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Dumbarton

1956–1957 season
Manager	Peter McGown
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 2	9th
Scottish Cup	Seventh round
Scottish League Cup	Prelims
Top goalscorer	League: Hugh Gallacher (28) All: Hugh Gallacher (37)
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The 1956–57 season was the 73rd football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Stirlingshire Cup.

Scottish League

By coming so close to promotion the previous season, confidence was high to mount a serious challenge on the Division 2 title. However, despite breaking the 100 goals scored in a league season for the first time, the 70 against was never going to be 'championship material' and only a 9th place was achieved with 38 points, 26 behind runaway winners Clyde.

22 August 1956 Division 2	Cowdenbeath	2-1	Dumbarton	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
	Murray Gilfillan 80'		Whalen	Referee: A Crossman

5 September 1956 Division 2	Dumbarton	2-0	Hamilton	Boghead Park
	Gallacher, H 10' McKeown 41'			Referee: R Smith

8 September 1956 Division 2	Stenhousemuir	1-3	Dumbarton	Ochilview Park
	Jackson 43'		Brown 8', 10' Whalen	Referee: P Crossley

12 September 1956 Division 2	Hamilton	1-1	Dumbarton	Douglas Park
	Woods 80'		Rollo (pen.)	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: P Crossley

15 September 1956 Division 2	Dumbarton	3-2	East Stirling	Boghead Park
	Hunter Kiernan		Forsyth 6' Mooney 15'	Referee: W Brittle

19 September 1956 Division 2	Dumbarton	2-3	Cowdenbeath	Boghead Park
	Kiernan Hunter		Beckett Stewart Quinn	Referee: R Rodger

22 September 1956 Division 2	Stirling Albion	3-1	Dumbarton	Annfield Stadium
	Smith 14' Ritchie 64' Philiben		Hunter 66'	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: W Davidson

29 September 1956 Division 2	Dumbarton	4-0	Berwick Rangers	Boghead Park
	Whalen 33' Kiernan 48' Glover 80' Brown 85'			Attendance: 4,300 Referee: R Davidson

6 October 1956 Division 2	Stranraer	5-4	Dumbarton	Stair Park
	Crow 11' King 34' Small 25' McCutcheon 38'		Kiernan 13' 53' Wilson (OG)	Referee: J Mackie

13 October 1956 Division 2	Dumbarton	0-1	Third Lanark	Boghead Park
			McInnes 27'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: W Liston

20 October 1956 Division 2	Dumbarton	2-3	Clyde	Boghead Park
	Gallacher, H 30' Rollo 58' (pen.)		Keogh 8', 77' Innes 25'	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: R Yacamini

29 October 1956 Division 2	Arbroath	3-2	Dumbarton	Gayfield Park
	Fernie 6' Gunn 9' McGrory 13'		Gallacher, H 7', 61'	Attendance: 2,700 Referee: J Devine

3 November 1956 Division 2	Forfar Athletic	0-2	Dumbarton	Station Park, Forfar
			Gallacher, H 28' Gallagher	Attendance: 1,600 Referee: R Morris

10 November 1956 Division 2	Dumbarton	2-2	Brechin City	Boghead Park
	Cairns 25' Whalen 29'		Gray Warrander	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: H Spence

17 November 1956 Division 2	Dumbarton	7-0	Montrose	Boghead Park
	Heaney 13' Auld 23', 69' Brown 32', 33', 59' Craig 55'			Referee: W Harvey

24 November 1956 Division 2	Morton	1-1	Dumbarton	Cappielow Park
	Shaw 88'		Gallacher, H 16'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: D McTaggart

8 December 1956 Division 2	Dumbarton	3-2	Dundee United	Boghead Park
	Auld 9', 60' Brown 54'		Milne 23' Watt 38'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: T Wharton

15 December 1956 Division 2	Alloa Athletic	2-3	Dumbarton	Recreation Park, Alloa
	Docherty Dignam		Gallacher, H Brown

8 December 1956 Division 2	Dumbarton	3-2	Dundee United	Boghead Park
	Auld 9', 60' Brown 54'		Milne 23' Watt 38'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: T Wharton

22 December 1956 Division 2	Dumbarton	8-1	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
	Gallacher, H 15', 28', 36', 55', 83' Brown 48' Heaney 81' Auld 83'		McKenna 42'	Referee: T Edwards

15 December 1956 Division 2	Clyde	5-3	Dumbarton	Shawfield Stadium
	Innes 10', 50' Ring 77' Granville 81' Craig 84' (OG)		Heaney 3' Gallacher, H 52' Auld	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: J Mowat

