Stirling Albion 5
Clydebank 2
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Stirling Albion 

5 - 2

Clydebank

League (Division 2)
Saturday, December 27th, 1969
Annfield Stadium. Att. 1,166
3:00 PM Kick-off

Goalscorers
Matt McPhee (23)
Matt McPhee (30)
John Corrigan (42)
Joe Hughes (55)
Bobby Grant (71) 		Alan Munro  (6)
Tommy McGhee  (40)

Team Managers
Frank Joyner Jack Steedman

Starting Eleven
1 George Young
2 David Grant
3 Jim Hancock
4 Sammy Henderson
5 John Corrigan
6 Jim Logan
7 Matt McPhee
8 Bobby Grant
9 Joe Hughes
10 Terry Christie
11 Billy Armstrong 		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 Billy Paul Paul McMillan 12

Substitutions
Billy Paul -> Joe Hughes (63) Paul McMillan for Mike McDonald (17)

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

IK Bain (Referee)
JRS Renton & A Grant (Assistants)




Match Report

Clydebank Press

"Best of a bad lot." That's Jack Steedman's comment on Alan Munro's goalkeeping, after the usually goal-scoring inside-forward was put between the sticks to try his best to keep the ball out the net, after Mick McDonald injured his shoulder in a fall in the goalmouth.

It was Munro who opened the scoring for Clydebank in seven minutes when he tried a pot shot that was deflected from a defender past the keeper.

After McDonald was carried off, Albion hit two goals before McGhee equalised, but three minutes later Albion were back in the lead.

In the second half, Munro handled the ball five times-twice to pick the ball out of the net!

Although the 'Bankies had most of the play they just couldn't find an opening in the Albion defence. They adapted themselves much better to the conditions than the home team and at the beginning it looked as though they were going to take Albion to the cleaners.

Director-manager Jack Steedman best sums up the match with these few words, "The final result was a travesty on the run of play."

Sunday Post

Albion got the points-Bankies got the sympathy. For they lost their 'keeper with an injured shoulder in the 17th minute. Yet, with Munro in goal and McMillan on as sub, they had as much of the game as the home lot.

It took only six minutes to let Albion know it wasn't going to be easy. Munro tried a hopeful lob, a slight deflection foxed Young, and the ball landed in the net.

Then McPhee took a hand—and by the half-hour he had Albion in the lead. First, a Bobby Grant pass left the winger an easy chance and he made no mistake. Next he fired in a 25-yard “free” and the ball finished in the net, through deputy 'keeper Munro's legs. But McGhee got Bankies back on equal terms when he scored from close in.

Another mistake by Munro let Corrigan in to send Albion in at the interval with a rather undeserved lead. Hughes made it four when he shot high into the net over a mass of bodies. R. Grant got No. 5 after Henderson set it up.

D. Grant, Henderson and McPhee for Albion, and Clydebank's Ruddy, O'Brien and Caskie were top men in a remarkably good game.

Sunday Post

Arbroath gained revenge for their Cup defeat and kept themselves among the leaders in the promotion race. They were always the stronger side, and Clydebank did not play nearly as well as they did the previous week.

For all their pressure, Arbroath might have been sharper in front of goal. Only two forwards, Wilkie and Reid, carried any threat. Centre-forward Jack and Sellars made little impression.

Clydebank looked dangerous in breakaways, young wingers O'Brien and Caskie being particularly impressive. Unfortunately, when things got tousy, they lost centre-forward McGhee, ordered off after a clash with Cargill. They also had Gray and Munro booked for fouls on Arbroath's Sellars.

Arbroath, playing strongly in the first half, got a goal from their best player, teenage left-half Tom Walker, who scored from 25 yards. In the second half, No. 2 also came from a defender, centre-half and captain Stirling.

Sunday Mail

Clydebank, the more lively team, took the lead in the sixth minute when a Munro cross was deflected past 'keeper Young by a defender.

The Bankies continued to show a better quality of football on the bone-hard ground, but disaster struck in the 17th minute when they lost the services of their goalkeeper who twice dived on the frost-covered pitch and had to go to Stirling Royal Infirmary with a suspected fracture of the shoulder.

Munro took over in goal with substitute McMillan at inside-left. Albion who had not been shaping up as promotion contenders, equalised when Joe Hughes touched the ball to McPhee, who made no mistake in the 22nd minute.

Eight minutes later the winger scored a second from a 25-yard free kick, but the visitors fought back and McGhee deservedly equalised six minutes from the interval Three minutes later however, Corrigan, from a Hughes corner put the homesters ahead.

Although Stirling went further ahead with a Hughes goal in the 55th minute, it was Clydebank who did most of the attacking and forced corner after corner.

Albion substitute Paul came on for Hughes in the 63rd minute. Bob Grant rubbed salt into the weakened Bankies' wound by adding a fifth goal in the 71st minute.



Squad Statistics (as at December 27th, 1969)

1969-70 All Time
League Cups All
Mike McDonald (GK) 13 - 3 - 17 -
Davie Mitchell 17 - 8 - 1344
Dennis Ruddy 20 - 4 - 64 -
Danny Gray 19 - 8 - 36 -
Jim Fallon 15 - 82584
Tommy McGhee 1578211821
Dougie Hay 1518 - 732
Bobby Love 19 - 7 - 511
Jimmy Caskie 2010837126
Alan Munro 198855928
Gerry O'Brien 2028 - 704
Paul McMillan (sub) 9 - 1 - 334







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
20th December 1969
Arbroath0-1Stirling Albion
Falkirk2-1Stenhousemuir
27th December 1969
Berwick Rangers2-0Brechin City
Cowdenbeath2-2Arbroath
East Stirlingshire4-2Stenhousemuir
Forfar Ath4-1East Fife
Hamilton Accies3-2Stranraer
Montrose2-1Queen's Park
Queen of South1-0Albion Rovers
Stirling Albion5-2Clydebank

League Table (as at December 27th, 1969)

Pld W D L +/- Pts
1. Cowdenbeath 20 12 6 2 +22 30
2. Falkirk 18 13 2 3 +28 28
3. Stirling Albion 21 10 8 3 +20 28
4. Queen of South 20 12 4 4 +12 28
5. Arbroath 21 12 3 6 +24 27
6. Alloa Athletic 19 12 2 5 +17 26
7. Berwick Rangers 19 11 3 5 +21 25
8. Dumbarton 19 9 4 6 +8 22
9. East Fife 21 9 2 10 -2 20
10. Montrose 20 7 4 9 -3 18
11. Brechin City 18 7 3 8 -7 17
12. Clydebank 20 6 4 10 -16 16
13. Forfar Ath 21 7 1 13 -14 15
14. Queen's Park 21 6 3 12 -14 15
15. East Stirlingshire 18 5 4 9 -13 14
16. Albion Rovers 21 5 4 12 -15 14
17. Hamilton Accies 20 5 4 11 -15 14
18. Stranraer 20 5 2 13 -14 12
19. Stenhousemuir 21 3 3 15 -39 9