Berwick Rangers 1
Clydebank 1
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Berwick Rangers 

1 - 1

Clydebank

League (Division 2)
Saturday, October 15th, 1966
Shielfield Park. Att. 587
3:00 PM Kick-off

Goalscorers
Jimmy Veitch (22) Tommy McGhee  (75)

Team Managers
Ian Spence Jack Steedman

Starting Eleven
1 Ian Tait
2 Russell Craig
3 Gordon Haig
4 Jim Kilgannon
5 Doug Coutts
6 Billy Boyce
7 Tommy Lumsden
8 Sammy Reid
9 Tom McLaren
10 Jimmy Veitch
11 Kenny Dowds 		Sandy MacLachlan 1
John Wark 2
Donald McDonald 3
Eddie Jenkins 4
John McGill 5
Davie Mitchell 6
Ernie Collumbine 7
Billy Horn 8
Tony Moy 9
Tommy McGhee 10
Willie McCallum 11

Bench
12 Ian Riddell Archie Rankin 12

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

RH Davidson (Referee)
A Grant & RA Keggie (Assistants)





Match Report

Clydebank Press


Disillusionment for Berwick and near triumph for Clydebank. Britain's only team, up to Saturday, without a point. They finished so strongly they might well have collected a brace. Bankies equalising goal proved an inspiration. McGhee's shot from 20 yards, hit on the turn, gave Tait no chance.

Berwick let their opportunities slip first half. With newcomer Sammy Reid full of running and prompting, there was a definite lack of finish, although McLaren had hard luck with two good shots.

But their goal in 22 minutes should have settled Rangers. Veitch had a try parried by the keeper and Dowds ran in to net. But Clydebank were still pegging away, and their team spirit carried them through to a deserved second half equaliser.

From then on the game could have gone either way, with Clydebank playing more assured football. Only Tait and Coutts earned credit for a poor Berwick team. McLachlan, Collumbine and McGill were Clydebank's best.

Fans will no doubt hope that this is the turning point to a somewhat depressing start. Newcomers to the Bankies side goalkeeper Sandy McLachlan and left-half Davie Mitchell made their debut on Saturday and had a good hand in the team's performance.


Berwick Advertiser


There is one consolation to be gained from Saturday's dismal performance by Berwick Rangers. They cannot get any worse. If. by chance they do, then they can expect to spend the season trailing along at the foot of the table.

To me, this was Berwick's worst display of the season. Exempt Ian Tait and Doug Coutts from the criticism. Tait had a first-class game. and Coutts although he made the odd mistake not only did his own job but also that of the full Packs.

Not another Ranger can escape censure, though some were worse than others. But the lackadaisical way in which they passed the ball to opponents, the lack of pace and lack of team spirit emphasise what I said in my pre-match write up that the langer signals are up.

Berwick ought to have cake- walked this game and they started off as though they would, But they fell to the standard of Clydebank who had not gained a solitary point, and played as though they never looked like gaining one for most of the first half

But what a transformation after the interval. Clydebank realised that there was at least one team comparable to them in mediocrity. They fought back well; they got a goal, and they might have won. What a reflection on Berwick's ability.

Normally there is little cause for alarm in defence. But Craig and Haig were as jittery as any pair of full backs I've seen this season.

Kilgannon, back after illness, was right out of touch and Boyce, though making an impact because of the number of times he won possession in midfield, frequently tossed away the advantage by shoddy passing.

The forwards were poor. Young McLaren, in the middle, missed some chances but at least he tried to put some vigour into it, Reid opened well and so did Veitch, but they began to be swept off the ball and by the interval they had fallen to the low level of the other forwards on view. The wingers were seldom in it.

Clydebank spent the 45 minutes of the first half showing us that they were one of the poorest sides ever to visit Shielfield. They were weak in defence, and despite some neat moves, lacked punch in attack. But they were never disheartened, and they came on to a game in the second half which threatened to overwhelm Berwick. Skipper McGill, 'keeper McLauchlan, McDonald, Jenkins and Horn form the nucleus of a side which could eventually achieve considerable success.

