Stirling Albion 2
Clydebank 0
League (Division 2)
Stirling AlbionStirling Albion |
2 - 0 |
ClydebankClydebank |
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League (Division 2) |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Joe Hughes (10) Danny McKinnon (64) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Willie MacFarlane |
Jack Steedman |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1 Willie Murray 2 Jim Logan 3 David Grant 4 Sam Henderson 5 Steve Sherry 6 Les Thomson 7 Terry Christie 8 John Orr 9 Joe Hughes 10 Danny McKinnon 11 George Peebles |
Dick Madden 1 Ernie Collumbine 2 Davie Mitchell 3 Dennis Ruddy 4 Jim Fallon 5 Dougie Hay 6 John McGunnigle 7 Gerry O'Brien 8 Ian Hawkshaw 9 Jackie Woods 10 Jimmy Caskie 11 |
| Bench | |
| 12 John Stewart |
Paul McMillan 12 |
| Substitutions | |
| John Stewart -> Sam Henderson (45) | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Ernie Collumbine (37) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
R Gordon (Referee) |
Match Report
Sunday Post
Not much to warm the heart here, although below form Albion were worthy winners.Clydebank's enthusiastic youngsters at times made Albion look slow and cumbersome. But although their midfield work was nice to watch, they player the ball too close to trouble the Albion defence, in which sweeper Thomson emerged as the man of the match.
Albion's linkmen had an off-day. Henderson was replaced by Stewart at half time, but there was no noticeable improvement.
Up front, the forwards lacked the necessary ideas to penetrate the visitors defence, where Ruddy successfully policed Albion's danger man Hughes.
However, the centre managed to grab Albion's first half lead. And the points were secured by McKinnon, who blasted home a free kick after keeper Madden had carried the ball outside the 18 yard area.
Albion's best were Thomson, McKinnon, Peebles and Hughes - Ruddy, Hay, Hawkshaw and Woods stood out for the visitors.
Sunday Mail
The consistency of goal-grabbing Stirling centre forward Joe Hughes is becoming recognised and very soon he will have other clubs taking interest.It took him only 10 minutes to add to his season's total when he prodded the ball past Madden from a Christie free-kick and six minutes later he left the Clydebank defence standing and with a terrific shot from 20 yards sent the ball just past the post.
An otherwise sporting match was marred in the 37th minute when defender Collumbine was booked for a crude lunge at Albion's John Orr.
Stirling's right half Sammy Henderson, not fully recovered from the flu, did not resume in second-half and Stewart took his place.
Albion lost their first-half punch and found themselves on the defensive. But in the 64th minute Danny McKinnon sent an 18-yard free-kick past Madden to put Albion two up
This was tough on the gallant young Clydebank team whose only fault was slackness in front of the Stirling goal.
Squad Statistics (as at December 28th, 1968)
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| Dick Madden (GK) | 24 |
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17 | - | 7 | - | 44 | - | 16 | - | 60 | - | |||
| Davie Mitchell | 24 |
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12 | - | 6 | - | 74 | 4 | 17 | - | 91 | 4 | |||
| Jim Fallon | 18 |
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14 | - | 3 | - | 14 | - | 3 | - | 17 | - | |||
| Ian Hawkshaw | 28 |
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18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 11 | |||
| Ernie Collumbine | 30 |
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18 | - | 5 | 2 | 83 | - | 19 | 2 | 102 | 2 | |||
| Dennis Ruddy | 18 |
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12 | - | 7 | - | 16 | - | 7 | - | 23 | - | |||
| Dougie Hay | 18 |
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15 | - | 5 | - | 29 | 1 | 5 | - | 34 | 1 | |||
| Gerry O'Brien | 19 |
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15 | - | 7 | - | 18 | - | 7 | - | 25 | - | |||
| Jackie Woods | - |
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6 | - | 1 | - | 6 | - | 1 | - | 7 | - | |||
| John McGunnigle | - |
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3 | - | 7 | 1 | 3 | - | 7 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |||
| Jimmy Caskie | 18 |
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16 | 2 | 3 | - | 22 | 3 | 3 | - | 25 | 3 | |||
Recent Results
| League results since Clydebank's last match |
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| 14th December 1968 |
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| Berwick Rangers | 0-0 | Albion Rovers |
| Dumbarton | 1-1 | East Fife |
| Hamilton Accies | 0-0 | East Stirlingshire |
| Stirling Albion | 5-1 | Stenhousemuir |
| Stranraer | 0-2 | Motherwell |
| 21st December 1968 |
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| Albion Rovers | 4-1 | East Fife |
| Ayr Utd | 6-1 | Brechin City |
| Cowdenbeath | 1-2 | Hamilton Accies |
| East Stirlingshire | 0-1 | Stirling Albion |
| Motherwell | 1-1 | Dumbarton |
| Queen of South | 3-0 | Alloa Athletic |
| Queen's Park | 3-1 | Berwick Rangers |
| Stenhousemuir | 1-2 | Stranraer |
| 28th December 1968 |
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| Ayr Utd | 3-0 | Albion Rovers |
| Dumbarton | 0-2 | Queen's Park |
| East Fife | 5-0 | Alloa Athletic |
| East Stirlingshire | 0-4 | Motherwell |
| Stenhousemuir | 1-3 | Cowdenbeath |
| Stirling Albion | 2-0 | Clydebank |
| Stranraer | 0-1 | Montrose |
League Table (as at December 28th, 1968)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Motherwell | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | +49 | 32 |
| 2. | Stirling Albion | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | +23 | 31 |
| 3. | Albion Rovers | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | +8 | 28 |
| 4. | Ayr Utd | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | +25 | 25 |
| 5. | Forfar Ath | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | +21 | 24 |
| 6. | East Fife | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | +12 | 24 |
| 7. | East Stirlingshire | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | +18 | 22 |
| 8. | Queen of South | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | +18 | 22 |
| 9. | Queen's Park | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 10. | Stranraer | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | +2 | 18 |
| 11. | Berwick Rangers | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 15 |
| 12. | Montrose | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | -13 | 15 |
| 13. | Hamilton Accies | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -12 | 14 |
| 14. | Cowdenbeath | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -14 | 14 |
| 15. | Dumbarton | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -17 | 13 |
| 16. | Brechin City | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -13 | 11 |
| 17. | Clydebank | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -19 | 11 |
| 18. | Alloa Athletic | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | -24 | 8 |
| 19. | Stenhousemuir | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | -50 | 6 |