Dumbarton Football Club is a football (soccer) club from Scotland. They come from the town of Dumbarton in West Dunbartonshire and play their home games at the Strathclyde Homes Stadium, next to Dumbarton Castle.
Contents
1
History
2 Famous players
3 Hall Of Fame
4
Honours
5
Club Records
6 External links
History
Formed in 1872 the club are amongst the oldest in Scotland. They were founder members of the Scottish Football Association in 1873 and were one of the biggest clubs in the country around this period. They were joint winners (with Rangers) of the inaugural Scottish Football League in 1891. They were outright winners of the league the following season and in May 1892 inflicted Rangers heaviest ever league defeat when they thrashed the Gers 6-0.
At the period of their formation there were a number of other clubs playing in the town of Dumbarton and surrounding areas, but they have survived as the sole ‘senior’ club in the area (although the ‘junior’ sides of Vale of Leven and Clydebank play not too far away).
In May 2000 they left their traditional and infamous home at Boghead Park in the north-east of the town, and after a short spell ground-sharing with Albion Rovers at Coatbridge they moved to their purpose built Strathclyde Homes Stadium on the banks of the river Leven underneath the Dumbarton Rock (commonly referred to as the Rock by supporters). The move coincided with an up-turn in the clubs fortune as they were shortly after promoted from the Third Division to the Second. Crowds have been larger since they moved as well.
The club plays in Gold and Black strips (uniforms) and is nicknamed the Sons (as in Sons of the Rock, a term for those born in the town of Dumbarton, the Rock being the extinct volcano the town’s castle sits on).
Famous players
Hughie Gallacher
Murdo MacLeod
Graeme Sharp
Ian Wallace
Owen Coyle
Kenny Wilson
Roy McCormack
Lawrie Williams
Walter Smith
Hall Of Fame
Recently, the club and its supporters named their all time best XI.
The full XI is:
Lawrie Williams
Ray Montgomerie
Murdo MacLeod
Donald McNeill
Colin McAdam
Albert Craig
Tom McAdam
Johnny Graham
Willie Wallace
Kenny Wilson
Charlie Gibson
Honours
Scottish Cup: 1883
Division I: 1890-91, 1891-92
Division II: 1910-11, 1971-72
Second Division: 1991-92
Club Records
Biggest league win: 13-2 .v. Kirkintilloch (1888)
Biggest league loss: 1-11 .v. Albion Rovers (1926)
Biggest league cup loss: 1-11 .v. Ayr United (August 13 1952)
Biggest home attendance: 18,001 .v. Raith Rovers, (March 2 1957)
Most goals in a season: Kenny Wilson, 1971-72
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