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Clydebank

League (Division 2)
Saturday, April 24th, 1971
Station Park. Att. 846
3:00 PM Kick-off

Goalscorers
Norrie Porter (17) Norrie Hall  (61)

Team Managers
Unknown. Jack Steedman

Starting Eleven
1 Ian Beatson
2 Billy Britton
3 John Sime
4 Malcolm Lowe
5 Bobby Hopcroft
6 Ian Reid
7 Tommy Ward
8 Eddie Smith
9 Norrie Porter
10 Bryn Williams
11 Ian Stewart 		Mike McDonald 1
Norrie Hall 2
Tommy McGhee 3
Dennis Ruddy 4
Jim Fallon 5
Dougie Hay 6
Mike Jackson 7
Bobby Love 8
Peter Kane 9
Alan Munro 10
Jimmy Caskie 11

Bench
12 Jim McNicoll Bobby Doyle 12

Substitutions
None. Bobby Doyle for Mike Jackson (82)

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

John Gordon (Referee)




Match Report

Clydebank Press

Forfar's expected trialists Miller of Forfar Celtic and Smith of Luncarty, were both injured and did not appear .

The home side played with a strong wind and soon were buzzing around McDonald's charge.

A free kick from Lowe found the head of Williams and only an outstanding Save by McDonald at the expense of a corner saved Clydebank.

The keeper then made another fine save from a Stewart cross. Caskie ran off for Clydebank but offside spoiled a promising move.

A great save by the Forfar goalkeeper Beatson from Sime, his own left back, just prevented an own goal.

In 17 minutes Forfar's centre PORTER took a snapshot from the edge of the box and the ball flashed between a ruck of players into the net.

Forfar just deserved their lead. A moment or two later they should have gone further ahead when Ward shot high over the bar.

Clydebank came back strongly and were playing good football. They almost netted with a shot from Kane but generally Forfar were the likelier lot.

Clydebank were the more aggressive in the second half and in 61 minutes Hall floated a lob past Beaton's outstretched hands to the back of the net for the equaliser. A draw was a fair result in a hard match.



Squad Statistics (as at April 24th, 1971)

1970-71 All Time
League Cups All
Mike McDonald (GK) 34 - 12 - 76 -
Jim Fallon 3531221239
Norrie Hall 1021 - 112
Dennis Ruddy 33111 - 1261
Dougie Hay 32312 - 1355
Bobby Love 35112 - 1143
Tommy McGhee 1312 - 14524
Mike Jackson 12 - 6 - 18 -
Peter Kane 2715823517
Jimmy Caskie 351212713649
Alan Munro 351212412349
Bobby Doyle (sub) 5121135







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
24th April 1971
Alloa Athletic1-1Albion Rovers
Berwick Rangers2-1East Fife
Brechin City3-1East Stirlingshire
Dumbarton3-0Arbroath
Forfar Ath1-1Clydebank
Partick Th3-0Stranraer
Queen of the South2-1Stirling Albion
Raith Rovers0-0Hamilton Accies

League Table (as at April 24th, 1971)

Pld W D L +/- Pts
1. Partick Th 36 23 10 3 +52 56
2. East Fife 36 22 7 7 +42 51
3. Arbroath 36 19 8 9 +28 46
4. Clydebank 35 17 8 10 +16 42
5. Montrose 36 17 7 12 +14 41
6. Dumbarton 34 17 6 11 +34 40
7. Albion Rovers 35 15 9 11 +5 39
8. Raith Rovers 36 15 9 12 0 39
9. Stranraer 35 14 8 13 +6 36
10. Queen of the South 36 13 9 14 -6 35
11. Stenhousemuir 35 13 8 14 -8 34
12. Stirling Albion 34 11 8 15 -1 30
13. Queen's Park 34 13 4 17 -16 30
14. Forfar Ath 35 9 11 15 -10 29
15. Berwick Rangers 35 9 10 16 -19 28
16. Alloa Athletic 35 9 10 16 -30 28
17. East Stirlingshire 34 8 8 18 -33 24
18. Hamilton Accies 35 7 7 21 -32 21
19. Brechin City 34 5 7 22 -42 17