The 1950–51 season was the 67th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Stirlingshire Cup and the Stirlingshire Consolation Cup.
Scottish League
The league campaign looked to be following those of recent years, with the first win registered after 8 attempts, however a late burst of 5 wins in the final 6 games saw Dumbarton finish in a creditable 9th place (out of 16) with 29 points, 16 behind champions Queen of the South.
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Cup saw Dumbarton exit early to St Johnstone in the first round.
Scottish League Cup
In the League Cup, qualification from the sectional games still proved a problem, finishing 4th and last, with a win and two draws being taken from their 6 games.
Stirlingshire Cup In the Stirlingshire Cup, Stirling Albion overcame Dumbarton in the semi-final after two draws.
Stirlingshire Consolation Cup In a short-lived revival of the Stirlingshire Consolation Cup (a competition for those clubs eliminated early in the previous season's Stirlingshire Cup) Dumbarton finished as runners-up, again to Stirling Albion.
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Players in PlayerFromDate Robert Miller Morton 9 Jun 1950 Bobby McAra Dunipace 27 Jun 1950 Tommy Irwin Denny Juv 30 Jun 1950 Jimmy Whyte Dunipace 30 Jun 1950 Billy McGuinness Dunfermline Ath 1 Aug 1950 George Shepherd Clyde 1 Aug 1950 Thomas Ramsay Cowdenbeath 2 Aug 1950 Alec Braidwood Partick Thistle 7 Aug 1950 Jack Cameron Dalmuir Rovers 7 Aug 1950 Bob McKay Port Glasgow 7 Aug 1950 Gordon Spiers John Browns 10 Aug 1950 Jimmy Parlane Airdrie 24 Aug 1950 Jim Finnie Clydebank Juniors 9 Oct 1950 Duncan Smith 31 Oct 1950 Jimmy Frame Rangers 7 Dec 1950
Players out PlayerToDate Bobby Donaldson Cowdenbeath 24 Jun 1950 Jackie Cantwell Morton 3 Aug 1950 John Turnbull Stirling Albion 9 Oct 1950 Alec Braidwood Freed 30 Apr 1951 Bobby McAra Freed 30 Apr 1951 Billy McGuinness Freed 30 Apr 1951 Bob McKay Freed 30 Apr 1951 Robert Miller Freed 30 Apr 1951 Jimmy Parlane Freed 30 Apr 1951 Thomas Ramsay Freed 30 Apr 1951 George Shepherd Freed 30 Apr 1951 Gordon Spiers Freed 30 Apr 1951
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Reserve team For the second successive season, Dumbarton played a reserve team in Division C (South West) and finished 15th out of 16, recording 7 wins and 4 draws from 30 matches. Note that in addition to the reserve sides of the bigger Division A teams in South and West Scotland, the first teams of East Stirlingshire (relegated from Division B two seasons previously) and Stranraer also competed in this league.
In the Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost in the first round to Hamilton.
Finally in the Reserve League Cup, with only a single win from 6 sectional matches, Dumbarton failed to qualify for the knock-out stages.
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