| Club: | Dumbarton |
| Season: | 1968–1969 |
| Manager: | Ian Spence/ Jackie Stewart |
| Stadium: | Boghead Park, Dumbarton |
| League: | Scottish League Division 2 |
| League Result: | 14th |
| Cup1: | Scottish Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | First Round |
| Cup2: | Scottish League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Prelims |
| League Topscorer: | Roy McCormack (19) |
| Season Topscorer: | Roy McCormack (26) |
| Prevseason: | 1967–68 |
| Nextseason: | 1969–70 |
The 1968–69 season was the 85th 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: 1968–69 Scottish Football League. Another poor start to a league season, with a single win and a draw from the first eight matches, resulted in the sacking of manager Ian Spence. His replacement, Jackie Stewart took charge on 1 December, and although results were to improve, nonetheless Dumbarton finished in a disappointing 14th place, with 27 points, 37 behind champions Motherwell.
See main article: 1968–69 Scottish League Cup. In the League Cup, two wins from the six sectional games were never going to be enough to qualify for the knock out stages of the competition.
See main article: article and 1968–69 Scottish Cup. In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton scrapped past non-league Vale of Leithen in the second preliminary round, but were not disgraced in their single goal defeat to First Division opponents St Mirren in the first round proper.
Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup Dumbarton lost in the first round to East Stirling.
Dumbarton undertook a 'mini' pre-season tour across the border - the first games played in England by the club for almost a decade.
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Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:
| Player | From | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Easton | Arbroath | 16 May 1968 | |
| Hugh Brown | Kilmarnock | 16 Jul 1968 | |
| George Muir | Partick Thistle | 16 Jul 1968 | |
| Ian Boyd | Pollok | 5 Oct 1968 | |
| Len Campbell | Yoker Ath | 30 Nov 1968 | |
| Alex McMichael | Bathgate Th | 6 Mar 1969 |
| Player | To | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Brown | Freed | 30 Apr 1969 | |
| Ronnie Curran | Freed | 30 Apr 1969 | |
| George Easton | Freed | 30 Apr 1969 | |
| Bobby Johnstone | Freed | 30 Apr 1969 | |
| Bill McMurray | Freed | 30 Apr 1969 |
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