Clydebank 3
East Stirlingshire 1
League (Division 2)
ClydebankClydebank |
3 - 13 - 1 |
East StirlingshireEast Stirlingshire |
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League (Division 2) |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Frank Russell (12)
Frank Russell (81) Tony Moy (82) |
Joe Connelly (88) |
| Team Managers | |
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Jack Steedman |
Laurence Binnie |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1 Sandy MacLachlan 2 Graham Small 3 Davie Mitchell 4 Ernie Collumbine 5 Archie Rankin 6 Tommy McGhee 7 Joe Rankin 8 Eddie Jenkins 9 Frank Russell 10 Tony Moy 11 Willie McCallum |
Alex Davie 1 Brian Miller 2 Billy Hulston 3 Bobby Ross 4 Tommy Craig 5 Tommy Reynolds 6 Arthur Hamill 7 Pat Watters 8 Joe Connelly 9 Alex MacDonald 10 Bobby Jones 11 |
| Bench | |
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12 John Wark |
Walter Carlyle 12 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
W Anderson (Referee) |
Match Report
Clydebank Press
East Stirling came to Kilbowie on Saturday looking for revenge for their last defeat at the hands of the Bankies when the score was also 3-1 but thanks to little Frank Russell Bankies clever centre forward they were denied this revenge.
Bankies opened strongly and after only 12 minutes Russell netted a rocket shot from 15 yards, a shot which almost burst the net.
Everything looked favourable for Bankies and they kept up the pressure for a good half hour. They were however unable to increase their score at that point so they were content to relax and let Shire come into the game a little.
By the second half Shire were making all the play and it looked rather doubtful as to whether Clydebank could hold on to that slim lead; but hold on they did.
All doubt was cleared up in the last ten minutes when first of all Russell scored a brilliant goal in 81 minutes when he took on most of the Shire defence to crash the ball past the helpless keeper.
This was followed one minute later by another great goal from Tony Moy who collecting a ball on the left sent in a strong shot which had the keeper beaten all the way.
Bankies were now in complete control but Shire centre Connelly brought one back in the closing minutes when he scored from a Hamill cross just ten yards from the Bankies goal line.
Both teams gave of their best in this hard fought tussle and although the first half was marred with petty fouls, on the whole play in the second half was clean and fair.
Shore fielded four former players who played for the former ES Clydebank team. They were full back Miller, Half back Craig, and forwards Hamill and Jones.
This win put the Bankies a full two points ahead of East Stirling at the bottom of the league table.
Bankies have a long haul ahead of them next week for they play Highland League side Rothes in the Scottish Cup Preliminary Round.
The team leaves Clydebank on Friday in a fleet of six cars to journey up there. They will stop overnight in Grantown-on-Spey then make their way to Rothes. On the way back they will `again stop over at Grantown then travel back to Clydebank on Sunday. The cars will travel in convoy.
Falkirk Herald
Shire failed to avenge an earlier League cup defeat from the Bankies - although it took two home goals in the final nine minutes to clinch a hard-fought game.
Until the 81st minute, only a Russell goal scored in the 12th minute, separated the sides. Shire's finishing had never matched their outfield play, however, and it was no great surprise, while disappointing, when Russell raced through in a fine solo effort to crack home a second goal nine minutes from time.
Hardly had the home cheers died down when Moy lofted home a spectacular third-and although Joe Connelly netted for 'Shire in the last minute, this only put a better face on the result.
Urged on by a 1200 home crowd, Clydebank did not play like a foot-of-the-table side. They had a strong defence and lively forwards in Russell and Moy.
'Shire never gave in with Davie, Craig and Reynolds all fighting manfully to keep the game alive-but the forwards rarely showed enough inspiration to pierce the rugged home rearguard.
Squad Statistics (as at December 10th, 1966)
| 1966-67 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
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| Sandy MacLachlan (GK) | - |
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8 | - | 0 | - | 8 | - | 0 | - | 8 | - | |||
| Ernie Collumbine | 27 |
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17 | - | 3 | - | 17 | - | 3 | - | 20 | - | |||
| Davie Mitchell | 22 |
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6 | 1 | 0 | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | - | 6 | 1 | |||
| Archie Rankin | - |
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8 | - | 4 | - | 27 | - | 5 | - | 32 | - | |||
| Graham Small | - |
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17 | - | 5 | - | 28 | 2 | 5 | - | 33 | 2 | |||
| Tommy McGhee | 19 |
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17 | 4 | 4 | - | 27 | 5 | 4 | - | 31 | 5 | |||
| Eddie Jenkins | - |
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18 | - | 3 | - | 29 | 1 | 3 | - | 32 | 1 | |||
| Frank Russell | - |
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8 | 4 | 0 | - | 8 | 4 | 0 | - | 8 | 4 | |||
| Willie McCallum | 21 |
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16 | - | 5 | 1 | 16 | - | 5 | 1 | 21 | 1 | |||
| Tony Moy | 20 |
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14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 25 | |||
| Joe Rankin | - |
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5 | - | 3 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 3 | |||
Recent Results
| League results since Clydebank's last match |
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| 10th December 1966 |
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| Alloa Athletic | 0-2 | Queen's Park |
| Arbroath | 5-1 | Raith Rovers |
| Berwick Rangers | 0-1 | Dumbarton |
| Clydebank | 3-1 | East Stirlingshire |
| Cowdenbeath | 3-0 | Queen of South |
| East Fife | 2-4 | Forfar Ath |
| Hamilton Accies | 0-0 | Brechin City |
| Montrose | 1-2 | Albion Rovers |
| Stranraer | 1-3 | Morton |
| Third Lanark | 3-1 | Stenhousemuir |
League Table (as at December 10th, 1966)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Morton | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | +46 | 33 |
| 2. | Raith Rovers | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | +18 | 28 |
| 3. | East Fife | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | +16 | 26 |
| 4. | Arbroath | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | +16 | 23 |
| 5. | Hamilton Accies | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | +14 | 23 |
| 6. | Queen of South | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | +11 | 21 |
| 7. | Queen's Park | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | +15 | 20 |
| 8. | Albion Rovers | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | +4 | 20 |
| 9. | Third Lanark | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | +4 | 19 |
| 10. | Stranraer | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 18 |
| 11. | Alloa Athletic | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | -5 | 17 |
| 12. | Montrose | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 13. | Forfar Ath | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | -18 | 14 |
| 14. | Dumbarton | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 15. | Stenhousemuir | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -24 | 13 |
| 16. | Cowdenbeath | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | +1 | 12 |
| 17. | Berwick Rangers | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 12 |
| 18. | Brechin City | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -14 | 11 |
| 19. | Clydebank | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | -31 | 8 |
| 20. | East Stirlingshire | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | -36 | 6 |