1972–73 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1972–1973 season

Manager

Jackie Stewart/ Alex Wright

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division 1

16th

Scottish Cup

Fourth Round

Scottish League Cup

Second Round

Top goalscorer

League: Roy McCormack (11)
All: Roy McCormack (12)

Highest home attendance

15,000

Lowest home attendance

3,000

Average home league attendance

5,765

← 1971–72

1973–74 →

Season 1972–73 was the 96th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 66th time, the Scottish Cup for the 78th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 26th time.

Overview

The first season back in the top flight of Scottish football was always going to be a challenge, and the only real measure of success would be survival - and this is exactly what Dumbarton achieved. However it took until the final league game of the season to guarantee first division football next season. Lying in 17th place, Dumbarton had to better any result that Kilmarnock managed to leap-frog them out of the relegation places, and Dumbarton did this with some style, beating Dundee United 4-1, while Kilmarnock could only manage a 2-2 draw with Falkirk.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost out to Partick Thistle in the fourth round, after a draw.

In the League Cup, two wins and two draws from the six sectional games were enough to qualify for the next stage in the competition, but it was a bitter disappointment to lose to Dundee in the two-legged second round tie - as a 3-0 lead from the home fixture was followed by a 4-0 defeat at Dens Park.

For the second season running Dumbarton had qualified for the Drybrough Cup. Again Celtic were the opponents in the first round and after a tough struggle they were to lose by only the odd goal in three.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton were to regain the trophy by thrashing East Stirling 6-0 in the final.

Note that just after the New Year, Jackie Stewart would resign as manager, to take up the reins at St Johnstone, and was replaced by Alex Wright.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1972–73 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1 September 1972	Partick Thistle	A	1-4	Gallagher	9,000
9 September 1972	Falkirk	H	0-0		6,000
16 September 1972	Hearts	A	0-1		7,000
23 September 1972	Aberdeen	H	1-2	Wilson,D	5,000
30 September 1972	Arbroath	H	0-0		3,000
7 October 1972	St Johnstone	A	2-0	McAdam,T;McCormack	3,500
14 October 1972	Dundee	H	2-2	McAdam,T;McCormack	4,500
21 October 1972	Airdrie	A	3-2	McCormack(2);McAdam,T	4,500
28 October 1972	Hibernian	H	2-2	McAdam,T;Wallace	10,000
4 November 1972	East Fife	A	1-2	McAdam,T	3,000
11 November 1972	Kilmarnock	A	2-2	McCormack;McAdam,T	2,500
18 November 1972	Morton	H	2-2	McAdam,T(2)	5,000
25 November 1972	Rangers	A	1-3	McCormack	12,000
2 December 1972	Celtic	H	1-6	Wallace	15,000
9 December 1972	Ayr United	A	0-2		4,500
16 December 1972	Motherwell	H	0-0		3,000
23 December 1972	Dundee United	A	2-3	OG(2)	3,500
30 December 1972	Partick Thistle	H	4-2	Wallace(2);McCormack;Graham	5,000
6 January 1973	Hearts	H	0-2		4,500
20 January 1973	Arbroath	A	1-2	Wallace	1,771
27 January 1973	St Johnstone	H	1-1	Kidd	3,500
6 February 1973	Falkirk	A	0-2		4,000
10 February 1973	Dundee	A	1-2	Wilson,D	4,500
20 February 1973	Aberdeen	A	0-6		8,000
3 March 1973	Hibernian	A	0-5		12,417
7 March 1973	Airdrie	H	3-5	Mathie(2);McCormack	3,000
10 March 1973	East Fife	H	0-0		3,500
17 March 1973	Kilmarnock	H	4-2	Mathie(2);Heron(2)	4,000
24 March 1973	Morton	A	1-1	McCormack	4,500
31 March 1973	Rangers	H	1-2	Mathie	13,000
14 April 1973	Ayr United	H	1-1	McCormack	4,000
19 April 1973	Celtic	A	0-5		27,000
21 April 1973	Motherwell	A	2-0	Mathie;McCormack	3,000
28 April 1973	Dundee United	H	4-1	Wallace;Mathie;McAdam,T(2)	6,000

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1972–73 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
2 February 1973	3	Cowdenbeath	H	4-1	Wallace;McAdam,T;McKay;Graham	3,539
24 February 1973	4	Partick Thistle	H	2-2	OG;Gallagher	7,875
28 February 1973	4R	Partick Thistle	A	1-3	Gallagher	8,796

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1972–73 Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
11 August 1972	P	Hearts	H	1-0	McCormack	7,500
16 August 1972	P	Berwick Rangers	A	0-1		500
19 August 1972	P	Airdrie	H	4-1	Wilson,K(2);Kidd;Gallagher	4,000
23 August 1972	P	Berwick Rangers	H	2-2	Gallagher(2)	1,000
26 August 1972	P	Hearts	A	1-1	Jenkins	8,000
30 August 1972	P	Airdrie	A	1-2	Kidd	5,000
20 September 1972	2(1)	Dundee	H	3-0	Graham;Wilson,D;Wilson,K	4,000
4 October 1972	2(2)	Dundee	A	0-4		9,000

Drybrough Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
29 July 1972	1	Celtic	A	1-2	Wilson,K	28,000

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
31 October 1972	1	Alloa Athletic	H	4-2	McCormack;Graham;Coleman;McAdam,T	700
20 March 1973	SF	Falkirk	H	2-1	Kidd;Bourke
23 April 1973	F	East Stirling	H	6-0	McAdam,T(4);Wallace;OG

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
7 August 1972	Carlisle United	H	3-2	Gallagher(2);Wilson,K	2,000

Appearances

Dumbarton used 26 players for the 46 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and Drybrough Cup matches, as detailed below. Davie Wilson was the only player to feature in every one of these matches.^[1]

Player	Position	Appearances^[2]	Goals
Jack Bolton	MF	37
Peter Coleman	FW	30(5)
John Cushley	MF	37
Iain Fearn	FW	2
Charlie Gallagher	FW	15(1)	6
Johnny Graham	MF	45	3
Brian Heron	FW	9(1)	2
Kenny Jenkins	FW	34	1
Ronnie Kidd	FW	5(3)	3
Bruce Livingstone	GK	1
Ross Mathie	FW	10(1)	6
Colin McAdam	DF	6
Tom McAdam	FW	16(4)	11
Roy McCormack	FW	41	12
Allan McKay	DF	15	1
Gordon Menzies	MF	31(2)
John Paterson	FW	1(3)
Denis Ruddy	MF	2(1)
Willie Wallace	FW	27(2)	8
Willie Whigham	GK	8
Billy Wilkinson	DF	42
Laurie Williams	GK	37
Davie Wilson	FW	43(3)	3
Kenny Wilson	FW	12	4

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League, and with 9 wins and 10 draws from 34 matches, finished 12th of 18.

For the first time in a decade, Dumbarton also entered the Scottish Second XI Cup, and reached the third round before losing out to Dundee by the only goal.

References

↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
↑ Substitute appearances in brackets.

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

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1972–73 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Drybrough Cup

Stirlingshire Cup

Other Matches

Appearances

Reserve Team

See also

References

External links