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Season 1959–60 was the 83rd football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 53rd time, the Scottish Cup for the 65th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 13th time.
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Overview
A perfect start of 4 wins from the first four games was followed by a run of 13 games with only a single win, meaning that Dumbarton fell away and were never serious challengers for the Division 2 title, finishing in 6th place with 43 points, 10 behind champions St Johnstone.
In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton were to fall at the first hurdle, losing to Queen of the South.
In the League Cup, with only a single win and a draw from their 6 games, Dumbarton again failed to progress to the knock out stages.
Locally Dumbarton lost out to Falkirk in the semi final of the Stirlingshire Cup, after a drawn game.
Finally, a number of friendlies were played during the season, including home and away fixtures against English Midland League opponents, North Shields, and a benefit match against Clyde for long serving player, Hughie Gallacher.
Results
All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.
Appearances
Dumbarton used 33 players for the 43 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Alex Duchart was the only player to feature in all of these matches. Note that unnamed trialist(s) played in three matches.
Reserve Team
Dumbarton played only one competitive 'reserve' match in the Scottish Second XI Cup, losing to Clyde in the second round.