| Full name | Dunbar Town Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1936 | |
| Dissolved | 1939 | |
| Ground | Laundry Park | |
| Player-manager | James Sked [1] | |
Dunbar Town F.C. was a short-lived senior association football club from Dunbar in East Lothian.
| Full name | Dunbar Town Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1936 | |
| Dissolved | 1939 | |
| Ground | Laundry Park | |
| Player-manager | James Sked [1] | |
Dunbar Town F.C. was a short-lived senior association football club from Dunbar in East Lothian.
The club played under the purview of the Berwickshire Association in its first season, but withdrew before the season's end, [2] in order to join the East of Scotland League in 1937. [3] The club's first match in the competition was a disastrous 11–2 defeat to Peebles Rovers. [4] The Town however quickly recovered, and finished the season mid-table, although helped by a number of teams not completing the season.
The 1938–39 League season saw the club win more matches than it lost, finishing in the upper mid-table. [5] However it had less success in Cup competitions; it lost in the preliminary round of the East of Scotland Qualifying Cup in both 1937–38 and 1938–39, the former after a replay against reigning East of Scotland League champions Jed Arts; the club's draw in the original game was considered a major shock, as Dunbar arrived with only seven players, and relied on a reserve plus three local volunteers to make up the numbers. [6] It also lost in the first round of the King Cup in the same seasons. [7]
The club joined the Scottish Football Association in August 1938, [8] in time to enter the 1938–39 Scottish Qualifying Cup, and beat Coldstream 4–3 in the first round, nearly throwing away a four-goal lead. [9] In the second, Town lost 3–1 at Berwick Rangers, a result which put the Wee Gers into the first round proper; [10] the match came three weeks after Rangers had beaten Town in the East of Scotland Cup. [11]
The club had always struggled to attract crowds, [12] and having gone into abeyance for the Second World War, did not re-emerge after it. The club's last game had been the first of the aborted 1939–40 East of Scotland League season - a 2–1 defeat at Bo'ness after conceding a late penalty. [13]
The club wore red and white jerseys. [14]
James Sked, the club's coach and left-half, had been a reserve player at Heart of Midlothian, and had played for Peebles Rovers and Penicuik Athletic. [17]
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