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Montrose 

0 - 1

Clydebank

League (Division 2)
Saturday, September 12th, 1970
Links Park. Att. 904
3:00 PM Kick-off

Goalscorers
None. Bobby Doyle  (8)

Team Managers
Unknown. Jack Steedman

Starting Eleven
1 Jed Reilly
2 Andy Welsh
3 Bobby Smith
4 Jimmy Briggs
5 Ian Thomson
6 Gordon Cramond
7 Jim McIntosh
8 Bobby Waddell
9 Jim Young
10 Bobby Livingstone
11 Jimmy Kemp 		Mike McDonald 1
Davie Mitchell 2
Danny Gray 3
Dennis Ruddy 4
Jim Fallon 5
Dougie Hay 6
Peter Kane 7
Bobby Love 8
Bobby Doyle 9
Alan Munro 10
Jimmy Caskie 11

Bench
12 Graeme Smith Donnie Wilson 12

Substitutions
Graeme Smith -> Bobby Waddell (60) Donnie Wilson for Peter Kane (60)

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

Eddie Thomson (Referee)




Match Report

Sunday Post

Montrose suffered their second defeat in four days when they went down to a hard-tackling Clydebank team which mastered the slippery conditions after a heavy thunderstorm.

In the eighth minute, Clydebank went into the lead when Doyle broke through with only Reilly to beat, and made no mistake.

Montrose never got out of the rut and although they had several near-misses, Clydebank deserved their victory

Waddell had an easy chance to level the score, but he failed to connect inside the six-yard box.

Wilson came on for Kane and soon after Graeme Smith substituted for Waddell.

Best for Montrose were Cramond & Briggs. Ruddy, Doyle and Munro outstanding for Bankies.

Montrose Review

Montrose let their supporters down at Links Park on Saturday. It wasn't that they were beaten-that happens to much better teams-but that they were beaten so ignominiously. Clydebank were not very good, but they got the only goal that mattered and held grimly on to their lead for 82 minutes.

Coming on top of that 4-3 beating by Forfar in mid-week, it made one wonder if there is to be a repeat of what has happened before-a promising start to the season and then a gradual decline into mediocrity!

The goal that mattered came eight minutes after the start when Doyle slipped through the Montrose defence to shoot in between the 'keeper and the post.

'Keeper Jed Reilly-who was given a free transfer by Dundee United at the end of last season and is now with Broughty Athletic-could not be blamed, but the defence should have been alive to what was happening.

The Montrose defence was uncertain under pressure, and their attacking moves lacked the slickness we have come to expect.

It was a dull, patchy game at the start, and although the Montrose forwards were active enough, few of their moves came off.

Now and then they took part in a slick, promising-looking move, but invariably came up against a fairly dependable Clydebank defence.

Montrose should have gone ahead just before the interval, but poor finishing was again their downfall. McDonald saved at point blank range from Livingstone, who later battled his way through to finish with a shot which was deflected for a corner.

Montrose kept on trying, but just couldn't get into top gear. Waddell threw away a good chance by finishing weakly after some fine leading-up work by McIntosh, who injured his leg.

With about half-an-hour to go both teams brought on their substitutes, replacing Kane and Waddell.

Montrose should have at least drawn level in the closing stages. Young shot across the goalmouth from a narrow angle after beating a couple of defenders and, with five minutes to go, Graeme Smith hit the bar.

This was the nearest Montrose came to scoring but the worst miss of all was at the other end when Caskie shot wide with an empty goal.

Cramond was back after his period of suspension. The other wing-half was Jimmy Briggs, former Dundee United defender, who has signed for a month.

The only player worth a special mention was right-back Welsh. The others certainly worked hard, but to little effect, and even the quicksilver McIntosh had lost his sparkle.



Squad Statistics (as at September 12th, 1970)

1970-71 All Time
League Cups All
Mike McDonald (GK) 4 - 6 - 40 -
Dennis Ruddy 4 - 6 - 92 -
Danny Gray 4 - 5 - 58 -
Jim Fallon 4 - 62866
Davie Mitchell 4 - 611625
Dougie Hay 426 - 1014
Bobby Love 4 - 6 - 772
Alan Munro 42628637
Peter Kane 413 - 71
Bobby Doyle 112195
Jimmy Caskie 4 - 649934
Donnie Wilson (sub) 4 - 52183







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
12th September 1970
Albion Rovers2-1Stranraer
Alloa Athletic1-2East Fife
Arbroath4-0Berwick Rangers
Dumbarton3-1Brechin City
Montrose0-1Clydebank
Partick Th5-0East Stirlingshire
Queen of the South2-1Hamilton Accies
Queen's Park0-6Stirling Albion
Raith Rovers4-1Stenhousemuir

League Table (as at September 12th, 1970)

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