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 10th, 2021

The Bankies completed their pre-season schedule with a less than convincing 2-0 victory over Lowland League side Dalbeattie Star thanks to goals from Nicky Little and Ciaran Mulcahy. The play was disjointed throughout as the Bankies never really established dominance over the visitors and on another day Dalbeattie could have snatched a draw.Gordon Moffat put out quite a different starting eleven again for this match, and it looks about half and half of what will start next week in the le ... read more