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Clydebank
2 - 1
 Dumbarton

League (Division 2)
Monday, January 1st, 1968
New Kilbowie Park. Att. 1,084
3:00 PM Kick-off
Goalscorers
Tony Moy  (49)
(Assist John Baxter)
Tony Moy  (65)
(Assist Jim Fleming)
 		Alex Moffat (50)

Team Managers
Jack Steedman
 Ian Spence

Starting Eleven
1 Dick Madden
2 Malcolm Henderson
3 Davie Mitchell
4 Ernie Collumbine
5 Eddie Moore
6 Tommy McGhee
7 Pat Henderson
8 Stan King
9 Jim Fleming
10 Tony Moy
11 John Baxter
 Jim Meikle 1
Joe Davin 2
Don May 3
Bobby Johnstone 4
John McGhee 5
Jim Lynas 6
Ian Henderson 7
Roy McCormack 8
John McGoldrick 9
Alex Moffat 10
Allan Watson 11

Bench
12 Eddie Jenkins
 Billy Wilkinson 12

Substitutions
None. Billy Wilkinson -> Don May (30)

Cautions
John Baxter
 Jim Lynas (12)

Red Cards
None. None.
Match Officials

T Kellock (Referee)



Match Report

Clydebank Press

It was definitely a Happy New Year for Bankies fans on Monday as they saw their team beat the "auld enemy" in a game bristling with excitement and power packed play.

Right for the word go both side went into action. Bankies kicked off and were immediately having a go at the Dumbarton goal. A Tommy McGhee shot came too close for comfort in 9 minutes and keeper Meikleham was stretched to put it for a corner.

The homesters maintained this pressure for some time and Lynas for Dumbarton had his name taken for a rough tackle on Bankies centre Jim Fleming in the 12th minute.

Dumbarton's Ian Henderson nearly opened the scoring in 20 minutes but keeper Madden blocked his shot. This was followed up ten minutes later when Alan Watson was left open on the wing but Australian right back Malcolm Henderson got Bankies out of it by deposing the wee winger.

Tragedy struck the Sons, who were just getting into the swing, in 30 minutes when Donald May, their left back was carried off with a broken arm after colliding with Bankies left winger, John Baxter.

Manager Ian Spence ran onto the park with Clydebank's physiotherapist Morris Friel, and it was some time before they could get a stretcher for the injured full back. He was later taken to hospital, Substitute Wilkinson came on in May's place.

This put more determination into the heart of the Sons men and they came close five minutes later when Madden pushed a rocket shot from McCormack over the bar.

In the 48th minute Jim Fleming ran onto a Moy pass and could have score easily but he shot the ball straight at the keeper.

Tony Moy showed him how to do it one minute later when he crashed the ball home from 25 yards on the left after running onto a Baxter pass.

Dumbarton were anything but out of it! Straight from the whistle the forward line made an all out assault on the Bankies defence and McGoldrick slipped the ball to inside-man Moffat who scored to put the clubs back on level terms again.

Shortly after this Bankies John Baxter was booked for a foul on Henderson.

Now it was all action with the crowd of some 4000 roaring encouragement to their respective teams.

One of the flukiest goals I have ever seen gave the Bankies the points 20 minutes after the interval.

Tony Moy sent in a low and very slow twisting shot towards goal. He even turned his back for he thought keeper Meikleham would make mince meat out of it but it twisted out of the unfortunate keepers hands and went into the net.

The crowd and Tony Moy went wild with delight and the Sons supporters hid their faces in their hands!

Dumbarton did not give up after this; they kept on battering away at the Bankies defence but Eddie Moore, Ernie Collumbine, and Co were in first class form and frankly I think they won the game for Bankies.

Sons centre forward John McGoldrick who has scored so many goals for his side must feel like kicking himself. There he was with no one but the keeper to beat in the 79th minute, but no, he completely miskicked and the ball was cleared to safety.

He followed this up with a better effort one minute later, but his shot went over the bar. Dumbarton continued this hard pressure almost to the whistle and in one attack all Dumbarton players except a few backs, were in Bankies territory round the goalmouth and centre half Eddie Moore got a knock on the head in a desperate measure to clear one shot.

Considering the condition of Kilbowie - Snow, ice and puddles - both teams put up a fine show although play was a bit rough at times but some of the hard tackling could have been attributed to the slippy conditions.

Some Dumbarton fans were saying as they left that a draw would have been a fairer result and whilst admitting that this was not one of Bankies best performances I think they deserved to win.

Pat Henderson who was playing on the right wing for Bankies is just newly signed and is a former Arbroath player just returning to form after injury.

Lennox Herald

Old Rivals Clydebank and Dumbarton brought in the New Year in grand style at Kilbowie Park on Monday with a thrilling, all-out battle that surpassed even their Boghead encounter earlier this season.

This game had everything-ninety minutes of all-out effort by both sides, plenty of attractive play in tricky conditions, two bookings, and Sons left-back Donald May stretchered off with a broken arm. It was, off course, a disappointment for Dumbarton, their third defeat on the trot, but their fans could take a lot of comfort from their performance.

They played with a skill and determination that have been missing in recent weeks, and man for man, played the better football. This showed particularly in the tackle and in getting the ball past an opponent. The 'Bankies had the edge in team-work, however, and worked more efficiently as a unit. They would pass the ball where a Dumbarton player would beat his man.

This had the effect of letting Clydebank do what Dumbarton could do, but quicker, for their players had good anticipation in running into the open space. This is a technique that has beaten Dumbarton rather often.

