1970–71 Dumbarton F.C. season explained

Club:Dumbarton
Season:1970–1971
Manager:Jackie Stewart
Stadium:Boghead Park, Dumbarton
League:Scottish League Division 2
League Result:4th
Cup1:Scottish Cup
Cup1 Result:Second round
Cup2:Scottish League Cup
Cup2 Result:Semi-final
League Topscorer:Kenny Wilson (29)
Season Topscorer:Kenny Wilson (40)
Prevseason:1969–70
Nextseason:1971–72

The 1970–71 season was the 87th 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.

Scottish Second Division

See main article: 1970–71 Scottish Football League. Dumbarton had their best league campaign in over 10 years - including an unbeaten home record - the first for over 30 years, although with only 4 wins in 18 away matches, in the end it became a case of 'catch-up' - 8 wins in their last 10 games not being enough to challenge the leaders. Nevertheless, it was a creditable 4th-place finish, with 44 points, 12 behind champions Partick Thistle.

Scottish League Cup

See main article: 1970–71 Scottish League Cup. Five wins and a draw from the six sectional games meant an easy section qualification. Then Partick Thistle were dispatched in the quarter-final, with the mighty Celtic waiting in the semi-final - and it was only after an extra time 0-0 draw that Dumbarton eventually succumbed by the odd goal in seven in the replay again after extra time.

Scottish Cup

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton had a disappointing second round loss to Stranraer.

See main article: 1970–71 Scottish Cup.

Stirlingshire Cup

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by Clydebank.

Player statistics

Squad

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Source:[1]

Transfers

Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following

Players in

PlayerFromDate
Peter Coleman Albion Rovers1 May 1970
Charlie Gallagher Celtic18 Jun 1970
Brian Gallagher Morton21 Jul 1970
Kenny Wilson St Johnstone21 Jul 1970
Jack Bolton Raith Rovers4 Sep 1970
Tom McAdam 'S' Form

Players out

PlayerToDate
David Anderson Berwick Rangers9 Oct 1970
Eddie Ferguson Rotherham Utd29 Jan 1971
Allan Watson Emigrated

Source:[2]

Reserve team

For the first time in eight years, Dumbarton played an official reserve team which competed in the Combined Reserve League. The league was played in two series, and reporting of results is scarce - but both series were won by Partick Thistle.

Notes and References

  1. Book: McAllister, Jim . The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club . J&J Robertson Printers . 2002 . Dumbarton.
  2. Book: Litster, John . Record of Post-War Scottish League Players . PM Publications . Norwich.