Somerset Park on Wednesday, August 23rd, 1967

To Somerset Park in the auld toon of Ayr as a change from the high-pressure areas of football. There to watch the deposed Ayr United start their campaign to regain lost status and to see Clydebank try to establish themselves as a worthy revival of the old club.A quick impression was that method football has penetrated to the Second Division but that in the case of Clydebank an academic knowledge of the new formations is not sufficient. They need pace to make them effective.Clydeb ... read more

Holm Park on Wednesday, March 8th, 2023

Football managers famously back their players to the hilt, even in the face of the most compelling evidence. So for Gordon Moffat to label his players first half performance against Cumnock as disgraceful and to go further by apologising to the supporters, just goes to show the strength of feeling he must have privately.He was not wrong. The Bankies were abysmal as they lost by two goals to one against Cumnock in what must rank as the worst performance of the season. Moffat has to should ... read more