| Club: | Dumbarton |
| Season: | 1942–1943 |
| Stadium: | Boghead Park, Dumbarton |
| League: | Scottish Southern League |
| League Result: | 10th |
| Cup1: | Summer Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Second Round |
| Cup2: | League Cup South |
| Cup2 Result: | Prelims |
| League Topscorer: | Johnny Gould (19) |
| Season Topscorer: | Johnny Gould (19) |
| Prevseason: | 1941–42 |
| Nextseason: | 1943–44 |
The 1942–43 season was the fourth Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in regional football during World War II.
See main article: 1942–43 Southern Football League (Scotland). Each season in which Dumbarton had played in the Scottish Southern League saw an improvement in results and the third season was no different, by finishing 10th out of 16 with 28 points - 22 behind champions Rangers. The positive league results included a first home league win over Celtic since 1892.
See main article: 1942–43 Southern League Cup (Scotland). Dumbarton continued to find it difficult to find success in the League Cup South where again they failed to negotiate the sectional stage of the competition - gaining just a single draw from six matches.
See main article: Summer Cup (Scottish football). Dumbarton reached the second round of the Summer Cup before losing to eventual winners St Mirren.
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| Player | From | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Savage | Queen of the South (guest) | 14 May 1942 | |
| Andy Cheyne | 23 May 1942 | ||
| Willie Reid | Cowdenbeath (guest) | 1 Jun 1942 | |
| Jimmy Parlane | Manchester City (guest) | 12 Aug 1942 | |
| John Morgan | 3 Sep 1942 | ||
| Alexander Filshie | 2 Oct 1942 | ||
| Douglas McBain | Blantyre Engineering | 22 Oct 1942 | |
| Murdoch McCormack | 22 Oct 1942 | ||
| Andrew Boyd | Amateur | 24 Oct 1942 | |
| Robert Torrance | 10 Nov 1942 | ||
| David Watson | 23 Dec 1942 | ||
| James Mulvaney | Newarthill Hearts | 9 Jan 1943 | |
| John Craig | 16 Jan 1943 | ||
| Angus Stead | 17 Mar 1943 | ||
| Gilbert Alsop | Walsall (guest) | ||
| William Bly | Hull City (guest) | ||
| John Easdale | Liverpool (guest) | ||
| John Honeyman | Maryhill Harp | ||
| Jackie Milne | |||
| George Urquhart |
| Player | To | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Smith | Released | 19 Jan 1943 | |
| Felix McGrogan | Third Lanark | ||
| Robert Chalmers | Dundee United | ||
| Edward Currie | St Mirren |
In addition John McBride and David Corbett both played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.
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For the first time since 1922, Dumbarton played a reserve team, and found a measure of success.
While they suffered a second round exit to Airdrie in the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton finishing as runners-up in the First Series of the Glasgow & District Reserve League and reached the final of the Glasgow & District Reserve League Cup before losing out to Motherwell.