Scottish League Division 2 10th Scottish League Cup Prelims | Scottish Cup First Prelim Round | |
Manager Willie Toner/ Ian Spence Top goalscorer League: Roy McCormack (20)All: Roy McCormack (21) | ||
Season 1967–68 was the 91st football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 61st time, the Scottish Cup for the 73rd time and the Scottish League Cup for the 21st time.
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Overview
Manager Willie Toner was to wield the axe with the playing staff before the start of the season, and a number of long serving players were to leave the club. However, with only one win taken from the first five league games, Willie Toner's youth policy was not proving successful and he resigned his position as manager to be replaced a week later by Ian Spence. The damage had already been done and Dumbarton finished in 10th place, with 33 points, 29 behind champions St Mirren.
In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton were to fall in the first preliminary round to Berwick Rangers, after a draw.
In the League Cup, a single draw was all that there was to show from the six sectional games and therefore once again Dumbarton were no have no further interest in the competition.
Locally, for the third season in a row Dumbarton were to taste defeat, not on the pitch, but in the boardroom after the game as the Stirlingshire Cup semi final tie against Stirling Albion was decided by the toss of a coin.
Finally the number of goals conceded in all games during the season was 118, the 18th time this unwanted 'century' had been broken.
Results
All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.
Stirlingshire Cup
* - lost on toss of coin
Appearances
Dumbarton used 37 players for the 44 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. John McGoldrick was best by featuring in 41 of these matches. Note that 2 unnamed trialists played in one match.