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Clydebank

League (Division 2)
Saturday, November 8th, 1969
Stair Park. Att. 273
3:00 PM Kick-off

Goalscorers
Stan King (85) Jimmy Caskie  (10)
Tommy McGhee  (30)

Team Managers
Unknown. Jack Steedman

Starting Eleven
1 Sandy MacLachlan
2 Jim McLardie
3 Alex Graham
4 John Heap
5 Jim Hannah
6 Stan King
7 Arthur McMillan
8 Tommy Coghill
9 John Orr
10 Jim Symington
11 Jim Campbell 		Mike McDonald 1
Davie Mitchell 2
Danny Gray 3
Dennis Ruddy 4
Jim Fallon 5
Dougie Hay 6
Gerry O'Brien 7
Bobby Love 8
Tommy McGhee 9
Alan Munro 10
Jimmy Caskie 11

Bench
12 John Taggart Paul McMillan 12

Substitutions
John Taggart -> Tommy Coghill None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

J Paterson (Referee)
HL Stevenson & K Cameron (Assistants)




Match Report

Clydebank Press

Clydebank were easier winners than the score suggests. The clever Bankies won on every count in a game that was played in atrocious weather conditions but they had the intelligence to harness the elements while Stranraer were always struggling against both opposition and conditions. Added to this was the fact that the home side had no one to match Hay, McGhee or Caskie.

These three put Stranraer through the mill. Hay was tireless in the middle and played a big part in dictating the tactics that secured the points. McGhee roamed throughout the entire home defensive area, causing havoc and consternation, and his goal on the half-hour was a splendid example of his quick thinking and power.

O'Brien's long-distance shot swirled in the wind, deceiving keeper McLachlan, and came back off the post only to be crashed into the net by McGhee before the defence could cover.

Caskie's goal was the result of defensive hesitation too. He pounced on a faulty clearance and whipped a grounder into the net while the home players waited to see who would tackle.

The left winger never looked back thereafter and took the forward honours along with McGhee.

The whole Clydebank team deserve praise for the way they used the long ball with a gale-force wind in the first half and then changed after the break to retain the initiative with short ground passes.

Stranraer, of course, did mount more pressure after the interval with the wind at their backs but they made little headway against a cool, calculating defence. They could only claim one late success when Taggart, who had substituted for Coggill, beat two Clydebank men with a clever shuffle and found Stanley King, a former Bankie, with a neat pass. King's first-time shot beat McDonald who otherwise had a grand game,

Peculiar incident was the forced replacement of referee Paterson who pulled a muscle in the first half.

After attention from the club doctor at the interval and an unsuccessful appeal for a qualified linesman among the crowd the referee gamely took one of the flags with senior linesman H. L. Stevenson on the whistle.

After five minutes Mr. Paterson had to come off and, by mutual agreement between the clubs, former home player Hugh Holmes acted as second linesman.

Sunday Post

Clydebank were superior in this bottom off the table dog-fight. They harnessed the elements cleverly, and after five corners Caskie converted an O'Brien flag-kick.

McGhee then took full advantage when an O'Brien shot rebounded from the foot of the post.

Stranraer reduced the leeway through King, but they never looked like saving a point.

Referee J. Patterson pulled a muscle, and hirpled on the wing for five minutes, before handing over to linesman H. Stevenson, whose place was taken by former Stranraer player Holmes.

Sunday Mail

Stranraer were completely in the doldrums. They failed to find an answer to the wind whereas Bankies tamed it like the young veterans.

They scored twice in the first-half through hammering the ball forward with the wind, and they attacked as much as Stranraer in the second-half through keeping the ball on the ground and moving it in short sharp bursts.

Caskie converted the fifth corner of the game when O'Brien's kick was not cleared and McGhee made the most of a rebound off the post from an O'Brien shot which had curled in the wind and had deceived McLachlan.

King reduced the leeway after an intelligent pass by Taggart who had taken over from the injured Coggill. Referee J. Paterson, of Bothwell, pulled a muscle in the first half but gamely carried on as linesman in the second half after a broadcast appeal for a substitute linesman. He had to retire, however, after five minutes and the flag was taken over by former Stranraer full-back Hugh Holmes by mutual arrangement with both teams. Mr H. L. Stevenson took over as referee



Squad Statistics (as at November 8th, 1969)

1969-70 All Time
League Cups All
Mike McDonald (GK) 8 - 1 - 10 -
Danny Gray 15 - 6 - 30 -
Jim Fallon 10 - 61513
Davie Mitchell 12 - 6 - 1274
Dennis Ruddy 15 - 2 - 57 -
Dougie Hay 1016 - 662
Bobby Love 14 - 5 - 441
Tommy McGhee 1056111118
Alan Munro 142655222
Gerry O'Brien 1516 - 633
Jimmy Caskie 1510626425







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
8th November 1969
Arbroath3-1Falkirk
Dumbarton2-0Queen of South
East Stirlingshire3-1East Fife
Hamilton Accies2-1Berwick Rangers
Montrose1-4Alloa Athletic
Queen's Park2-1Albion Rovers
Stenhousemuir4-2Brechin City
Stirling Albion6-0Forfar Ath
Stranraer1-2Clydebank

League Table (as at November 8th, 1969)

Pld W D L +/- Pts
1. Cowdenbeath 15 10 3 2 +18 23
2. Arbroath 15 10 1 4 +22 21
3. Berwick Rangers 14 9 2 3 +22 20
4. Falkirk 14 9 2 3 +17 20
5. Alloa Athletic 16 9 2 5 +13 20
6. Stirling Albion 15 6 7 2 +15 19
7. Queen of South 14 7 3 4 +3 17
8. Dumbarton 14 6 3 5 +4 15
9. East Fife 15 7 1 7 0 15
10. Queen's Park 15 6 3 6 -2 15
11. Brechin City 13 6 2 5 -3 14
12. Montrose 15 4 4 7 -5 12
13. Clydebank 15 5 2 8 -14 12
14. Hamilton Accies 15 3 4 8 -9 10
15. Albion Rovers 15 3 4 8 -10 10
16. East Stirlingshire 14 3 4 7 -11 10
17. Stranraer 15 4 2 9 -13 10
18. Forfar Ath 15 4 1 10 -16 9
19. Stenhousemuir 14 2 2 10 -31 6