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Player Details

  • Full Name: Daniel Gray
  • Born: May 2nd, 1951
  • Died: November 24th, 2011 (Glasgow)
  • Position: Left Back
  • Signed: April 8th, 1968
  • First Manager: Jack Steedman
  • Career Totals: 149 appearances, 2 goals
  • Also Played For: Chelsea


Career

Season
1972-7317 (1)100
1971-7236 (2)100
1970-7144000
1969-7040011
1968-693 (6)000
Totals:140 (9)211

 Apps = first-team starts with substitute appearances in brackets.
 Gls = goals.
 All = competitive appearances only. Friendlies are shown separately and do not form part of the competitive totals.
 Yel = yellow cards/cautions. Red = red cards/dismissals.

 Recent First Team Starts
 23/12/72 1st Round Replay vs. Brechin City (H) 1 - 2
 16/12/72 1st Round vs. Brechin City (A) 0 - 0
 02/12/72 Division 2 vs. Stranraer (A) 0 - 4
 28/11/72 1st Round vs. Falkirk (A) 3 - 5
 11/11/72 Division 2 vs. Berwick Rangers (H) 1 - 2

 Recent First Team Goals
 06/09/72 Division 2 vs. Brechin City (A) 1 - 3
 30/10/71 Division 2 vs. East Stirlingshire (A) 1 - 0

 List of Goals Scored (click to expand)
 06/09/72 Division 2 vs. Brechin City (A)  1 - 3
 30/10/71 Division 2 vs. East Stirlingshire (A)  1 - 0

