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Season 1951–52 was the 75th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 46th time, the Scottish Cup for the 57th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 6th time.
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Overview
Another slow start to the league campaign, with only a single win from 9 attempts, meant that Dumbarton were never seen as challengers for the title but improving performances during the season resulted in a mid-table 10th-place finish with 28 points, 16 behind champions Clyde.
The season however had started brightly, with Dumbarton winning their first national silverware in 41 years, by triumphing in the St Mungo Quaich - a competition for B Division sides to celebrate the Festival of Britain.
In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost to Falkirk in the third round.
Qualification from the League Cup sectional games was again unfruitful, with Dumbarton finishing 4th and last, recording a win and a draw from their 6 games.
After a year's absence, the Supplementary Cup returned for one last season, with Dumbarton reaching the second round before losing out to Alloa Athletic.
In the Stirlingshire Cup, Falkirk defeated Dumbarton in the semi final.
Results
All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.
Club
Dumbarton used 25 players for the 44 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup, Supplementary Cup and St Mungo Quaich matches, as detailed below. Jack McNee and George Paton were both to feature in all but one of these matches.
International
Duncan Smith was selected to play for the Scottish League B XI against the Irish League B side on 15 April 1952 - and scored a goal in the 6-0 win.
Reserve Team
Dumbarton played a reserve team in Division C (South West) and finished 12th out of 16, recording 11 wins and 4 draws from 30 matches. Note that in addition to the reserve sides of the bigger Division A teams in South and West Scotland, the first teams of East Stirlingshire (relegated from Division B three seasons previously) and Stranraer also competed in this league.
In the Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost in the second round to Dundee United.
Finally in the Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton could only manage a win and a draw from their 6 sectional matches and failed to progress to the knock-out stages.