The 1938–39 season was the 62nd Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup.
Scottish League
Dumbarton went into their 16th successive season in the Second Division encouraged by the positive performance from the previous campaign, and indeed with 6 wins and 3 draws from their first 10 games, it seemed that at last a challenge on the title could be mounted, but as before, the good results couldn't be maintained, and with only one win from the next 12 games the chance was gone. In the end, Dumbarton finished a disappointing 11th out of 18, with 30 points - half of that gathered by champions Cowdenbeath.
Scottish Cup
Dumbarton fell at the 'first hurdle' in a shock defeat to non-league minnows Blairgowrie.
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Players in PlayerFromDate John Craig Third Lanark 27 May 1938 Thomas Bilsland Manchester City 30 May 1938 Jmaes Fraser Tranmere Rovers 10 Jun 1938 John Newton Aberdeen 11 Jun 1938 John Yuill Duntocher Hibs 13 Jun 1938 Walter Bulloch East Stirling 7 Jul 1938 William Cameron Albion Rovers 9 Aug 1938 Patrick McArdle Belfast Celtic 1 Sep 1938 John McBride Ardrossan Winton Rovers 19 Oct 1938 Frank Campbell Southampton 29 Oct 1938 John Smith Queen of the South 10 Nov 1938 Alistair MacKillop 18 Nov 1938 William Monaghan Duntocher Hibs 24 Nov 1938 Andrew Cumming 3 Dec 1938 John Forsyth 11 Apr 1939
Players out PlayerToDate Abram Robertson Morton 15 Sep 1938 Jmaes Fraser Tranmere Rovers 14 Oct 1938 Frank Campbell Released 10 Nov 1938 Gavin Smith Barnsley 25 Feb 1939 Stephen Murray Released 30 Mar 1939 John Newton Released 30 Mar 1939 Daniel Clancy Ayr United John Clay King's Park Alexander Cochrane Rothwell
In addition John Curly, Archibald Duffy, William Kemp, James McKain and Willie White all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.
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