Brechin City 3
Clydebank 1
League (Division 2)
Brechin CityBrechin City |
3 - 1 |
ClydebankClydebank |
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League (Division 2) |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Ian Burns (13) John Thomson (37) Brian Begg (77) |
Jim Riddle (o.g.) (39) |
| Team Managers | |
| John Gilmartin |
Jack Steedman |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1 Sandy Henderson 2 Bisset Harrier 3 Jim Riddle 4 George Tulloch 5 Willie Tocher 6 Charlie Dunn 7 Derek Irvin 8 Ian Burns 9 Brian Begg 10 Frank Sandeman 11 John Thomson |
Sandy MacLachlan 1 Graham Small 2 Davie Mitchell 3 Ernie Collumbine 4 John McGill 5 Tommy McGhee 6 Jim Gray 7 Eddie Jenkins 8 Frank Russell 9 Tony Moy 10 Willie McCallum 11 |
| Bench | |
| 12 Alex Anderson |
Archie Rankin 12 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Tommy McGhee |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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AD Fleming (Referee) |
Match Report
Clydebank Press
Clydebank's recent good run was dramatically curtailed on Saturday when lowly Brechin City won easily with a more direct line of play. Bankies played well but the only man in attack who was considered dangerous was Tony Moy.Early on the a shot from the stocky centre forced keeper Henderson to push the ball onto the crossbar and riddle cleared.
In the first half Brechin had numerous chances set up by Burns and Tulloch, the two best players on display. The former scored a brilliant goal in 13 minutes when he flicked home a Tulloch cross.
Clydebank weren't in it at this stage. Only Collumbine stood firm, but even he couldn't stop Thomson when he slammed home a Begg chip.
Bankies goal was an own goal by left back Riddle when he passed back to the keeper from 30 yards and was shocked to see it go over the goalkeepers head.
The Bankies could have drawn level just before the interval when Russell burst through and struck the crossbar from 18 yards.
Brechin's third goal was rather lucky. Irvin crossed to Burns but the inside man missed the ball and Begg, running in, stumbled over it, dragging it into the net with him.
Near the end McGhee was booked for retaliation on Burns.
Brechin Advertiser
Brechin took revenge for their defeat at Clydebank earlier in the season with a convincing 3-1 win against the Bankies at Glebe Park on Saturday.City were the better team throughout, but more so in the first half when Tulloch, Burns and Sandeman were at their best.
Burns gave City the lead after 20 minutes and shortly after Thomson made it two.
The visitors got their consolation goal just before the interval when Riddle beat his own keeper with a pass back.
The second half was a scrappy affair, but Brechin still remained on top and Begg notched their third goal off a cross from Irvin.
It looks as if it is to pay City to let the manager pick the team; since Mr Gilmartin was given full charge of the selection the team has collected seven points from seven games and if they keep this up they can still jump the league a place or two.
Squad Statistics (as at March 18th, 1967)
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| Sandy MacLachlan (GK) | - |
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22 | - | 2 | - | 22 | - | 2 | - | 24 | - | |||
| Davie Mitchell | 22 |
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20 | 3 | 2 | - | 20 | 3 | 2 | - | 22 | 3 | |||
| John McGill | - |
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28 | - | 7 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 54 | 2 | |||
| Graham Small | - |
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31 | 1 | 7 | - | 42 | 3 | 7 | - | 49 | 3 | |||
| Ernie Collumbine | 28 |
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29 | - | 5 | - | 29 | - | 5 | - | 34 | - | |||
| Jim Gray | - |
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4 | - | 0 | - | 4 | - | 0 | - | 4 | - | |||
| Frank Russell | - |
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22 | 13 | 2 | - | 22 | 13 | 2 | - | 24 | 13 | |||
| Willie McCallum | 21 |
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29 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 3 | |||
| Tommy McGhee | 20 |
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30 | 4 | 6 | - | 40 | 5 | 6 | - | 46 | 5 | |||
| Eddie Jenkins | - |
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31 | - | 5 | - | 42 | 1 | 5 | - | 47 | 1 | |||
| Tony Moy | 21 |
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26 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 52 | 34 | |||
Recent Results
| League results since Clydebank's last match |
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| 18th March 1967 |
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| Alloa Athletic | 1-1 | Queen of South |
| Berwick Rangers | 2-0 | Raith Rovers |
| Brechin City | 3-1 | Clydebank |
| Cowdenbeath | 2-1 | Third Lanark |
| Dumbarton | 2-0 | Montrose |
| East Fife | 0-0 | East Stirlingshire |
| Forfar Ath | 4-2 | Albion Rovers |
| Hamilton Accies | 0-2 | Arbroath |
| Stranraer | 2-2 | Stenhousemuir |
League Table (as at March 18th, 1967)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Morton | 30 | 27 | 2 | 1 | +75 | 56 |
| 2. | Raith Rovers | 30 | 22 | 2 | 6 | +36 | 46 |
| 3. | Arbroath | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | +35 | 45 |
| 4. | East Fife | 31 | 17 | 4 | 10 | +9 | 38 |
| 5. | Queen of South | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | +19 | 36 |
| 6. | Hamilton Accies | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | +15 | 35 |
| 7. | Cowdenbeath | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | +11 | 32 |
| 8. | Albion Rovers | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | -1 | 32 |
| 9. | Queen's Park | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | +13 | 31 |
| 10. | Stranraer | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 31 |
| 11. | Berwick Rangers | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | +4 | 30 |
| 12. | Third Lanark | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 26 |
| 13. | Dumbarton | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | -13 | 26 |
| 14. | Alloa Athletic | 31 | 11 | 4 | 16 | -16 | 26 |
| 15. | Montrose | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | -17 | 25 |
| 16. | Forfar Ath | 30 | 10 | 2 | 18 | -25 | 22 |
| 17. | Clydebank | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -28 | 22 |
| 18. | Brechin City | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | -22 | 21 |
| 19. | Stenhousemuir | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -42 | 18 |
| 20. | East Stirlingshire | 31 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -39 | 16 |