Clydebank 0
St Mirren 2
Scottish Cup (4th Round)


Clydebank
0 - 2
 St Mirren

Scottish Cup (4th Round)
Saturday, February 13th, 1982
New Kilbowie Park. Att. 5,088
3:00 PM Kick-off

Goalscorers
None. Ian Scanlon (10)
Frank McAvennie (26)

Team Managers
Sammy Henderson
Unknown.

Starting Eleven
1 Jim Gallacher
2 Mark Treanor
3 Tony Gervaise
4 Jim Fallon
5 Billy McGhie
6 Jimmy Given
7 Gerry Ronald
8 Campbell McKeown
9 Blair Millar
10 Tommy Coyne
11 Gerry McCabe
Billy Thomson 1
Davie Walker 2
John McCormack 3
Tony Fitzpatrick 4
Mark Fulton 5
Jackie Copland 6
Lex Richardson 7
Billy Stark 8
Jimmy Bone 9
Frank McAvennie 10
11 Ian Scanlon

Bench
Davie Houston
Gerry McLauchlan
Alan Logan 12
Frank McDougall 14

Substitutions
Davie Houston for Campbell McKeown
Alan Logan -> Jimmy Bone

Cautions
Tony Gervaise
Davie Walker

Red Cards
None. None.
Match Officials

JJ Timmons (Referee)
JS McGilvray & AJ Nairn (Assistants)


Match Report


Premier League St Mirren eased their way to a Scottish Cup quarter final place thanks to two first-half goals. But Bankies must be shaking their heads in disbelief at a first half miss which virtually ended any chance they had in the match.

It came in 31 minutes, after goals by lan Scanlon and Frank McAvennie had put Saints well on the way to the last eight.

Debutant full-back Davie Walker tripped Tom Coyne in the box, and Jim Given, the man whose spot-kick kept Bankies in the Cup in the last round, stepped up to take the penalty.

Billy Thomson threw himself to his right to bring off a brilliant save, but Millar seemed to have a simple tap-in from the rebound three yards out.

The big striker, however, somehow managed to put his shot wide of the far post. At that, the Clydebank players' heads visibly dropped.

After the break, Tom Coyne was foiled by the diving Thomson, and right at the death Gerry Ronald, the game's outstanding player, hit the post with a vicious drive. But by then it was too late.

St. Mirren had taken the lead with a stunning 10th minute goal. Jackie Copland calmly broke up a Bankies attack and put lan Scanlon free on the left.

The former Aberdeen winger skipped a couple of tackles, then switched the ball to his right foot and sent a dipping shot over Jim Gallacher and in off the far post.

Then, after Jimmy Bone had missed a great chance in the 24th minute allowing Gallacher to rob him on the edge of the box. Fallon missed a through ball, and from Scanlon's reverse pass, Frank McAvennie stroked home goal number two.

Just like the previous Saturday, when Ayr raced to an early lead, Bankies had let their opponents get the upper hand in the first half-hour.

In the second half, Clydebank controlled the game for long spells, confining St. Mirren to a few breakaways, but they never really looked like scoring.

They seemed too intent on walking the ball past Thomson, but crashed all too often on the rock formed by Copland and Mark Fulton in the Paisley defence.

And so Clydebank's Cup run came to an end, stopped by a St. Mirren side who were never really stretched after the hectic first thirty minutes. It's the oldest cliche in the book, but at least now Bankies can settle down and concentrate on their League efforts.

No matter where they finish at the end of season, they will long remember the penalty miss which cost them their chance of Cup glory.



Squad Statistics (as at February 13th, 1982)


1981-82 All Time
League Cups All
Jim Gallacher (GK) 23 - 8 - 365 -
Tony Gervaise 14 - 4 - 1164
Billy McGhie 20 - 4 - 24 -
Mark Treanor 23 - 8 - 52 -
Jim Fallon 2337 - 61835
Jimmy Given 2328217519
Gerry McCabe 22481836
Campbell McKeown 1935 - 274
Tommy Coyne 1572 - 177
Gerry Ronald 2127214213
Blair Millar 22138318794
Davie Houston (sub) 7 - 7 - 19817







Recent Results


League results since Clydebank's last match
9th February 1982
Hearts3-0Falkirk
Raith Rovers1-0Queen's Park
10th February 1982
Dunfermline1-3Hamilton Accies
East Stirlingshire2-1Ayr Utd
13th February 1982
Falkirk0-0Dunfermline
Hamilton Accies1-0Motherwell
Queen of South1-1East Stirlingshire

League Table (as at February 13th, 1982)


Pld W D L +/- Pts
1. Motherwell 22 16 4 2 +42 36
2. Ayr Utd 22 11 6 5 +12 28
3. Clydebank 23 11 4 8 +3 26
4. Hearts 21 9 7 5 +5 25
5. Kilmarnock 21 7 10 4 +5 24
6. St Johnstone 20 9 5 6 +8 23
7. Falkirk 23 5 11 7 +1 21
8. Hamilton Accies 24 8 5 11 -8 21
9. Queen's Park 22 6 8 8 0 20
10. Raith Rovers 22 8 4 10 -12 20
11. Dunfermline 22 5 9 8 -11 19
12. Dumbarton 20 6 5 9 -10 17
13. East Stirlingshire 22 5 6 11 -14 16
14. Queen of South 24 2 8 14 -21 12