All in, a draw would have been a fairer result, although Dumbarton played enough good football to win any game in normal circumstances. But there was nothing normal about this match.
br>Either side could have finished with a huge winning margin. They both had some incredible misses, and they each hit the woodwork once. Some fine goalkeeping also kept the score down.

But for all his great saves, the thing Jimmy Meikleham will remember about this game is the goal that beat Dumbarton. Midway through the second half, with the score at 1-1, Kilbowie goal ace Tony Moy shot from the wing, and it looked a pretty poor effort. Meikleham stepped out to watch it limp into the side netting, when, incredibly, it somehow bounced round him into the net

Meikleham must take responsibility for this goal, but, to be fair, there must have been a tricky spin on the ball, or something. No keeper could make such an appalling mistake without some help.

Moy had put Clydebank into the lead five minutes from the interval when he ran on to a high lob from Fleming, evaded McGhee and Johnstone, and left Meikleham no chance.

Dumbarton came out after the interval and scored immediately, overwhelming Clydebank with their urgency. Henderson made the chance with some great work on the wing, before putting the ball into the middle, where it was quickly passed about by the Sons players, and with the 'Bankies still dazed, Moffat cannoned it in off a defender.

The goals were only half the story. Lynas was booked after twelve minutes for a foul on Fleming. Baxter had his name taken early in the second half for fouling Henderson, who had just been running rings round him.

It was the sort of match in which you would have expected a couple of bookings, and referee Kellock had a busy day. There were also a number of stoppages for injuries, hardly surprising in view of the conditions. The most serious, of course, was that of May, who fell under the player he had tackled in the 30th minute and was stretchered off and taken to hospital.

A disaster for Dumbarton, all right, but not as bad as it might have been. On came newcomer Wilkinson, the substitute, and did a grand job in his first game for the Sons. Another great discovery was Alex Moffat, playing his first game of the season. apart from Saturday's appearance as substitute. Both he and McCormack were foiled by superb saves from Madden in the first half, when he palmed away shots that looked certain to score.

Nearest thing for Clydebank, apart from the goal itself, came when Baxter had the goal at his mercy, but he hesitated and Meikleham, who had shown good anticipation, dived to save at his feet.

The keeper had a similar save in the second half when Moy was slow to make use of a gilt-edged chance. But the most glaring miss was that by McGoldrick late in the second half when he outstripped the 'Bankies defence and was all set to pop the ball past the keeper when he slipped and fell in the mud. Minutes later he headed against the post after some terrific leading-up work by Davin. Earlier a cross from the Clydebank's wing had hit the Dumbarton crossbar.

Towards the end nearly every Dumbarton player was up in the Clydebank half pressing frantically for the equaliser. They were in danger of losing more goals through breakaways by Moy, but now they had nothing to lose, and Moy was always stopped either by Meikleham or by a timely tackle by McGhee, playing with his leg strapped up. Watson, who had looked a bit slow in this game, missed a great chance laid on by McGoldrick with minutes to go.



Squad Statistics (as at January 1st, 1968)

1967-68 All Time
League Cups All
Dick Madden (GK) 16 - 6 - 22 -
Malcolm Henderson 4 - 0 - 4 -
Ernie Collumbine 16 - 6 - 62 -
Stan King 1715 - 221
Davie Mitchell 18 - 6 - 523
John Baxter 1636 - 223
Tommy McGhee 1515 - 726
Tony Moy 1814528156
Eddie Moore 14553198
Pat Henderson 1 - 0 - 1 -
Jim Fleming 12532157







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
30th December 1967
Albion Rovers3-1Brechin City
Alloa Athletic0-2Arbroath
Berwick Rangers1-0Ayr Utd
Cowdenbeath2-0Stranraer
Dumbarton0-2Queen's Park
Forfar Ath0-1Stenhousemuir
Montrose3-5Hamilton Accies
Queen of South2-1East Fife
St Mirren1-0East Stirlingshire
1st January 1968
Arbroath0-4Forfar Ath
Ayr Utd0-3St Mirren
Brechin City0-0Montrose
Clydebank2-1Dumbarton
East Fife3-3Cowdenbeath
East Stirlingshire4-0Berwick Rangers
Hamilton Accies1-2Albion Rovers
Stenhousemuir1-1Alloa Athletic
Stranraer2-4Queen of South

League Table (as at January 1st, 1968)

Pld W D L +/- Pts
1. St Mirren 21 16 4 1 +41 36
2. Arbroath 20 14 2 4 +34 30
3. Queen of South 21 11 3 7 +12 25
4. East Fife 19 10 4 5 +6 24
5. Ayr Utd 18 10 3 5 +16 23
6. Albion Rovers 19 8 5 6 +10 21
7. Cowdenbeath 21 7 7 7 +3 21
8. Hamilton Accies 21 8 5 8 0 21
9. Queen's Park 18 7 6 5 +9 20
10. Clydebank 18 8 3 7 +5 19
11. Montrose 20 6 6 8 -5 18
12. Dumbarton 19 6 5 8 -10 17
13. Alloa Athletic 20 6 5 9 -15 17
14. East Stirlingshire 19 5 5 9 -3 15
15. Forfar Ath 19 5 5 9 -11 15
16. Berwick Rangers 18 7 1 10 -14 15
17. Brechin City 19 4 5 10 -16 13
18. Stranraer 19 3 3 13 -26 9
19. Stenhousemuir 19 3 3 13 -36 9