Forfar Ath 0
Clydebank 3
League (Division 2)
Forfar AthForfar Ath |
0 - 3 |
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| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Mike Larnach (9) Mike Larnach (32) Mike Larnach (76) |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Jack Steedman |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1 Jim Milne 2 Trialist 3 Willie Coburn 4 Bob Summers 5 Bobby Hopcroft 6 Bryn Williams 7 Joe Watson 8 Norrie Porter 9 Walter Bojczuk 10 Ian Stewart 11 Jim Finlayson |
Gerry Gallacher 1 Davie Mitchell 2 Jim Fallon 3 Bobby Tuddenham 4 Norrie Hall 5 Benny McGuire 6 Drew Harvey 7 Billy McColl 8 Mike Larnach 9 Joe McCallan 10 Jimmy Caskie 11 |
| Bench | |
| 12 Jimmy Kyles |
Gregor Abel 12 |
| Substitutions | |
| Jimmy Kyles -> Walter Bojczuk | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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A MacKenzie (Referee) |
Match Report
A hat trick by main striker Mike Larnach gave Clydebank their first league win since October 21st
And the Bankies had to wait till they were away from home to come up with a result.
McCallan and Jim Caskie combined on the left to lay on the first for young Larnach - time, nine minutes.
And 23 minutes later, Forfar's defenders were caught in a tangle as they tried to clear.
Keeper Milne, a hero on several occasions - including one dive at Larnach's feet - was blameless when the visiting centre shot home number two.
Milne maintained his high rate of saving efforts as the game went on.
But Clydebank Piled on the pressure in the second half and it was no surprise when Larnach was on the spot yet again to notch his hat trick in 76 minutes.
New signings for Clydebank Gerry Gallagher, and back man Bobby Tuddenham, turned out on Saturday. But they had relatively little to do, especially in the second half.
Squad Statistics (as at January 27th, 1973)
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| Gerry Gallacher (GK) | - |
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1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Davie Mitchell | 28 |
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21 | - | 5 | 1 | 210 | 4 | 56 | 2 | 266 | 6 | |||
| Bobby Tuddenham | 25 |
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1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Jim Fallon | 22 |
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19 | - | 6 | - | 154 | 11 | 44 | 5 | 198 | 16 | |||
| Norrie Hall | 21 |
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19 | - | 8 | - | 61 | 2 | 22 | - | 83 | 2 | |||
| Benny McGuire | 28 |
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3 | - | 0 | - | 3 | - | 0 | - | 3 | - | |||
| Billy McColl | 18 |
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7 | - | 2 | - | 7 | - | 2 | - | 9 | - | |||
| Mike Larnach | 20 |
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20 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 14 | |||
| Jimmy Caskie | 23 |
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14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 143 | 46 | 40 | 19 | 183 | 65 | |||
| Joe McCallan | 23 |
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3 | - | 0 | - | 3 | - | 0 | - | 3 | - | |||
| Drew Harvey | 17 |
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2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | |||
Recent Results
| League results since Clydebank FC's last match |
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| 20th January 1973 |
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| Albion Rovers | 1-3 | Montrose |
| Brechin City | 2-4 | Stenhousemuir |
| Clyde | 1-0 | Berwick Rangers |
| Raith Rovers | 2-2 | East Stirlingshire |
| 27th January 1973 |
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| Clyde | 1-2 | Dunfermline |
| Cowdenbeath | 0-2 | St Mirren |
| East Stirlingshire | 2-0 | Brechin City |
| Forfar Ath | 0-3 | Clydebank |
| Hamilton Accies | 4-1 | Berwick Rangers |
| Montrose | 3-0 | Alloa Athletic |
| Queen of South | 0-0 | Albion Rovers |
| Stenhousemuir | 1-2 | Stranraer |
| Stirling Albion | 1-2 | Raith Rovers |
League Table (as at January 27th, 1973)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Clyde | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | +30 | 38 |
| 2. | Dunfermline | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | +40 | 33 |
| 3. | Stirling Albion | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | +26 | 33 |
| 4. | St Mirren | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | +26 | 30 |
| 5. | Raith Rovers | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | +22 | 30 |
| 6. | Cowdenbeath | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | +9 | 30 |
| 7. | Montrose | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | +20 | 29 |
| 8. | Stenhousemuir | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | +5 | 24 |
| 9. | Hamilton Accies | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 24 |
| 10. | Queen of South | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 24 |
| 11. | Berwick Rangers | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | -15 | 21 |
| 12. | Stranraer | 23 | 9 | 2 | 12 | -11 | 20 |
| 13. | Alloa Athletic | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 18 |
| 14. | East Stirlingshire | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -18 | 18 |
| 15. | Forfar Ath | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -22 | 16 |
| 16. | Queen's Park | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -20 | 15 |
| 17. | Clydebank | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -18 | 14 |
| 18. | Albion Rovers | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -34 | 13 |
| 19. | Brechin City | 23 | 5 | 2 | 16 | -28 | 12 |