Stirling Albion 5
Clydebank 2
League (Division 2)
Stirling AlbionStirling Albion |
5 - 2 |
ClydebankClydebank |
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League (Division 2) |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Matt McPhee (23) Matt McPhee (30) John Corrigan (42) Joe Hughes (55) Bobby Grant (71) |
Alan Munro (6)
Tommy McGhee (40) |
| Team Managers | |
| Frank Joyner |
Jack Steedman |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1 George Young 2 David Grant 3 Jim Hancock 4 Sammy Henderson 5 John Corrigan 6 Jim Logan 7 Matt McPhee 8 Bobby Grant 9 Joe Hughes 10 Terry Christie 11 Billy Armstrong |
Mike McDonald 1 Davie Mitchell 2 Danny Gray 3 Dennis Ruddy 4 Jim Fallon 5 Dougie Hay 6 Gerry O'Brien 7 Bobby Love 8 Tommy McGhee 9 Alan Munro 10 Jimmy Caskie 11 |
| Bench | |
| 12 Billy Paul |
Paul McMillan 12 |
| Substitutions | |
| Billy Paul -> Joe Hughes (63) |
Paul McMillan for Mike McDonald (17) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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IK Bain (Referee) |
Match Report
Clydebank Press
"Best of a bad lot." That's Jack Steedman's comment on Alan Munro's goalkeeping, after the usually goal-scoring inside-forward was put between the sticks to try his best to keep the ball out the net, after Mick McDonald injured his shoulder in a fall in the goalmouth.It was Munro who opened the scoring for Clydebank in seven minutes when he tried a pot shot that was deflected from a defender past the keeper.
After McDonald was carried off, Albion hit two goals before McGhee equalised, but three minutes later Albion were back in the lead.
In the second half, Munro handled the ball five times-twice to pick the ball out of the net!
Although the 'Bankies had most of the play they just couldn't find an opening in the Albion defence. They adapted themselves much better to the conditions than the home team and at the beginning it looked as though they were going to take Albion to the cleaners.
Director-manager Jack Steedman best sums up the match with these few words, "The final result was a travesty on the run of play."
Squad Statistics (as at December 27th, 1969)
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| Mike McDonald (GK) | 19 |
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13 | - | 3 | - | 14 | - | 3 | - | 17 | - | |||
| Davie Mitchell | 25 |
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17 | - | 8 | - | 109 | 4 | 25 | - | 134 | 4 | |||
| Dennis Ruddy | 19 |
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20 | - | 4 | - | 53 | - | 11 | - | 64 | - | |||
| Danny Gray | 18 |
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19 | - | 8 | - | 24 | - | 12 | - | 36 | - | |||
| Jim Fallon | 19 |
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15 | - | 8 | 2 | 47 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 58 | 4 | |||
| Tommy McGhee | 22 |
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15 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 96 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 118 | 21 | |||
| Dougie Hay | 19 |
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15 | 1 | 8 | - | 60 | 2 | 13 | - | 73 | 2 | |||
| Bobby Love | 24 |
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19 | - | 7 | - | 43 | 1 | 8 | - | 51 | 1 | |||
| Gerry O'Brien | 20 |
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20 | 2 | 8 | - | 55 | 4 | 15 | - | 70 | 4 | |||
| Jimmy Caskie | 19 |
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20 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 60 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 71 | 26 | |||
| Alan Munro | 19 |
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19 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 59 | 28 | |||
| Paul McMillan (sub) | 19 |
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9 | - | 1 | - | 27 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 4 | |||
Recent Results
| League results since Clydebank's last match |
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| 20th December 1969 |
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| Arbroath | 0-1 | Stirling Albion |
| Falkirk | 2-1 | Stenhousemuir |
| 27th December 1969 |
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| Berwick Rangers | 2-0 | Brechin City |
| Cowdenbeath | 2-2 | Arbroath |
| East Stirlingshire | 4-2 | Stenhousemuir |
| Forfar Ath | 4-1 | East Fife |
| Hamilton Accies | 3-2 | Stranraer |
| Montrose | 2-1 | Queen's Park |
| Queen of South | 1-0 | Albion Rovers |
| Stirling Albion | 5-2 | Clydebank |
League Table (as at December 27th, 1969)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Cowdenbeath | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | +22 | 30 |
| 2. | Falkirk | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | +28 | 28 |
| 3. | Stirling Albion | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | +20 | 28 |
| 4. | Queen of South | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | +12 | 28 |
| 5. | Arbroath | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | +24 | 27 |
| 6. | Alloa Athletic | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | +17 | 26 |
| 7. | Berwick Rangers | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | +21 | 25 |
| 8. | Dumbarton | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | +8 | 22 |
| 9. | East Fife | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 10. | Montrose | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 18 |
| 11. | Brechin City | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 17 |
| 12. | Clydebank | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -16 | 16 |
| 13. | Forfar Ath | 21 | 7 | 1 | 13 | -14 | 15 |
| 14. | Queen's Park | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -14 | 15 |
| 15. | East Stirlingshire | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -13 | 14 |
| 16. | Albion Rovers | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -15 | 14 |
| 17. | Hamilton Accies | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -15 | 14 |
| 18. | Stranraer | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -14 | 12 |
| 19. | Stenhousemuir | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | -39 | 9 |