 List of Games Played (click to expand)
 23/12/72 1st Round Replay vs. Brechin City (H)  1 - 2
 16/12/72 1st Round vs. Brechin City (A)  0 - 0
 02/12/72 Division 2 vs. Stranraer (A)  0 - 4
 28/11/72 1st Round vs. Falkirk (A)  3 - 5
 11/11/72 Division 2 vs. Berwick Rangers (H)  1 - 2
 04/11/72 Division 2 vs. Alloa Athletic (H)  2 - 3
 20/09/72 Division 2 vs. Stirling Albion (A)  0 - 3
 16/09/72 Division 2 vs. Raith Rovers (H)  1 - 1
 13/09/72 Division 2 vs. Stenhousemuir (H)  1 - 2
 09/09/72 Division 2 vs. East Stirlingshire (A)  2 - 4
 06/09/72 Division 2 vs. Brechin City (A)  1 - 3
 02/09/72 Division 2 vs. Stirling Albion (H)  0 - 3
 30/08/72 Group 3 vs. St Mirren (H)  3 - 3
 26/08/72 Group 3 vs. Rangers (H)  0 - 5
 23/08/72 Group 3 vs. Ayr Utd (A)  0 - 5
 19/08/72 Group 3 vs. St Mirren (A)  2 - 4
 16/08/72 Group 3 vs. Ayr Utd (H)  1 - 0
 12/08/72 Group 3 vs. Rangers (A)  0 - 2
 04/05/72 Final vs. Stirling Albion (N)  1 - 5
 29/04/72 Division 2 vs. Stenhousemuir (A)  1 - 3
 22/04/72 Division 2 vs. Stirling Albion (H)  0 - 0
 18/04/72 Division 2 vs. Queen's Park (A)  4 - 4
 15/04/72 Division 2 vs. Brechin City (A)  2 - 1
 11/04/72 Division 2 vs. Raith Rovers (H)  3 - 1
 05/04/72 Semi Final vs. Alloa Athletic (A)  2 - 0
 01/04/72 Division 2 vs. Stranraer (H)  3 - 0
 25/03/72 Division 2 vs. Hamilton Accies (A)  1 - 0
 11/03/72 Division 2 vs. Forfar Ath (A)  1 - 2
 04/03/72 Division 2 vs. East Stirlingshire (H)  3 - 4
 26/02/72 4th Round vs. Hearts (A)  0 - 4
 19/02/72 Division 2 vs. Cowdenbeath (A)  0 - 0
 12/02/72 Division 2 vs. Alloa Athletic (H)  3 - 1
 09/02/72 3rd Round Replay vs. East Fife (A)  1 - 0
 05/02/72 3rd Round vs. East Fife (H)  1 - 1
 29/01/72 Division 2 vs. Montrose (A)  2 - 1
 22/01/72 Division 2 vs. Albion Rovers (H)  3 - 1
 15/01/72 Division 2 vs. Arbroath (A)  2 - 1
 27/12/71 Division 2 vs. St Mirren (A)  1 - 1
 25/12/71 Division 2 vs. Stenhousemuir (H)  2 - 1
 18/12/71 Division 2 vs. Stirling Albion (A)  1 - 1
 11/12/71 Division 2 vs. Brechin City (H)  1 - 2
 30/11/71 1st Round vs. Falkirk (A)  4 - 2
 27/11/71 Division 2 vs. Stranraer (A)  2 - 2
 06/11/71 Division 2 vs. Forfar Ath (H)  2 - 0
 30/10/71 Division 2 vs. East Stirlingshire (A)  1 - 0
 23/10/71 Division 2 vs. Cowdenbeath (H)  1 - 4
 16/10/71 Division 2 vs. Alloa Athletic (A)  1 - 1
 09/10/71 Division 2 vs. Montrose (H)  1 - 2
 02/10/71 Division 2 vs. Albion Rovers (A)  0 - 2
 29/09/71 Division 2 vs. St Mirren (H)  1 - 3
 25/09/71 Division 2 vs. Arbroath (H)  0 - 0
 22/09/71 Quarter Final 2nd Leg vs. Celtic (A)  2 - 6
 18/09/71 Division 2 vs. Berwick Rangers (A)  1 - 1
 15/09/71 Division 2 vs. Queen's Park (H)  1 - 1
 11/09/71 Division 2 vs. Queen of the South (H)  1 - 3
 01/09/71 Group 5 vs. Cowdenbeath (A)  4 - 3
 21/04/71 Division 2 vs. Hamilton Accies (A)  0 - 0
 14/04/71 Division 2 vs. Forfar Ath (H)  3 - 0
 10/04/71 Division 2 vs. Queen's Park (A)  1 - 1
 03/04/71 Division 2 vs. East Stirlingshire (A)  1 - 0
 30/03/71 Semi Final vs. Stenhousemuir (H)  0 - 2
 27/03/71 Division 2 vs. Brechin City (H)  2 - 0
 20/03/71 Division 2 vs. Berwick Rangers (H)  1 - 2
 13/03/71 Division 2 vs. Stranraer (A)  0 - 3
 10/03/71 Division 2 vs. Queen's Park (H)  7 - 1
 06/03/71 Division 2 vs. Albion Rovers (H)  2 - 0
 27/02/71 Division 2 vs. Stirling Albion (A)  0 - 2
 24/02/71 Division 2 vs. East Stirlingshire (H)  0 - 0
 20/02/71 Division 2 vs. East Fife (H)  3 - 0
 10/02/71 Division 2 vs. Albion Rovers (A)  1 - 0
 06/02/71 Division 2 vs. Stenhousemuir (A)  3 - 2
 30/01/71 Division 2 vs. Arbroath (A)  1 - 0
 27/01/71 3rd Round Replay vs. Dundee Utd (A)  1 - 5
 23/01/71 3rd Round vs. Dundee Utd (H)  0 - 0
