East Fife 1
Clydebank 1
League (Division 2)
East FifeEast Fife |
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ClydebankClydebank |
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League (Division 2) |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Jim Kinsella (5) |
Alan Munro (9)
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| Team Managers | |
| JImmy Bonthrone |
Jack Steedman |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1 Dave Gorman 2 Doug Soutar 3 David Clarke 4 Bobby Waddell 5 Alan Guild 6 Alex Rae 7 Brian Smyth 8 George Dewar 9 Newman 10 Jim Kinsella 11 Andy Waddell |
Dick Madden 1 Paul McMillan 2 Davie Mitchell 3 Dennis Ruddy 4 Jim Fallon 5 Dougie Hay 6 Gerry O'Brien 7 Bobby Love 8 Ian Hawkshaw 9 Alan Munro 10 Jimmy Caskie 11 |
| Bench | |
| 12 Peter McQuade |
Graeme Brockett 12 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| Alex Rae (76) |
Dougie Hay (76) |
| Match Officials | |
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J Callaghan (Referee) |
Match Report
Leven Mail
But for the heroics of the opposition's goalkeeper, East Fife would have taken both points from this fixture. 'Keeper Madden defied the Fife forwards throughout the match with a series of incredible saves which brought applause from his team-mates and disbelief from the home side.When Jimmy Kinsella crashed the ball home from 20 yards in the fifth minute after Rae had cut through the Clydebank defence the Bayview fans could be excused for anticipating a glut of goals.
Three minutes later their hopes were shattered when left-back Mitchell slammed in a powerful drive which Gorman could only palm on to the bar before the ball dropped at the feet of Munro, who wasted no time in equalising.
The Fife side were quick to reply after this setback and Andy Waddell, Davie Clarke and Kinsella sent in shots which were just wide of the target.
In the 18th minute, East Fife deserved to go ahead when Kinsella volleyed a fierce ball from the 18-yard line which seemed destined for the net. This shot brought out the best in Madden, who lunged across his goal to make a spectacular save.
Minutes later, a Dewar header was cleared off the line and Fife switched wingers Smyth and Waddell in a bid to penetrate the Bankies' defence.
The visitors then drove the Fifers out of their goal area and created a dangerous attacking movement which saw a cross from Caskie finding Hay's head yards out. The danger was cleared when the left half fired the ball into the arms of the keeper.
Play quickly moved back into the Clydebank goal area and Madden was tested by a Soutar shot which he diverted over the crossbar.
The home side maintained this pressure in the dying minutes of the first period when Madden had to race to kick clear from Dewar in front of goal.
Barely a minute after the re-start Clydebank emphasised their new-found attacking zest when Gorman was forced to fist the ball away when challenged by Munro.
Clydebank pressed hard for a score and in 59 minutes Hawk- shaw hit a great drive from 25 yards out which met with an equally inspired save from Gorman.
The keeper rebuffed another attacking move from the visitors only three minutes later by tipping a 20-yarder from Munro over the bar.
East Fife eventually fought their way back into the match and the 68th minute found Bobby Waddell crossing to Dewar, who darted a perfect header at goal which Madden somehow managed to clasp at full stretch.
The game's black spot came in the 76th minutes, when left halves Rae and Hay were ordered off after a clash in midfield.
Until this moment, Rae had been an inspiration to his side, chasing every ball that came his way and it would have hardly been surprising if Clydebank had cashed in on the loss of Fife's powerful half-back.
The home side however, managed to rally once more and threw themselves into attack.
They harried the visitors' rear-guard in the closing minutes and right-back Soutar almost scored the winner five minutes from time with a hard shot which Madden again brilliantly saved.
Fife's last serious attempt at goal came in the 86th minute when Bobby Waddell tried to beat the Bankies' keeper with a low drive. but by this time Madden was ready for any shot Fife could unleash at his goal.
Madden's inspired performance was the finest display of goal-keeping Bayview has witnessed for many months.
Several other Clydebank players made noteworthy contributions to this entertaining contest.
Mitchell proved himself resolute in defence, while O'Brien, Hawkshaw and Caskie were the visitors' most enterprising forwards.
Rae and Kinsella stamped their presence on this game d at times caused havoc in the opposition's ranks with probing inter-passing movements.
