill Harp | 11 Mar 1941 | |
| Robert Chalmers | Carluke Rovers | ||
| Andy Cheyne | Motherwell (guest) | ||
| Edward Currie | Carluke Rovers | ||
| William Reid | Cowdenbeath (guest) |
In addition John Casey and Geoffrey Lockwood both played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.
Source:[2]