Clydebank 3
Albion Rovers 0
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Clydebank
3 - 0
 Albion Rovers

League (Division 2)
Saturday, November 29th, 1969
New Kilbowie Park. Att. 700
3:00 PM Kick-off
Goalscorers
Tommy McGhee  (21)
(Assist Jimmy Caskie)
Alan Munro  (36)
(Assist Dougie Hay)
Alan Munro  (78)
(Assist Bobby Love)
 		None.

Team Managers
Jack Steedman
 Bobby Flavell

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
 Jim Brown 1
Bill Currie 2
Tommy Hanlon 3
Mike Green 4
Drew Rogerson 5
Russell Halliday 6
Peter Coleman 7
Brannigan 8
Alan Thomson 9
Sam Ferris 10
Phil McGovern 11

Bench
12 Paul McMillan
 Charlie Oliphant 12

Substitutions
Paul McMillan for Dougie Hay (88)
 Charlie Oliphant -> Sam Ferris (56)

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.
Match Officials

R Henderson (Referee)



Match Report

Clydebank Press

Who are this team they call Albion Rovers? You might well be asking because they were not very much in evidence at Kilbowie last Saturday. You might even go as far as to say it was a "bon" day for the Bankies.

Jack Frost (no relation to David, though just as cynical) was very much in evidence. For once the home team's lack of weight paid off on the steel hard ground.

Clydebank began the game attacking, finished it attacking, and did much the same during the intervening 90 minutes.

If anyone deserves a pat on the back it must be Alan Munro. He scored two of Clydebank's goals and was in the thick of the action. For the two he did manage to score he deserved a further half-dozen on each

From the Albion point of view they started slowly and never really got into top gear. They looked almost indifferent in attack and suffered terribly, under almost constant pressure, in defence.

Keeper Brown was much to blame for this slackness. He blundered several dangerous balls and was to blame for at least two of the Clydebank goals.

At the other end of the field Mick McDonald was having a rather cold time of it, with nothing to do. He pulled off a few good saves when Albion managed to push in a shot, on the break, but for the greater part of the match he might have been just as useful, and far more comfortable, in the pavilion.

Young Jim Caskie, revelling in the fast conditions, played an excellent speculative game. In the 21st minute be took the ball up the left wing and crossed into Tommy McGhee. Although Brown reached McGhee's resultant shot he couldn't stop it and it bounced into the net.

As far as Albion were concerned this goal put Clydebank in an almost unassailable position.

In the 36th minute Munro came into his own. He met a Hay pass and headed it towards the Albion goal. 'Keeper Brown should have had this one, he dived on it but fumbled and allowed number two to roll over the line.

It was evident that tall Alan was making far better use of his height than he has done in the past, especially in meeting long wing crosses.

Early in the second half Albion brought on substitute Oliphant in place of inside-left Ferris.

Under pressure, around the 60 minute mark, Albion came off lucky when a Munro header, from a right wing corner, came off the bar. Jim Caskie ran in and shot from the rebound but again the shot hit the woodwork and boomeranged back to him. Caskie shot again but 'keeper Brown finally managed to dive into the shot, blocking the ball and allowing it to be cleared from the goalmouth.

Ten minutes from time Munro hammered the final nail into the Albion coffin. From a Bobby Love free-kick he ran into the ball, which was almost hanging in mid-air, and snap-shot in into the back of the Albion goal.

Referee Henderson disallowed what could have been Clydebank's fourth goal only a minute later. Tommy McGhee put the ball in the net from a Caskie corner and the crowd erupted, but there had been an infringement and the goal was not to be.

How many supporters realise that Clydebank have not lost a game in the past month, most of you I suppose, but we've still got half a season to go and the prospects look good!

Sunday Post

The gap between the sides was greater than the score line shows. Disjointed Rovers couldn't match the mobility and high work-rate of Clydebank, whose attack- minded full-backs were as likely to score as the forwards.

Hay and O'Brien controlled the midfield and the Rovers linkmen were so busy defending they were unable to bring cohesion to the attack.

Clydebank occasionally left themselves open by playing the ball too close, but Rovers were far too slow to take advantage.

In a poor Rovers' team only Brown, Rogerson and McDonald rate a star. The Clydebank side was full of successes, and special mention must go to striker Munro for his two well-taken goals. McGhee got the other in the 20th minute.

Sunday Mail

The treacherous surface proved too much for both teams, with many well-intended moves failing because players were unable to keep their balance.

Clydebank adapted themselves better to the conditions although there was no excuse for some of the easy chances they missed.

Rovers never let up, but they were a struggling side without any positive ideas.

In the 23rd minute Clydebank went ahead with a soft goal. McGhee half-hit a Caskie cross direct at Brown, who failed to gather the ball and when it rebounded to the centre he had an easy task to net.

McGhee missed a golden opportunity from an O'Brien cross, but in the next attack Munro added a second goal when a strong header was diverted by a defender past Brown.

Oliphant substituted for Ferris in the 56th minute. Then Munro headed a Mitchell cross against the bar when it looked easier to score and from the rebound Caskie lashed the ball against the upright.

In the 19th minute Munro settled the issue when he first-timed a headed clearance by Rogerson into the net from 20 yards.

Two minutes from the end McMillan came on for the injured Hay.



Squad Statistics (as at November 29th, 1969)

1969-70 All Time
League Cups All
Mike McDonald (GK) 11 - 1 - 13 -
Danny Gray 17 - 6 - 32 -
Jim Fallon 13 - 61543
Davie Mitchell 15 - 6 - 1304
Dennis Ruddy 18 - 2 - 60 -
Tommy McGhee 1366111419
Dougie Hay 1316 - 692
Bobby Love 17 - 5 - 471
Gerry O'Brien 1826 - 664
Jimmy Caskie 1810626725
Alan Munro 176655526
Paul McMillan (sub) 8 - 1 - 324







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
29th November 1969
Berwick Rangers1-3Falkirk
Brechin City1-0Queen's Park
Clydebank3-0Albion Rovers
East Fife1-0Montrose
Forfar Ath1-2Queen of South
Stenhousemuir2-2Dumbarton
Stirling Albion0-2Alloa Athletic
Stranraer0-2Cowdenbeath

League Table (as at November 29th, 1969)

Pld W D L +/- Pts
1. Cowdenbeath 17 11 4 2 +20 26
2. Alloa Athletic 18 11 2 5 +16 24
3. Arbroath 17 11 1 5 +23 23
4. Berwick Rangers 17 10 3 4 +21 23
5. Stirling Albion 18 8 7 3 +16 23
6. Falkirk 15 10 2 3 +19 22
7. Dumbarton 18 9 4 5 +13 22
8. Queen of South 17 9 4 4 +7 22
9. East Fife 18 9 1 8 +3 19
10. Brechin City 16 7 3 6 -4 17
11. Clydebank 18 6 4 8 -11 16
12. Queen's Park 18 6 3 9 -9 15
13. Montrose 18 5 4 9 -6 14
14. East Stirlingshire 16 4 4 8 -10 12
15. Hamilton Accies 17 4 4 9 -11 12
16. Forfar Ath 18 5 1 12 -17 11
17. Albion Rovers 18 3 4 11 -17 10
18. Stranraer 18 4 2 12 -18 10
19. Stenhousemuir 18 3 3 12 -35 9