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
Dumbartonshire Charity Cup Dumbarton won the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup by defeating Vale of Leven in the final.
Player statistics
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Transfers
Players in PlayerFromDate James McDonald 1 May 1919 James Scott Liverpool 30 May 1919 Robert Duffus Dundee 31 May 1919 John Black Dumbarton Harp 10 Jun 1919 James Martin Rangers 5 Jul 1919 Scott Duncan Rangers 15 Jul 1919 Patrick O'Connell Manchester United 7 Aug 1919 Joseph Till Wellington Town 19 Aug 1919 Charles Gordon Queen's Park 20 Aug 1919 John Hagan Dumbarton Harp 20 Sep 1919 John Duffus Bo'ness 21 Sep 1919 John Robertson Motherwell (loan) 1 Jan 1920 Joseph Willis Bo'ness (loan) 11 Mar 1920 John Clark (loan) 10 Apr 1920
Players out PlayerToDate Archibald Ritchie Rangers 20 May 1919 John Rowan Hamilton 20 Oct 1919 Alex Marshall Dumbarton Harp (loan) 12 Dec 1919 Thomas Raeside Bo'ness (loan) 2 Jan 1920 John Black Albion Rovers 28 Jan 1920 Hugh Burns Renton James Cumming West Ham James Dawson St Bernards John Durnin Swansea Town Joseph Hendry Third Lanark John McKim Hamilton William Ritchie Bury Duncan Walker Bo'ness (loan) Herbert Yarnell Reading
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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.
Representative Match Robert McGrory and James Scott were selected to play in the Home Scots team which played an Anglo Scot select on 30 March 1920. The Home Scots won 2-1.
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