| Club: | Dumbarton |
| Season: | 1959–1960 |
| Manager: | Bobby Combe |
| Stadium: | Boghead Park, Dumbarton |
| League: | Scottish League Division 2 |
| League Result: | 6th |
| Cup1: | Scottish Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | First Round |
| Cup2: | Scottish League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Prelims |
| League Topscorer: | Hugh Gallacher (23) |
| Season Topscorer: | Hugh Gallacher (25) |
| Prevseason: | 1958–59 |
| Nextseason: | 1960–61 |
The 1959–60 season was the 76th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Stirlingshire Cup.
See main article: 1959-60 Scottish Football League. A perfect start of 4 wins from the first four games was followed by a run of 13 games with only a single win, meaning that Dumbarton fell away and were never serious challengers for the Division 2 title, finishing in 6th place with 43 points, 10 behind champions St Johnstone.
See main article: 1959-60 Scottish League Cup. With only a single win and a draw from their 6 qualifying games, Dumbarton again failed to progress to the knock out stages of the League Cup.
See main article: article and 1959-60 Scottish Cup. Dumbarton were to fall at the first hurdle in the national cup, losing to Queen of the South.
In the county cup, Dumbarton lost out to Falkirk in the semi-final, after a drawn game.
A number of friendlies were played during the season, including home and away fixtures against English Midland League opponents, North Shields, and a benefit match against Clyde for long serving player, Hughie Gallacher.
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Source:[1]
Willie McCulloch earned his first and second caps playing for Scotland Amateurs against England on 26 March and Northern Ireland on 25 April respectively.
Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:
| Player | From | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Allison | 9 May 1959 | ||
| John Christie | 9 May 1959 | ||
| Alex Duchart | 27 Jun 1959 | ||
| Freddie Glidden | 4 Jul 1959 | ||
| Willie McCulloch | Drumchapel Am | 1 Aug 1959 | |
| John Prentice | Falkirk | 8 Aug 1959 | |
| Gordon Black | St Johnstone | 3 Oct 1959 | |
| David Fagan | St Mirren | 12 Dec 1959 |
| Player | To | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Les Brown | Chelmsford City | 30 May 1959 | |
| Kenny Allison | Cowdenbeath | 9 Jan 1960 | |
| John Prentice | Falkirk | 6 Feb 1960 | |
| Tommy Brown | Freed | 30 Apr 1960 | |
| John Christie | Freed | 30 Apr 1960 | |
| Willie McCulloch | Freed | 30 Apr 1960 | |
| Bobby McInnes | Freed | 30 Apr 1960 |
Source:[2]
Dumbarton played only one competitive 'reserve' match in the Scottish Second XI Cup, losing to Clyde in the second round.