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Ayr Utd 

0 - 0

Clydebank

League (Division 2)
Saturday, April 5th, 1969
Somerset Park. Att. 3,051
3:00 PM Kick-off

Goalscorers
None. None.

Team Managers
Ally McLeod Jack Steedman

Starting Eleven
1 Dave Stewart
2 Dick Malone
3 John Murphy
4 Rikki Fleming
5 Stan Quinn
6 Doug Mitchell
7 Eddie Wilkie
8 Jackie Ferguson
9 Alex Ingram
10 Dave McCulloch
11 Ronnie McCall 		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 Bob McPherson Graeme Brockett 12

Substitutions
Bob McPherson -> Eddie Wilkie None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

RK Wilson (Referee)
J O'Neill & JC McGraw (Assistants)




Match Report

Sunday Post

Ayr United manager Ally McLeod must be wondering what has caused the dramatic slump in his team's form in the last three weeks. In that spell Ayr have taken only two points, and have slipped up badly in the promotion race.

They got a share here, but they must be kicking themselves at their failure to clinch both.

Time after time an Ayr forward was left in the open space, but failed completely to put the ball in the net. In the first half, Wilkie had two fine drives which slipped just wide, and Ingram had a number of head flicks well held by Madden.

Ayr's failure to notch the all-important goal annoyed the fans greatly, and there was constant barracking and slow handclapping.

The young Clydebank team were solid in defence, with centre half Fallon outstanding, while up front Ian Hawkshaw looked the forward most likely to score.

Sunday Mail

This sudden form slump cost Ayr another valuable promotion point and they have now taken only two points from their last three games.

Yet credit to this teenage Clydebank side for giving Ayr the runaround in the first half, then playing it cool and steady in defence when Ayr rallied after the interval.

Ferguson, Ayr's only forward of note, could have snatched the winner. He beat three men on the run, but with only the keeper to beat he flicked the ball inches past.

A strangely quiet McCulloch, too, had a chance but he shot against the bar.

Certainly Ayr will have to find the answer to this slump if they are to come out on top after a tough programme in the next few weeks.



Squad Statistics (as at April 5th, 1969)

1968-69 All Time
League Cups All
Dick Madden (GK) 30 - 7 - 73 -
Paul McMillan 14351194
Dennis Ruddy 24 - 7 - 35 -
Davie Mitchell 25 - 6 - 1044
Jim Fallon 2723 - 302
Ian Hawkshaw 3010723712
Dougie Hay 27 - 5 - 461
Bobby Love 1911 - 201
Jimmy Caskie 29113 - 3812
Alan Munro 25143 - 2814
Gerry O'Brien 2727 - 372







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
2nd April 1969
Montrose6-1Brechin City
Queen of South3-3East Stirlingshire
5th April 1969
Albion Rovers2-1Berwick Rangers
Ayr Utd0-0Clydebank
Brechin City0-3East Fife
Cowdenbeath2-3Montrose
East Stirlingshire1-0Hamilton Accies
Forfar Ath1-0Queen of South
Motherwell3-0Stranraer
Stenhousemuir2-0Stirling Albion

League Table (as at April 5th, 1969)

Pld W D L +/- Pts
1. Motherwell 30 25 3 2 +73 53
2. Stirling Albion 32 21 4 7 +31 46
3. Ayr Utd 29 18 6 5 +45 42
4. East Fife 32 18 6 8 +31 42
5. Albion Rovers 30 18 5 7 +10 41
6. Queen of South 31 17 6 8 +28 40
7. Forfar Ath 29 16 4 9 +19 36
8. East Stirlingshire 30 15 4 11 +16 34
9. Stranraer 30 13 7 10 +7 33
10. Queen's Park 31 12 5 14 -8 29
11. Montrose 32 12 4 16 -18 28
12. Clydebank 31 6 14 11 -7 26
13. Dumbarton 32 10 5 17 -21 25
14. Cowdenbeath 30 9 4 17 -18 22
15. Berwick Rangers 31 6 6 19 -31 18
16. Alloa Athletic 32 6 6 20 -34 18
17. Hamilton Accies 31 5 7 19 -37 17
18. Brechin City 29 6 4 19 -33 16
19. Stenhousemuir 30 5 6 19 -53 16