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Queen of the South 

3 - 1

Clydebank

League (Division 2)
Saturday, August 29th, 1970
Palmerston Park. Att. 2,134
3:00 PM Kick-off

Goalscorers
Keith Houliston (49)
Cammie Evans (62)
Keith Houliston (80) 		Alan Munro  (12)

Team Managers
Harold Davis Jack Steedman

Starting Eleven
1 Allan Ball
2 Graham McEwan
3 Jim Gilmour
4 Jim Kerr
5 Hugh McLean
6 Iain McChesney
7 Jocky Dempster
8 Cammie Evans
9 Donnie McIntyre
10 Jim Donald
11 Joe Sloan 		Mike McDonald 1
Davie Mitchell 2
Danny Gray 3
Dennis Ruddy 4
Jim Fallon 5
Dougie Hay 6
Peter Kane 7
Bobby Love 8
Mike Jackson 9
Alan Munro 10
Jimmy Caskie 11

Bench
12 Keith Houliston Donnie Wilson 12

Substitutions
Keith Houliston -> Jocky Dempster Donnie Wilson for Dougie Hay

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

Bill Anderson (Referee)





Match Report

Evening News and Star

Queen's began their League programme at home to Clydebank today, looking for their first win after a run of six games in the League Cup without victory, but it was the visitors who opened the scoring.

McIntyre had the ball in the net in the fourth minute following a good move by McChesney, Donald and Evans, but the linesman's flag went up for offside.

Evans flashed a shot across the face of the goal and then McDonald had to throw himself on the ball to smother a Sloan shot. Wilson, who had substituted for the injured Hay got in a terrific shot which Ball fingered past.

Then in the 16th minute Clydebank took the lead when Kane crossed from the right and Munro, from ten yards, stroked the ball into the net.

Offside again robbed Queen's of a goal when McIntyre put the ball into the net from a Sloan centre. Dempster was taken off after getting a shoulder knock and Houliston took his place.

Only three minutes of the second half had gone when Houliston took a Donald centre first time and crashed the ball into the net. McLean was taken off with a head wound after a heading clash with Wilson.

Evans gathered a centre neatly swept through by Sloan and hit the ball into the net in the 62nd minute.

Sunday Post

Two opportunist goals from substitute Keith Houliston, son of former Scottish internationalist Billy Houliston, gave Queens the points.

Clydebank, with Jackson, Love, and Munro prominent, had a good first half and took an early lead, but their defence was always suspect, and the home forwards, with Donald the star, dominated the second-half exchanges.

Queens pressed constantly at the start and frequently had McDonald in trouble. But the opening goal came at the other end when Munro, Bankies' best forward, first-timed a Peter Kane cross past the surprised Allan Ball.

But after the interval, it was all Queens, and a Houliston thunderbolt from 20 yards levelled the scores.

Evans, formerly of Kilmarnock, put them ahead after a clever run by Sloan, and before the end Houliston got his second with a low shot which went in off the upright.

Sunday Mail

Queen of the South managed to win but for a long period it looked as though their old failing in front of goal was going to cost them dearly.

Chances were made and missed before they pulled level after losing an early goal. Victory was only assured ten minutes from the end.

That was when young Keith Houliston - son of former Queen's and Scotland centre Billy scored his second goal of the game off the post.

Queens started off brightly and the man who caused havoc in the Bankies' defence was winger Joe Sloan, a close-season signing from Cumbernauld United.

But Clydebank scored first in 16 minutes when Munro slammed home a cross from Kane.

Queens tried hard but could not convert their superiority into goals until three minutes after the interval when Houliston crashed home a loose ball from the edge of the penalty box.

The Dumfries side went ahead in 62 minutes when Sloan carved open the Bankies' defence and left Evans to finish off. Then ten minutes from time came that Houliston clincher.



Squad Statistics (as at August 29th, 1970)

1970-71 All Time
League Cups All
Mike McDonald (GK) 1 - 6 - 37 -
Davie Mitchell 1 - 611595
Dennis Ruddy 1 - 6 - 89 -
Danny Gray 1 - 5 - 55 -
Jim Fallon 1 - 62836
Dougie Hay 1 - 6 - 982
Bobby Love 1 - 6 - 742
Peter Kane 1 - 3 - 4 -
Mike Jackson 1 - 4 - 5 -
Jimmy Caskie 1 - 649634
Alan Munro 11628336
Donnie Wilson (sub) 1 - 52153







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
29th August 1970
Albion Rovers1-3East Fife
Alloa Athletic1-1Stirling Albion
Berwick Rangers2-4Forfar Ath
Dumbarton2-0Stranraer
Montrose2-0East Stirlingshire
Partick Th4-0Stenhousemuir
Queen of the South3-1Clydebank
Queen's Park1-0Brechin City

League Table (as at August 29th, 1970)

Pld W D L +/- Pts
1. Partick Th 1 1 0 0 +4 2
2. Forfar Ath 1 1 0 0 +2 2
3. East Fife 1 1 0 0 +2 2
4. Queen of the South 1 1 0 0 +2 2
5. Dumbarton 1 1 0 0 +2 2
6. Montrose 1 1 0 0 +2 2
7. Queen's Park 1 1 0 0 +1 2
8. Alloa Athletic 1 0 1 0 0 1
9. Stirling Albion 1 0 1 0 0 1
10. Brechin City 1 0 0 1 -1 0
11. Berwick Rangers 1 0 0 1 -2 0
12. Albion Rovers 1 0 0 1 -2 0
13. Clydebank 1 0 0 1 -2 0
14. East Stirlingshire 1 0 0 1 -2 0
15. Stranraer 1 0 0 1 -2 0
16. Stenhousemuir 1 0 0 1 -4 0