 09/01/71 Division 2 vs. Partick Th (A)  0 - 1
 02/01/71 Division 2 vs. Montrose (H)  3 - 0
 01/01/71 Division 2 vs. Dumbarton (A)  1 - 3
 26/12/70 Division 2 vs. Queen of the South (H)  0 - 0
 19/12/70 2nd round vs. Hamilton Accies (H)  2 - 1
 12/12/70 Division 2 vs. Alloa Athletic (A)  3 - 1
 05/12/70 1st Round vs. East Stirlingshire (A)  2 - 0
 16/11/70 1st Round vs. Dumbarton (H)  2 - 1
 14/11/70 Division 2 vs. Berwick Rangers (A)  1 - 1
 07/11/70 Division 2 vs. Stranraer (H)  1 - 3
 24/10/70 Division 2 vs. Stirling Albion (H)  6 - 5
 17/10/70 Division 2 vs. East Fife (A)  0 - 2
 10/10/70 Division 2 vs. Stenhousemuir (H)  2 - 0
 03/10/70 Division 2 vs. Arbroath (H)  1 - 2
 23/09/70 Division 2 vs. Hamilton Accies (H)  1 - 4
 19/09/70 Division 2 vs. Partick Th (H)  3 - 1
 16/09/70 Division 2 vs. Raith Rovers (A)  1 - 1
 12/09/70 Division 2 vs. Montrose (A)  1 - 0
 09/09/70 Division 2 vs. Raith Rovers (H)  3 - 0
 05/09/70 Division 2 vs. Dumbarton (H)  2 - 1
 29/08/70 Division 2 vs. Queen of the South (A)  1 - 3
 26/08/70 Group 8 vs. Falkirk (A)  1 - 1
 19/08/70 Group 8 vs. Albion Rovers (H)  5 - 1
 15/08/70 Group 8 vs. Falkirk (H)  0 - 3
 12/08/70 Group 8 vs. Albion Rovers (A)  2 - 2
 08/08/70 Group 8 vs. Arbroath (H)  4 - 1
 27/04/70 Division 2 vs. Stirling Albion (H)  0 - 2
 22/04/70 Division 2 vs. Cowdenbeath (A)  2 - 3
 18/04/70 Division 2 vs. Berwick Rangers (A)  2 - 0
 14/03/70 Division 2 vs. East Stirlingshire (A)  1 - 2
 07/03/70 Division 2 vs. Forfar Ath (H)  0 - 1
 28/02/70 Division 2 vs. East Fife (A)  1 - 1
 21/02/70 Division 2 vs. Stenhousemuir (H)  0 - 0
 11/02/70 2nd Round vs. Aberdeen (A)  1 - 2
 31/01/70 Division 2 vs. Arbroath (A)  0 - 2
 24/01/70 1st Round vs. Arbroath (A)  2 - 1
 17/01/70 Division 2 vs. Alloa Athletic (H)  3 - 4
 03/01/70 Division 2 vs. Falkirk (A)  2 - 1
 01/01/70 Division 2 vs. Dumbarton (H)  0 - 0
 27/12/69 Division 2 vs. Stirling Albion (A)  2 - 5
 24/12/69 2nd Preliminary Round vs. Queen's Park (H)  1 - 0
 13/12/69 Division 2 vs. Montrose (H)  1 - 3
 06/12/69 1st Preliminary Round vs. Forres (A)  2 - 0
 29/11/69 Division 2 vs. Albion Rovers (H)  3 - 0
 15/11/69 Division 2 vs. Brechin City (A)  2 - 2
 08/11/69 Division 2 vs. Stranraer (A)  2 - 1
 01/11/69 Division 2 vs. Hamilton Accies (H)  2 - 1
 25/10/69 Division 2 vs. East Stirlingshire (H)  2 - 0
 18/10/69 Division 2 vs. Forfar Ath (A)  1 - 3
 11/10/69 Division 2 vs. East Fife (H)  4 - 1
 04/10/69 Division 2 vs. Stenhousemuir (A)  1 - 1
 01/10/69 Division 2 vs. Queen's Park (H)  1 - 3
 27/09/69 Division 2 vs. Dumbarton (A)  1 - 5
 24/09/69 Division 2 vs. Albion Rovers (A)  4 - 1
 20/09/69 Division 2 vs. Falkirk (H)  0 - 7
 17/09/69 Division 2 vs. Queen of the South (H)  1 - 1
 13/09/69 Division 2 vs. Alloa Athletic (A)  0 - 2
 06/09/69 Division 2 vs. Arbroath (H)  0 - 2
 03/09/69 Division 2 vs. Cowdenbeath (H)  1 - 3
 30/08/69 Division 2 vs. Montrose (A)  1 - 4
 27/08/69 Group 7 vs. Cowdenbeath (A)  1 - 2
 23/08/69 Group 7 vs. Dumbarton (A)  0 - 1
 20/08/69 Group 7 vs. Stranraer (H)  3 - 2
 16/08/69 Group 7 vs. Cowdenbeath (H)  3 - 1
 13/08/69 Group 7 vs. Stranraer (A)  1 - 1
 09/08/69 Group 7 vs. Dumbarton (H)  1 - 3
 28/04/69 Division 2 vs. Ayr Utd (H)  0 - 1
 26/04/69 Division 2 vs. Berwick Rangers (A)  0 - 5
 29/03/69 Division 2 vs. Stenhousemuir (H)  2 - 2
 19/10/68 Division 2 vs. East Stirlingshire (H)  0 - 4
 14/09/68 Division 2 vs. Queen's Park (A)  4 - 2
 31/08/68 Group 6 vs. Queen of the South (H)  1 - 1
 28/08/68 Group 6 vs. Berwick Rangers (A)  0 - 3
 24/08/68 Group 6 vs. East Fife (H)  1 - 3
 17/08/68 Group 6 vs. Queen of the South (A)  2 - 1