1 January 1957 Division 2	Dumbarton	1-3	Stirling Albion	Boghead Park
	Whalen 54'		Pattison Grant 56', 57'	Referee: A McLintock

2 January 1957 Division 2	East Stirling	3-2	Dumbarton	Firs Park
	Forsyth, D		Cairns Brown	Referee: H Spence

5 January 1957 Division 2	Dumbarton	6-2	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
	Gibson 8' Gallacher, H 32' Brown 39', 51', 53' Kiernan		Jack 38'	Referee: H Gallacher

12 January 1957 Division 2	Berwick Rangers	1-0	Dumbarton	Shielfield Park
	Campbell 33'			Referee: J Bissett

19 January 1957 Division 2	Dumbarton	4-1	Stranraer	Boghead Park
	Kiernan Brown Gallacher, H 54', 80'		Miller	Referee: W Brittle

26 January 1957 Division 2	Third Lanark	7-0	Dumbarton	Cathkin Park
	Allan Herbert Walker 36', 39', 70' Craig 75', 78'			Attendance: 6,000 Referee: F Crossley

9 February 1957 Division 2	Dumbarton	4-1	St Johnstone	Boghead Park
	McKeown 9' Gallacher, H 32' Gallagher 54' Brown 67'		Palmer 71' (pen.)	Referee: R Rodger

6 March 1957 Division 2	Dumbarton	3-1	Arbroath	Boghead Park
	Gallacher, H 30' Auld 57' Gibson 59'		Vandermotten 75'

9 March 1957 Division 2	Brechin City	4-1	Dumbarton	Glebe Park, Brechin
	Warrander Stormont Scott		Rollo 30'	Referee: H Phillips

16 March 1957 Division 2	Montrose	1-6	Dumbarton	Links Park
	Kiddle 85'		Brown 4' Gallacher, H 14' Gallagher 32' Gibson 33' Auld 41' Rollo 90'	Referee: W Syme

23 March 1957 Division 2	Dumbarton	2-2	Morton	Boghead Park
	Brown 6' Gallacher, H 48'		Gourlay 43' Newman 56'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: A McLintock

10 April 1957 Division 2	Dumbarton	5-1	Forfar Athletic	Boghead Park
	Gallacher, H Cairns brown McKeown Gibson		Ogilvie

13 April 1957 Division 2	Dumbarton	5-0	Alloa Athletic	Boghead Park
	Gallacher, H 5' Gibson 13', 38' Brown			Referee: R Rodger

17 April 1957 Division 2	Dundee United	3-1	Dumbarton	Tannadice Park
	Coyle McDonald		Hamilton (OG)	Attendance: 1,500

20 April 1957 Division 2	Albion Rovers	3-1	Dumbarton	Cliftonhill Stadium
	Carson Houston 27' (pen.) McKay 78'		McCall (pen.)	Referee: P Fitzpatrick

24 April 1957 Division 2	St Johnstone	0-6	Dumbarton	Muirton Park
			Gallacher, H Gibson McKeown

Scottish Cup

In the Cup, Dumbarton dispatched two Division 1 clubs en route to the quarter-finals, where Raith Rovers were to prove too strong.

2 February 1957 Round 5	Queen of the South	2–2	Dumbarton	Palmerston Park
	McGill 4' Black		Gallacher, H 32' Brown	Attendance: 7,199 Referee: F Crossley

6 February 1957 Round 5R	Dumbarton	4–2	Queen of the South	Boghead Park
	Whalen 10' McCall Gibson Gallacher, H		McMillan Oakes 30'	Attendance: 5,799 Referee: F Crossley

16 February 1957 Round 6	Motherwell	1–3	Dumbarton	fir Park
	Gardinaer 15'		Gibson 36', 89' Cairns 72' (pen.)	Attendance: 16,000 Referee: D Gerrard

2 March 1957 Round 7	Dumbarton	0–4	Raith Rovers	Boghead Park
			Kelly Copland 63' McEwan 64'	Attendance: 18,001 Referee: H Phillips

Scottish League Cup

Dumbarton failed to qualify from their section in the League Cup, although it was their poor home performances which were to count against them this season.

