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Lennox was the beneficiary of an unusual reprieve in the 1879–80 Scottish Cup. Jamestown beat Lennox in the third round [ 11 ] with the help of Vale of Leven player Robert Paton , who was not Cup-tied, and, as the Vale was out of the Cup, was free to represent another side. [ 12 ]
Report of Dumbarton Athletic's 15–0 win over Dumbarton Union, Scottish Cup 1888–89, from the Lennox Herald, 8 September 1888. The regional nature of the Scottish Cup draw was unfortunate for the Athletics, as every final from 1881 to 1888 featured one of the three main Dunbartonshire clubs (Renton, Vale of Leven, and Dumbarton), all of whom were heavily backed by local factories.
1892–93 Dumbartonshire Cup semi-final, Levendale 4–2 Smithstone Hibs, Falkirk Herald, 4 February 1893. The earliest record of the club is a 3–1 win over the Vale of Clyde in February 1890.
The one spark of light was its only competitive win in the first round of 1887–88, a remarkable 9–1 hammering of Dumbarton Harp, [14] and the Harp's one was "taken in the dusk". [15] The club was a victim of geography; it obtained respectable results when playing outside the county, such as beating Whifflet Shamrock 4–0 in September 1888 ...
The Scotsman did so in August 2004, and the Sunday Herald followed in November 2005. In addition to newspapers published in Scotland, including Scottish editions of United Kingdom newspapers, a number of local newspapers published in other parts of the British Isles are widely available.
Dumbarton district was abolished in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 which replaced regions and districts with unitary council areas. In the lead-up to the reforms a referendum was held in which the more rural west of the district, including Helensburgh, voted to join Argyll and Bute rather than stay with Dumbarton. [4]
Dunbartonshire's origins as a shire (the area administered by a sheriff) are obscure, but it had become a shire by the end of the twelfth century.The shire of Dumbarton was initially similar in area to the earldom of Lennox, covering an area north of the River Clyde and around Loch Lomond.
Dumbarton had reached the final on three previous occasions losing after a replay twice to Queen's Park in 1881 and 1882 before beating Vale of Leven after a replay to lift the trophy in 1883. Hibernian had been relatively successful in the Scottish Cup after reaching the fifth round on their first appearance in 1877–78. Their best ...