Stirling Albion 5
Clydebank 2
League (Division 2)

Match Report

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.

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

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.

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.

After McDonald was carried off, 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.

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

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.