Arbroath 4
Clydebank 0
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Arbroath 

4 - 0

Clydebank

League (Division 2)
Saturday, February 10th, 1968
Gayfield Park. Att. 1,247
3:00 PM Kick-off

Goalscorers
Jimmy Jack (14)
Dennis Bruce (27)
JImmy Jack (41)
Dennis Bruce (43) 		None.

Team Managers
Bert Henderson Jack Steedman

Starting Eleven
1 Jim Williamson
2 Walter Cameron
3 Tommy Hughes
4 Tom Cargill
5 Ian Stirling
6 Jim Pierson
7 George Easton
8 Allan Kennedy
9 Jimmy Jack
10 Dennis Bruce
11 Sandy Finnie 		Dick Madden 1
Malcolm Henderson 2
Davie Mitchell 3
Dougie Hay 4
Eddie Moore 5
Stan King 6
Eddie Rutherford 7
Eddie Jenkins 8
Jim Fleming 9
Tony Moy 10
John Baxter 11

Bench
12 Andy Welsh Pat Henderson 12

Substitutions
Andy Welsh -> George Easton (65) Pat Henderson for John Baxter (70)

Cautions
Allan Kennedy (16) None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

S Anderson (Referee)




Match Report

Clydebank Press

Bankies paid a visit to the east coast on Saturday and suffered a four goal defeat at the hands of promotion-seeking Arbroath.

Manager Jack Steedman told me on Tuesday that, although the score does not suggest it, this game was fairly even. The home side got four quick goals and this spoiled the match as a contest.

Scorers for the home side were centre-forward Jim Jack and inside-man Dennis Bruce. Both these players are the leading top scorers in the league. Tony Moy has apparently lost his scoring touch since he missed that penalty in the last cup game against Queen of the South at Firhill.

But we can always hope that tomorrow's game at home against Borderers Berwick Rangers will see a difference in the inside-left who has scored 20 goals this season.

Man of the match in Jack's book was young Scottish youth internationalist Douglas Hay who had a great game at-wing-half.

Ayrton Inacio who was signed earlier this season, and is the Brazilian, who now lives in Portugal, is flying home this weekend: The club have let the player go for the weather does not suit him as well, of course, as the conditions on field.

Bankies could have a reserve 'keeper on the books this week-end. Cambuslang Rangers have a fine 'keeper in the form of Ian Ferguson and the lad was out for Bankies second team when they played Rangers 3rd team at Kilbowie on Saturday and lost by five goals to one.

Ian was in goal against Queen's Park in the Combined Reserve League on Wednesday and Jack told me that if he played well he would be signed.

Good news for fans that Ernie Collumbine will most likely be in the side on Saturday.

Bad news however is that Frank McAleer will be out of football for three weeks because of his knee injury. Eddie Moore is filling in at centre-half.

Jim Fleming and Eddie Rutherford came through Saturday's game at Arbroath unscathed and will also be in the side.

Jimmy Caskie received six. stitches in a head wound on Saturday after the game with Rangers 3rd team but it is hoped that he'll make the side to play Jordanhill in a combined. reserve league match on Saturday at Jordanhill. This game may be played in the forenoon.

Bankies are setting their sights on the top six this season but only problem there is there are four teams ready to dispute this. They are Ayr United, Queen of the South, East Fife and Queen's Park. Bankies have however one advantage plenty of home games coming off. Three of these should have been played earlier this season but were postponed because of League Cup and Scottish Cup commitments.

Finally the club have fixed their postponed home game with Ayr United for February 23, the eve of the Scotland versus England international. The kick-off will be at 7.30 pm.

Arbroath Herald

After their lapse the previous week, Arbroath got back to the winning vein at Gayfield on Saturday with a convincing victory over Clydebank to give them another couple of valuable promotion points.

And the result was doubly welcome when it was learned that East Fife, at present their nearest rivals in the race, had gone under 2-0 to the now strong-going Ayr United, who, although at the moment four points behind the Methil men, have three games in hand.

Apart from the opening quarter-of-an-hour or so, when both teams were weighing up the opposition, Arbroath were well on top, and their four-goal lead at half-time was a measure of their superiority. The anticipated goal rush in the second half, however, failed materialise. The Maroons, while still dominating play, were content to coast along, perhaps conserving their energy for a sterner contest with Elgin City in the Scottish Cup tomorrow.

And although the nap hand appeared to be on the cards, this, too went by the board when Stirling, who has made a confident job with penalty kicks of late, on this occasion was unable to register from the spot.

Bang on form were the Maroons Terrible Twins, centre Jimmy Jack, and inside-left Dennis Bruce, who each collared a brace of goals. They were the mainsprings of the attack, full of running and continually harassing the Bankies defence. Easton, until his injury, did well on the wing, sending over some inviting crosses, but occasionally spoiled things by attempting to do too much on his own.

