Manager Peter McGown Scottish Cup Third Round | Scottish League C Division (South West) 4th Scottish Supplementary League Cup Prelims | |
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton Top goalscorer League: Hughie Gallacher (27)
All: Hughie Gallacher (32) | ||
Season 1954–55 was the 78th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the 60th time.
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Overview
With club finances re-structured, a new manager (Peter McGown having taken over from Willie Irvine) and a new youthful team in place, the season was approached with some confidence, in the knowledge that only winning the league would guarantee a return to the top 'tiers' of Scottish football.
However, things were not going to be easy, since apart from Stranraer, their league opponents would be the reserve (or 'A') sides of the bigger clubs from the top two divisions - and so it was to prove, for despite challenging strongly throughout the season, only a 4th place out of 13 was achieved, Nevertheless, league re-construction at the end of the season meant that the Divisions C were brought to an end, with Dumbarton, Stranraer, Montrose, East Stirling and Berwick Rangers all joining a revamped 19 team Second Division for season 1955-56.
In the Scottish Cup, there was an early exit with Dumbarton losing to Montrose in the third round.
No progress was made from the sectional games in the Supplementary League Cup, finishing 5th of 7, with four wins and two draws from 12 matches.
There was also a first round defeat in the Stirlingshire Cup, to East Stirling.
In addition to league and cup duties, a number of friendlies were played, including an impressive win against a strong Dundee side.
Results
All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.
League table
Top Four
Appearances
Dumbarton used 38 players for the 37 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish Supplementary League Cup matches, as detailed below. John McKay was best as the only player to feature in all of these matches. Note that unnamed trialist(s) played in two occasions.
Reserve Team
Dumbarton only played one official 'reserve' match in the Second XI Cup, losing in the first round to Clyde, after a replay.