Dunfermline 1
Clydebank 1
League (Division 1)

Match Report

Taking a point away from home should be a good result. But when you're chasing promotion, you've just beaten the league leaders 6-1 and the team you're playing are fighting relegation, it doesn't seem much to take home with you.

For most of this match, it looked as if Clydebank would improve on their two previous 1-1 draws with Dunfermline this season.

On a pitch that looked more like the beach at Anstruther than a football field, the Bankies dominated the play.

But it was not until the 79th minute that they turned that superiority into what should have been a match-winning lead.

From a Gerry Ronald corner on the right, substitute Campbell McKeown headed down to Bobby Williamson, who hooked a right-foot shot into the net for a carbon copy of his goal at the same ground last next month.

Unfortunately, it was not long before Dunfermline produced their own double take, repeating their last minute equaliser from the same game.

After a break down the right by Brown, Bobby Forrest's shot hit a defender before Rab Stewart shot home from 12 yards.

Ironically, Williamson could have tied up the match for Clydebank in the previous attack.

He broke through on his own with only the keeper to beat, but after hitting him with his first shot he blasted the rebound over the bar.

As the match moved into injury time, it seemed not that Dunfermline has snatched a point, but Bankies had let one slip.

In the first half, it appeared they were simply taking up where they had left off against St Johnstone playing skilful, imaginative football.

On the wing, Gerry Ronald teased and tormented Dunfermline's defence making the most of the large pitch at East End Park while Gerry McCabe controlled the midfield with ease.

But as early as the fifty minute, it was clear they would have difficulty turning scoring chances into goals.

When a bad passback to Dunfermline keeper Whyte put Williamson into the open he made a poor attempt at cutting the ball back for Gerry Ronald.

As the ball broke off a defender's leg, Williamson failed to make the most of his second attempt, putting the ball into the side net.

A minute later, Tommy Coyne was caught offside when he looked to have manoeuvred into a scoring position and 15 minutes later he had a nicely curled shot from 20 yards saved by keeper Hugh Whyte.

The best chance of the 45 minutes came just on half-time. When Coyne again put the ball past after Martin Hughes appeared to have been pulled down in the box.

After the interval, Clydebank continued to play well, but seemed to be losing both their momentum and control.

Chances were still being squandered and as the Bankies began to lose their grip on the game, more of the breaks were falling to Dunfermline.

Both Ronald and McCabe missed chances early in the half and slowly Dunfermline began to create openings of their own.

After 71 minutes, Jim Given was replaced by Campbell McKeown and it wasn't long before the young substitute made his mark on the game.

Only four minutes after coming on, McKeown saw a header slip agonisingly past the post.

When the game immediately swung to the other end it was McKeown who was again, on hand, this time to head the ball clear.

And only minutes later, he played an important part in Bankies goal, knocking the ball down for Williamson to score.

"We wuz robbed" was probably a popular view among Bankies this weekend. But to be robbed you have to have something taken - Clydebank gave a point away.