# 1957–58 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1957–58 season was the 74th 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 played in the Stirlingshire Cup.

## Scottish Second Division

Dumbarton were to challenge for promotion from Division 2 for most of the season, but a disastrous run in the final five games, where only three points were taken, was to prove to be conclusive and in the end a fourth-place finish was achieved with 44 points, 11 behind champions Stirling Albion.

## Scottish League Cup

Only two wins were achieved in the 6 sectional games of the League Cup, but one of these was a 10–3 thumping of Stranraer.

## Scottish Cup

Dumbarton received a tough first round draw in the Cup and lost out to eventual champions Clyde.

## Stirlingshire Cup

Alloa were to prove too strong for Dumbarton in the semi-final of the county cup.

## Dewar Shield

As the previous season's Stirlingshire champions, Dumbarton were drawn to meet the Aberdeenshire Cup holders, Buckie Thistle. As was the case four years earlier, Dumbarton withdrew.

## Player statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Second Division | Second Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | Con Murray | 37 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Eddie O'Donnell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Joe Gallacher | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Tommy Govan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim Gray | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Andy Jardine | 38 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John McKay | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Benny Cairns | 32 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tommy Craig | 42 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | George Cunningham | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Peter Haggerty | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Adam Hogg | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Frank McBriar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | John McCall | 38 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim McCormack | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie McIntyre | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | John Smith | 39 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Ian Beveridge | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jim Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Les Brown | 38 | 11 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Devlin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alex Donnachie | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Hugh Gallacher | 30 | 29 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| | FW | SCO | Bobby Gibson | 18 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | John Glover | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | John McMillan | 30 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| | FW | SCO | Charlie Stewart | 35 | 23 | 34 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Symington | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Tom Whalen | 23 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| | FW | SCO | Trialist | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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### Transfers

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