Clydebank 3
Forfar Ath 0
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Clydebank
3 - 0
 Forfar Ath

League (Division 2)
Saturday, January 4th, 1969
New Kilbowie Park. Att. 378
3:00 PM Kick-off
Goalscorers
Alan Munro  (10)
(Assist Tommy McGhee)
Alan Munro  (60)
Tommy McGhee  (67)
None.

Team Managers
Jack Steedman
 Unknown.

Starting Eleven
1 Dick Madden
2 Paul McMillan
3 Davie Mitchell
4 Dennis Ruddy
5 Jim Fallon
6 Dougie Hay
7 Ian Hawkshaw
8 Bobby Love
9 Tommy McGhee
10 Alan Munro
11 Jimmy Caskie
 David Phillips 1
John McKenzie 2
George Grimshaw 3
Jim Knox 4
Dennis Milne 5
John Fyfe 6
John May 7
Syd Dick 8
Jim Young 9
Tommy Mackle 10
Ian Wyles 11

Bench
12 Frank McAleer
 Bobby Davis 12

Substitutions
None. Bobby Davis -> Syd Dick (62)

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.
Match Officials

R Davidson (Referee)



Match Report

Clydebank Press

The big question circulating amongst the fans at Kilbowie now is "Have 'Bankies found the team to pull them out of the rut which has prevented them from winning a league match at home this season, until last Saturday?"

This 3-0 win last Saturday gave Clydebank their first home league win of the season. And what a win it was!

Man of the day for Clydebank must surely have been young Alan "Chaser" Munro. Playing his first season at Kilbowie, tall, blond Alan has more than made his mark on the front line.

He is one of the most determined players in the Second Division, a goal snatcher who will chase any ball and shoot from any position.

Alan has the speed to keep him in the front line, he is seldom outrun, and his height gives him an added advantage, especially near the goalmouth. Let's hope we see a lot more of him in the first team in the future,

The Clydebank team fielded in this match had everything they lacked against Queen's Park on Thursday. Ian Hawkshaw and Jimmy Caskie on the wings gave the attack an extra punch and Dick Madden gave an excellent display in goal.

The first Clydebank goal came only 10 minutes from the start of the match. Clydebank had given the Forfar defence a persistent hammering which could result in only one thing.

Tommy McGhee sent a very low ball across the Forfar goalmouth and Alan Munro almost slid on to the ball, slamming it past keeper Phillips. Phillips might well have prevented this goal had he been a little faster in chasing the ball.

Keeping hard at it Clydebank continued to pile on the pressure. Shots from Hawkshaw, McGhee, Caskie, McMillan and Munro all came near to scoring. The Forfar players had no option but to hold back in defence and push out the odd attack on the few occasions when 'Bankies cased up.

Only three minutes from halftime everyone got a shock when Alan Munro and 'keeper Phillips collided in the penalty area. Both men were out flat with what appeared to be leg injuries. But after two worried looking trainers had attended to the men on the field they were both allowed to play on.

Many times in the past few months Clydebank have been in a leading position at the beginning of the second half. but invariably they slackened off and allowed the visiting team to gain the upper hand. Not so on Saturday.

Nothing could go wrong from the Clydebank point of view. The team play was brilliant, no one was too greedy with the ball, and the passing could not have been any more accurate. The only man I felt sorry for was Dick Madden who was having a very boring time in goal.

After 15 minutes of the second half and many near misses, Alan Munro managed to increase Bankies lead

Ian Hawkshaw sent a high lob into the Forfar goal. Phillips managed to get his fingers to it and he knocked it vertically into the air. The ball came back down and hit the bar, then dropped almost on the goal line. Phillips and Munro made for the ball at the same time but Munro was that bit faster and the ball ended up in the net.

Forfar reverted to drastic action and two minutes after this goal they brought on substitute Davis in place of inside-right Dick.

The third and final goal of the match was the brainchild of centre-forward McGhee. He took the ball, solo, into the Forfar penalty area and blasted it into the net under Phillips.

Phillips should have saved this shot but he mis-timed his dive and missed the ball completely.

This was one of Clydebank's best games of the season, equalled only by their display at Boghead on Wednesday. If the team fielded on Saturday can only be kept together and maintain their pace of play, Clydebank are bound to come out on top.

Forfar Despatch

The game at Station Park with Brechin on Saturday had fallen through and Forfar went instead to Clydebank where the home club hadn't won a home game this season. They did on Saturday and on merit, Forfar giving a poor display for a club so far up in the league standings. On this form they aren't like to stay up there long.

Forfar's 4-2-4 line-up was too often a 4-2-0 with the so-called attack not only out of the game as an offensive force but also failing to come back and give their defence a breather. And goalkeeper Phillip had the off-day we are all entitled to now and then.

The first goal came when he failed to cut out a cross, the second when he punched the ball against the crossbar and the rebound was headed home, and the third when he dived too late for a shot.

But on the other hand he got far too much to do and there were many saves when a goal would have seemed justified. Forfar maybe will want to forget this display but they will do so at the cost of many more points - again they gave the middle of the field to the opposition where Knox and Mackle were asked to do far too much without help, especially from in front.

We'd suggest that Forfar should put up a reminder in their club. dressing room - The team that consistently goes for the ball wins most consistently.

The Loons used the same line-up throughout these games with a slight variation in the front row.



Squad Statistics (as at January 4th, 1969)

1968-69 All Time
League Cups All
Dick Madden (GK) 20 - 7 - 63 -
Davie Mitchell 15 - 6 - 944
Jim Fallon 17 - 3 - 20 -
Ian Hawkshaw 219722811
Paul McMillan 5 - 51101
Dennis Ruddy 15 - 7 - 26 -
Bobby Love 911 - 101
Tommy McGhee 520 - 928
Dougie Hay 18 - 5 - 371
Alan Munro 1593 - 189
Jimmy Caskie 1943 - 285







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
4th January 1969
Clydebank3-0Forfar Ath
Queen of South4-2East Fife
Queen's Park0-3Ayr Utd

League Table (as at January 4th, 1969)

Pld W D L +/- Pts
1. Motherwell 20 17 2 1 +52 36
2. Stirling Albion 21 17 1 3 +28 35
3. Albion Rovers 21 13 4 4 +10 30
4. Ayr Utd 20 13 3 4 +32 29
5. Forfar Ath 19 12 2 5 +19 26
6. Queen of South 21 11 4 6 +19 26
7. East Fife 21 11 4 6 +13 26
8. East Stirlingshire 21 11 2 8 +16 24
9. Stranraer 20 8 5 7 +4 21
10. Queen's Park 22 9 3 10 -6 21
11. Berwick Rangers 21 6 5 10 -11 17
12. Montrose 20 7 1 12 -17 15
13. Cowdenbeath 20 5 4 11 -15 14
14. Clydebank 21 3 8 10 -18 14
15. Hamilton Accies 21 5 4 12 -18 14
16. Dumbarton 22 5 4 13 -20 14
17. Brechin City 17 5 1 11 -13 11
18. Alloa Athletic 21 3 4 14 -24 10
19. Stenhousemuir 21 2 3 16 -51 7