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Clydebank
2 - 1
 Hamilton Accies

League (Division 2)
Saturday, November 1st, 1969
New Kilbowie Park. Att. 607
3:00 PM Kick-off
Goalscorers
Tommy McGhee  (66)
(Assist Jimmy Caskie)
Jimmy Caskie  (72)
Jamie McRoberts (50)

Team Managers
Jack Steedman
 Unknown.

Starting Eleven
1 Mike McDonald
2 Davie Mitchell
3 Danny Gray
4 Dennis Ruddy
5 Jim Fallon
6 Dougie Hay
7 Gerry O'Brien
8 Bobby Love
9 Tommy McGhee
10 Alan Munro
11 Jimmy Caskie
 John Young 1
Tommy Halpin 2
Charlie Fraser 3
Brian Goodwin 4
Jim Small 5
Enoch Gilchrist 6
Bobby Brown 7
Tom Clark 8
Brian McBride 9
Billy Paterson 10
Jamie McRoberts 11

Bench
12 Paul McMillan
 Tommy Curley 12

Substitutions
Paul McMillan for Bobby Love
 Tommy Curley -> Bobby Brown

Cautions
Dennis Ruddy (51)
 Brian Goodwin (26)
Charlie Fraser (28)

Red Cards
None. None.
Match Officials

J Grant (Referee)



Match Report

Clydebank Press

Sunny Jim Caskie, complete with a new bright orange strip, was man of the match. His goal in the second half, which won the game for the Bankies, was easily the best seen at Kilbowie this season.

In the 72nd minute Jim brought the ball down the left wing and took on the entire Hamilton defence on his own. He beat them by one by one, with a brilliant display of dribbling and hammered ball into the net from inside the area,

This goal put the home team on top of the world down shortly, after being 1-0 shortly after half-time.

The first half was goal-less but it was still composed of some pretty volatile stuff. Stiff refereeing prevented the game from erupting into a good old "set-to."

Two Hamilton players had their names taken in the first half, Fraser and Goodwin, and one or two other players, on both sides, deserved the same treatment.

Clydebank had opened well, forcing four corners in the first five minutes. But the Hamilton defence was as solid as it is possible to be and none of the Clydebank attempts managed to find their way into the back of the net.

In a break down the wing, from this series of corners, outside-left McRobert, Hamilton player of the day, burst through a surprised Clydebank defence to find himself faced with an open goal.

He must have felt rather poorly afterwards, as the ball missed its target and flew past the right upright.

O'Brien and McGhee of Clydebank were both playing well, both having a number of good chances in the first half, but much of the credit must go to Bobby Love. He did a great job manufacturing moves and feeding the other Clydebank forwards.

The seating area for Hamilton officials erupted in the 25th minute when the visitors had a goal disallowed. From a free-kick just outside the area Goodwin passed a long cross over the Clydebank backs to Clark who sent a beautiful header past Mick McDonald. Presumably the referee, Mr. J. R. Grant, thought Clark was off-side, the goal was disallowed.

It was just after this that Goodwin was booked for a heavy tackle on Munro. Fraser was booked after Mr. Grant consulted one of his linesmen.

The second half opened with a burst of fast exciting play. Hamilton were let off the hook just after the whistle when Alan Munro ran on to the ball as it bounced across an open Hamilton goalmouth. 'Keeper Young was at the wrong end of the sticks eating dirt.

Left-half Gilchrist managed to run in and slide it out for a corner. In his brave attempt to save he battered his head off the left upright but was able to play on, a little stunned perhaps.

The Hamilton goal followed a great run by little McRobert. He split the Clydebank defence wide open and scored with a low 20 yarder that left Mick McDonald seeing stars.

Denis Ruddy can be a hard player at the best of times but he paid dearly for these tactics just after this goal. McRobert was making a good run down the centre of the field when Ruddy unleashed a vicious tackle that sent the wee Accies forward into orbit. Ruddy was booked.

