About this site
The Bankies Archive launched in 2017 and has grown into a real labour of love
This website was originally the official website of Clydebank FC. The Bankies were one of the first clubs to make effective use of the internet in the late 1990s, running an official website and fans forum at a time when many clubs had little or no online presence. A number of community groups and fan sites also sprang up around it. Around 2008, Scott Richardson, who was behind much of this technological innovation, decided it was time to move on and passed the baton to me.
The official website was then redesigned to incorporate a database called tplss_stats. At the time, a database-driven website was still relatively novel, and it allowed all kinds of statistics to be generated for the first time. The Bankies Banter fans forum was also moved to a new platform and continues to this day. I also took on the role of matchday programme editor in 2009.
By 2012, with a young family and a fledgling business to run, I was no longer able to devote the time required to maintain the website properly. The club launched a brand new official website, and this site lay dormant for a few years while I decided what to do with it.
The first idea of operating some kind of archive came about when I contacted Niall Harkiss of K&N Concepts Ltd, who had designed the Arab Archive for Dundee United. The Arab Archive had its roots in the same database this website was using, although Niall had rewritten it from the ground up and turned it into something quite different and unique. This meant that my data could be transferred easily, and the Bankies Archive was born.
At the start, the Bankies Archive only contained Clydebank’s results and line-ups from 2003 to 2013. The original intention was to include the senior years of the Bankies, but as the website has expanded the aim has become much broader. The Archive now seeks to cover every era of Clydebank FC’s history, from the original Junior club from 1899 to 1964, through the senior years from 1965 to 2002, the return to the Juniors from 2003 to 2020, and the current pyramid era from 2020 onwards.
The Archive underwent a major revamp in the summer of 2026. While it is still underpinned by its original database, the range of resources, statistics and historical material now available has moved the website to a new level.
Adding data to the website is a very time-consuming process, and every effort is made to ensure that the information is accurate. It is very much a work in progress, and probably always will be. I try to have at least two pieces of corroborating evidence before adding an entry, although new information can always lead to errors being corrected. The research is drawn primarily from contemporary sources such as newspapers, match programmes and team sheets. A number of magazines and end-of-season reviews have also been consulted.
If you can help by providing scans, photographs or any kind of information regarding Clydebank FC then please do get in touch.
Copyright and fair use
This website exists purely for informational purposes and no financial gain is made from it whatsoever. A huge amount of time and effort has been put into getting it to the standard it is now. If you use the content or images in any way then please have the courtesy to acknowledge this website as your source rather than to pass them off as your own.
We do not knowingly use photographs without permission, however If your copyright has been infringed in any way then please email us here and we will either remove the content or acknowledge its source.
