| Club: | Dumbarton |
| Season: | 1947–1948 |
| Manager: | William Guthrie |
| Stadium: | Boghead Park, Dumbarton |
| League: | Scottish League B Division |
| League Result: | 11th |
| Cup1: | Scottish Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Third Round |
| Cup2: | Scottish League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Prelims |
| Cup3: | B Division Supplementary Cup |
| Cup3 Result: | Second Round |
| League Topscorer: | John Wardlaw (13) |
| Season Topscorer: | Jackie Cantwell (16) |
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| Pattern Ra1: | _black_hoops |
| Pattern So1: | _goldtop |
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| Prevseason: | 1946–47 |
| Nextseason: | 1948–49 |
The 1947–48 season was the 64th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup and the Supplementary Cup. In addition, Dumbarton competed in the Stirlingshire Cup.
A poor start, which saw only one point taken from the first 5 league games, meant that any hopes of challenging for promotion were quickly dashed and eventually Dumbarton finished 11th out of 16 with 25 points - 28 behind champions East Fife.
See main article: 1947–48 Scottish League Cup. The League Cup saw Dumbarton again struggle to progress from their section, finishing 3rd of 4, with just 2 wins and a draw from their 6 games.
See main article: 1947–48 Scottish Cup. After negotiating a tricky trip to the Highlands, Dumbarton were defeated by high flying Division B opponents East Fife in the third round.
As in the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton again came up against East Fife, and the outcome was the same, with the Fifers progressing to the semi-final.
Dumbarton lost to Division A Falkirk in the semi-final.
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Source:[1]
| Player | From | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Cantwell | Celtic | 9 Jun 1947 | |
| Hugh Docherty | Glasgow League Hearts | 12 Jun 1947 | |
| Jimmy Shields | Celtic | 19 Jun 1947 | |
| Hugh Goldie | 7 Jul 1947 | ||
| Bobby Ross | Watford | 17 Jul 1947 | |
| Jack McNee | 4 Aug 1947 | ||
| Jimmy Michie | Dunfermline Athletic (trial) | 10 Aug 1947 | |
| Eddie McCreadie | 9 Sep 1947 | ||
| Edwin Wagstaffe | 27 Sep 1947 | ||
| John Wardlaw | Falkirk (loan) | 1 Oct 1947 | |
| Alex Menzies | Thornhill United | 11 Oct 1947 | |
| Ian Hepburn | Queen of the South | 6 Dec 1947 | |
| Archie McFeat | Morton | 3 Jan 1948 | |
| Bobby Caldwell | East Stirling | 8 Jan 1948 | |
| Neil McLean | Neilston | 16 Jan 1948 | |
| John McLennan | Inverness Thistle | 22 Feb 1948 | |
| Peter Grant | Rangers (trial) | 20 Apr 1948 | |
| John Kelly |
| Player | To | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Timmins | Hamilton | 18 Aug 1947 | |
| Jim Hoey | Stirling Alb | 7 Oct 1947 | |
| Dave Morrison | Stenhousemuir | 14 Oct 1947 | |
| Jimmy Smith | retired | 21 Oct 1947 | |
| John Kelly | freed | 23 Oct 1947 | |
| George Campbell | Stirling Alb | 25 Oct 1947 | |
| Stan Gullan | Clyde | 20 Nov 1947 | |
| Lawrie Lindsay | freed | 26 Nov 1947 | |
| Hugh Docherty | freed | 1 Dec 1947 | |
| Jimmy Shields | retired | 16 Jan 1948 | |
| Edwin Wagstaffe | freed | 24 Jan 1948 | |
| Thomas Ashe | freed | 30 Apr 1948 | |
| Bobby Caldwell | freed | 30 Apr 1948 | |
| Alex Kay | freed | 30 Apr 1948 | |
| Colin McCalman | freed | 30 Apr 1948 | |
| Archie McFeat | Morton | 30 Apr 1948 | |
| John McLennan | freed | 30 Apr 1948 | |
| Bobby Ross | freed | 30 Apr 1948 | |
| Jim Douglas | freed | ||
| Bobby Wallace | freed |
Source:[2]
Dumbarton entered the Scottish Second XI Cup but lost in the first round to Ayr United.