Clydebank 6
Celtic 'B' 2
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Clydebank
6 - 2
 Celtic 'B'

Friendly
Saturday, November 9th, 1968
New Kilbowie Park
3:00 PM Kick-off
Goalscorers
Alan Munro  (9)
(Assist Davie Mitchell)
Ian Hawkshaw  (16)
Alan Munro  (33)
Tommy McGhee (pen.)  (45)
Tommy McGhee  (52)
Alan Munro  (75)
Jimmy Quinn (15)
Pat McMahon (72)

Team Managers
Jack Steedman
 Jock Stein

Starting Eleven
Dick Madden
Malcolm Henderson
Davie Mitchell
Ernie Collumbine
Jim Fallon
Tommy McGhee
Eddie Rutherford
Bobby Love
Alan Munro
Ian Hawkshaw
Brian Sheerin
 Bobby Wraith 1
Murray 2
Willie O'Neill 3
George Connelly 4
Davie Hay 5
David Cattenach 6
Hemphill 7
Pat McMahon 8
Jimmy Quinn 9
Lou Macari 10
John Gorman 11

Bench
Jimmy Caskie
 Bobby Murdoch 12

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.
Match Officials

T Kellock (Referee)



Match Report

Clydebank Press

What an astonishing 90 minutes of football at Kilbowie Park, as Clydebank thrashed Celtic by six goals to two and the plaudits quite rightly went to the Bankies. Now the support is faced with only one poser. Why can't Bankies fight like this every week?

This was a team with power in their boots and fire in their bellies. And don't take any notice of the "friendly" tag hung on this fixture. Both sides went at it hammer and tongs, and Celtic made a determined bid in the last quarter of an hour to put a better face on the scoreline.

The game opened at a blistering pace. Alan Munro scampered through the middle in the ninth minute to head home a Mitchell cross. The Celtic Colts were caught out with their own style of overlapping full backs here.

But they fought back and Jimmy Quinn, whose speed was breath-taking, literally took off and dived to head the ball behind Madden in real Jimmy McGrory fashion. Time: 15 minutes.

But back came the Bankies and the Parkhead boys found themselves one goal down just 60 seconds later. Bobby Wraith somehow saved a Brian Sheerin effort, But Ian Hawkshaw was waiting for any slips by their keeper, and belted the leather home.

Clydebank kept charging goalward, but out of about 10 "shots" only one had enough power to trouble Wraith. That came from Hawkshaw and the young keeper positioned himself well to save.

But the new look Munro, complete with cropped haircut was on the spot to put Clydebank further ahead in the 33rd minute. Wraith and Murray got into a tangle on the goal line and Munro made no mistake when the ball landed at his feet one yard from the line.

Cocky Clydebank were all go now. But they were brought back to earth in the 37th minute when only the off-form shooting of Quinn and Hemphill saved them.

Dick Madden playing against his old club, brought off a terrific save to stop a George Connelly shot five minutes from the break. Then Pat McMahon hit the woodwork with a 30 yarder.

Was this a Celtic comeback. Not on your life! Away came the terrific trio Munro, Sheerin and Hawkshaw and some petty niggling between David Cattenach and the big Bankies centre ended with the ref pointing to the spot. McGhee stepped up to send Wraith the wrong way and put Clydebank 4-1 ahead.

With only five minutes of the second half gone, it looked as though Cattenach would get his revenge. McGhee sent Hemphill sprawling in the box, and Cattenach was elected to take the spot kick.

But Dick Madden brought off a great save at the right hand post... and away come the Bankies to increase the lead.

This time McGhee had the goal at his mercy. He rounded Wraith, and Murray could only watch as the left half calmly placed his shot at the back of the rigging.

Celtic, who were falling into the offside trap time and time again, stormed upfield but Connelly ballooned the ball over from 15 yards in the 62nd minute.

A brilliant pass from Murray found Willie O'Neill on his own, over on the far touchline , but his soft shot was easily gathered by Madden.

McMahon headed home a consolation for Celts in the 72nd minute, but just three minutes later Munro got his hat trick.

A Rutherford corner was headed out from under the bar by Murray but the big fella was waiting to pounce, and slammed the ball home on the drop.

Louis Macari had a couple of chances to make the tally more respectable for Celtic in the closing minutes but was well over target.

Best for the visitors were Connelly and O'Neill. Centre half Hay was left on his own far too often to cope with the three pronged Clydebank spearhead of Hawkshaw, Sheering and Munro.

The Bankies put on a terrific display of teamwork, based on a determined, rock hard defence.



Squad Statistics (as at November 9th, 1968)

1968-69 All Time
League Cups All







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
9th November 1968
Albion Rovers1-0Queen of South
Cowdenbeath3-2Queen's Park
Dumbarton0-3Ayr Utd
East Stirlingshire2-4Forfar Ath
Montrose2-1Alloa Athletic
Motherwell7-1Berwick Rangers
Stenhousemuir2-1Brechin City
Stirling Albion1-2East Fife
Stranraer1-0Hamilton Accies

League Table (as at November 9th, 1968)

Pld W D L +/- Pts
1. Motherwell 11 10 0 1 +35 20
2. Albion Rovers 13 9 2 2 +5 20
3. Stirling Albion 12 9 0 3 +12 18
4. Queen of South 14 7 3 4 +12 17
5. Forfar Ath 12 7 2 3 +12 16
6. East Stirlingshire 12 7 1 4 +20 15
7. Ayr Utd 12 6 3 3 +10 15
8. Stranraer 11 6 3 2 +9 15
9. East Fife 12 6 3 3 +4 15
10. Montrose 14 6 1 7 -6 13
11. Queen's Park 14 5 2 7 -6 12
12. Clydebank 13 2 6 5 -8 10
13. Brechin City 12 4 1 7 -5 9
14. Hamilton Accies 13 3 3 7 -10 9
15. Berwick Rangers 14 3 3 8 -13 9
16. Alloa Athletic 13 3 2 8 -7 8
17. Cowdenbeath 13 2 3 8 -14 7
18. Dumbarton 13 3 1 9 -15 7
19. Stenhousemuir 12 2 1 9 -35 5