The 1959–60 season was the 76th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Stirlingshire Cup.
Scottish Second Division
A perfect start of 4 wins from the first four games was followed by a run of 13 games with only a single win, meaning that Dumbarton fell away and were never serious challengers for the Division 2 title, finishing in 6th place with 43 points, 10 behind champions St Johnstone.
Scottish League Cup
With only a single win and a draw from their 6 qualifying games, Dumbarton again failed to progress to the knock out stages of the League Cup.
Scottish Cup
Dumbarton were to fall at the first hurdle in the national cup, losing to Queen of the South.
Stirlingshire Cup In the county cup, Dumbarton lost out to Falkirk in the semi-final, after a drawn game.
Friendlies A number of friendlies were played during the season, including home and away fixtures against English Midland League opponents, North Shields, and a benefit match against Clyde for long serving player, Hughie Gallacher.
Player statistics Squad
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International Caps Willie McCulloch earned his first and second caps playing for Scotland Amateurs against England on 26 March and Northern Ireland on 25 April respectively.
Transfers Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:
Players in PlayerFromDate Kenny Allison Hibernian 9 May 1959 John Christie Hibernian 9 May 1959 Alex Duchart East Fife 27 Jun 1959 Freddie Glidden Hearts 4 Jul 1959 Willie McCulloch Drumchapel Am 1 Aug 1959 John Prentice Falkirk 8 Aug 1959 Gordon Black St Johnstone 3 Oct 1959 David Fagan St Mirren 12 Dec 1959
Players out PlayerToDate Les Brown Chelmsford City 30 May 1959 Kenny Allison Cowdenbeath 9 Jan 1960 John Prentice Falkirk 6 Feb 1960 Tommy Brown Freed 30 Apr 1960 John Christie Freed 30 Apr 1960 Willie McCulloch Freed 30 Apr 1960 Bobby McInnes Freed 30 Apr 1960
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Reserve team Dumbarton played only one competitive 'reserve' match in the Scottish Second XI Cup, losing to Clyde in the second round.
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