New Kilbowie Park on Friday, August 4th, 1967

A crowd of about 8000 were at Kilbowie Park to see Bankies play English FA Cup finalists Chelsea in a friendly game and curtain raiser to the season.The town council were there as were some of Chelsea's supporters who had travelled up to see their team face Aberdeen earlier in the week.Chelsea did not win at Pittodrie and surprisingly they did not win at Kilbowie either. Both teams scored two goals and that was as far as they got.It had threatened rain earlier in the even ... read more

Holm Park on Saturday, July 20th, 2024

It was a good day today! Firstly, Inverurie Loco Works were comfortably beaten 3-0 in the Bankies last pre-season friendly before the league kicks off at Gartcairn next week.Secondly, Clydebank laid down a significant marker with the signing of defender David Syme who is amongst the most highly rated players in the West of Scotland League. It now shows the lengths a club like Clydebank have to go to in order to remain competitive in tier six of the pyramid.The bottleneck caused b ... read more