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Clydebank
2 - 1
 Dumbarton

Stirlingshire Cup (1st Round)
Monday, November 16th, 1970
New Kilbowie Park. Att. 500
7:30 PM Kick-off
Goalscorers
Jimmy Caskie  (41)
Alan Munro  (81)
Charlie Gallagher (24)

Team Managers
Jack Steedman
 Unknown.

Starting Eleven
1 Mike McDonald
2 Davie Mitchell
3 Danny Gray
4 Dennis Ruddy
5 Jim Fallon
6 Dougie Hay
7 Jimmy Wilson
8 Bobby Love
9 Peter Kane
10 Alan Munro
11 Jimmy Caskie
 Laurie Williams 1
Alan McKay 2
George Muir 3
Kenny Jenkins 4
Jack Bolton 5
Johnny Graham 6
Peter Coleman 7
Charlie Gallacher 8
Allan Watson 9
Roy McCormack 10
Brian Gallacher 11

Bench
12 Norrie Hall
 Ken Wilson 12

Substitutions
None. Ken Wilson -> Charlie Gallagher (46)

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. Jack Bolton (86)
Match Officials

Brian McGinlay (Referee)



Match Report

Clydebank Press

Clydebank go marching on to the second round of the Stirlingshire Cup after beating local rivals Dumbarton at Kilbowie Park on Monday night with a far from impressive display.

The 'Sons were the more aggressive looking team in the first half they continually pounded away at the Bankies goal. But for all the troubles they had only one goal to show for it... and even then it was a slip by Mike McDonald which allowed the ball in.

The Bankies tactics of hitting the ball through the middle to their forwards up front was not working as well as it was obviously planned to do. Either they did not find their man properly or, when they did, the Sons defence was waiting for them. And like Dumbarton's, their goal was an error of judgement on the goalkeeper's part.

The second half was pretty dull and uninteresting with an occasional flurry of excitement to keep the fans on their toes.

The Bankies had slightly the upper hand and Alan Munro hit home what proved to be the winner six minutes from time!

The ordering-off of Dumbarton centre-half Jack Bolton-bought this season from Raith Rovers for £4,000-was the only black spot in a sporting game. He was dismissed from the field by referee McGinlay in the 86th minute, presumably for showing dissent.

The 'Sons showed they meant business right from the kick-off and only a desperate goal-line clearance from Jim Fallon prevented the visitors taking the lead in the 6th minute.

Brian Gallacher and his namesake Charlie had shots which came pretty close to target before the former Celt opened the scoring in 24th minute direct from a corner kick.

As the ball came across, McDonald tried to push it over, but only succeeded in pushing the ball into his own net.

Clydebank's equaliser came 17 equaliser minutes later from Jimmy Caskie. The winger took a 20-yard free kick, which Dumbarton's defence and Clydebank's forwards thought was going to be a cross-but which in fact curled into the top left-hand corner of the net.

Another slip by the keeper almost gifted Caskie a second goal just before half-time when he sent a bye-kick straight to the winger's feet. Caskie, showing fine reflexes, sent the ball back immediately, but Williams made amends with a fine save.

Ten minutes into the second half saw Williams making another good save from Caskie, this time after a beautiful pass from Dougie Hay had set him up.

Bobby Love made what must have been the most expensive tackle of the night when he had a tussle with a Dumbarton player in the 72nd minute. Both players came out of the tackle all right, but the ball - £9 worth of leather and air - didn't. It had been burst.

The unpredictable Alan Munro was his team's hero when he knocked home the new ball in the 84th minute. Danny Gray started the move with a fine run before passing to Caskie on the right whose shot was going wide and Munro pounced on it at the far post to knock it into the empty net.

In the second round of the cup, Clydebank meet Stenhousemuir at Ochilview.



Squad Statistics (as at November 16th, 1970)

1970-71 All Time
League Cups All
Mike McDonald (GK) 13 - 7 - 50 -
Jimmy Wilson 4 - 1 - 5 -
Davie Mitchell 13 - 711725
Jim Fallon 13372969
Danny Gray 13 - 6 - 68 -
Dennis Ruddy 1317 - 1021
Dougie Hay 1127 - 1094
Bobby Love 13 - 7 - 872
Alan Munro 137739643
Peter Kane 714 - 111
Jimmy Caskie 1357510940







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
None.

League Table (as at November 16th, 1970)

Pld W D L +/- Pts
1. East Fife 15 9 4 2 +20 22
2. Arbroath 15 9 4 2 +18 22
3. Albion Rovers 14 8 5 1 +12 21
4. Montrose 15 7 2 6 +4 16
5. Forfar Ath 15 5 6 4 +1 16
6. Queen of the South 15 6 4 5 -2 16
7. Stranraer 13 6 3 4 +7 15
8. Raith Rovers 15 5 5 5 -3 15
9. Partick Th 12 5 4 3 +12 14
10. Clydebank 13 6 2 5 0 14
11. Alloa Athletic 14 6 2 6 -1 14
12. Stenhousemuir 16 5 3 8 -12 13
13. Stirling Albion 13 4 4 5 +5 12
14. Dumbarton 12 4 4 4 +5 12
15. Queen's Park 14 5 2 7 -10 12
16. Berwick Rangers 12 3 3 6 -8 9
17. Hamilton Accies 12 3 2 7 -8 8
18. East Stirlingshire 15 1 5 9 -21 7
19. Brechin City 14 2 2 10 -19 6