Scottish Cup Semi Final | ||
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton | ||
Season 1879–80 was the seventh Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the seventh time.
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Overview
At the beginning of the season, Dumbarton moved to Boghead Park, which was to be the club's home ground for the next 121 years.
In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton began by beating the previous season's champions, Vale of Leven, in the first round. Thereafter Dumbarton enjoyed some big wins, including an 11–0 thrashing of Clyde, to reach the semi final, only to lose out to eventual winners, Queen's Park, Scotland's top side at the time.
Elsewhere, Dumbarton were one of the four invitees to take part in the Glasgow Charity Cup but lost out to Rangers in the semi final.
Overall, Dumbarton's fixture list continued to grow and expand across the country, with home and away fixtures being played against local rivals Vale of Leven, Rangers (Glasgow), Hearts (Edinburgh) and Ayrshire Cup holders, Kilmarnock Athletic. In all, 15 'other' matches were played during the season, of these 7 were won, 2 drawn and 6 lost, scoring 46 and conceding 27.
Results
All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.
International Caps
International trial matches were played on 28 February and 20 March 1880 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games against England and Wales. J Anderson, Archie Lang, Alex Lawrence and Joe Lindsay all took part.
As a result, Dumbarton's first international caps were awarded when Archie Lang and Joe Lindsay were selected to play for Scotland against Wales on 27 March 1880. The match resulted in a 5-1 win for Scotland with Lindsay scoring one of the goals.