The 1936–37 season was the 60th 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
After the previous season's disastrous performance, Dumbarton began their 15th successive season in the Second Division with a complete clear out of playing staff. Amongst other initiatives, Dumbarton entered into an arrangement with Clyde whereby their 'second string' players would be made available for development. Initially there was a big improvement, with 6 wins and 2 draws being gained from the first 10 league games, but with the next 11 games yielding just a single point, the earlier confidence disappeared and eventually Dumbarton finished 15th out of 18, with 27 points - half of the points won by champions Ayr United.
Scottish Cup
In the Scottish Cup, there was more disappointment. The first round tie against Highland League opponents, Keith was won, but only just. However Dumbarton were not to be so lucky in the second round and were dumped out of the competition by non-league minnows Duns.
Dumbartonshire Cup The only bright spot of another poor season was when Dumbarton retained the Dumbartonshire Cup with victory over amateur side Vale Ocaba.
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Players in PlayerFromDate Stephen Murray Stenhousemuir 2 Jun 1936 John Cuthbert Clyde (loan) 6 Aug 1936 Hugh MacFarlane Clyde (loan) 6 Aug 1936 Magnus Mowatt Clyde (loan) 6 Aug 1936 John Rae Clyde (loan) 6 Aug 1936 Edward McDonnell St Anthony's 15 Jun 1936 John Glass Rosewell Rosedale 19 Jun 1936 Alex Scott Cowdenbeath 25 Jun 1936 Andrew Sinclair Motherwell 1 Jul 1936 Archibald Duffy Morton 5 Aug 1936 Andrew McGillivray Dundee United 6 Nov 1936 James Black Kilmarnock 19 Nov 1936 James Mitchell King's Park 19 Nov 1936 Abram Robertson Morton 26 Nov 1936 David Ogilvie Amateur 7 Dec 1936 Peter McMahon East Fife 5 Jan 1937 Joseph Jackson Vale Ocaba 1 Apr 1937
Players out PlayerToDate Robert Speedie King's Park 18 Jul 1936 Andrew McGillivray Released 1 Dec 1936 James Black Released 19 Dec 1936 John Crawford Stenhousemuir Harry Cook Juniors Issac McDowall King's Park John McIntyre Galston Robert Tait East Fife George Taylor Albion Rovers
In addition Ronald Cameron, A Clark, William Clark, Robert Hogg, Robert Kerr, Archibald Taylor and Archibald Turner all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.
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