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Stenhousemuir 2
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Clydebank
2 - 2
 Stenhousemuir

League (Division 2)
Saturday, March 29th, 1969
New Kilbowie Park. Att. 451
3:00 PM Kick-off
Goalscorers
Gerry O'Brien  (34)
(Assist Bobby Love)
Jimmy Caskie  (69)
Jim Richardson (31)
Jim Richardson (45)

Team Managers
Jack Steedman
 Jimmy Weir

Starting Eleven
1 Dick Madden
2 Graeme Brockett
3 Davie Mitchell
4 Dennis Ruddy
5 Jim Fallon
6 Jackie Woods
7 Gerry O'Brien
8 Bobby Love
9 Alan Munro
10 Ian Hawkshaw
11 Jimmy Caskie
 Norman Ritchie 1
John Laurie 2
Willie Smith 3
Alex Smith 4
Len Frew 5
Iain Ritchie 6
George Ramsey 7
Alex Donnelly 8
Jim Richardson 9
Jimmy McGregor 10
Barry McGuckin 11

Bench
12 Danny Gray
 Gordon McAllister 12

Substitutions
Danny Gray for Jackie Woods (49)
 None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.
Match Officials

A MacDonald (Referee)



Match Report

Clydebank Press

If each one of the Clydebank players had a penny for every goal that was missed against Stenhousemuir, the club could afford to move to Hampden!

Playing against a determined team the Clydebank players were served with literally dozens of dead-certs, yet they managed to duff all but two of them.

Credit where credit is due, however. Twice Clydebank came back to level-pegging against a very determined Stenhousemuir side.

The goal that gave Clydebank their second and final equaliser was laid on by inside-right Bobby Love. He played well in this match; he was always on the spot when it mattered most. The pass that gave Clydebank their second goal proved that his accuracy, at times, can be uncanny.

Love was on the half-way line when he met the ball. Rather than risk taking it downfield he sent in a cross from where he stood. Carried by the wind, the ball went high and came down inside the Stenhousemuir penalty area.

It only took Jimmy Caskie, playing at outside-left and moving like a bullet, to beat the complete visiting defence to the ball and knock it high into the net.

After an unsettled first 30 minutes both teams had missed chances that would have been easily palmed off at any primary school match. The game was hotting up to a real racer, to see who would draw first blood.

A corner in the 31st minute awarded this honour to Stenhousemuir. George Ramsay, Stenhousemuir's star outside-right, took the kick and sent it into the Clydebank goalmouth with deadly accuracy.

Positioned at the far post, centre-forward Jim Richardson took a leap at the ball and nodded it through Dick Madden's arms into the Clydebank net.

Spurred on by the loss of this goal, Clydebank retaliated immediately.

Jimmy Caskie drew a gasp of admiration from the crowd when he a took the ball down the centre of the field, solo, dribbled through the Stenhousemuir defence and tried a shot at goal.

'Keeper Ritchie, more by luck than by judgment, managed to prevent young Jim's shot from flying home.

Unabashed, Clydebank thundered on and pulled the equaliser out of the bag only three minutes after Stenhousemuir had scored.

Outside-right, Gerry O'Brien, was the scorer. Alan Munro had tried a shot which had been stopped by 'keeper Ritchie, and O'Brien ran in to blast home the rebound.

Clydebank dominated the remainder of the first half but it was a quick break by the Stenhousemuir forwards that paid off, forcing the home team to leave the field one down at half-time.

Richardson was the scorer again. Almost on the half-time whistle he belted home the leather after it had rebounded from a Madden save. The original shot had come from outside-left Barry McGuckin.

A few minutes after play had reopened, Bankies made their biggest mistake. Jackie Woods had been playing a good game at left half, then for no apparent reason he was called off the field and substitute Gray was sent on in his place.

Woods has potential as a staunch asset to the Clydebank side, if the management would only give him a half decent break in the first team.

However, Clydebank were not going to allow the grass to grow under their feet and time after time they had the Stenhousemuir defence almost panicking into desperate attempts to hold out the intruders,

In the 58th minute Jimmy Caskie crunched through the Stenhousemuir defence and nearly brought Clydebank back on even terms

Running in on his own he had defenders dropping in front of him in a frantic effort to halt his progress.

Right back Ian Laurie managed to get the ball from Caskie's feet but Gerry O'Brien was on top of him before he had a chance to clear. Pivoting, O'Brien tried to shoot but he didn't have enough space and the ball was knocked past the post for a corner.

Only minutes after this Caskie gained the equaliser from Love's cross.

Bankies last chance at the Stenhousemuir goal ended in a real bloomer. The ball came out of the visitor's goalmouth to right-half Denis Ruddy. Faced with the perfect shot Ruddy sent the ball high over the bar.