Berwick made a tough job of it in the first half when the 'Bankies kept worrying them with direct raids.

In the opening 10 minutes Berwick did all the attacking and Reid was early prominent with a good through pass to Lumsden whose shot was saved by McLauchlan.

But a Horn header, brilliantly saved by Tait, lifted the spirits of Clydebank and before half time the keeper saved well from Horn and McCallum.

Rangers did more of the attacking and Veitch twice, McLaren and Lumsden all missed easy chances. The goal which put them in the lead came from Dowds, his first this year. He tapped the ball home after McLauchlan had done well to parry a fierce Veitch shot.

McLaren hit the upright with a cracking drive from close in, then Boyce missed a free kick 20 yards out, shooting well wide of the post. The Rangers defence was far from happy although Tait and Coutts were holding firm but 'Bankies were playing with more thrust than a team struggling at the foot of the table usually does.

First shot of the second half came from Mitchel! and it was well held low down by Tait. At the other end Dowds shot high over after a good four-man move, then MacLauchlan saved well from Dowds. Play was scrappy with Berwick guilty of too many misplaced passes. Boyce laid on a gift for McLaren when he beat three men, drew the 'keeper and cut it back to him.

McLaren had the ball in the net but was adjudged to have fouled the 'keeper then Moy headed over for Clydebank.

McGhee shook Berwick to the roots in 75 minutes when he picked up a pass from Jenkins wheeled then cracked it home.

McLaren got in a shot from an acute angle which was deflected for a corner by McLauchlan.

Towards the end Clydebank began to play some of their best football and had Rangers defending. An on-range effort by Moy was only just off target, and with two minutes left McLaren failed to get a boot to a Veitch pass.




Squad Statistics (as at October 15th, 1966)

1966-67 All Time
League Cups All
Sandy MacLachlan (GK) 1 - 0 - 1 -
Donald McDonald 8 - 5 - 13 -
John McGill 7 - 51312
Ernie Collumbine 9 - 3 - 12 -
John Wark 7 - 0 - 28 -
Davie Mitchell 1 - 0 - 1 -
Tommy McGhee 1034 - 244
Willie McCallum 10 - 51151
Eddie Jenkins 10 - 3 - 241
Billy Horn 3 - 0 - 176
Tony Moy 63313018







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
15th October 1966
Albion Rovers4-2Brechin City
Alloa Athletic1-0Third Lanark
Berwick Rangers1-1Clydebank
Cowdenbeath2-1Stranraer
Dumbarton4-1East Stirlingshire
East Fife0-1Arbroath
Forfar Ath1-5Raith Rovers
Montrose0-2Hamilton Accies
Queen of South2-5Morton
Queen's Park4-1Stenhousemuir

League Table (as at October 15th, 1966)

Pld W D L +/- Pts
1. Morton 9 8 1 0 +29 17
2. Raith Rovers 9 7 1 1 +14 15
3. Hamilton Accies 10 7 1 2 +12 15
4. Queen's Park 10 6 2 2 +18 14
5. Arbroath 10 6 2 2 +13 14
6. East Fife 10 7 0 3 +8 14
7. Albion Rovers 10 6 1 3 +6 13
8. Stranraer 10 5 2 3 +4 12
9. Queen of South 10 4 3 3 +8 11
10. Alloa Athletic 10 5 1 4 0 11
11. Montrose 8 4 2 2 +7 10
12. Third Lanark 10 4 2 4 +1 10
13. Berwick Rangers 10 2 4 4 -3 8
14. Brechin City 9 3 1 5 -9 7
15. Dumbarton 10 2 2 6 -5 6
16. Forfar Ath 10 2 2 6 -21 6
17. Stenhousemuir 10 2 1 7 -19 5
18. Cowdenbeath 9 1 1 7 -12 3
19. East Stirlingshire 10 0 2 8 -25 2
20. Clydebank 10 0 1 9 -26 1