Clydebank 1
Berwick Rangers 0
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Clydebank
1 - 0
 Berwick Rangers

League (Division 2)
Saturday, February 17th, 1968
New Kilbowie Park. Att. 947
3:00 PM Kick-off
Goalscorers
Tony Moy  (16)
None.

Team Managers
Jack Steedman
 Jock Wallace

Starting Eleven
1 Dick Madden
2 Malcolm Henderson
3 Davie Mitchell
4 Ernie Collumbine
5 Eddie Moore
6 Dougie Hay
7 Eddie Rutherford
8 Stan King
9 Jim Fleming
10 Tony Moy
11 John Baxter
 Jock Wallace 1
Bryan Paterson 2
Gordon Haig 3
Doug Coutts 4
Jake Smith 5
John Keith 6
Kenny Dowds 7
Mike Harris 8
George Christie 9
Stuart Markland 10
Andy Rodgers 11

Bench
12 Tommy McGhee
 Ian Brown 12

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.
Match Officials

J McKee (Referee)



Match Report

Clydebank Press

Ice hockey would have been a better game for Kilbowie for both teams skidded all over the place due to the snow on the pitch.

These conditions continued for most of the first half but near the end of the half the sun began to melt the snow and Kilbowie Park began to look like a duck pond with large pools of water everywhere. I certainly did not relish the prospect of playing football, so i wonder how the 22 players felt.

Bankies won the game in the 16th minute after a Fleming header was cleared to the feet of Tony Moy who let loose from close range and smashed the ball high into the net.

This goal had been preceded by a dazzling run down the right by wee Eddie Rutherford and the winger's cross was touched over the bar by goalkeeper and manager of Berwick, Jock Wallace.

Wallace played extremely well and prevented Bankies by winning by a larger score. He brought off some fine saves from shots by Fleming and Moy up front in the Bankies attack.

The visitors were not entirely out of it either and near half time right winger Dowds came too close for comfort with a shot which just cleared the bar and no more.

Berwick had much of the play in the midfield but there was something missing up front and several scoring chances went sadly abegging because of poor shooting.

Bankies had new signing Dougie Hay in the side and the 17 year old proved himself a great worker and narrowly missed two scoring chances. He was playing at left half and fitted in well with other half backs Edie Moore and old trojan Ernie Collumbine, back in his sweeper position after several weeks lay off.

There is no doubt about it, defence wise, Bankies are setting a high standard; its just the attack that lacks a little lustre, especially in the middle.

Centre forward Jim Fleming missed too many good scoring chances in this game and I personally think he does not fit in an otherwise reasonable attack.

One thing that did annoy me was that on many occasions Tony Moy was the only forward up front when Bankies broke away from defence and he was up against insurmountable odds with two or three Berwick defenders to beat.

There are no new injury worries in the pool of 24 players with only Frank McAleer still out recovering from a knee injury.

Bankies have signed another youth player. He is Scottish Schools and Youth Cap JIM FALLON, a pupil at Holy Cross High School in Hamilton.

Seventeen year old Jim is a classmate of Jim Devlin, the Bankies youth team centre forward and it is for this reason that the club thinks that Jim signed because there were other clubs after him. Jim plays in the centre half position.

Another of the youth players, Jimmy Caskie is likely to be given a spot in the team against Ayr United on Friday night.

Berwick Advertiser

It's happened again. For the fifth successive game, Berwick Rangers have failed to score and for the third time in that period they have slumped to defeat because their opponents managed to get one! The difference between a successful team and a struggling one can be wafer-thin, and the Rangers were a bit unfortunate to come away from Kilbowie Park without reward.

The match hardly followed the recent pattern, either. Once they had fallen into arrears. on a very treacherous pitch, the Rangers made a bold attempt to get back on level terms.

The wing halves were allowed to move upfield, the forwards saw plenty of the ball and they did the bulk of the attacking in the second half. But the net result was the same - nothing bulged the Clydebank net.

This no-goals run would be laughable were it not so serious and Berwick have now plunged into third bottom position in the table. With Stenhousemuir facing a run of home games, it is conceivable that unless there is an immediate and dramatic improvement. Rangers will drop to second from the foot.

With the potential ability they have in the side, this is a ridiculous situation in which to find themselves but there can be no escaping the fact that drastic measures are needed to remedy this sustained run of failure by the forwards.

Clydebank had less of the ball, less of the attacking chances and yet they got the winning goal, had one shot cleared off the line and might have had three more had it not been for superb goalkeeping by Wallace.

Rangers, too often tried to make that vital extra yard of space and found a defender covering up. On other occasions they passed across goal when a shot might have done.

