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Clydebank 3
Montrose 0
League (Division 2)

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Clydebank
3 - 0
 Montrose

League (Division 2)
Saturday, January 2nd, 1971
New Kilbowie Park. Att. 966
3:00 PM Kick-off
Goalscorers
Alan Munro  (14)
Peter Kane  (24)
Jimmy Caskie  (41)
None.

Team Managers
Jack Steedman
 Unknown.

Starting Eleven
1 Mike McDonald
2 Davie Mitchell
3 Danny Gray
4 Dennis Ruddy
5 Jim Fallon
6 Dougie Hay
7 Jimmy Wilson
8 Bobby Love
9 Peter Kane
10 Alan Munro
11 Jimmy Caskie
 Jed Reilly 1
Bert Massair 2
Gordon Cramond 3
George Munro 4
Brian D'arcy 5
Alec Stuart 6
Alex McKenzie 7
Bobby Waddell 8
Jim Young 9
Jimmy Kemp 10
Harry Johnstone 11

Bench
12 Tommy McGhee
 Ian Thomson 12

Substitutions
None. Ian Thomson -> Bobby Waddell

Cautions
Dennis Ruddy (61)
 None.

Red Cards
None. None.
Match Officials

John Grant (Referee)



Match Report

Clydebank Press

Jimmy Wilson for Tommy McGhee on the right wing was the only change in the Bankies team from the side that lost the previous day at Dumbarton. But the way the Bankies played in this game was so different from the previous day's performance that you would have thought the whole team had been changed.

The Bankies found a new lease of life and would have scored more than three goals had it not been for one thing - goalkeeper Reilly.

He was in tremendous form with three brilliant second-half saves that stick out in particular and numerous others throughout the match.

From the kick-off it was obvious that the Bankies meant business. Shots from Jimmy Caskie and Dougie Hay in close succession set the pattern of play.

Alan Munro gave Reilly the shock of his life when the inside-left returned a drop-kick from the keeper first-time. Munro's shot was on target but Reilly managed to save.

Alan Munro put the Bankies ahead in the 14th minute. A combined move between Hay, Mitchell and Kane who passed to Caskie who beat the full back before cutting back across goal, lead to the goal.

The cut-back was aimed for Kane but it went behind him and it also went behind Hay who had also come running in but thankfully it found Alan Munro, who coolly tapped the ball home.

It was almost 2-0 in the 23rd minute. A Jimmy Wilson cross was hit first-time by David Mitchell and to make the goalkeeper's job even more tricky, Peter Kane flicked it on but Reilly was not to be beaten.

A minute later, however, he was beaten. A Bobby Love pass gave Jimmy Wilson the ideal opportunity to shoot but the winger's shot was deflected up into the air by right half Munro of Montrose, confusing the keeper. As the ball came down, Kane nodded home.

Hay came upfield and was unfortunate to see his header from a Jimmy Wilson free-kick go narrowly past the post.

Montrose outside-left Johnston took advantage of a slip by Jim Fallon and pounced on the ball. As he made his way goalward he clearly used a hand to control the ball. The linesman signalled that he had seen this but the referee allowed play to go on and Johnston went clean through, only to put the ball past the post.

Ten minutes after his first header, Hay came upfield again to try his luck this time with a header from a Jimmy Caskie corner. But this effort suffered the same fate as his first and went past.

Four minutes from the interval, Caskie put Clydebank further ahead. He took a neat flick from Alan Munro first-time from about six yards out and hit it into the net via the post.

With the fans chanting "We want four," Clydebank started the second half full of confidence... maybe too much confidence for they failed to add to their score.

Not that they didn't try. Only a superb save from Reilly prevented Jimmy Wilson netting with a fierce shot after Bobby Love had set him up.

Dennis Ruddy was booked in the 61st. minute when he pulled Montrose centre-forward Young's jersey as the lanky forward was going through.



Squad Statistics (as at January 2nd, 1971)

1970-71 All Time
League Cups All
Mike McDonald (GK) 17 - 9 - 56 -
Danny Gray 17 - 8 - 74 -
Jim Fallon 173921029
Jimmy Wilson 5 - 2 - 7 -
Davie Mitchell 17 - 911785
Dennis Ruddy 1719 - 1081
Dougie Hay 1529 - 1154
Bobby Love 17 - 9 - 932
Alan Munro 1789310244
Peter Kane 11562177
Jimmy Caskie 1769711543







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
2nd January 1971
Berwick Rangers2-0Arbroath
Brechin City0-2Dumbarton
Clydebank3-0Montrose
East Fife3-1Alloa Athletic
East Stirlingshire0-2Partick Th
Hamilton Accies3-1Queen of the South
Stenhousemuir3-3Raith Rovers
Stirling Albion0-2Queen's Park
Stranraer4-1Albion Rovers

League Table (as at January 2nd, 1971)

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