Clydebank 1
East Fife 0
Spring Cup (Quarter Final 1st Leg)
ClydebankClydebank |
1 - 01 - 0 |
East FifeEast Fife |
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Spring Cup (Quarter Final 1st Leg) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Davie Cooper (pen.) (57) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
|
Bill Munro |
Unknown. |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1 Roddy McKenzie 2 Norrie Hall 3 Gregor Abel 4 Jim Fallon 5 Billy Fanning 6 Dougie Hay 7 Davie Cooper 8 Sammy Henderson 9 Mike Larnach 10 Joe McCallan 11 Jimmy Lumsden |
Ernie McGarr 1 Ron McIvor 2 Jim George 3 David Clarke 4 Colin Methven 5 Billy McPhee 6 Tom Steven 7 Derek O'Connor 8 Harry Kinnear 9 Drew Rutherford 10 Kevin Hegarty 11 |
| Bench | |
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Billy McColl Bobby Provan |
John Love 12 Brian Rankin 14 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Billy McColl for Sammy Henderson |
Brian Rankin -> Drew Rutherford John Love -> Harry Kinnear (81) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
J Gordon (Referee) |
Match Report
Clydebank gained a slender but well earned victory in this fast entertaining, first leg tie.
After a first half which Bankies dominated, during which they were denied a penalty for a blatant handling offence, the precious goal arrived in the 57th minute.
Referee Gordon at last penalised the Fifers for hands, and Davie Cooper sent an saveable shot crashing into the net.
East Fife, although concentrating mainly on defence, made a bold bid for the equaliser but the Bankies defence was supreme.
In the final stages, Bankies applied tremendous pressure in an all out effort the a second goal that would make the trip to Methil much less perilous, However, McGarr and Co held out to keep the second leg wide open.
In a good match, enjoyed by a near 3000 crowd, East Fife had top men in George, Clarke and Steven, while Bankies were well served by Hall, McKenzie, McCallan and the impeccable Jim Fallon. They face a tough task in the second leg.
Squad Statistics (as at April 21st, 1976)
| 1975-76 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Roddy McKenzie (GK) | 30 |
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25 | - | 15 | - | 25 | - | 15 | - | 40 | - | |||
| Jim Fallon | 26 |
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25 | - | 17 | - | 267 | 17 | 76 | 10 | 343 | 27 | |||
| Dougie Hay | 26 |
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25 | 3 | 14 | - | 186 | 13 | 59 | 2 | 245 | 15 | |||
| Gregor Abel | 27 |
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24 | - | 20 | 1 | 125 | - | 42 | 2 | 167 | 2 | |||
| Billy Fanning | 20 |
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2 | - | 8 | - | 63 | - | 19 | - | 82 | - | |||
| Norrie Hall | 24 |
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26 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 165 | 5 | 53 | 3 | 218 | 8 | |||
| Jimmy Lumsden | 28 |
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24 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 38 | 4 | |||
| Sammy Henderson | - |
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19 | - | 15 | - | 72 | 3 | 28 | - | 100 | 3 | |||
| Davie Cooper | 20 |
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26 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 52 | 17 | 26 | 11 | 78 | 28 | |||
| Joe McCallan | 27 |
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26 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 102 | 31 | 33 | 10 | 135 | 41 | |||
| Mike Larnach | 23 |
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26 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 112 | 34 | 40 | 7 | 152 | 41 | |||
| Billy McColl (sub) | 21 |
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7 | - | 16 | 2 | 82 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 111 | 8 | |||
Recent Results
| League results since Clydebank's last match |
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| 17th April 1976 |
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| Brechin City | 0-4 | Stranraer |
| Cowdenbeath | 2-1 | Stirling Albion |
League Table (as at April 21st, 1976)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Clydebank | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | +31 | 40 |
| 2. | Raith Rovers | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | +23 | 40 |
| 3. | Alloa Athletic | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | +16 | 35 |
| 4. | Queen's Park | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | +8 | 29 |
| 5. | Cowdenbeath | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | +1 | 29 |
| 6. | Stirling Albion | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | +8 | 25 |
| 7. | East Stirlingshire | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
| 8. | Stranraer | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | +5 | 23 |
| 9. | Stenhousemuir | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 23 |
| 10. | Albion Rovers | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | -7 | 22 |
| 11. | Berwick Rangers | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 19 |
| 12. | Forfar Ath | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -20 | 18 |
| 13. | Meadowbank Th | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -29 | 16 |
| 14. | Brechin City | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -20 | 15 |