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Clydebank

Scottish Cup (1st Round)
Saturday, January 24th, 1970
Gayfield Park. Att. 2,434
3:00 PM Kick-off

Goalscorers
Jim Cant (31) Jimmy Caskie  (70)
Bobby Love  (74)

Team Managers
Bert Henderson Jack Steedman

Starting Eleven
1 Jimmy Hodge
2 George McKay
3 Tommy Hughes
4 Dave Cargill
5 Ian Stirling
6 Tommy Walker
7 Eric Sellars
8 Jim Cant
9 Jimmy Jack
10 Ian Reid
11 Dennis Bruce 		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 Marnie Paul McMillan 12

Substitutions
Marnie -> Dennis Bruce None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

W Anderson (Referee)
DR Robertson & A Grant (Assistants)




Match Report

Clydebank Press

Clydebank who shocked promotion chasing Falkirk earlier this month in the League, delivered another shattering blow, this time in the Cup against Arbroath, who are also seeking re-entry to the first division.

The blow was all the more humiliating for the home team by reason of Clydebank being composed mainly of teenagers. There were no fewer than seven in the line-up.

Opening against a stirring easterly wind and driving rain Clydebank kept the ball on the deck and gave a display of crisp, speedy and attacking football.

Spraying their passes, particularly on the wings where O'Brien and Caskie were their ace-men, they kept the Maroons defence fully stretched.

Arbroath, on the other hand, were a disjointed lot, weak in all aspects of the game. The forwards seldom got going, as they have done in recent games, and when chances were made there was no one to give the finishing touch.

The home team fans were so exasperated by their team's show in the second half that they started to drift home ten minutes from the final whistle.

Clydebank pounded the Arbroath defence right from the start and O'Brien, McGhee and Caskie all had near misses. Despite this pressure it was Arbroath who went into the lead.

In 31 minutes Sellars sent the ball into the middle giving Cant an excellent shot into the net.

Opening the second half, Bankies showed the Arbroath backs the strength of their boots giving keeper Hodge anything but an easy time of it. O'Brien came near with a shot that struck one of the metal net supports.

A minute later Hodge was called upon again to pull off another great save from a Caskie rocket.

After 70 minutes and a lot of hard work Bankies got the equaliser: Caskie unleashed a terrific shot from almost 35 yards and the ball was in the back of the net before Hodge could move.

Within another four minutes the visitors had taken the lead, Love being the scorer. Gaining possession he sent in a shot which Hodge could not quite hold and the ball ran over the line.

Soon after this, Arbroath substituted Marnie for Bruce. Towards the end of the game Marnie was then carried off after being injured in a tackle.

Arbroath Herald

Arbroath were humiliated before their supporters at Gayfield on Saturday in the first round of the Scottish Cup.

Responsible for their exit from further participation in the competition were Clydebank, whose ranks included no fewer than seven teenagers.

But the Maroons cannot have any excuses. They played badly, and paid heavily for their mistakes.

Now their conquerors have secured a good draw which could have gone to the Gayfield Club in the second round, when they meet Aberdeen at Pittodrie.

In spite of their youth, the Clydebank team had no inferiority complex. Recalling that they had a shock result over strong promotion challengers, Falkirk, a few weeks ago, they believed they could also put it across Arbroath, who, too, are bidding for re-entry into the First Division, and as things turned out, they did.

This was but a shadow of the Arbroath team that has been producing the goods of late. There were obvious weaknesses both in defence and attack, and only young left-half Tommy Walker, was the one player to emerge with his reputation untarnished. He provided as many shots as the whole of the forwards together, but unfortunately, although some came very close, none was a scorer.

Arbroath were particularly weak on the wings, where Clydebank were strongest, and the inside trio seldom did little to strike fear in the Bankies' defence.

The visitors' ace-men were undoubtedly right-winger O'Brien and left-winger Caskie, who kept the Arbroath rear line fully stretched. Clydebank played some immaculate football, and for speed had the more experienced Arbroath players by the heels.

For their pains the Maroons were given the slow handclap in the second half, and so weak was their efforts at penetration that the spectators began to stream from the ground several minutes before the final whistle.

All in all, it was a black day for the Maroons.

Although winning the toss, Clydebank elected to play against a strong easterly wind and driving rain Arbroath quickly had 10 men in the Clydebank territory, but their initial attacks were unproductive.

Clydebank broke away on the left, but Hodge had no difficulty in fielding Caskie's trundling shot. McPhee then came near with a header from a Caskie cross.

At the other end Walker fired a beauty which McDonald saved brilliantly at the expense of a fruitless corner.

Munro next broke through the Maroons' defence. Although harassed, he managed to get in an oblique shot which Hodge had to leap sideways to parry for a corner. O'Brien next had a go, the ball flashing across the goalmouth, but none of his colleagues was in the right spot to take advantage of it. Play once more swung to the Clydebank end, and Jack was left in the clear, but shot straight at McDonald, who caught the ball low down.

Fallon then gave a corner following a cross from the right by Sellars, but the flag kick was poorly taken by the winger.