The Hamilton lead was short lived. Ten minutes later Tommy McGhee caught the visitors on the hop and nodded home a lovely lob from a Caskie corner on the left wing.

In the 72nd minute "Sunny Jim" had a go himself and put homesters into the lead. That's where they stayed until the end of the match.

Both teams played substitutes in the second half, Paul McMillan was brought on for Bobby Love, of Clydebank, and Curley was played in place of Brown.

Sunday Post

Had Hamilton kept their heads they might easily have forced a draw with top-form Clydebank.

The goalless first half had plenty of good football, although two Hamilton players, Goodwin and Fraser, were booked.

Second half, however, in a burst of fast play, Hamilton took the lead through outside-left McRobert.

Clydebank refused to panic, and Tommy McGhee equalised, heading home a splendid left-wing corner.

Caskie's goal was easily the best seen at Kilbowie this season. Getting the ball on the wing, he took on the entire Hamilton defence, beat them one at a time, and blasted the ball past 'keeper Young from inside the area.

Clydebank right-half Ruddy was booked for a bad foul on McRobert halfway through the second half.

Sunday Mail

Three goals in the second half brightened up this game considerably

Midway through the first half tempers flared and Hamilton's Godwin and Fraser had their names taken.

The opening goal from Hamilton came in the 50th minute when outside-left McRobert scored from 20 yards.

Seconds later Ruddy, the Clydebank right-half, had his name taken for a foul on McRobert.

Then Clydebank, a goal down began to turn on the pressure and in the 66th minute they equalised. A Caskie corner found Tom McGhee In the Hamilton goalmouth and he headed the ball neatly into the net. Seven minutes later, after a magnificent solo run by Caskie. Clydebank went ahead.



Squad Statistics (as at November 1st, 1969)

1969-70 All Time
League Cups All
Mike McDonald (GK) 7 - 1 - 9 -
Danny Gray 14 - 6 - 29 -
Jim Fallon 9 - 61503
Davie Mitchell 11 - 6 - 1264
Dennis Ruddy 14 - 2 - 56 -
Tommy McGhee 946111017
Dougie Hay 916 - 652
Bobby Love 13 - 5 - 431
Alan Munro 132655122
Gerry O'Brien 1416 - 623
Jimmy Caskie 149626324
Paul McMillan (sub) 6 - 1 - 304







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
29th October 1969
Dumbarton1-0Hamilton Accies
1st November 1969
Albion Rovers0-0Dumbarton
Alloa Athletic1-3Cowdenbeath
Berwick Rangers4-1East Stirlingshire
Brechin City1-0Stranraer
Clydebank2-1Hamilton Accies
East Fife3-1Stirling Albion
Falkirk3-1Queen's Park
Forfar Ath3-3Stenhousemuir
Queen of South4-1Montrose

League Table (as at November 1st, 1969)

Pld W D L +/- Pts
1. Cowdenbeath 15 10 3 2 +18 23
2. Berwick Rangers 13 9 2 2 +23 20
3. Falkirk 13 9 2 2 +19 20
4. Arbroath 14 9 1 4 +20 19
5. Alloa Athletic 15 8 2 5 +10 18
6. Stirling Albion 14 5 7 2 +9 17
7. Queen of South 13 7 3 3 +5 17
8. East Fife 14 7 1 6 +2 15
9. Brechin City 12 6 2 4 -1 14
10. Dumbarton 13 5 3 5 +2 13
11. Queen's Park 14 5 3 6 -3 13
12. Montrose 14 4 4 6 -2 12
13. Albion Rovers 14 3 4 7 -9 10
14. Stranraer 14 4 2 8 -12 10
15. Clydebank 14 4 2 8 -15 10
16. Forfar Ath 14 4 1 9 -10 9
17. Hamilton Accies 14 2 4 8 -10 8
18. East Stirlingshire 13 2 4 7 -13 8
19. Stenhousemuir 13 1 2 10 -33 4