The 1940–41 season was the second Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in regional football during World War II.
Scottish Southern League
It was the intention of the Scottish League to start up operations again this season, but after the fall of France, it was decided that the League would cease all operations until the war was over. Nevertheless, it was left to the clubs themselves to organise themselves and to this end the clubs in the 'central belt' established the Scottish Southern League. 13 of the clubs who had played in the Western Division the previous season competed, along with Falkirk, Hearts and Hibernian, who took the places of Ayr United, Kilmarnock and Queen of the South. Dumbarton finished 14th out of 16 with 24 points - 32 behind champions Rangers.
League Cup South
To complete the fixture list, two further competitions were introduced restricted to the 16 'South' league members. The League Cup South was established, beginning with 4 sections of 4 teams playing on a 'home and away' basis, followed by semi finals and a final. Unfortunately Dumbarton did not progress beyond the section prelims.
Summer Cup
Dumbarton reached the semi-final before losing to eventual champions Hibernian.
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Internationalist/Representative On 8 February 1941, Jackie Milne played for Scotland in an unofficial international match against England at Newcastle - the Scots winning 3–2.
Two weeks prior, on 25 January 1941, Milne played for an SFA Select against an Army XI, with the SFA gaining a narrow 1–0 victory.
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Players in PlayerFromDate Willie Dunn Raith Rovers (guest) 30 Nov 1939 John Hill Cowdenbeath (guest) 31 Jul 1940 Felix McGrogan Kilmarnock (guest) 31 Jul 1940 James Shields Celtic (guest) 31 Jul 1940 James Bulloch Alloa Athletic (guest) 3 Aug 1940 John Soutar Montrose (guest) 3 Aug 1940 Thomas Gilmour Rangers (guest) 5 Aug 1940 John Drysdale Kilmarnock (guest) 6 Aug 1940 Charlie Ferguson Aberdeen (guest) 6 Aug 1940 Frank Moulds St Johnstone (guest) 6 Aug 1940 George Hay Queen of the South (guest) 8 Aug 1940 Alfred Williams Aberdeen (guest) 10 Aug 1940 Andy Cheyne Motherwell (guest) 22 Aug 1940 William Telfer Motherwell (guest) 22 Aug 1940 Hugh Hart Dunfermline Athletic (guest) 23 Aug 1940 Henry Dornan Kilmarnock (guest) 27 Aug 1940 Jackie Milne Middlesbrough (guest) 30 Aug 1940 William Brown Falkirk (guest) 13 Sep 1940 Jock Wallace Blackpool (guest) 19 Sep 1940 George Steele Morton (guest) 5 Oct 1940 Archibald Taylor Clyde (guest) 8 Nov 1940 David Mathie Motherwell (guest) 5 Dec 1940 George Henderson Wishaw 18 Jan 1941 George Jeffrey Wishaw 24 Jan 1941 Jeffrey Lockwood Manchester City 15 Mar 1941 William Aird St Bernard's (guest) Charlie Gavin Arbroath (guest) Jimmy Hickie Clyde (guest) Fally Rodger Northampton Town (guest) Sammy Ross Falkirk (guest) William Savage Queen of the South (guest) George Urquhart Arbroath (guest)
Players out PlayerToDate David Cowan Stenhousemuir Bobby Speedie Clydebank Juniors
In addition James Brown, John Forsyth, John Getty, John McBride, David McLean and William Nichol all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.
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