Montrose 4
Clydebank 1
League (Division 2)
MontroseMontrose |
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ClydebankClydebank |
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League (Division 2) |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Bobby Livingstone (15) Arthur Finn (30) Gordon Cramond (40) Arthur Finn (89) |
Tommy McGhee (47)
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| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Jack Steedman |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1 Archie Page 2 Ken Craig 3 John McAuley 4 Bobby Stein 5 George Munro 6 Ian Thomson 7 Gordon Cramond 8 Bobby Livingstone 9 Jimmy Kemp 10 John McDonald 11 Arthur Finn |
Dick Madden 1 Davie Mitchell 2 Danny Gray 3 Dennis Ruddy 4 Jim Fallon 5 Dougie Hay 6 Tommy McGhee 7 Bobby Love 8 Alan Munro 9 Gerry O'Brien 10 Jimmy Caskie 11 |
| Bench | |
| 12 Andy Welsh |
Paul McMillan 12 |
| Substitutions | |
| Andy Welsh -> Gordon Cramond | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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A Webster (Referee) |
Match Report
Montrose Review
Outside-left Finn scored a hat-trick to give Montrose a comfortable 4-1 win over Clydebank in their opening league match at Links Park on Saturday.After a quiet start Finn put Montrose ahead against the run of play with a close-in shot following a free kick.
For a spell Clydebank were seldom far from the Montrose goal, and McGhee missed a great chance when he failed with only Page to beat. His second attempt was scrambled clear by the home defence.
Finn got another in 30 minutes when he lobbed the ball over the heads of half-a-dozen defenders to take Madden completely by surprise, and Crammond made it three in 38 minutes with a long shot which streaked in between the diving 'keeper and the post.
Clydebank swept into the attack immediately after the resumption and, following a corner, McGhee cracked the ball into the roof of the net from 10 yards.
Clydebank remained on top for a spell after this, but Page was in good form and saved point-blank drives from O'Brien and Caskie.
After O'Brien and Kemp had got a telling off from the referee after a sharp tussle, the Montrose centre moved into the Clydebank goalmouth.
The ball came nicely over from the right, and although Kemp just failed to get his head to it, Finn was in position to slam it past Madden.
Apart from Finn, Montrose were best served by their half-back line. The youthful Clydebank team had some promising forwards who never stopped trying.
Sunday Post
Arthur Finn, Montrose's bustling left-winger, had three goals against Bankies, but two of them he had only to tap home after fine work by Livingstone. His second was all his own, although his final shot was deflected past Madden.Montrose's remaining goal was the pick of the bunch, again starting from Livingstone, whose long pass to Kemp was cut back for Crammond to net.
Yet Bankies, with a young team full of ideas, might have drawn. They had all the early play, and steamed back in the second-half when they were 3-0 down.
McGhie scored their only goal, with the Montrose defence sleeping. Kemp and Finn were the Montrose forward stars, with Page and Munro strengthening the defence. Hay, McGhie, and Caskie took the eye for Bankies.
Sunday Mail
Montrose's first goal followed a tremendous free kick by Livingstone which Madden could not hold and Finn, following up tapped the ball home.The second goal also came from Finn but he was lucky with his final shot, which was deflected past Madden.
Montrose's third goal. a 30- yarder by their other winger, Crammond was the pick of the bunch.
In the second-half Bankles scored through outside-right McGhee.
Right on time Livingstone cut the ball back for Finn to score from close range for his hat-trick.
Aberdeen Evening Express
Montrose blasted their way through to a three-goal interval lead in their match against Clydebank at Links Park with Livingstone, Finn and Cramond doing the damage.In the opening minute Thomson headed away when McGhee crossed into the Montrose goal.
McDonald twisted his ankle in Montrose's first raid which petered out when Finn crossed into & bunch of Clydebank players.
Next time up, Kemp was stopped by the whistle when he went into Madden too energetically.
