# 1959–60 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1959–60 season was the 76th 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 Second Division

A perfect start of 4 wins from the first four games was followed by a run of 13 games with only a single win, meaning that Dumbarton fell away and were never serious challengers for the Division 2 title, finishing in 6th place with 43 points, 10 behind champions St Johnstone.

## Scottish League Cup

With only a single win and a draw from their 6 qualifying games, Dumbarton again failed to progress to the knock out stages of the League Cup.

## Scottish Cup

Dumbarton were to fall at the first hurdle in the national cup, losing to Queen of the South.

## Stirlingshire Cup

In the county cup, Dumbarton lost out to Falkirk in the semi-final, after a drawn game.

## Friendlies

A number of friendlies were played during the season, including home and away fixtures against English Midland League opponents, North Shields, and a benefit match against Clyde for long serving player, Hughie Gallacher.

## Player statistics
### Squad

| 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 | Donald Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Doug Robertson | 37 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | James Woodburn | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | George Boyle | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Tommy Govan | 27 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Andy Jardine | 36 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jack McDade | 13 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim McGrogan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Gordon Black | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tommy Craig | 30 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Charlie Cunningham | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dougan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | David Fagan | 17 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Freddie Glidden | 40 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim McCormack | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | John Prentice | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie Robinson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Kenny Allison | 19 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Anderson | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Les Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Christie | 22 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Gordon Clydesdale | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Bobby Combe | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Bobby Crum | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alex Duchart | 43 | 15 | 36 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Hugh Gallacher | 38 | 25 | 31 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie McCulloch | 31 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Finlay McDonald | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Gerry McGinlay | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Rowley | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Charlie Stewart | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Murdo Tait | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Tom Whalen | 21 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Trialist | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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### International Caps

Willie McCulloch earned his first and second caps playing for Scotland Amateurs against England on 26 March and Northern Ireland on 25 April respectively.

### Transfers

Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:
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## Reserve team

Dumbarton played only one competitive 'reserve' match in the Scottish Second XI Cup, losing to Clyde in the second round.