title: 1919–20 Dumbarton F.C. season
text: # 1919–20 Dumbarton F.C. season
  
  The 1919–20 season was the 43rd Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup. In addition Dumbarton entered the Dumbartonshire Cup and the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup.
  
  ## Scottish League
  
  There was an improvement from the previous season with an 11th-place finish out of 22, with 39 points, 32 behind champions Rangers.
  
  ## Scottish Cup
  
  With the resumption of the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton were perhaps unfortunate to come up against Rangers in the first round. However they gave a good account of themselves, and lost a very close encounter by the only goal, after a 0-0 draw.
  
  ## Dumbartonshire Cup
  
  For the second successive season Dumbarton failed to progress from the sectional stage of the Dumbartonshire Cup.
  
  ### Final league table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Renton | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 7 |
  | 2 | Clydebank | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 |
  | 3 | Vale of Leven | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 |
  | 4 | Dumbarton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
  | 5 | Dumbarton Harp | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |
  
  ## Dumbartonshire Charity Cup
  
  Dumbarton won the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup by defeating Vale of Leven in the final.
  
  ## Player statistics
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First Division | First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | | GK | SCO | John Hagen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | GK | SCO | John Miller | 42 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | | DF | SCO | Alex Marshall | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | DF | SCO | Bob McGrory | 40 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | | DF | SCO | Finlay Speedie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | DF | ENG | Joseph Till | 41 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | | MF | SCO | Robert Duffus | 36 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
  | | MF | SCO | James Martin | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | | MF | SCO | James McDonald | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | MF | EIR | Patrick O'Connell | 33 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | | MF | SCO | Thomas Raeside | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | MF | SCO | James Scott | 31 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
  | | FW | SCO | Alex Bennett | 39 | 6 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
  | | FW | SCO | John Black | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | | FW | SCO | John Clark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | FW | SCO | John Duffus | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | | FW | SCO | Scott Duncan | 29 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
  | | FW | SCO | Charles Gordon | 24 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | | FW | SCO | Bob McDermid | 43 | 17 | 41 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
  | | FW | SCO | John Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | | FW | SCO | John Rowan | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | | FW | SCO | Alexander Thom | 30 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
  | | FW | SCO | Duncan Walker | 26 | 19 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
  | | FW | SCO | Joseph Willis | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  
  Source:
  
  ### Transfers
  
  Source:
  
  In addition Robert Carmichael, David Finnie, Val Lawrence, John McEwan, James McGregor, James McIntosh, James Neil, william Wilson and James Young all played their final 'first XI' games in Dumbarton colours.
  
  