Queen of South 2
Clydebank 0
League (Division 2)

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Queen of South 

2 - 0

Clydebank

League (Division 2)
Saturday, February 11th, 1967
Palmerston Park. Att. 1,543
3:00 PM Kick-off

Goalscorers
Alan Smith (60)
Iain McChesney (76) 		None.

Team Managers
Jack Husband Jack Steedman

Starting Eleven
1 Allan Ball
2 Tommy Brown
3 Doug Wright
4 Billy Collings
5 Jim Kerr
6 John Murphy
7 Jimmy Davison
8 Iain McChesney
9 Kenny Dick
10 Lex Law
11 Conall Murtagh 		Sandy MacLachlan 1
Graham Small 2
Davie Mitchell 3
Ernie Collumbine 4
John McGill 5
Tommy McGhee 6
Joe Rankin 7
Eddie Jenkins 8
Frank Russell 9
Tony Moy 10
Willie McCallum 11

Bench
12 Alan Smith Ian Russell 12

Substitutions
Alan Smith -> Jim Kerr (46) Ian Russell for Ernie Collumbine

Cautions
None. Tommy McGhee

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

RK Wilson (Referee)





Match Report

Clydebank Press

Bankies were doing well against this strong Queen's side but after the interval their luck changed. Queen's centre-half Jimmy Kerr was carried off with an injury and was replaced by Alan Smith, who unfortunately for Bankies, scored the home side's first goal in the 60th minute.

Ernie Collumbine of Bankies' stalwarts was also carried off and replaced by new boy Ian Russell.

The home side's second goal came in 76 minutes when McChesney Scored after a fine move by that man Smith and Davidson.

A good crowd of 1400 watched this game in which Collings and Murphy were tops for Queen's and Frank Russell and Tommy McGhee were Bankies best.

Sunday Post

A dull first half gave way after the interval to a tearaway tussle. An injury to Jimmy Kerr and the substitution of Alan smith brought big change in Queens fortunes.

In the first period, when they had done the bulk of the attacking, their efforts in front of goal were woeful. Smith changed all that. Right away he brought purpose to the attack, and after 15 minutes went through on his own to score a brilliant goal.

Clydebank's defence, resolute throughout, became overworked, and some felling was displayed by McGhee, who was eventually booked. Collumbine was injured and was replaced by new boy Ian Russell midway through the half, but it made no difference and queens duly got their second goal when Smith and Davidson combined to make an opening for McChesney to score.

Evening News and Star

Queen of the South took both points at Palmerston on Saturday, but they owed their victory to their 12th man, Englishman Alan Smith, who came on as substitute in the second half when Kerr was injured.

His skill transformed the game, after a featureless first half, during which neither side deserved to score.

McChesney had a good try for Queens from a Collings free- kick, but Clydebank replied with left-wing thrusts. From one of these, left-half McGhee, their finest player, crashed in a great shot which rebounded from the upright with 'keeper Alan Ball helpless.

Collings and Murphy, who was back in the side after several weeks' absence, worked hard to bring their forwards into the game but they got little response, except from winger Jimmy Davison.

Soon after the resumption, Kerr suffered a recurrence of his groin injury and had to leave the field. Alan Smith came on and was soon in action with some delightful ball control and a perfect pass to Law, but Jacky shot straight at the 'keeper.

Clydebank fought back and McGhee was again prominent with a tremendous drive which rattled the crossbar. The visitors were, indeed, full of fight.

But at last Smith's generalship paid off. In the 60th minute, from a move started by Collings, the big inside-right calmly brought the ball under control, dribbled past two defenders and then neatly chipped the ball over pivot McGill's head before neatly side-footing it into the net from ten yards. A brilliant piece of individualism that the crowd, who had had little to shout about, thoroughly appreciated.

Collings and Murphy kept pushing passes through to Smith, and the Englishman and Jimmy Davison were always dangerous. Clydebank lost Collumbine through injury. Russell coming on in his place, but the Queens were now in command. In the 75th minute they put the issue beyond doubt when Alan Smith again eluded a couple of defenders before squaring the ball to Iain McChesney who shot home from close in.

Smith and Davison apart, the Palmerston front line was a big disappointment. But an encouraging sign for the fans was the display of John Murphy.



Squad Statistics (as at February 11th, 1967)

1966-67 All Time
League Cups All
Sandy MacLachlan (GK) 17 - 2 - 19 -
Graham Small 26 - 7 - 442
Ernie Collumbine 26 - 5 - 31 -
Davie Mitchell 1532 - 173
John McGill 23 - 71492
Willie McCallum 25171322
Tommy McGhee 2646 - 425
Eddie Jenkins 26 - 5 - 421
Frank Russell 17102 - 1910
Tony Moy 2215524831
Joe Rankin 14452328
Ian Russell (sub) 412 - 61







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
11th February 1967
Albion Rovers0-1Morton
Alloa Athletic2-3Raith Rovers
Berwick Rangers3-1Arbroath
Cowdenbeath3-3Hamilton Accies
Dumbarton1-0Stranraer
East Fife4-3Stenhousemuir
Forfar Ath2-1East Stirlingshire
Montrose4-1Third Lanark
Queen of South2-0Clydebank
Queen's Park2-1Brechin City

League Table (as at February 11th, 1967)

Pld W D L +/- Pts
1. Morton 27 24 2 1 +64 50
2. Raith Rovers 25 18 2 5 +27 38
3. Arbroath 25 16 4 5 +26 36
4. East Fife 27 16 3 8 +12 35
5. Queen of South 26 13 6 7 +19 32
6. Albion Rovers 28 14 4 10 +8 32
7. Hamilton Accies 27 12 7 8 +12 31
8. Queen's Park 26 11 8 7 +16 30
9. Berwick Rangers 26 11 5 10 +7 27
10. Stranraer 27 10 6 11 -2 26
11. Cowdenbeath 26 10 4 12 +9 24
12. Montrose 26 9 5 12 -12 23
13. Alloa Athletic 26 10 2 14 -11 22
14. Third Lanark 27 8 6 13 -13 22
15. Forfar Ath 26 9 2 15 -19 20
16. Dumbarton 27 6 7 14 -16 19
17. Clydebank 27 5 7 15 -31 17
18. Stenhousemuir 26 5 5 16 -40 15
19. Brechin City 25 5 4 16 -23 14
20. East Stirlingshire 26 3 7 16 -33 13