Reed missed a glorious chance to put the homesters ahead after 28 minutes, but when in a favourable shooting position, and with only McDonald to beat, blazed past. Next minute it was Bruce who missed another chance by miskicking. The linesman, however, had signalled offside.

In a Clydebank raid, O'Brien, after cleverly beating Hughes, sent over a high ball, which Hodge firmly clutched as he rose head and shoulders above the Clydebank forwards.

Walker skimmed the bar with a terrific drive before the Maroons took the lead after 31 minutes. Sellars sent over from the wing, and Cant brought the ball down before ramming it into the net. Almost on the whistle, Jack fired in a left footer which was not far off the mark.

Clydebank were early on the offensive on resuming, and O'Brien came close with a fierce shot.

Within a minute Hodge was called upon to bring off a great save from a rocket by Caskie.

Arbroath forced a corner on the right, when a defender's pass-back went behind, and from Sellar's kick McKay sent in a fishing header which went only inches past.

From another corner also on the right McDonald punched clear.

Clydebank squared the game after 70 minutes with a great goal by Caskie. Collecting a pass from O'Brien, he unleashed a rocket from about 35 yards. The ball was in the net before Hodge could blink. Arbroath forced a corner straight away, but nothing came of it.

Another four minutes saw the 'Bankers in the lead. Love fired shot which Hodge could not quite hold, and the ball ran over the line. Just after this, Arbroath pulled off Bruce and substituted Marnie. He was not destined, however, to be long on the field, being carried off after being injured in a tackle.

Caskie also received a knock which required the attention of the trainer In an all-out assault by Arbroath near the end, the ball was twice kicked clear off the Clydebank goal-line, following which Walker sent over from only a few yards.

Sunday Post

Clydebank took all the glory. Arbroath went a goal up after 31 minutes and the forecasters of a cert “home banker” were looking very self-satisfied. But they reckoned without the teenage skill in the Bankies' line-up.

Wingers O'Brien and Caskie were the thorns in the Arbroath flesh. They kept plugging away. Eventually Caskie picked up a cross from O'Brien and, from 35 yards, unleashed a cracker which had goal written all over it.

Only four minutes later inside-right Love made it two. 'Keeper Hodge got a hand to the ball but could not stop it.

Arbroath made a desperate attempt to save the game, including a fantastic goalmouth mix-up when the Bankies twice managed to kick the ball off the line. But the visitors were in command at the end.

The only Arbroath player of note was left-half Walker, although Cant worked hard.

Sunday Mail

Arbroath were unceremoniously dumped by a Clydebank team, largely composed of teenagers, who gave them an object lesson in the finer arts of the game.

There was no letting-up by the Bankies after the interval and they gradually gained the upper hand. A quick one-two and they were safely into the second round of the Cup.

There was not a weak link in the Clydebank team but their ace men were undoubtedly up in front where wingers O'Brien and Caskie tore the Arbroath backs to pieces.

Reed missed a glorious chance to put Arbroath ahead after 28 minutes but blazed past when favourably placed. Arbroath took the lead after 31 minutes when Cant netted. Clydebank drew level in the 70th minute with a 35-yard rocket from Caskie.

Four minutes later they went ahead through Love. Arbroath tried desperately to get the equaliser but the visitors held out.



Squad Statistics (as at January 24th, 1970)

1969-70 All Time
League Cups All
Mike McDonald (GK) 14 - 4 - 19 -
Davie Mitchell 20 - 9 - 1384
Dennis Ruddy 23 - 5 - 68 -
Danny Gray 22 - 9 - 40 -
Jim Fallon 18 - 92624
Dougie Hay 1819 - 772
Bobby Love 21 - 81542
Tommy McGhee 1879212221
Jimmy Caskie 2311947528
Alan Munro 2210956330
Gerry O'Brien 2349 - 746







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
24th January 1970
Alloa Athletic3-1Berwick Rangers
Cowdenbeath4-0Queen's Park
Stenhousemuir3-4East Stirlingshire

League Table (as at January 24th, 1970)

Pld W D L +/- Pts
1. Cowdenbeath 25 16 6 3 +32 38
2. Queen of South 23 15 4 4 +17 34
3. Arbroath 25 15 3 7 +30 33
4. Falkirk 20 14 2 4 +30 30
5. Alloa Athletic 23 14 2 7 +18 30
6. Stirling Albion 24 11 8 5 +17 30
7. Dumbarton 22 11 5 6 +12 27
8. Berwick Rangers 22 11 3 8 +15 25
9. East Fife 24 11 2 11 +1 24
10. Montrose 23 9 4 10 -1 22
11. Clydebank 23 7 5 11 -16 19
12. Albion Rovers 23 7 4 12 -9 18
13. Queen's Park 25 7 4 14 -16 18
14. East Stirlingshire 21 6 5 10 -14 17
15. Brechin City 21 7 3 11 -15 17
16. Forfar Ath 24 8 1 15 -17 17
17. Stranraer 23 6 2 15 -15 14
18. Hamilton Accies 24 5 4 15 -26 14
19. Stenhousemuir 25 5 3 17 -43 13