| Club: | Dumbarton |
| Season: | 1946–1947 |
| Manager: | William Guthrie |
| Stadium: | Boghead Park, Dumbarton |
| League: | Scottish League B Division |
| League Result: | 13th |
| Cup1: | Scottish Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Fourth Round |
| Cup2: | Scottish League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Prelims |
| Cup3: | B Division Supplementary Cup |
| Cup3 Result: | First Round |
| League Topscorer: | Robert Stirling (9) |
| Season Topscorer: | Robert Stirling (12) |
| Highest Attendance: | 6,000 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,000 |
| Average Attendance: | 3,030 |
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| Pattern B1: | _goldhoops |
| Pattern Ra1: | _black_hoops |
| Pattern So1: | _goldtop |
| Leftarm1: | ffc100 |
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| Prevseason: | 1945–46 |
| Nextseason: | 1947–48 |
The 1946–47 season was the 63rd official Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, and the first where Scottish football got back to normal after the end of WW2. Dumbarton entered the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Cup, the inaugural Scottish League Cup and the Supplementary Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Stirlingshire Cup.
See main article: 1946-47 Scottish Football League. Scottish football returned to normal after an absence of seven seasons. Dumbarton played in Division B and finished a disappointing 13th out of 14 with 18 points - 27 behind champions Dundee.
The Supplementary Cup for B Division teams continued, but Dumbarton fell at the first hurdle to Alloa.
See main article: 1946–47 Scottish League Cup. Following the success of the format of the Southern League Cup played during wartime conditions, the inaugural League Cup was played but Dumbarton failed to progress from their section, finishing 3rd of 4 with just 2 wins from 6 games.
See main article: 1946–47 Scottish Cup. The return of the Scottish Cup brought much cheer, and after dispatching A Division opponents St Mirren and Third Lanark, Dumbarton lost out narrowly to Hibernian in the fourth round.
East Stirling defeated Dumbarton in the first round after a drawn match.
Two 'friendly' matches were arranged. One against A Division Partick Thistle and the other against a team of Polish internationalists, billed as a Polish Army XI who were touring post-war Europe.
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| Player | From | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Donegan | Celtic | 20 May 1946 | |
| Andrew Sneddon | Renfrew | 20 May 1946 | |
| George Johnstone | Clyde | 4 Jul 1946 | |
| Ron Aitken | Hibernian | 25 Jul 1946 | |
| John Boyle | Hamilton | 6 Aug 1946 | |
| Tommy Coyle | Arthurlie | 11 Aug 1946 | |
| Tommy Ashe | St Mirren | 19 Aug 1946 | |
| Rod Gilmour | 20 Aug 1946 | ||
| Colin McCalman | 22 Aug 1946 | ||
| Lawrie Lindsay | Vale of Leven | 26 Aug 1946 | |
| Willie Young | St Mirren | 6 Sep 1946 | |
| Jim Forshaw | Rangers | 18 Sep 1946 | |
| David Morrison | Third Lanark | 27 Dec 1946 | |
| Willie Miller | 31 Dec 1946 | ||
| Wallace Milligan | Airdrie | 10 Jan 1947 | |
| Robert Stirling | Queen's Park | 15 Jan 1947 | |
| Leon Galinski | 23 Jann 1947 | ||
| James Mulvaney | Newarthill Hearts | 4 Jun 1947 |
| Player | To | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Boyle | released | 14 Sep 1946 | |
| Donald MacMillan | released | 14 Oct 1946 | |
| Tommy Coyle | released | 10 Jan 1947 | |
| Leon Galinski | amateur | 26 apr 1947 | |
| Ron Aitken | freed | 26 Apr 1947 | |
| Jim Forshaw | freed | 26 Apr 1947 | |
| Rod Gilmour | freed | 26 Apr 1947 | |
| George Johnstone | freed | 26 Apr 1947 | |
| John McCulloch | freed | 26 Apr 1947 | |
| Willie Miller | freed | 26 Apr 1947 | |
| Wallace Milligan | freed | 26 Apr 1947 | |
| Andy Sneddon | freed | 26 Apr 1947 | |
| Robert Stirling | freed | 26 Apr 1947 | |
| Willie Young | freed | 26 Apr 1947 | |
| Joseph Henderson | Albion Rovers | ||
| Jim McGowan | Grimsby Town | ||
| John Craig | East Fife |
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In addition James Brown, John Getty, Thomas Jess, Gordon McFarlane, Victor McAloney, Bernard McDonald, William Neil, Bobby Ross and Robert Torrance would all have played their last 1st team game for Dumbarton before the end of the season.
Dumbarton entered the Scottish Second XI Cup but lost in the first round to Albion Rovers.