The 1945–46 season was the seventh (and last) Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in specially arranged wartime football.
Scottish Football League
In what was the last Scottish football season to be played under wartime conditions, the League competition was split into two divisions, with Dumbarton playing in Division B. Dumbarton finished 8th out of 16 with 26 points - 18 behind champions Dundee. No promotion or relegation resulted from the competition.
League Cup South
The story in the League Cup South was a familiar one, with Dumbarton failing to qualify from their section games.
Supplementary Cup The Summer Cup was replaced for B Division teams with a Supplementary Cup, and Dumbarton reached the final only to lose out to Airdrie.
Victory Cup As in 1919, a special Victory Cup was played for, but for Dumbarton there was a first round exit, to Airdrie.
Stirlingshire Cup The Stirlingshire Cup competition was re-established for the first time since 1939, with Dumbarton falling at the semi-final stage to A Division opponents, Falkirk. The competition was however never completed.
Player statistics
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Players in PlayerFromDate Jim Douglas Clyde 18 May 1945 Bernard McDonald 14 Aug 1945 Thomas O'Reilly 1 Sep 1945 Peter McArthur Clyde 12 Sep 1945 Hugh McNamara Clyde 4 Oct 1945 Thomas Jess St Mirren 6 Oct 1945 Charlie Bootland amateur 15 Oct 1945 Archiblad Dingley Ayr United 16 Oct 1945 Alexander Filshie Morton 8 Nov 1945 William Neil Rangers 20 Nov 1945 David Bartleman Burnbank Athletic 29 Nov 1945 Ralph Cowan Rangers 1 Jan 1946 James Brown 23 Feb 1946 Ian Ogilvie Forfar Celtic Bobby Ross Rangers Gordon MacFarlane Jimmy Smith
Players out PlayerToDate Willie Reid St Mirren 23 May 1945 George Brooks Falkirk 26 May 1945 Robert Murphy Released 1 Jul 1945 George Jeffrey Hamilton 30 Aug 1945 Thomas O'Reilly 17 Sep 1945 John Hepburn Clyde 4 Oct 1945 Peter McArthur Released 26 Oct 1945 Ernest Marshall Released 22 Nov 1945 Archibald Dingley amateur 12 Jan 1946 Joseph Henderson Hibernian (loan) 30 Jan 1946 Hugh McNamara released 2 Feb 1946 Ralph Cowan Stirling Albion 20 Feb 1946 John Browning Albion Rovers
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In addition Andrew Bartleman, David Boyd, Tom Brawley, Andrew Cheyne, Frank Douglas, Stan Gullan, James Hoy, Jackie Milne, John Mulvaney, Vincent Pritchard and David Watson would all have played their last 1st team game for Dumbarton before the end of the season.
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