The latest additions to the Fife line-up, Smyth and Newman had a very quiet afternoon, but Gorman, Soutar, Guild and Dewar turned in competent performances.
Sunday Post
Nobody paid much attention to the drizzle. The excitement saw to that. The teams were not over-endowed with finesse, but there were bags of honest endeavour, plus a fair measure of skilful play.The home side went ahead in five minutes when a Rae shot broke off a defender to Kinsella, who first-timed a beauty from 18 yards.
Bankies levelled four minutes later when Gorman could only touch a Mitchell effort on to the post, and Munro prodded home from the rebound.
Both keepers had to be right on their toes all the time and Madden had some tremendous saves.
The second half was marred by an incident in the 76th minute between Rae and Hay which ended with both being sent off.
Bankies defenders played well and O'Brien and Hawkshaw took the honours up front. Gorman, Guild, Rae, and Kinsella were tops for East Fife.
Squad Statistics (as at March 15th, 1969)
| 1968-69 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| Dick Madden (GK) | 24 |
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27 | - | 7 | - | 54 | - | 16 | - | 70 | - | |||
| Paul McMillan | 18 |
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12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 4 | |||
| Dennis Ruddy | 18 |
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21 | - | 7 | - | 25 | - | 7 | - | 32 | - | |||
| Davie Mitchell | 24 |
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22 | - | 6 | - | 84 | 4 | 17 | - | 101 | 4 | |||
| Jim Fallon | 18 |
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24 | 2 | 3 | - | 24 | 2 | 3 | - | 27 | 2 | |||
| Ian Hawkshaw | 28 |
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27 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 12 | |||
| Dougie Hay | 19 |
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25 | - | 5 | - | 39 | 1 | 5 | - | 44 | 1 | |||
| Bobby Love | 23 |
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16 | 1 | 1 | - | 16 | 1 | 1 | - | 17 | 1 | |||
| Jimmy Caskie | 19 |
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26 | 8 | 3 | - | 32 | 9 | 3 | - | 35 | 9 | |||
| Alan Munro | 18 |
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22 | 14 | 3 | - | 22 | 14 | 3 | - | 25 | 14 | |||
| Gerry O'Brien | 19 |
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24 | 1 | 7 | - | 27 | 1 | 7 | - | 34 | 1 | |||
Recent Results
| League results since Clydebank's last match |
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| 12th March 1969 |
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| Queen's Park | 2-1 | Brechin City |
| 15th March 1969 |
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| Albion Rovers | 2-1 | Stirling Albion |
| Alloa Athletic | 2-0 | East Stirlingshire |
| Ayr Utd | 3-0 | Stranraer |
| Berwick Rangers | 2-4 | Stenhousemuir |
| Dumbarton | 0-3 | Cowdenbeath |
| East Fife | 1-1 | Clydebank |
| Motherwell | 4-1 | Montrose |
League Table (as at March 15th, 1969)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Motherwell | 27 | 23 | 2 | 2 | +69 | 48 |
| 2. | Stirling Albion | 29 | 20 | 4 | 5 | +32 | 44 |
| 3. | Ayr Utd | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | +46 | 40 |
| 4. | Albion Rovers | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | +11 | 39 |
| 5. | Queen of South | 27 | 16 | 5 | 6 | +29 | 37 |
| 6. | East Fife | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | +18 | 34 |
| 7. | Forfar Ath | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | +19 | 33 |
| 8. | East Stirlingshire | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | +16 | 29 |
| 9. | Stranraer | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | +7 | 29 |
| 10. | Queen's Park | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 29 |
| 11. | Montrose | 28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | -22 | 23 |
| 12. | Clydebank | 28 | 5 | 12 | 11 | -9 | 22 |
| 13. | Dumbarton | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | -22 | 22 |
| 14. | Cowdenbeath | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | -20 | 20 |
| 15. | Berwick Rangers | 29 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -26 | 18 |
| 16. | Alloa Athletic | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -34 | 16 |
| 17. | Brechin City | 25 | 6 | 3 | 16 | -20 | 15 |
| 18. | Hamilton Accies | 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -36 | 15 |
| 19. | Stenhousemuir | 27 | 4 | 5 | 18 | -52 | 13 |