Montrose 5
Clydebank 3
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Montrose 

5 - 3

Clydebank

League (Division 2)
Saturday, October 26th, 1968
Links Park. Att. 534
3:00 PM Kick-off

Goalscorers
Ally Littlejohn (24)
Ally Littlejohn (37)
Jimmy Kemp (62)
Mitchell Goodall (69)
Ally Littlejohn (88) 		Andy Welsh (o.g.)  (76)
Alan Munro  (80)
Ian Hawkshaw  (89)

Team Managers
Unknown. Jack Steedman

Starting Eleven
1 Lindsay Stewart
2 Andy Welsh
3 Bobby Smith
4 Ken Craig
5 George Munro
6 Ian Thomson
7 Bobby Livingstone
8 Jimmy Kemp
9 Ally Littlejohn
10 Mitchell Goodall
11 John McDonald 		Dick Madden 1
Malcolm Henderson 2
Davie Mitchell 3
Ernie Collumbine 4
Paul McMillan 5
Dougie Hay 6
Bobby Love 7
Ian Hawkshaw 8
Jackie Woods 9
Alan Munro 10
Jimmy Caskie 11

Bench
12 Charlie Duncan Jim Fallon 12

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. Malcolm Henderson

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

IK Bain (Referee)




Match Report

Sunday Post

With 70 minutes gone, Montrose were four goals up, despite Clydebank's never say die efforts, with Hawkshaw starring.

Bankies had no one to match the finishing power of Kemp and Littlejohn, the centre cracking home two thumping first half goals.

Kemp and Goodall made the score look one-sided but Bankies surged back when Andy Welsh, trying to clear, put past his own keeper. Three goals came in the last six minutes, one by the irrepressible Hawkshaw, but Ally Littlejohn notched another to round off a fine hat trick.

Stewart was a fine keeper, and Welsh and Smith were tops in defence for Montrose. For Bankies Madden did well to keep the score down, his best support coming from Henderson.

Montrose Review

A goal bonanza in the second half-with three in the dying minutes-provided a thrilling finish to the Montrose-Clydebank game at Links Park on Saturday. Clydebank were seldom seen as an attacking force in the first half and, two goals down at half-time, never looked serious contenders.

The older and more experienced Montrose had it almost all their own way. In the opening seconds a rocket from Livingstone streaked across Clydebank's goal. Minutes later Madden easily held a weak attempt from the same player after he had carried a promising Goodall cross past two defenders.

Montrose took advantage of Clydebank's 4-3-3 set up, and their open play tactics had the opposition's forward line stretched to its limits.

Littlejohn opened Montrose's account in the 24th minute after collecting a lob from Livingstone, who had cleverly drawn the defence. The centre got a second 13 minutes' later by slamming home a McDonald cross.

When Kemp put Montrose further ahead in the 65th minute and Goodall made it four minutes later, it looked as if they had the game sewn up but then came a surprise.

A slip by 'keeper Stewart, the only blot in an otherwise superb performance, let Munro through to score Clydebank's first.

As luck would have it, it was a home player who gave them their second. Welsh, in a brave attempt to clear in a goalmouth melee, put the ball into his own net.

With Clydebank still in the running, they threw in all they had. They had left it too late, however, and Littlejohn got his "hat-trick" and Montrose's fifth with a minute left. But the visitors were still not finished, and in the dying seconds Hawkshaw made it three for Clydebank from a penalty. After a period of "needling" Henderson was "booked".

Montrose's attack was in top form, with Livingstone at his best on the wing providing a constant supply of dangerous crosses.

The Bankies at times gave a stylish display, but failed to take advantage of gaps in Montrose's defence.



Squad Statistics (as at October 26th, 1968)

1968-69 All Time
League Cups All
Dick Madden (GK) 12 - 6 - 54 -
Ian Hawkshaw 12762189
Davie Mitchell 6 - 5 - 844
Paul McMillan 2 - 4161
Malcolm Henderson 2 - 5 - 31 -
Ernie Collumbine 12 - 52962
Dougie Hay 11 - 4 - 291
Bobby Love 5 - 0 - 5 -
Alan Munro 1162 - 136
Jackie Woods 2 - 0 - 2 -
Jimmy Caskie 1123 - 203







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
26th October 1968
Dumbarton2-1Brechin City
East Fife1-0Ayr Utd
East Stirlingshire0-1Queen of South
Forfar Ath1-2Queen's Park
Hamilton Accies3-2Alloa Athletic
Montrose5-3Clydebank
Stenhousemuir2-3Albion Rovers
Stirling Albion0-4Motherwell
Stranraer2-0Berwick Rangers

League Table (as at October 26th, 1968)

Pld W D L +/- Pts
1. Motherwell 10 9 0 1 +29 18
2. Stirling Albion 10 8 0 2 +12 16
3. Albion Rovers 11 7 2 2 +3 16
4. East Stirlingshire 10 7 1 2 +23 15
5. Queen of South 12 6 3 3 +10 15
6. Forfar Ath 10 6 2 2 +13 14
7. Stranraer 9 5 2 2 +8 12
8. Ayr Utd 10 4 3 3 +4 11
9. Montrose 12 5 1 6 -2 11
10. East Fife 10 4 3 3 -2 11
11. Queen's Park 12 4 2 6 -7 10
12. Clydebank 12 2 5 5 -8 9
13. Alloa Athletic 11 3 2 6 -5 8
14. Berwick Rangers 12 3 2 7 -7 8
15. Hamilton Accies 11 3 2 6 -9 8
16. Brechin City 10 3 1 6 -8 7
17. Dumbarton 11 3 1 7 -9 7
18. Cowdenbeath 11 1 3 7 -11 5
19. Stenhousemuir 10 1 1 8 -34 3