Clydebank 1
East Stirlingshire 0
Scottish Cup (1st Round Replay)

Match Report

Less than 150 people ventured out to Kilbowie Park to see Clydebank defeat East Stirling at their second attempt. Clydebank now qualify to meet Inverness Clach in the next round of the Scottish Cup

Never have Clydebank had to work so hard for survival than in this game in what must have been the poorest crowd show in the history of the cup. Nevertheless they struggled on.

Clydebank's keeper, Jim Gallacher, came out as usual in top form with some fine saves in the first half.

The first 45 minutes brought deadlock and both teams went all out in the second half to claim the over elusive goal.

But it was Fallon a couple of minutes from time who caught the Shire defence unawares. In a magnificent race from midfield, he ran on to beat the keeper with a fine swerving shot.

It might have been so different for Stirling earlier had winger Dave Robertson taken advantage of a Browning slip, or if Gallacher had not tipped away a certain scoring chance by Stirling.

But in the end it was Clydebank who took up their place to that away tie up north. East Stirling had few failure on their side, but fell down disastrously when it came to scoring.

However, Clydebank will need to buck up their performance if they are to dispose of the Highland league side and o on to a possible match against one of the big sides in the following round.

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Only about 150 people took the trouble to leave their Christmas dinner to venture along to Kilbowie Park to see Clydebank beat East Stirlingshire at the second attempt and quality to meet Inverness Clachnacuddin in the next round of the Scottish Cup.

Never will Clydebank hare to fight harder for survival as East Stirlingshire went down with their colours flying and with a smile from lady luck would surely have at least taken the tie to a third game.

The Clydebank goalkeeper, Jim Gallacher, was in top form, making superb saves in the first half from Browning, Dunn, and Robertson,

Both sides went all out after the interval to break the deadlock, but still a goal looked unlikely, Shire brought on McCulley and McPaul for Browning and Stirling, and Clydebank replaced Roxburgh and Law by Abel and Larnach.

Then, with only seconds left of normal time, and extra time in prospect, Fallon scored the winner from McColl's pass.

Clydebank had excellent service from Gallacher, Mitchell, Hall, and McColl in defence and McCallan was best in attack. East Stirlingshire had few failures in their side, but fell down when it came to scoring. The first match between the two teams, played on Monday At Firs Park, ended in a no-scoring draw.