1876–77 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1876–77 season
Stadium Lowmans Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Cup Third Round

Season 1876–77 was the fourth Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the fourth time.

Overview

According to records of the time, Dumbarton played their home matches at Lowland Park during the 1876-77 season.

Despite an encouraging start in the Scottish Cup campaign, by disposing of their local rivals Renton in the first round, Dumbarton disappointingly lost out to Lennox in the third round of the competition.[1]

Elsewhere, 8 'other' matches were played, including home and away fixtures against their local rivals, Vale of Leven and Glasgow side, South Western. Of these matches, 4 were won, 2 drawn and 2 lost, scoring 18 goals and conceding 6.

It should also be noted that overall Dumbarton were unbeaten in their 4 home matches during the season - an unbroken home record extending back to April 1875.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
30 September 1876R1RentonH1-1unknown
7 October 1876R1rRentonA2-0unknown
21 October 1876R2Star of LevenA4-0unknown
18 November 1876R3LennoxA0-11,000

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
4 November 1876Rovers (Glasgow)H9-0unknown
25 November 1876Vale of LevenH1-0Lawrence
16 December 1876RentonA0-1
27 January 1877AlcluthaA1-1unknown
3 February 1877Vale of LevenA1-3Galbraith1,000
24 February 1877LennoxA3-0Miller;unknown(2)
3 March 1877South WesternH2-0unknown
31 March 1877South WesternA1-1unknown

Appearances

This shows appearances made for Dumbarton in Scottish Cup matches only.[2]

Player Position[3] Appearances Goals[4]
Scotland William Anderson FW 4
Scotland James Boyd HB 1
Scotland George Fraser GK 4
Scotland W Fraser BK 4
Scotland Alex Galbraith FW 2
Scotland David Hartley FW 4
Scotland Robert Johnston HB 4
Scotland Archie Lang BK 4
Scotland Alex Lawrence FW 4
Scotland J McMaster FW 4
Scotland Meadsdale HB 1
Scotland Peter Miller FW[5] 4
Scotland S Watt FW 4

See also

References

  1. Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  3. The usual formation would be 2-2-6 (two backs, two half backs and six forwards)
  4. Due to the limited reporting of football at the time, the scorers of all 7 goals scored in Scottish Cup matches are unknown.
  5. Peter Miller played twice as a Forward and twice as a half back.

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