11 August 1956 Section 5	Dumbarton	1–8	Brechin City	Boghead Park
	Gallacher, H 40'		Selway 33' 55' 89' Warrander 38' Muir 53', 63', 64'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: G Fitzgerald

15 August 1956 Section 5	Hamilton	5–3	Dumbarton	Douglas Park
	Woods 24' Currie Armit Sharp 89'		Gallacher, H 40' Whalen 39'	Referee: G Mitchell

18 August 1956 Section 5	Dumbarton	1–1	Alloa Athletic	Boghead Park
	Gallacher, H 25'		Docherty 45'	Referee: A McLintock

25 August 1956 Section 5	Brechin City	3–4	Dumbarton	Glebe Park, Brechin
	Muir 23' Duncan 40' (pen.) Selway 80'		Hunter 30' Gallacher, H 61', 88' McCall 79'	Referee: H Gallacher

29 August 1956 Section 5	Dumbarton	3–4	Hamilton	Boghead Park
	Whalen 42', 66', 82'		Quinn 6' (pen.), 22' (pen.) Thomson 65' Armit	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: R Morris

1 September 1956 Section 5	Alloa Athletic	1–3	Dumbarton	Recreation Park, Alloa
	Wales 52'		Gallacher, H 30' Rollo 57' (pen.) Glover	Referee: J Mackie

Stirlingshire Cup

With an aggregate win over Alloa Athletic in the final, the county cup returned to Dumbarton for the second time.

29 April 1957 Final First leg	Dumbarton	4-2	Alloa Athletic	Boghead Park
	Auld Gallacher, H Whalen

30 April 1957 Final Second leg	Alloa Athletic	1-1 (3-5 agg.)	Dumbarton	Recreation Park, Alloa
			Gallacher, H

Friendlies

23 January 1957 Friendly	Dumbarton	2-3	Celtic	Boghead Park
	Gallacher, H		McPhail Tully	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: W Syme

1 April 1957 Friendly	Dumbarton	2-2	Combined Services XI	Boghead Park
	Gallacher, H Brown

Player statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Tommy McCulloch	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Alex McNeill	9	0	6	0	0	0	3	0
	GK	SCO	Eddie O'Donnell	36	0	29	0	4	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	Joe Gallacher	15	0	11	0	0	0	4	0
	DF	SCO	John McKay	43	0	35	0	4	0	4	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Neilson	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Rollo	41	5	32	4	4	0	5	1
	MF	SCO	Benny Cairns	40	5	32	4	4	1	4	0
	MF	SCO	Tommy Craig	41	1	33	1	4	0	4	0
	MF	SCO	Jim Hunter	22	4	17	3	0	0	5	1
	MF	SCO	Jimmy Mann	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	John McCall	40	3	31	1	4	1	5	1
	FW	SCO	Bertie Auld	16	8	15	8	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Les Brown	39	20	30	19	4	1	5	0
	FW	SCO	Hugh Gallacher	39	37	29	28	4	2	6	7
	FW	SCO	John Gallagher	16	4	13	4	2	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Bobby Gibson	20	11	16	8	4	3	0	0
	FW	SCO	John Glover	8	2	7	1	0	0	1	1
	FW	SCO	John Heaney	16	3	12	3	4	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Hendry	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Felix Kiernan	11	8	11	8	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Billy McKeown	12	3	11	3	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	John McMillan	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Jim McQuade	6	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
	FW	SCO	Alex Stewart	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	Tom Whalen	23	10	17	5	1	1	5	4

Source:

Transfers

Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:

Players in Player From Date Alex Rollo Kilmarnock 28 May 1956 Jim Hunter Alloa Ath 11 Aug 1956 Felix Kiernan Albion Rovers 22 Sep 1956 Bobby Gibson Morton 29 Nov 1956 Bertie Auld Celtic (loan)

Players out Player To Date Gerry McCaffrey Cowdenbeath 23 Jun 1956 Joe Harvey Freed 30 Apr 1957 Jim Hunter Freed 30 Apr 1957

Source:

Reserve team

Dumbarton played a 'reserve' team in the Alliance League, which was set up for Division 2 sides. The season was split into two 'series' - with Dumbarton winning the First Series (with 6 wins and 2 draws from 10 games) and finishing as runners up in the Second (with 6 wins and 3 draws from 12 games).

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81. The attendance still stands as a record at Boghead.
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94. A match against Celtic was played to celebrate the 'switch on' of the new floodlights at Boghead.
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97. "Joe Gallacher - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
98. The league match against Montrose on 17 November marked John McKay's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions.
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100. "Jim Hunter - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
101. "Jimmy Mann - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
102. The Scottish Cup tie against Queen of the South on 2 February marked John McCall's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions.
103. The league match against Stirling Albion on 1 January marked Hugh Gallacher's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions.
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