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Queen of South 

1 - 1

Clydebank

League (Division 2)
Saturday, February 14th, 1970
Palmerston Park. Att. 2,861
3:00 PM Kick-off

Goalscorers
Dennis Ruddy (og 50) Gerry O'Brien  (12)

Team Managers
Board of Directors Jack Steedman

Starting Eleven
1 Allan Ball
2 Matt Watson
3 Jim Gilmour
4 Billy Collings
5 Hugh McLean
6 Iain McChesney
7 Lex Law
8 Donnie McIntyre
9 Kim Welsh
10 Mike Jackson
11 Peter Mitchell 		Mike McDonald 1
Paul McMillan 2
Davie Mitchell 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 Jim Kerr John McGunnigle 12

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

JM Kelly (Referee)





Match Report

Evening News and Star

Queen of the South's successful run of ten victories in a row came to an end at Palmerston Park, on Saturday, when Clydebank, seventh from the bottom of the Second Division table, drew with them.

In treacherous conditions it was the young Clydebank side that took the risks and their courage paid off with an early goal. A strong shot by McGhee was punched out by Alan Ball, but Gerry O'Brien, the Bankies' right winger, was on the spot to curl an inswinger well out of the 'keeper's reach.

Playing confidently, the visitors kept the Queens under pressure, and another O'Brien effort hammered the crossbar with Hall helpless.

O'Brien, strongly fancied by several English clubs, was watched by Nottingham Forest's chief scout in Scotland, Bob Shankly, and popped up all over the place. He was a constant menace to the home defence.

Queens had plenty of chances to level the scores, but Jackson, McIntyre. Welsh and Mitchell all missed from close range. 'Keeper McDonald made some excellent saves.

in the 51st minutes came the equaliser that saved the Queens' record of 12 league matches without defeat, and it was schemer Mike Jackson, who scored. From about 25 yards, he fired in a ground shot which McDonald might possibly have saved, but the ball was sightly diverted by right half Ruddy and spun well out of the 'keeper's reach.

Queens then surged into attack but the Bankies survived all the pressure and just deserved to share the honours.

Sunday Post

Queen's record of ten games without defeat was in danger until the final minute. Clydebank, sprightly and full of running, were prepared to take risks on the bone hard surface.

In contrast, Queens were too often caught in possession and the half-backs never reached normal form.

Bankies had a real inspiration in right-half Ruddy, who worked like a Trojan both in defence and attack. And yet it was he who robbed his side of an outright win.

Six minutes after the interval, he had the misfortune to divert a slanting drive by Jackson past his own 'keeper. 'Bankies had got off to a good start with a goal in 12 minutes by O'Brien, He beat Ball with a dipping shot from just inside the penalty box.

It was the old story with Queen's forwards. They had repeated chances prior to the interval, but over-anxiety proved their undoing.

Best for Queens were Watson and Collings in defence, but in the attack was consistent. Bankies had first-class service from their rear departments and Caskie was prominent up front.

Sunday Mail

Queen of the South's promotion hopes faltered on the frozen Palmerston pitch.

They slipped and slithered their way through most of this match and were lucky to earn a draw.

Clydebank, on the other hand, showed no signs of a hang-over from their midweek Cup tie and their play was crisp and direct.

Both teams found the ball difficult to control on the ice-bound surface, but it was Clydebank who first showed the initiative.

And it was no surprise when they went ahead after Gerry O'Brien caught out a hesitant Dumfries defence by running in to shoot home a faulty clearance from one of his own corners.

Then, in 50 minutes, they drew level — and what a tragedy for Clydebank. Dennis Ruddy stuck out his foot to intercept a pass from Jackson and the ball trickled past his own keeper.

The loss of the point could well prove costly to Queens' bid for promotion with a stiff programme facing them in the following weeks.



Squad Statistics (as at February 14th, 1970)

1969-70 All Time
League Cups All
Mike McDonald (GK) 16 - 5 - 22 -
Paul McMillan 12 - 2 - 374
Dennis Ruddy 25 - 6 - 71 -
Davie Mitchell 22 - 10 - 1414
Jim Fallon 20 - 102654
Dougie Hay 20110 - 802
Bobby Love 23 - 91572
Tommy McGhee 20710312522
Jimmy Caskie 25111047828
Alan Munro 24101056630
Gerry O'Brien 25510 - 777







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
7th February 1970
Berwick Rangers2-2Montrose
Brechin City1-5Queen of South
East Stirlingshire0-6Cowdenbeath
Hamilton Accies1-3Dumbarton
Stenhousemuir1-0Arbroath
Stranraer0-4Queen's Park
14th February 1970
Alloa Athletic2-1East Stirlingshire
Cowdenbeath5-1Forfar Ath
Dumbarton2-0East Fife
Montrose0-1Stenhousemuir
Queen of South1-1Clydebank

League Table (as at February 14th, 1970)

Pld W D L +/- Pts
1. Cowdenbeath 28 19 6 3 +43 44
2. Queen of South 26 17 5 4 +22 39
3. Arbroath 27 16 3 8 +31 35
4. Alloa Athletic 25 16 2 7 +22 34
5. Dumbarton 25 14 5 6 +17 33
6. Falkirk 21 14 3 4 +30 31
7. Stirling Albion 25 11 8 6 +16 30
8. Berwick Rangers 24 12 4 8 +16 28
9. East Fife 26 11 3 12 -1 25
10. Montrose 26 9 6 11 -2 24
11. Albion Rovers 24 8 4 12 -7 20
12. Queen's Park 27 8 4 15 -13 20
13. Clydebank 25 7 6 12 -18 20
14. Brechin City 23 7 3 13 -20 17
15. East Stirlingshire 23 6 5 12 -21 17
16. Forfar Ath 26 8 1 17 -22 17
17. Stenhousemuir 28 7 3 18 -43 17
18. Stranraer 25 6 3 16 -19 15
19. Hamilton Accies 26 5 4 17 -31 14