Page got an early taste of the ball when he pulled Love's cross down from under the bar, and when the Montrose attack took over, McDonald did well to get a back-header into the goalmouth.
Left winger Caskie was guilty of a miss and had a slice of bad luck within a minute, He stumbled for a through pass and then hit the post with neat flick from a hard cross by O'Brien.
Montrose went ahead in 15 minutes. Madden could not hold a tremendous shot from LIVINGSTONE and the winger followed up to tap the ball home.
Craig and then Thomson rescued Montrose in their own goalmouth and a low shot by McGhee skidded over with no one reaching it.
Bankies should have been well ahead. McGhie got tangled up with his own feet in front of an open goal and when he did get in a shot Thomson had blocked the gap.
FINN scored in 30 minutes. The goal started off with a well-directed header from McDonald to the winger who went through on his own, his shot being deflected.
The goal was followed by an even better one in 40 minutes. Kemp controlled a long through pass from Livingstone and pushed it back to CRAMMOND whose shot from 25 yards never rose more than a foot.
Madden had had little to do apart from picking up these three shots.
McGHEE took an early goal for Bankles going through as Montrose expected the winger to be whistled up for off-side.
Cramond was brought down by Gray but Ruddy cleared the free kick which the winger took himself.
Page showed plenty of confidence in the home goal and saved well from Caskie.
O'Brien and Caskie shared a bout of inter-passing but Page saved the inside man's shot at the post.
Finn added a fourth just before the final whistle.
Squad Statistics (as at August 30th, 1969)
| 1969-70 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
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| Dick Madden (GK) | 25 |
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1 | - | 5 | - | 62 | - | 21 | - | 83 | - | |||
| Davie Mitchell | 25 |
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1 | - | 6 | - | 93 | 4 | 23 | - | 116 | 4 | |||
| Dennis Ruddy | 19 |
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1 | - | 2 | - | 34 | - | 9 | - | 43 | - | |||
| Danny Gray | 18 |
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1 | - | 6 | - | 6 | - | 10 | - | 16 | - | |||
| Jim Fallon | 19 |
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1 | - | 6 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 42 | 3 | |||
| Dougie Hay | 19 |
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1 | - | 6 | - | 46 | 1 | 11 | - | 57 | 1 | |||
| Bobby Love | 23 |
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1 | - | 5 | - | 25 | 1 | 6 | - | 31 | 1 | |||
| Tommy McGhee | 22 |
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1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 82 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 102 | 14 | |||
| Alan Munro | 19 |
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1 | - | 6 | 5 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 39 | 20 | |||
| Jimmy Caskie | 19 |
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1 | - | 6 | 2 | 41 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 50 | 15 | |||
| Gerry O'Brien | 19 |
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1 | - | 6 | - | 36 | 2 | 13 | - | 49 | 2 | |||
Recent Results
| League results since Clydebank's last match |
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| 30th August 1969 |
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| Albion Rovers | 1-0 | East Fife |
| Alloa Athletic | 0-1 | Brechin City |
| Arbroath | 2-1 | Hamilton Accies |
| Cowdenbeath | 3-0 | Berwick Rangers |
| Dumbarton | 1-0 | Stranraer |
| Falkirk | 3-0 | East Stirlingshire |
| Montrose | 4-1 | Clydebank |
| Queen of South | 2-0 | Stenhousemuir |
| Queen's Park | 3-0 | Forfar Ath |
League Table (as at August 30th, 1969)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Montrose | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 |
| 2. | Cowdenbeath | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 |
| 3. | Falkirk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 |
| 4. | Queen's Park | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 |
| 5. | Queen of South | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 |
| 6. | Arbroath | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 |
| 7. | Albion Rovers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 |
| 8. | Brechin City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 |
| 9. | Dumbarton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 |
| 10. | Hamilton Accies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11. | Alloa Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12. | East Fife | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 13. | Stranraer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 14. | Stenhousemuir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 15. | Clydebank | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 16. | Berwick Rangers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 17. | East Stirlingshire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 18. | Forfar Ath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |