East Fife 1
Clydebank 1
League (Division 2)

Match Report

Nobody paid much attention to the drizzle. The excitement saw to that. The teams were not over-endowed with finesse, but there were bags of honest endeavour, plus a fair measure of skilful play.

The home side went ahead in five minutes when a Rae shot broke off a defender to Kinsella, who first-timed a beauty from 18 yards.

Bankies levelled four minutes later when Gorman could only touch a Mitchell effort on to the post, and Munro prodded home from the rebound.

Both keepers had to be right on their toes all the time and Madden had some tremendous saves.

The second half was marred by an incident in the 76th minute between Rae and Hay which ended with both being sent off.

Bankies defenders played well and O'Brien and Hawkshaw took the honours up front. Gorman, Guild, Rae, and Kinsella were tops for East Fife.

Any team leaving Methil with a point would be happy enough and the disappointment in the result underlines the improvement in the side.

The sending off was distressing, it was an improvement on the Bankies last memorable visit to the Fife ground when five players were booked and three (all of Clydebank) were given early baths.