1898–99 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1898–99 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Willie Speedie (6)

The 1898–99 season was the 26th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level entering the Scottish Cup and the Scottish Qualifying Cup. In addition Dumbarton played in the Dumbartonshire Cup.

Scottish Qualifying Cup[]

Since 1895, the smaller clubs required to enter the Scottish Qualifying Cup in order to gain access to the Scottish Cup proper. This season, for the first time, Dumbarton were required to pre-qualify for the Scottish Cup and did so by reaching the fourth round of the Qualifying Cup before losing out to Renton.

24 September 1898 QualifyCup R1 Dumbarton 6–2[1] Linthouse Boghead Park
Miller,J
Littlejohn
Speedie 55'
Thomson
45'
8 October 1898 QualifyCup R2 Thornliebank 2–4[2] Dumbarton Thornliebank

 Speedie
Littlejohn

22 October 1898 QualifyCup R3 Dumbarton 7–1[3] Glasgow University Boghead Park
Miller,J
Speedie
Littlejohn
5 November 1898 QualifyCup R4 Renton 3–2[4] Dumbarton Tontine Park

(pen)
Brady 50'		 Speedie

Scottish Cup[]

Main article: 1898–99 Scottish Cup

Dumbarton's appearance in the Scottish Cup itself was short-lived being knocked out in the first round by East Stirlingshire.

14 January 1899 Cup R1 East Stirling 4–1[5][6] Dumbarton Merchiston Park
Jardine
scrimmage
Hailstones 90'		 Gillies 40' Attendance: 4,000

Dumbartonshire Cup[]

Dumbarton continued to dominate the local scene by retaining the Dumbartonshire Cup, beating Vale of Leven in a two-legged semi final then Renton in the final.

11 February 1899 Semi Final First Leg Vale of Leven 3–2 Dumbarton Millburn Park


 Speedie
25 February 1899 Semi Final Second Leg Dumbarton 4–0
(6–3 agg.)		 Vale of Leven Boghead Park
Mackie


22 April 1899 Final Dumbarton 6–3 Renton Millburn Park
Speedie



Attendance: 600

Friendlies[]

For a second season Dumbarton were without league fixtures, and the task of building a fixture list with attractive opponents was becoming more difficult.

During the season, 15 'friendly' matches were played, including close defeats home and away against Celtic, and fixtures against Ayrshire Cup holders, Kilmarnock, Lanarkshire Cup holders, Airdrie and Perthshire Cup holders, Fair City Athletic, in the latter case to open Fair City's new ground. In all, 6 were won and 9 lost, scoring 45 goals and conceding 45.

24 August 1898 Friendly Dumbarton 1–3 Celtic Boghead Park
Mackie Somers
Campbell
85'		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Mr McLeod
27 August 1898 Friendly Vale of Leven 0–3 Dumbarton Millburn Park
Ward
Mackie
17 September 1898 Friendly Kilmarnock 8–2 Dumbarton Rugby Park
1 October 1898 Friendly Dumbarton 2–3 Renton Boghead Park
Mackie
Thomson (pen)		 Traill 5'
Martin
15 October 1898 Friendly Dumbarton 3–4 Scottish Amateur XI Boghead Park
Gillies
Morrice


10 November 1898 Friendly Celtic 3–2 Dumbarton Celtic Park
McMahon
Divers 		Littlejohn
Speedie 		Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Mr Richmond
26 November 1898 Friendly Dumbarton 5–3 Linthouse Boghead Park
Speedie
Gillies
Miller,J
Wingate

3 December 1898 Friendly Queen's Park 8–2 Dumbarton Hampden Park
Morrice (OG)
Mitchell (OG)





 Mackie
Speedie 		Referee: Mr Ellis
10 December 1898 Friendly Dumbarton 7–1 Airdrie Boghead Park
Miller (pen) (pen)
Speedie
Wingate
Morrice
Littlejohn 		Goldie
24 December 1898 Friendly Renton 2–0 Dumbarton Tontine Park
7 January 1899 Friendly Dumbarton 6–0 King's Park Boghead Park
Gillies
Miller,J
Mackie
Wingate 		Goldie
4 February 1899 Friendly Dundee 5–3 Dumbarton Carolina Port




 Wingate

18 February 1899 Friendly Dumbarton 4–1 Renton Boghead Park
Lang
Speedie
Gillies
16 March 1899 Friendly Fair City Athletic 4–3 Dumbarton Balhousie Park, Perth
Campbell
Farrell

8 April 1899 Friendly Ayr Parkhouse 0–2 Dumbarton Beresford Park

Player statistics[]

The lack of league participation continued to take a toll on the players willing to serve the club and, amongst others, John Docherty, James Richmond and internationalist William Thomson left the club to join Celtic, Partick Thistle and Clyde respectively.

No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Cup Qualifying Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO G Millar[7] 5 0 1 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Andrew Mauchlen[8] 5 0 1 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Daniel Thomson[9] 4 1 0 0 4 1
MF Scotland SCO John Gillan[10] 4 0 1 0 3 0
MF Scotland SCO Kennedy[11] 4 0 1 0 3 0
MF Scotland SCO Henry Mitchell[12] 3 0 1 0 2 0
MF Scotland SCO Morrice[13] 5 0 1 0 4 0
FW Scotland SCO Alexander Gillies[14] 4 1 1 1 3 0
FW Scotland SCO Robert Hendry[15] 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO James Littlejohn[16] 4 5 0 0 4 5
FW Scotland SCO Lewis Mackie[17] 5 0 1 0 4 0
FW Scotland SCO John Millar[18] 5 4 1 0 4 4
FW Scotland SCO Willie Speedie[19] 5 6 1 0 4 6
FW Scotland SCO Thomas Wingate[20] 1 0 1 0 0 0

Source:[21]

Reserve team[]

Dumbarton lost in the second round of the Scottish Second XI Cup to Rangers.

References[]

  1. ^ "Dumbarton 6 - 2 Linthouse, Saturday, September 24th, 1898". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Thornliebank 2 - 4 Dumbarton, Saturday, October 8th, 1898". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Dumbarton 7 - 1 Glasgow University, Saturday, October 22nd, 1898". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Renton 3 - 2 Dumbarton, Saturday, November 5th, 1898". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  5. ^ "East Stirlingshire 4 - 1 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (14/01/1899)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  6. ^ "East Stirlingshire 4 - 1 Dumbarton, Saturday, January 14th, 1899". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  7. ^ "G Millar - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Andrew Mauchlen - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Daniel Thomson - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  10. ^ "John Gillan - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Kennedy - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Henry Mitchell - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Morrice - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  14. ^ "Alexander Gillies - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  15. ^ "Robert Hendry - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  16. ^ "James Littlejohn - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  17. ^ "Lewis Mackie - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  18. ^ "James Millar - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  19. ^ "Willie Speedie - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  20. ^ "Thomas Wingate - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  21. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
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