Cowdenbeath 3
Clydebank 4
League Cup (Group 5)

Match Report

With this win, the Bankies made sure of winning their section and the two glamour games with Celtic in the next round.

They won by the odd goal in seven-but Cowdenbeath made it a lot easier for Clydebank when two of their own defenders put through their own net at crucial stages in the game.

The first came after a Jimmy Caskie shot was deflected off the foot of centre-half Kinnell. This equalised a goal scored earlier by Cowden inside right Dickson from close range.

The visiting Clydebank fans went wild with delight in the 43rd minute when Jimmy Caskie almost burst the rigging with a 25 yard shot on the drop, following a Graham McFarlane free-kick out on the wing.

But it was soon the turn of the Cowden fans to shout their heads off when centre-forward Marshall equalised 30 seconds from half-time with a spectacular lobbed shot which landed in the far corner of the net.

With the second half only six minutes old, the Bankies took the lead when a Jimmy Caskie cross was sliced into his own net by left-back Baxter of Cowdenbeath who was attempting to clear.

Jim Fallon, in a quick breakaway, made all the running for the fourth goal scored in the 76th minute by Graham McFarlane. Fallon took the ball up the left wing before centring. McFarlane cut inside the full-back before crashing the ball low into the net with his left foot.

Clydebank were really turning on the style, and brought Danny Gray on for Norrie Hall halfway through this half.

A mistake by Mike McDonald cost the Bankies the third goal when Cowden outside-right McCullie stroked the ball into the open goal after the goalie had been stranded well off his line. This was McDonald's only lapse in a game in which he excelled himself with many spectacular and brave saves.

Clydebank's best men were McDonald, Mitchell, Fallon and Munro, with the others not very far behind.