Competition History

Competition Win % Draw % Loss %
League102 (5)21134.6%22.4%43.0%
Scottish Cup1300046.2%23.1%30.8%
League Cup19 (4)00030.4%21.7%47.8%
Stirlingshire Cup600050.0%0.0%50.0%
Totals:140 (9)21135.6%21.5%43.0%

Competition figures include competitive matches only. Starts are shown first, with substitute appearances in brackets. Gls = goals. G2G = goals to games ratio.


Opposition Record

Opponent W D L Win %
Aberdeen10000010.0%
Albion Rovers800061175.0%
Alloa Athletic6 (1)00031342.9%
Arbroath801041350.0%
Ayr Utd2 (1)00010233.3%
Berwick Rangers6 (1)00012414.3%
Brechin City710022328.6%
Celtic10000010.0%
Cowdenbeath6 (1)00021428.6%
Dumbarton700121428.6%
Dundee Utd20000110.0%
East Fife700032242.9%
East Stirlingshire910041444.4%
Falkirk600021333.3%
Forfar Ath500020340.0%
Forres1000100100.0%
Hamilton Accies500031160.0%
Hearts10000010.0%
Montrose600030350.0%
Partick Th200010150.0%
Queen of the South3 (3)00013216.7%
Queen's Park6 (1)00033142.9%
Raith Rovers400022050.0%
Rangers20000020.0%
St Mirren40000220.0%
Stenhousemuir8 (1)00033333.3%
Stirling Albion900012611.1%
Stranraer800032337.5%
Totals:140 (9)21153326435.6%

Opposition figures include competitive matches only. Starts are shown first, with substitute appearances in brackets. Gls = goals. Yellow and red card totals are shown on desktop screens.


Biography

Danny Gray joined Clydebank from Chelsea. He was in the same Chelsea youth team as Alan Hudson who despite his ability only won two England international caps. Danny played left half for Chelsea youth and scored in a 5-1 local derby win over Tottenham. Suffering from home sickness he returned to Scotland although there were plenty of Scots on Chelsea’s books at the time including Tommy Docherty, Eddie McCreadie, George Graham and Charlie Cooke. However London is a lonely city for a young boy and Danny would only have been sixteen at that time.

He signed for the Bankies in April 1968 and was one of the original Bankies Babes. He played 140 games for Clydebank in four seasons, but tragically, by the time he played his last game in December 1972, he was only 21 years old and should have still had his best football days in front of him.