The only heartening feature up front was a return to something like his normal form of big Mike Harris. He, at least, showed some appreciation of the situation by banging the ball goalward, though too many were off target, Dowds, with his suspension hanging over him was nowhere near his best and was inclined to run into trouble and the return of transfer-listed Christie brought no improvement. Christie has been getting into trouble lately by indulging in verbal battles with opposing players and he and the rugged Eddie Moore got a long lecture in the first half on Saturday, Rodgers and Markland were well subdued throughout.

Outstanding Rangers defenders were Wallace and Keith. The goalkeeper's positional sense and handling were first rate and he had three excellent saves while Keith showed that he is definitely a prospect for the future. He was prominent in both defence and attack and slung through a lot of good passes.

Coutts, though not as powerful as he can be on the tricky surface, put in a power of work and so did Smith. but the full backs were occasionally caught out of position and they obviously relish a holding surface much better than the snow-covered Kilbowie turf.

The Bankies were disappointing. Top scorer Tony Moy got the goal that counted and was easily their best attacker, with winger McCallum also showing up well for much of the afternoon.

In defence. Collumbine, recovered from injury, was a tireless worker and his experience stood him in good stead, Madden was a safe 'keeper and the strength and power of Moore enabled this brilliant youngster to have another fine match.

First half honours undoubtedly went to Clydebank They might have gone into an early lead because they kept their feet much better and Wallace fisted out a Fleming shot and got down well to a Moy effort.

Markland let Christie away but the centre's shot was well taken by Madden and it took only 15 minutes for the 'Bankies to go into the lead. Hay got in a terrific shot which was brilliantly stopped by Wallace. The ball rebounded and was hammered off the line by Haig. It went out to Moy and he crashed it back, high into the net.

In the twentieth minute. Markland burst through for Berwick but shot wide, and before the interval both Markland and Harris came close with good attempts.

At half time. Clydebank held a deserved lead and they might have gone further ahead had Wallace not saved well from Moy.

But in the second period Rangers showed an improvement, moving the ball around effectively, getting into position for a shot and keeping the home defence pretty busy.

Harris had at least three good shots stopped by Madden, another went inches over the top and Markland shot wide after a good cross from Dowds had eluded the home full backs.

But the 'Bankies showed Rangers why they are well up the table and Berwick are well down it. Twice. Moy had a glimpse at the goal and twice cracking shots went in which would have beaten many 'keepers. On both occasions. Wallace saved brilliantly and the 'keeper got up to turn over a Moore header when the pivot came up for a left wing corner.

As time ran out. Rangers attacks became more and more desperate and Madden was not in any real difficulty.



Squad Statistics (as at February 17th, 1968)

1967-68 All Time
League Cups All
Dick Madden (GK) 23 - 9 - 32 -
Davie Mitchell 25 - 9 - 623
Malcolm Henderson 11 - 3 - 14 -
Ernie Collumbine 19 - 9 - 68 -
Stan King 2418 - 321
John Baxter 23391324
Dougie Hay 3 - 0 - 3 -
Tony Moy 2516859161
Eddie Moore 217832910
Eddie Rutherford 5 - 1 - 6 -
Jim Fleming 16552217







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
17th February 1968
Ayr Utd2-1Alloa Athletic
Clydebank1-0Berwick Rangers
East Stirlingshire2-2Dumbarton
Forfar Ath2-0Cowdenbeath
Hamilton Accies1-3Brechin City
Montrose3-0Albion Rovers
Queen's Park1-4St Mirren
Stenhousemuir3-1Stranraer

League Table (as at February 17th, 1968)

Pld W D L +/- Pts
1. St Mirren 26 21 4 1 +54 46
2. Arbroath 24 16 3 5 +38 35
3. East Fife 25 14 5 6 +11 33
4. Ayr Utd 23 14 3 6 +22 31
5. Queen's Park 25 12 6 7 +14 30
6. Queen of South 25 13 3 9 +14 29
7. Hamilton Accies 27 11 5 11 -2 27
8. Clydebank 25 11 4 10 0 26
9. Cowdenbeath 27 9 7 11 +1 25
10. Montrose 26 9 7 10 +1 25
11. Dumbarton 26 9 7 10 -7 25
12. Forfar Ath 24 9 6 9 -4 24
13. Albion Rovers 25 8 6 11 0 22
14. Alloa Athletic 25 8 5 12 -22 21
15. East Stirlingshire 24 6 7 11 -5 19
16. Brechin City 24 5 8 11 -18 18
17. Berwick Rangers 23 8 1 14 -18 17
18. Stenhousemuir 25 4 4 17 -44 12
19. Stranraer 25 3 3 19 -35 9