# 1920–21 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1920–21 season was the 44th 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

Dumbarton witnessed a slump in form finishing in 21st-place out of 22, with 24 points, well behind champions Rangers. In addition to an outflow of some of the team's talent, the inability to score was also a problem, and with just 41 goals to their credit, Dumbarton finishing up as lowest scorers in the league.

### Promotion/relegation Election

The bottom two clubs - Dumbarton and St Mirren - retained their places in the Scottish League. Although the Scottish Second Division had not yet reformed, there was one applicant for promotion - Central League champions, Dunfermline Athletic. However they failed to find a proposer and seconder in the vote.

## Scottish Cup

Dumbarton reached the fourth round before losing out to Rangers.

## Dumbartonshire Cup

Dumbarton again 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 | Vale of Leven | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
| 2 | Clydebank | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 |
| 3 | Dumbarton | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Renton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 |
| 5 | Dumbarton Harp | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |

## Dumbartonshire Charity Cup

Following a draw with Vale of Leven in the semi-final, a replay date could not be arranged and Dumbarton agreed to scratch from the competition.

## Player statistics
### Squad

| 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | John Miller | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Percy Wharrier | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Peter Brown | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Donald Colman | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alex Marshall | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ernest Somerville | 15 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Joseph Till | 38 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | EIR | Harry Chatton | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Eli Cotterill | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Archibald Mackie | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | James McDonald | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Thomas Raeside | 36 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | James Scott | 37 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Pat Travers | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Browning | 35 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Andrew Chalmers | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Peter Currie | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Arthur Early | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | William Fraser | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Charles Gordon | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Thomas Mannion | 23 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Thomas Maxwell | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Bob McDermid | 41 | 9 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | John McMillan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John McTavish | 22 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Rae | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Duncan Walker | 36 | 21 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 6 |
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### Transfers

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