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Berwick Rangers 

1 - 1

Clydebank

League (Division 2)
Saturday, October 28th, 1967
Shielfield Park. Att. 637
3:00 PM Kick-off

Goalscorers
George Christie (60) Jim Fleming  (61)
(Assist Harry Rutherford)

Team Managers
Jock Wallace Jack Steedman

Starting Eleven
1 Jock Wallace
2 Gordon Haig
3 Ian Riddell
4 Russell Craig
5 Doug Coutts
6 Jake Smith
7 Kenny Dowds
8 Mike Harris
9 George Christie
10 Ian Brown
11 Andy Rodgers 		Dick Madden 1
John Boyd 2
Davie Mitchell 3
Ernie Collumbine 4
Frank McAleer 5
Tommy McGhee 6
Harry Rutherford 7
Stan King 8
Jim Fleming 9
Tony Moy 10
Eddie Rutherford 11

Bench
12 John Keith Eddie Jenkins 12

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

AFJ Webster (Referee)
RD Geggie & G Robertson (Assistants)




Match Report

Clydebank Press

Eddie Rutherford finally made his debut for the Bankies, and proved what a fine player he is. Eddie had been on the injured list for two months and is now fully recovered.

Bankies were defied by the "wee" Rangers 'keeper and manager Jock Wallace on Saturday, for had it not been for him Bankies would have come away with two full points.

In one fifteen-minute spell he brought off a series of marvellous saves, one of which was magnificent, as he twisted to grab a point-plank shot from Bankies' Jim Fleming.

Berwick raised a cheer from home fans when Christie put them ahead in 60 minutes-the Border side's first goal at home since September 9 but their joy was short lived because Bankies only took sixty seconds to equalise.

The man who made the Bankies goal was right winger Harry Rutherford who burst through the home defence, sent over a beautiful cross and was pleased to see Jim Fleming score from this with ease.

Berwick Advertiser

Berwick Rangers were desperately unlucky not to end their run of misfortune. on Saturday. In the most entertaining game at Shielfield for weeks, they battered away at the Clydebank defence and just failed to snatch the winning goal.

Once again, Berwick can point to those that got away. Three or four simple chances were squandered, and this would have tipped the balance their way. But at least they played football with some urgency, greatly improve entertainment value and increasing confidence.

They had manager Jock Wallace to thank for being in with a chance at all after a Clydebank purple patch in which any one of four shots might have hit the back of the net but for the 'keeper's brilliance.

After that it was Berwick who did the buik of the running and the shooting and the chances were undoubtedly created on this occasion

I, for one, would like to see this team given an extended run. There was undoubted potential, plenty of height and weight and at long last we had defensive ideas tossed aside and the Rangers displaying initiative in attack This is the sort of thing to bring the missing fans back to Shielfield,

In giving Russell Craig his head, in encouraging Gordon Haig to come through as the overlap - a ruse exploited so well last season - and keeping his forwards well upfield, manager Wallace has obviously taken a calculated gamble. He must I realise that in playing a more aggressive game he is liable to find himself in action quite frequently, but he also knows that if this attacking policy is kept up, sooner or later the goals must come,

Mike Harris, signed only the previous day from Hereford could have made this a dream debut but he missed two of the best chances, swinging his foot over a low pass from Rodgers and then, in the second half, cracking one straight at Madden. But Harris looks a good buy, He is big, strong, willing to work and, most encouraging he can come through a challenge with the ball at his feet, Given time to settle in with his new colleagues he could develop into a forward of real menace to the opposing sides.

George Christie, who has only recently won his place back, hit his first goal of the season and this will do him a lot of good. He led the line well and it was good to see, at last, a Rangers centre taking on his man and occasionally beating him. It is as well to remember that the man facing Christie is likely to go. soon. to a senior club for a five-figure fee

Ken Dowds had his best game for weeks, racing here and there looking and fighting for the ball and

Fleming left Rutherford, on the right, with a simple chance but the winger took deliberate aim and Wallace, with an incredible change of direction stopped the shot This was the spur the Rangers 'keeper needed, He brilliantly stopped a Fleming shot, then tipped over two more dangerous attempts by Harry Rutherford.

Rangers seemed to be up against it, but they weathered the storm and Smith let Rodgers away. The winger slung over a low ball and Harris, on the turn, just failed to connect Soon after Madden flung himself full length to deflect a Rodgers shot and then held a Christie header.

But Berwick had to watch the speedy 'Bankies and Wallace had another couple of excellent saves before the interval which came with a tremendous Berwick bombardment just failing. Twice, inside the last minute. Dowds had powerful shots deflected by full back Mitchell.

The second half opened quietly but soon warmed up. and Harris tested Madden. The Rangers new boy then burst through in style only to hammer the ball at the 'Bankies goalkeeper. But Berwick had their tails up and took the lead in 60 minutes, Brown, with a shrewd pass to Dowds began the move and Dowds raced on to cross low for an unmarked Christie to hammer home. It lasted only a minute, Rutherford tore down the right wing, leaving Riddle and Smith trailing behind and his perfect cross was steered home by Fleming,

After that, Clydebank slung everything out to the right, but it was Berwick who looked far more likely to win, Madden did well to stop a Christie shot. Dowds missed chance, Dowds then scored but from an offside position and in a hectic finish Keith shot wide, and Craig had a great effort stopped by Madden. Berwick Rangers: Wallace: Haig. Riddle; Craig, Coutts, Smith; Dowds. Harris. Christie, Brown, Rodgers, Sub., Keith.



Squad Statistics (as at October 28th, 1967)

1967-68 All Time
League Cups All
Dick Madden (GK) 8 - 6 - 14 -
Davie Mitchell 10 - 6 - 443
Frank McAleer 1016 - 171
John Boyd 7 - 6 - 13 -
Ernie Collumbine 8 - 6 - 54 -
Stan King 915 - 141
Tommy McGhee 815 - 656
Tony Moy 104527346
Harry Rutherford 722 - 92
Jim Fleming 413273
Eddie Rutherford 1 - 0 - 1 -







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
28th October 1967
Albion Rovers2-0Montrose
Alloa Athletic2-1Queen of South
Arbroath6-3East Fife
Berwick Rangers1-1Clydebank
Brechin City2-2Hamilton Accies
Cowdenbeath2-0Forfar Ath
Dumbarton2-0East Stirlingshire
St Mirren1-0Queen's Park
Stranraer2-0Stenhousemuir

League Table (as at October 28th, 1967)

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