| Club: | Dumbarton |
| Season: | 1950–1951 |
| Manager: | William Irvine |
| Stadium: | Boghead Park, Dumbarton |
| League: | Scottish League B Division |
| League Result: | 9th |
| Cup1: | Scottish Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | First Round |
| Cup2: | Scottish League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Prelims |
| League Topscorer: | Jim Finnie (10) |
| Season Topscorer: | Jim Finnie (10) |
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| Prevseason: | 1949–50 |
| Nextseason: | 1951–52 |
The 1950–51 season was the 67th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Stirlingshire Cup and the Stirlingshire Consolation Cup.
See main article: 1950–51 Scottish Football League. The league campaign looked to be following those of recent years, with the first win registered after 8 attempts, however a late burst of 5 wins in the final 6 games saw Dumbarton finish in a creditable 9th place (out of 16) with 29 points, 16 behind champions Queen of the South.
See main article: 1950–51 Scottish Cup. The Scottish Cup saw Dumbarton exit early to St Johnstone in the first round.
See main article: 1950–51 Scottish League Cup. In the League Cup, qualification from the sectional games still proved a problem, finishing 4th and last, with a win and two draws being taken from their 6 games.
In the Stirlingshire Cup, Stirling Albion overcame Dumbarton in the semi-final after two draws.
In a short-lived revival of the Stirlingshire Consolation Cup (a competition for those clubs eliminated early in the previous season's Stirlingshire Cup) Dumbarton finished as runners-up, again to Stirling Albion.
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| Player | From | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Miller | 9 Jun 1950 | ||
| Bobby McAra | 27 Jun 1950 | ||
| Tommy Irwin | Denny Juv | 30 Jun 1950 | |
| Jimmy Whyte | 30 Jun 1950 | ||
| Billy McGuinness | 1 Aug 1950 | ||
| George Shepherd | 1 Aug 1950 | ||
| Thomas Ramsay | 2 Aug 1950 | ||
| Alec Braidwood | Partick Thistle | 7 Aug 1950 | |
| Jack Cameron | Dalmuir Rovers | 7 Aug 1950 | |
| Bob McKay | Port Glasgow | 7 Aug 1950 | |
| Gordon Spiers | John Browns | 10 Aug 1950 | |
| Jimmy Parlane | Airdrie | 24 Aug 1950 | |
| Jim Finnie | Clydebank Juniors | 9 Oct 1950 | |
| Duncan Smith | 31 Oct 1950 | ||
| Jimmy Frame | Rangers | 7 Dec 1950 |
| Player | To | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Donaldson | Cowdenbeath | 24 Jun 1950 | |
| Jackie Cantwell | Morton | 3 Aug 1950 | |
| John Turnbull | Stirling Albion | 9 Oct 1950 | |
| Alec Braidwood | Freed | 30 Apr 1951 | |
| Bobby McAra | Freed | 30 Apr 1951 | |
| Billy McGuinness | Freed | 30 Apr 1951 | |
| Bob McKay | Freed | 30 Apr 1951 | |
| Robert Miller | Freed | 30 Apr 1951 | |
| Jimmy Parlane | Freed | 30 Apr 1951 | |
| Thomas Ramsay | Freed | 30 Apr 1951 | |
| George Shepherd | Freed | 30 Apr 1951 | |
| Gordon Spiers | Freed | 30 Apr 1951 |
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For the second successive season, Dumbarton played a reserve team in Division C (South West) and finished 15th out of 16, recording 7 wins and 4 draws from 30 matches. Note that in addition to the reserve sides of the bigger Division A teams in South and West Scotland, the first teams of East Stirlingshire (relegated from Division B two seasons previously) and Stranraer also competed in this league.
In the Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost in the first round to Hamilton.
Finally in the Reserve League Cup, with only a single win from 6 sectional matches, Dumbarton failed to qualify for the knock-out stages.