The homesters were again strong in the mid-line, Stirling and Co. providing the forwards with plenty of ammunition.

The defence was not stretched, and were able to cope with anything that came their way.

Left-back Jim Riddle was again an absentee with a pulled muscle, and Tom Hughes once more deputised. Eric Sellars was forced to call off with flu, and George Easton took over the outside-right berth.

Jack swung a lovely ball to Easton. The winger raced through and crossed from almost the bye-line, but the ball was cleared.

Fourteen minutes saw the Maroons a goal up. Bruce raced down the left and crossed. Pierson attempted to hit the ball first time, but sliced it to Easton. The winger quickly returned it to Jack, who brought it down and netted. Just after this, Kennedy was booked for a crude tackle on Jenkins.

Easton was prominent with another neat cross, which Finnie and Bruce went for together. Bruce got to it first, but his header was cleared off the line by Moore, with Madden nowhere.

Clydebank then took up the running, and with Williamson out of position Hughes headed Moy's shot off the line.

Arbroath made it two after 27 minutes. A neat triangular move was started by Pierson, whose pass Jack carried almost to the bye-line. The centre's chip beat Madden for Bruce to net.

Bruce almost made it three after 39 minutes, his header from a Pierson cross. missing the goal by inches.

The third goal, however, was not long delayed. Jack collected a ball from Finnie just inside the Clydebank half, and raced down the left. Malcolm Henderson ran to intercept but Jack got the break of the ball. His shot struck the near post and ran along the line before entering the net. Time, 42 minutes.

The homesters got another minute later. Bruce was again the marksman, with a pass from Cargill.

The Clydebank goal ran a narrow escape in the 57th minute. Hughes sent in a low shot which Jack neatly flicked in. Madden, however, made a great save at full stretch. At the other end Fleming tried an overhead kick which Williamson held confidently.

After 20 minutes, Easton, who had received a knock earlier in a clash with King, left the field, and Welsh substituted.

After 69 minutes, Arbroath were awarded a penalty when a Bruce header was punched over the bar by Mitchell. Stirling was entrusted with the kick, but Madden saved his shot at the foot of the post. Just after this, Baxter was withdrawn, and Pat Henderson, the former Maroon player took over the left wing position.

This was followed by Kennedy hitting a good shot which skimmed the bar.

The Maroons then almost made it five. Finnie sent high over from the wing and both Jack and Madden went for the ball. The centre just got his head to it, but there was not sufficient impetus to carry it into the net, and Madden grabbed it on the line.

Clydebank almost pulled one out of the bag with three minutes to go when Fleming broke through and shot hard for goal. Williamson just managed, with a flying save, to tip the ball behind for a fruitless corner.



Squad Statistics (as at February 10th, 1968)

1967-68 All Time
League Cups All
Dick Madden (GK) 22 - 9 - 31 -
Malcolm Henderson 10 - 3 - 13 -
Stan King 2318 - 311
Davie Mitchell 24 - 9 - 613
John Baxter 22391314
Dougie Hay 2 - 0 - 2 -
Eddie Jenkins 12 - 5 - 691
Tony Moy 2415859060
Eddie Moore 207832810
Eddie Rutherford 4 - 1 - 5 -
Jim Fleming 15552207
Pat Henderson (sub) 5 - 0 - 5 -







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
10th February 1968
Albion Rovers3-5Queen's Park
Alloa Athletic2-1Montrose
Arbroath4-0Clydebank
Ayr Utd2-0East Fife
Berwick Rangers0-1Queen of South
Brechin City2-2Stenhousemuir
Cowdenbeath1-2St Mirren
Dumbarton3-6Forfar Ath
Stranraer1-2East Stirlingshire

League Table (as at February 10th, 1968)

Pld W D L +/- Pts
1. St Mirren 25 20 4 1 +51 44
2. Arbroath 24 16 3 5 +38 35
3. East Fife 25 14 5 6 +11 33
4. Queen's Park 24 12 6 6 +17 30
5. Ayr Utd 22 13 3 6 +21 29
6. Queen of South 25 13 3 9 +14 29
7. Hamilton Accies 26 11 5 10 0 27
8. Cowdenbeath 26 9 7 10 +3 25
9. Clydebank 24 10 4 10 -1 24
10. Dumbarton 25 9 6 10 -7 24
11. Montrose 25 8 7 10 -2 23
12. Albion Rovers 24 8 6 10 +3 22
13. Forfar Ath 23 8 6 9 -6 22
14. Alloa Athletic 24 8 5 11 -21 21
15. East Stirlingshire 23 6 6 11 -5 18
16. Berwick Rangers 22 8 1 13 -17 17
17. Brechin City 23 4 8 11 -20 16
18. Stenhousemuir 24 3 4 17 -46 10
19. Stranraer 24 3 3 18 -33 9