Morton 4
Clydebank 0
Friendly

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Morton 

4 - 0

Clydebank

Friendly
Monday, November 6th, 1967
Cappielow Park
7:30 PM Kick-off

Goalscorers
Kerr (14)
Bartram (44)
Taylor (61)
Taylor (82) 		None.

Team Managers
Unknown. Jack Steedman

Starting Eleven
1 Russell
2 Thorup
3 Kennedy
4 Rankin
5 Strachan
6 Kerr
7 Sweeney
8 Anderson
9 Bartram
10 Jensen
11 Taylor 		Dick Madden 1
Player tbc 2
Davie Mitchell 3
John Boyd 4
Frank McAleer 5
Tommy McGhee 6
Eddie Rutherford 7
Eddie Jenkins 8
Jim Fleming 9
Tony Moy 10
John Baxter 11

Bench
12 Allan Frank Russell 12

Substitutions
None. Frank Russell for Eddie Rutherford

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

E Pringle (Referee)




Match Report

Clydebank Press

Bankies were certainly hit for four in this friendly played at Cappielow on Monday night.

Left half Kerr started the goal rush in the 14th minute when he blasted home a Kennedy pass from 20 yards giving keeper Dick Madden no chance.

The 'Bankies' defence kept Morton's goal-hungry forwards at bay until a minute before half-time when Bartram broke through the defence and prodded the ball home.

In the second half Frank Russell replaced right winger Rutherford and made some difference to the attack but unfortunately luck was not with them. A Baxter shot was the nearest they got to scoring and this was saved well by the home keeper.

Taylor got Morton's other two goals in the 61st and the 82nd minutes to seal the game up tight.

Match report taken from the Clydebank Press.

Daily Record

Morton used this challenge match at Cappielow last night as a stiff test for left back Jim Kennedy who has been sidelined for over a month, and the ex-Celt emerged with flying colours.

He was one of the best defenders on the park and it was his pass that gave Morton their first goal in the 14th minute.

Borge Thorup, Morton's Danish right back also made his first appearance for the big-league team this season and demonstrated his ability with dangerous runs up the wing that kept the Clydebank defence on its toes.

Morton's first goal in the 14th minute when their left half Kerr who showed a great deal of promise blasted home a 20 yarder which gave Clydebank keeper no chance.

The Bankies defence kept Morton out after that until the 44th minute. Bartram raced into prod home from close range after a Jensen shot was cleared from the goal line by McAleer.

Martin substituted island for Jensen in the second half no doubt to give the big Dane who was so full of running a rest before his appearance against Rangers on Saturday.

Although slower than the Dane, Allan showed some clever touches.

The Bankies substituted Russell for right winger Rutherford, and this made some difference to their attack, but it still lacked the scoring touch.

The nearest thing to a score was a pile-driver by Baxter which was finger tipped over the bar by Russell the Morton keeper.

Taylor, one of Morton's best forwards put them three up in the 61st minute from a Sweeney pass and he got another in the 82nd minute with a long lob that deceived the Bankies keeper.

Morton had most of the game and with a little more care in their shooting and less shyness on the part of some of their forwards at having a shot for goal they might easily have doubled the score sheet.

Greenock Telegraph

One of the stars for Morton against Clydebank in this challenge match at Cappielow last night was left-half Kerr-and it was fitting that this young player got on the score sheet with a fine goal.

The Bankies never really offered a challenge. They were outpaced by Morton who might have doubled the score if they had taken all their chances.

Morton moved swiftly into the attack and an Anderson shot skimmed the top of the crossbar. Then a stinging drive by Jensen was grabbed on the ground by Madden and a similar shot by Kerr was stopped by Madden in the air.

Clydebank found it difficult to penetrate the Morton defence, capably generalled by Strachan.

In the fourteenth minute Morton deservedly went ahead. Thorup swept a high cross over to Kennedy and the left-back set it up for Kerr, who blazed the ball into the net from 20 yards.

Morton nearly got another a minute later when a fierce shot by Sweeney, from an Anderson pass, was dropped by the Bankies' 'keeper, who just managed to grab possession again as the eager Bartram came dashing in.

Madden saved a low shot by Anderson; then Taylor headed a Sweeney cross over the bar. Russell distinguished himself in the 28th minute when he tipped a shot by left-winger Baxter over the bar.

Morton still had the edge and Jensen, always keen to have a shot at goal, stung Madden's fingers with a thunderous shot.

A minute from the interval Morton went two up. A great drive by Jensen was only partly cleared by McAleer, the Clydebank centre-half, and Bartram stabbed the ball into the net from four yards.

Although the Bankies looked good in midfield, they seldom got a look at the Morton goal.

Morton brought on Allan for Jensen in the second half and Clydebank substituted Russell for right-winger Rutherford.

Right away Allan sent in a fine drive which went narrowly past, and in the 61st minute Taylor shot a Sweeney pass through a forest of legs to put Morton three up.

Taylor got his own second and Morton's fourth in the 82nd minute.



Squad Statistics (as at November 6th, 1967)

1967-68 All Time
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Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
None.

League Table (as at November 6th, 1967)

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