The 1937–38 season was the 61st Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup.
Scottish League
Dumbarton made another encouraging start to their 15th season in a row in the Second Division, with only one defeat in their first 8 games. Although that form wasn't maintained fully, Dumbarton had their best season for a number of years by finishing 7th out of 18, with 39 points – 20 behind champions Raith Rovers. For the fifth time, Dumbarton maintained an unbeaten home league record, but with only 3 wins from 17 fixtures away from Boghead, promotion was never going to be a real possibility.
Scottish Cup
Dumbarton came up against first division Kilmarnock in the first round and despite a good fight were to finish up second best.
Friendly
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Players in PlayerFromDate William Deans Cowdenbeath 28 May 1937 Robert Muir Alloa Athletic 4 Jun 1937 Gavin Smith Pollok 15 Jun 1937 Willie White Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 25 Jun 1937 John Clay Morton 1 Jul 1937 John Irvine Alloa Athletic 1 Jul 1937 William Kemp Dumbarton Harp 10 Aug 1937 James McKain 10 Aug 1937 Jimmy Smith Notts County 10 Aug 1937 Thomas Devers Aberdeen 23 Sep 1937 John Curley Morton 24 Aug 1937 William Morrison St Anthony's 2 Nov 1937 Sandy Cochrane East Stirling 17 Nov 1937 James McAllister Airdrie 17 Nov 1937 Daniel Clancy Ayr United 19 Nov 1937 David Muir St Mirren 1 Jan 1938
Players out PlayerToDate John Irvine released 22 Nov 1937 Thomas Devers released 3 Dec 1937 Robert Muir 3 Dec 1937 William Deans King's Park 31 Dec 1937 David Muir released 6 Jan 1938 Joseph Jackson released 26 Jan 1938 Edward McDonnell Clyde Peter McMahon Brechin City Andrew Sinclair King's Park Martin Watson King's Park
In addition John Glass, James Mitchell, David Ogilvie, Willie Parlane, Alex Scott and Alex Young all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.
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