Somerset Park on Wednesday, August 23rd, 1967

The ScotsmanTo Somerset Park in the auld toon of Ayr as a change from the high-pressure areas of football. There to watch the deposed Ayr United start their campaign to regain lost status and to see Clydebank try to establish themselves as a worthy revival of the old club.A quick impression was that method football has penetrated to the Second Division but that in the case of Clydebank an academic knowledge of the new formations is not sufficient. They need pace to ma ... read more

Portland Park on Saturday, May 10th, 2025

The Bankies concluded their league campaign this afternoon as they began it – with a win. I don’t think anyone who was present at the opening game of the season against Gartcairn would believe in their wildest dreams that the league would be won in such a convincing fashion.The 2-1 victory over Troon at Portland Park made it a total of 24 wins from 30 games and with just one defeat in the season it is a quite outstanding record, and to have the league title in the bag with five games to ... read more