Berwick Rangers 1
Clydebank 1
League (Division 2)
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| Goalscorers | |
| Eric Tait (72) |
Donnie Wilson (17) |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Jack Steedman |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1 Willie Wilson 2 Gordon Haig 3 Ben McCabe 4 John Brown 5 Roy McDowell 6 Harry Melrose 7 Keith Miller 8 Eric Tait 9 Jock Richardson 10 John Stoddart 11 Davie Hogg |
Mike McDonald 1 Davie Mitchell 2 Danny Gray 3 Dennis Ruddy 4 Jim Fallon 5 Dougie Hay 6 Norrie Hall 7 Bobby Love 8 Alan Munro 9 Donnie Wilson 10 Jimmy Caskie 11 |
| Bench | |
| 12 Johnny Hamilton |
Jimmy Wilson 12 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Jimmy Wilson for Norrie Hall |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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RC Greenlees (Referee) |
Match Report
Although Berwick failed to win their improvement continued in an entertaining game with Clydebank at Shielfield.
Rangers did more than enough to take the points and even before John Stoddart failed with a penalty kick in the last five minutes the issue should have been settled.
Admittedly Mike McDonald turned in a first class display in the Bankies goal but he was aided by the very indifferent home finishing.
The Clydebank goal was an example of how quickly fortunes can change on the soccer field. Rangers had settled and were shaping well when Hogg from about six yards cracked a shot against the crossbar which should have been in the net.
Straightaway Clydebank raced to the other end to catch the home defence napping, and Munro put them ahead. Then Hogg blazed wide again from an easy scoring position
Rangers stormed through the second half and after Tait hit the equaliser in 72 minutes it seemed odds on victory.
Squad Statistics (as at November 14th, 1970)
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| Mike McDonald (GK) | 20 |
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13 | - | 6 | - | 38 | - | 11 | - | 49 | - | |||
| Norrie Hall | 18 |
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2 | - | 0 | - | 2 | - | 0 | - | 2 | - | |||
| Davie Mitchell | 26 |
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13 | - | 6 | 1 | 138 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 171 | 5 | |||
| Dennis Ruddy | 20 |
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13 | 1 | 6 | - | 82 | 1 | 19 | - | 101 | 1 | |||
| Danny Gray | 19 |
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10 | - | 5 | - | 45 | - | 18 | - | 63 | - | |||
| Jim Fallon | 20 |
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13 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 76 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 95 | 9 | |||
| Dougie Hay | 20 |
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11 | 2 | 6 | - | 87 | 4 | 21 | - | 108 | 4 | |||
| Bobby Love | 24 |
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13 | - | 6 | - | 70 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 86 | 2 | |||
| Alan Munro | 20 |
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13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 76 | 35 | 19 | 7 | 95 | 42 | |||
| Jimmy Caskie | 20 |
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13 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 89 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 108 | 39 | |||
| Donnie Wilson | 24 |
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8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 4 | |||
| Jimmy Wilson (sub) | - |
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4 | - | 0 | - | 4 | - | 0 | - | 4 | - | |||
Recent Results
| League results since Clydebank FC's last match |
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| 14th November 1970 |
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| Albion Rovers | 1-0 | Partick Th |
| Arbroath | 2-0 | Queen of South |
| Berwick Rangers | 1-1 | Clydebank |
| East Stirlingshire | 3-5 | East Fife |
| Montrose | 4-2 | Alloa Athletic |
| Raith Rovers | 6-4 | Queen's Park |
| Stenhousemuir | 4-0 | Brechin City |
| Stirling Albion | 2-0 | Hamilton Accies |
| Stranraer | 1-1 | Forfar Ath |
League Table (as at November 14th, 1970)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
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| 1. | East Fife | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | +20 | 22 |
| 2. | Arbroath | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | +18 | 22 |
| 3. | Albion Rovers | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | +12 | 21 |
| 4. | Montrose | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | +4 | 16 |
| 5. | Forfar Ath | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | +1 | 16 |
| 6. | Queen of South | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 16 |
| 7. | Stranraer | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | +7 | 15 |
| 8. | Raith Rovers | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 9. | Partick Th | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | +12 | 14 |
| 10. | Clydebank | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 11. | Alloa Athletic | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 14 |
| 12. | Stenhousemuir | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -12 | 13 |
| 13. | Stirling Albion | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | +5 | 12 |
| 14. | Dumbarton | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +5 | 12 |
| 15. | Queen's Park | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 12 |
| 16. | Berwick Rangers | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 9 |
| 17. | Hamilton Accies | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 8 |
| 18. | East Stirlingshire | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -21 | 7 |
| 19. | Brechin City | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -19 | 6 |