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Clydebank 1
League (Division 2)

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Queen of South 

1 - 1

Clydebank

League (Division 2)
Saturday, September 28th, 1968
Palmerston Park. Att. 1,934
3:00 PM Kick-off

Goalscorers
Lex Law (27) Ian Hawkshaw  (4)
(Assist Jimmy Caskie)

Team Managers
Board of Directors Jack Steedman

Starting Eleven
1 Allan Ball
2 Matt Watson
3 Hugh McLean
4 Mike Jackson
5 Jim Kerr
6 Mike Barker
7 George Lindsay
8 Iain McChesney
9 Tommy Brown
10 Lex Law
11 Peter Mitchell 		Dick Madden 1
Graeme Brockett 2
Davie Mitchell 3
Ernie Collumbine 4
Dennis Ruddy 5
Dougie Hay 6
Gerry O'Brien 7
Bobby Love 8
Alan Munro 9
Ian Hawkshaw 10
Jimmy Caskie 11

Bench
12 Billy Collings Jim Fallon 12

Substitutions
Billy Collings -> Iain McChesney None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

S Anderson (Referee)





Match Report

Sunday Post

A game full of fluctuations, resulting in a draw between these two teams for the third time this season. Queens were in complete command first half, but their finishing was ineffective. Bankies did most of the attacking in the second half and their forwards, especially Hawkshaw and Caskie, were more incisive, giving keeper Ball a busy time.

It was the old story with Queens - lack of a striker. They introduced George Brown from Tow Law, at centre, but he came nowhere near solving their problem.

A much more impressive debut was made by Bankies newcomer, Bobby Love, from Pollok Juniors. He had a share in the movement that led to Hawkshaw collecting a low cross from Caskie and scoring from short range.

Law equalised with a spectacular drooping shot which deceived Madden.

Bankies defence, in which Ruddy was notable, withstood all subsequent home efforts. Jackson continued to be the only home player who caused the visitors any trouble.

Evening News and Star

Queen of the South paid the penalty of a dropped point in their league match with Clydebank on Saturday at Palmerston by upsetting a winning team formation in order to introduce a trialist centre-forward. He was George Brown, of Tow Law, and he made little impact on the game after missing a couple of early chances.

McChesney, the Dumfries team's top scorer, was moved to inside-right to accommodate Brown and he, too, failed to produce his customary form. As a result, the Palmerston attack was disappointing and seldom looked dangerous. Even a second-half change when Collings came on in place of McChesney did little to improve matters, and the Queens never looked like winning.

A victory would have given them the undisputed leadership of the Second Division, but a single point from the 1-1 draw still keeps them at the top in company with Albion Rovers, who have played a match less.

The young Clydebank side impressed the 1600 spectators with their clever, enthusiastic play and they got off to an encouraging start in the fifth minute when teenage winger Jimmy Caskie flashed a low ball across goal and the experienced Ian Hawkshaw raced in to side-foot it into the net.

This was a shock for the Queens, whose defence was a bit suspect under pressure, and 'keeper Alan Ball did well to save a couple of efforts from Munro and O'Brien/

Law was the most enterprising forward and mid-way through the first half he caught Madden unprepared when he neatly lobbed the ball over the advancing 'keeper into an empty net. The Queens moved much more keenly after this success, but Midden was never seriously troubled until Jackson came up- field to fired in a tremendous drive which beat the 'keeper only to rebound from the crossbar.

After the interval the Bankies launched an all-out attack and came close to taking the lead when Jimmy Kerr, harassed by Munro, elected to pass back to Ball. The 'keeper brought off a diving save to hold the ball at the foot of the post as the centre rushed in. Next he had to save from Caskie and Hawkshaw and then made a daring dive at Caskie's feet as the winger ran in to meet an O'Brien pass.

Queens had to thank Alan Ball for several superb saves when the visitors looked certain to score, one effort by Caskie appearing net-bound all the way until the 'keeper brought off a brilliant save.



Squad Statistics (as at September 28th, 1968)

1968-69 All Time
League Cups All
Dick Madden (GK) 8 - 6 - 50 -
Ian Hawkshaw 8662148
Davie Mitchell 2 - 5 - 804
Dennis Ruddy 8 - 6 - 18 -
Graeme Brockett 7 - 1 - 8 -
Ernie Collumbine 8 - 52922
Dougie Hay 8 - 4 - 261
Bobby Love 1 - 0 - 1 -
Gerry O'Brien 8 - 6 - 17 -
Alan Munro 742 - 94
Jimmy Caskie 713 - 162







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
28th September 1968
Alloa Athletic2-0Brechin City
Berwick Rangers1-1Ayr Utd
Cowdenbeath0-2Albion Rovers
Dumbarton1-3Stranraer
Forfar Ath3-2Stirling Albion
Hamilton Accies0-1East Fife
Montrose3-0Stenhousemuir
Queen of South1-1Clydebank
Queen's Park1-2Motherwell

League Table (as at September 28th, 1968)

Pld W D L +/- Pts
1. Queen of South 8 5 2 1 +11 12
2. Albion Rovers 7 6 0 1 +4 12
3. East Stirlingshire 6 5 1 0 +17 11
4. Motherwell 6 5 0 1 +16 10
5. Stirling Albion 6 5 0 1 +7 10
6. East Fife 7 3 3 1 +2 9
7. Forfar Ath 6 3 2 1 +3 8
8. Stranraer 6 3 1 2 +4 7
9. Montrose 8 3 1 4 0 7
10. Clydebank 8 1 5 2 -1 7
11. Ayr Utd 6 3 1 2 -1 7
12. Alloa Athletic 8 2 2 4 -4 6
13. Berwick Rangers 8 2 2 4 -5 6
14. Brechin City 6 2 1 3 -4 5
15. Hamilton Accies 7 1 2 4 -4 4
16. Cowdenbeath 8 1 2 5 -6 4
17. Dumbarton 7 1 1 5 -9 3
18. Queen's Park 8 1 1 6 -10 3
19. Stenhousemuir 6 0 1 5 -20 1