Falkirk Herald

A competent, hard-working display saw the Warriors bring back a point from Kilbowie last weekend. Jimmy Richardson climaxed an industrious 90 minutes with two first-half goals, and overall the team improved much on their mediocre showing against East Fife.

Kilbowie, always a sparsely covered playing area, was very bare for this game and a strong end-to-end wind made good football even more difficult. In spite of this both teams provided much entertainment, with the play varying from hard to very good.

Over the piece both teams should be happy to share the points. Stenhousemuir, who faced a strong wind after the break, must have been especially pleased with their showing.

Some of the referee's decisions appeared to be a little strange, however. On one occasion a Clydebank defender fell on the edge of the box and cuddled the ball lovingly. It should have been either a free or a penalty to Stenhousemuir, but the referee awarded the kick to Clydebank, for reasons known only to himself.

With the wind at their backs Stenhousemuir quickly asserted themselves and Clydebank showed an equal determination. Both sides had no slackers and play moved quickly back and forwards,

Stenhousemuir got the opener from a perfect George Ramsay corner which Jimmy Richardson nodded into the corner of the net. The Bankies hit back quickly.

Mitchell, an attacking full-back, broke up the left with Ramsay after him. In the struggle for possession Ramsay was adjudged to have fouled his opponent, although the infringement looked the opposite way. The defence should have cleared the free but before they could recover the ball was behind Norman Ritchie.

Just before the interval Stenhousemuir took a deserved lead. At the keeper's right-hand side the ball bounced beside Barry McGuckin and George Ramsay. It broke nearer McGuckin and he swung his left foot. The ball struck the keeper on the head and bounced high into the air. When it came down there was Jimmy Richardson on his own to nod the ball over the line.

Clydebank took full advantage of the wind after the break. They had more pressure than Stenhousemuir but it was pleasing to note that the Warriors were using the ball to full advantage.

With 20 minutes to go, Caskie anticipated a long ball downfield and cracked home the equaliser.

The homesters looked the stronger side during the closing exchanges but a Jim McGregor shot gave them a fright. His 25-yarder against the gale was not far away.

In a workmanlike Warriors' side the two Ritchies and the right wing were tops. Norman Ritchie made a terrific save in the opening minute and never looked back. His namesake, Ian, was back to his best, and with the slower Len Frew, the couple blocked up the middle.

Full-backs Ian Laurie and Willie Smith were good against tricky wingers. Laurie came on to his best game when the experienced Ian Hawkshaw moved away from the middle on to the wing. Alex Smith and Jim McGregor, after a slow start, controlled midfield and Ramsay had one of his best games of the season. One contributory factor was the form of Alex Donnelly, who was the best forward on the field.



Squad Statistics (as at March 29th, 1969)

1968-69 All Time
League Cups All
Dick Madden (GK) 29 - 7 - 72 -
Ian Hawkshaw 2910723612
Davie Mitchell 24 - 6 - 1034
Jim Fallon 2623 - 292
Graeme Brockett 13 - 1 - 14 -
Dennis Ruddy 23 - 7 - 34 -
Bobby Love 1811 - 191
Gerry O'Brien 2627 - 362
Alan Munro 24143 - 2714
Jimmy Caskie 28113 - 3712
Jackie Woods 9 - 1 - 10 -
Danny Gray (sub) 3 - 4 - 7 -







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
26th March 1969
East Fife6-1Brechin City
29th March 1969
Alloa Athletic0-1Dumbarton
Berwick Rangers0-4Cowdenbeath
Clydebank2-2Stenhousemuir
East Fife4-2East Stirlingshire
Hamilton Accies2-2Ayr Utd
Montrose0-2Stirling Albion
Queen of South1-2Motherwell
Stranraer1-0Forfar Ath

League Table (as at March 29th, 1969)

Pld W D L +/- Pts
1. Motherwell 29 24 3 2 +70 51
2. Stirling Albion 31 21 4 6 +33 46
3. Ayr Utd 28 18 5 5 +45 41
4. East Fife 31 17 6 8 +28 40
5. Queen of South 29 17 5 7 +29 39
6. Albion Rovers 29 17 5 7 +9 39
7. Forfar Ath 28 15 4 9 +18 34
8. Stranraer 29 13 7 9 +10 33
9. East Stirlingshire 28 14 3 11 +15 31
10. Queen's Park 31 12 5 14 -8 29
11. Clydebank 30 6 13 11 -7 25
12. Dumbarton 32 10 5 17 -21 25
13. Montrose 30 10 4 16 -24 24
14. Cowdenbeath 29 9 4 16 -17 22
15. Berwick Rangers 30 6 6 18 -30 18
16. Alloa Athletic 32 6 6 20 -34 18
17. Hamilton Accies 30 5 7 18 -36 17
18. Brechin City 27 6 4 17 -25 16
19. Stenhousemuir 29 4 6 19 -55 14