Manager Peter McGown Scottish Cup Second Round | Scottish League Division 2 4th Scottish League Cup Prelims | |
Top goalscorer League: Hugh Gallacher (23)All: Hugh Gallacher (26) | ||
Season 1958–59 was the 82nd football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 52nd time, the Scottish Cup for the 64th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 12th time.
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Overview
This was to be another 'almost' season for Dumbarton in Division 2, but as in the previous campaign the final run-in was to be decisive with only one win taken from the last six games. It was to be 4th place again, with 45 points, 15 behind champions Ayr United.
In the Scottish Cup, after a good win over Highland League opposition, Division 1 opponents Kilmarnock were to prove to be too good for Dumbarton in the second round.
In the League Cup, qualification was there for the taking, with 3 wins and a draw from the first 5 games, but a final home defeat to Arbroath meant that Dumbarton would miss out again on progression.
Locally Dumbarton lost out to Stenhousemuir in the semi final of the Stirlingshire Cup.
The failure to secure promotion was to result in manager, Peter McGown's resignation - and he was to be replaced by Bobby Combe - who was appointed as the club's first full-time manager.
Finally, Dumbarton scored 133 goals in all games during the season - the 11th time (and the fourth season in a row) that the 'century' had been broken.
Results
All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.
Appearances
Dumbarton used 28 players for the 44 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Tommy Craig and Andy Jardine were best by featuring in all of these matches.
Reserve Team
Dumbarton played a 'reserve' team in the Combined Reserve League. The season was split into two 'series' - with Dumbarton finishing runners up to Morton in the First Series (with 4 wins and 2 draws from 8 games) and winning the Second (with 6 wins from 8 games).
In addition, Dumbarton entered the Scottish Second XI Cup but were knocked out in the first round by Rangers.