Clydebank 3
East Stirlingshire 0
League Cup (Group 9)
ClydebankClydebank |
3 - 03 - 0 |
East StirlingshireEast Stirlingshire |
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League Cup (Group 9) |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Willie McCallum (7)
(Assist John McGill) Joe Rankin (33) John Simpson (o.g.) (52) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
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Jack Steedman |
Laurence Binnie |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1 Ronnie Wilson 2 Graham Small 3 Ernie Collumbine 4 Archie Rankin 5 Donald McDonald 6 John McGill 7 Joe Rankin 8 Tommy McGhee 9 Willie McCallum 10 John Cummings 11 Alex Stewart |
Alex Davie 1 Brian Miller 2 John Simpson 3 Billy Hulston 4 Tommy Craig 5 Willie Laird 6 Walter Carlyle 7 Pat Watters 8 Jackie Stewart 9 Dick Pollock 10 Tommy Reynolds 11 |
| Bench | |
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12 Willie Wallace |
Joe Connelly 12 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | Joe Connelly -> Pat Watters (80) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
JM Kelly (Referee) |
Match Report
Clydebank Press
Clydebank's 4-2-4 system really proved to be too much for this weak East Stirling side and Bankies thoroughly deserved this good win.
Several Clydebank town councillors were at the game, including Provost Malcolm Turner and ex-Provost Donald Paterson.
Even though the weather was nasty a good crowd of 1500 were present to see Clydebank play their first senior game since the break with East Stirling two seasons ago.
Top men for Clydebank were undoubtedly Willie McCallum and Joe Rankin. Keeper Ronnie Wilson was also on top form although he never had much to worry him.
At the start of the game Bankies were slightly unsettled in their new 4-2-4 role but as the game progressed one could see that it certainly was effective, although it is yet to be tested against some of the top Second Division Clubs.
There were always six men in defence whenever the visitors went into attack.
The first goal came early in the match when McCallum netted from about 25 yards with a screaming shot that had keeper Davie beaten all the way.
McCallum showed some fine touches in this game and was always a source of worry to the Shire defence. He wore the No 9 jersey but always played on the wing or moved forward from defence setting up fine attacks.
Joe Rankin scored Bankies second goal after 33 minutes when he deposed right back Millar and slammed the ball into the net from 20 yards.
In an exciting tussle on the Shire goal-line left back John Simpson put the ball into his own after seven minutes of the second half. This followed an attacking move by Alex Stewart and Willie McCallum, the Bankies forwards.
Bankies did not have to use their substitute Billy Wallace, however Shire's Joe Connolly had to come on in place of inside right Pat Watters in the 80th minute when the latter had to leave the field with a leg injury.
Well, this win will certainly give the new boys confidence, not to mention the fans, but with a long and hard season before them it would be better not to count any chickens.
Falkirk Herald
Not exactly the best of starts to a new season for the 'Shire. New boys Clydebank, spurred on by a very enthusiastic crowd at Kilbowie Park, proved a real handful and were convincing winners.'Shire need not feel too despondent about the result. With so many new players in their team, it will obviously take time before they begin to knit together properly.
'Shire will probably try out a few permutations with all the players on their books before they find the best line-up.
Ironically, the ex-'Shire favourite, Ernie Collumbine, was one of the keymen in Clydebank's successful- and attractive-adaptation of the 4-2-4 system.
Clydebank were two ahead at half time and added their third just before the final whistle.
'Shire had to field their first ever substitute in this game. Pat Waters was injured in the second half. and the twelfth man, Joe Connolly, came on in his place.
Squad Statistics (as at August 13th, 1966)
| 1966-67 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Ronnie Wilson (GK) | - |
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0 | - | 1 | - | 14 | - | 1 | - | 15 | - | |||
| Donald McDonald | - |
|
0 | - | 1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Graham Small | - |
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0 | - | 1 | - | 11 | 2 | 1 | - | 12 | 2 | |||
| Archie Rankin | - |
|
0 | - | 1 | - | 19 | - | 2 | - | 21 | - | |||
| John McGill | - |
|
0 | - | 1 | - | 18 | 1 | 2 | - | 20 | 1 | |||
| John Cummings | 22 |
|
0 | - | 1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Ernie Collumbine | 27 |
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0 | - | 1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Willie McCallum | 20 |
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0 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Tommy McGhee | 19 |
|
0 | - | 1 | - | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | 11 | 1 | |||
| Joe Rankin | - |
|
0 | - | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | |||
| Alex Stewart | - |
|
0 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | |||
Recent Results
| League results since Clydebank's last match |
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| None. |
League Table (as at August 13th, 1966)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts |
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No games played.