The 1929–30 season was the 53rd Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Dumbartonshire Cup.
Scottish League
With just 5 wins to show for their efforts in the league campaign up to the new year, it was to prove yet another fruitless season for Dumbarton, their eighth season in a row in the Second Division, and in the end finished 16th out of 20, with 30 points - 27 behind champions Leith Athletic.
Scottish Cup
Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by Cowdenbeath.
Dumbartonshire Cup For the first time since 1923, Dumbarton won the Dumbartonshire Cup, beating Clydebank in the final.
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Players in PlayerFromDate Stewart Lennie Queen's Park 17 Jun 1929 James Kelso Helensburgh Amateurs 21 Jun 1929 Angus Kerr 24 Jun 1929 Archibald McNish 27 Jul 1929 John Fairlie Bathgate 30 Jul 1929 James Brannan Croy Celtic 8 Aug 1929 William Hyslop 27 Aug 1929 James Stewart King's Park 8 Oct 1929 Norman Shaw Stenhousemuir 11 Oct 1929 John Thomson 24 Oct 1929 Alex Fraser Montrose 10 Nov 1929 Alex McConnachie Morton (loan) 22 Nov 1929 William Livingstone Motherwell 14 Dec 1929 Willie Parlane Hermitage FP 26 Dec 1929 David Beattie loan 4 Feb 1930 Johnny Parlane 3 Apr 1930
Players out PlayerToDate James Crawford St Bernards 8 Aug 1929 John Harvie Clydebank 9 Aug 1929 Robert Orr Clydebank 10 Sep 1929 Angus Kerr Released 16 Oct 1929 John Thomson Released 6 Nov 1929 John Fairlie Queen of the South 1 Jan 1930 Angus Urquhart Manchester United Archibald Gillies Freed Jock Bradford Freed Hugh Reid Freed
In addition John Jackson and Alex McIssac all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.
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