Danny made his debut in a 2-1 League Cup win against Queen of the South at Palmerston on 17 August 1968, he came on as a substitute for another ‘Babe’ Dougie Hay for the last 2 minutes ! His home debut ended in a 3-1 defeat by East Fife. Danny was back on the subs bench for the next game, a League Cup tie against Queen of the South at Kilbowie which ended up 1-1. Fate however played a hand, as another ‘Babe’, Jim Fallon was playing left back in this game and came off injured at half-time, Danny came on as substitute and found his new playing position.

He was a neat tidy player, a good tackler and formed a good partnership with Dougie Hay and Jimmy Caskie on the Clydebank left side. His most memorable match would probably be the Scottish Cup tie at Pittodrie on 11 February 1970, when Clydebank were unlucky to go down 2-1 to the eventual Cup Winners, Aberdeen.

For three and a half years, Danny became the Bankies regular left-back, however he fell out of love with football, and wanted to stop playing. This led to a protracted dispute with Jack Steedman, as Danny went AWOL for a short period in 1972. Eventually, the problem was resolved but the club saw still fit to fine Danny for breach of contract. Things were never the same again, as the issues re-surfaced shortly afterwards and Danny was released in January 1973 at his own request.

Sadly, Danny Gray passed away in 2011, his funeral eulogy was carried out by his best man and friend Bankies goalkeeper Mike McDonald with his coach Bill Munro also in attendance.

Debut (as sub)

August 17th, 1968
Queen of the South 1 - 2 Clydebank

League Cup (Group 6)

Full Debut

August 24th, 1968
Clydebank 1 - 3 East Fife

League Cup (Group 6)


Timeline

  • Date of Birth


    Danny was born on this date

    Wednesday, May 2nd, 1951

  • Signed For Clydebank


    Signed from Chelsea (initially on a provisional contract)

    Monday, April 8th, 1968

  • First Team Debut

    Queen of the South 1 - 2 Clydebank
    League Cup (Group 6)

    Evening News and StarStill without a win in six matches - three friendlies and three league cup games - Queen of the South will require considerable strengthening in attack. Agains

    Saturday, August 17th, 1968

  • League Debut

    Queen's Park 2 - 4 Clydebank
    League (Division 2)

    Sunday MailQueen's Park will want to forget this game. Apart from losing both points, they had substitute Eddie Hunter taken to hospital with a suspected broken wrist.Clyde

    Saturday, September 14th, 1968

  • 50th Appearance

    Clydebank 4 - 1 Arbroath
    League Cup (Group 8)

    Clydebank PressFantastic. That is the only word I can find to describe the game in general, and the Bankies in particular. They completely demoralised the visiting Arbroath side wi

    Saturday, August 8th, 1970

  • 50th League Appearance

    Clydebank 0 - 0 Queen of the South
    League (Division 2)

    Match Report to Follow...

    Saturday, December 26th, 1970

  • 100th Appearance

    Clydebank 1 - 3 St Mirren
    League (Division 2)

    Match Report to Follow...

    Wednesday, September 29th, 1971

  • First Goal

    East Stirlingshire 0 - 1 Clydebank
    League (Division 2)

    Match Report to Follow...

    Saturday, October 30th, 1971

  • 100th League Appearance

    Brechin City 3 - 1 Clydebank
    League (Division 2)

    Match Report to Follow...

    Wednesday, September 6th, 1972

  • Last Goal

    Brechin City 3 - 1 Clydebank
    League (Division 2)

    Match Report to Follow...

    Wednesday, September 6th, 1972

  • Last Appearance

    Clydebank 1 - 2 Brechin City
    Scottish Cup (1st Round Replay)

    Match Report to Follow...

    Saturday, December 23rd, 1972

  • Left the Club


    Danny was granted a free transfer at his own request

    Friday, January 5th, 1973