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League Cup (Group 6)

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Clydebank
1 - 3
 East Fife

League Cup (Group 6)
Saturday, August 24th, 1968
New Kilbowie Park. Att. 1,494
3:00 PM Kick-off
Goalscorers
John McGunnigle  (75)
Bobby Waddell (15)
Andy Waddell (16)
Alan Guild (64 pen)

Team Managers
Jack Steedman
 Jimmy Bonthrone

Starting Eleven
1 Dick Madden
2 Malcolm Henderson
3 Davie Mitchell
4 Dennis Ruddy
5 Paul McMillan
6 Danny Gray
7 Eddie Rutherford
8 Ernie Collumbine
9 Gerry O'Brien
10 Ian Hawkshaw
11 Jimmy Caskie
 Dave Gorman 1
Doug Soutar 2
David Clarke 3
Bobby Waddell 4
Alan Guild 5
Alex Rae 6
George Dewar 7
Danny Burke 8
Drew Nelson 9
Jim Kinsella 10
Andy Waddell 11

Bench
12 John McGunnigle
 Walter Borthwick 12

Substitutions
John McGunnigle for Paul McMillan (45)
 None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.
Match Officials

R Davidson (Referee)



Match Report

Clydebank Press

The "babes" of Clydebank were demolished at Kilbowie when the "Whalloping Waddells" of East Fife smashed home two goals, within a minute of each other, just a quarter of an hour into the game.

Bobby Waddell was first to draw blood from Clydebank in the 15th minute when he made contact with a Dewar corner and blasted the ball past Dick Madden from 15 yards out. This long low shot left Madden rooted to the spot where he stood with a stunned sort of look in his eyes.

Bobby's namesake, Andy knocked Dick Madden's stunned look for six a minute later when he intercepted a futile Henderson pass back, close into the goal, and sent the ball under Madden, to chalk up number two.

These two goals were not surprising. Up until then the Clydebank defence had been very shaky looking, against a much more experienced side.

Clydebank's complete midfield was made up of 17 years olds (Ruddy, McMillan and Gray).

After the goals had been scored Clydebank seemed to fall into a dismal bottomless pit of failures and mistakes. The East Fife team made break after break, blasting shot after shot, ripping apart the home defence.

It took 15 minutes for Clydebank to pull themselves together, but in the 29th minute young Caskie made the break and picked up a pass from McMillan just outside the East Fife area. He ran in with the ball and keeper Gorman ran out to meet him. Caskie tried to lob the ball over Gorman into the net, but his shot was miscalculated and the ball went inches past the goal.

After this Clydebank took on something of the team which the supporters like to see and solo runs by most of the forwards began to make their mark on the East Fife defence.

Caskie proved his worth again in the 34th minute when he dribbled rings round centre half Guild of East Fife and cannoned in a shot that would have knocked down the walls of Jericho. Keeper Gorman saw it coming, dropped low, and made a lovely save.

Despite some magnificent attempts from both teams the score remained unchanged.

The second half opened quietly with East Fife again, gaining the advantage . One of the more marked changes in Clydebank's play from substitute McGunnigle who had been brought on in the second half, in place of McMillan.

East Fife ensures their lead in the 64th minute when Guild scored from the penalty spot. The situation arose when Gray of Clydebank tried to halt a breakaway from right back Soutar of East Fife. Gray moved in to tackle him, but it was a heavy challenge and next thing we knew Soutar was flat on his face in the box. Referee Davidson had no hesitation in pointing to the spot.

Clydebank tried hard to pull back on the score but time after time a very strong visiting defence pushed the Clydebank forwards back. One good thing about this was obvious, The East Fife forwards were tiring.

Gray nearly made amends for his big mistake in the 70th minute when he tried to hit a shot close in from a Caskie corner rebound, but the ball hit the bar and was soon cleared.

McGunnigle finally managed to score in the 75th minute when he finished off a lovely move up the right wing from Rutherford and Hawkshaw.

McGunnigle was close into the East Fife goal as the ball came over to him, he made contact, and tapped it in from the left hand corner of the goal.

The remainder of the match was played well by both teams. East Fife were tiring and Bankies had the spirit and health of youth on their side. However this did not help much; at full time East Fife were still two goals ahead.

Leven Mail

Two goals inside sixty seconds by the brothers Waddell virtually sealed a spot for East Fife in the quarter-finals of the League Cup at Clydebank on Saturday.

Bobby was the first on target in the 12th minute when he blasted a great 20 yarder past Madden from a George Dewar corner and the game had hardly got under way again when Andy made it two.

He beat the Clydebank 'keeper to a poor pass back by Henderson and shipped the ball into the empty net.

This was just the kind of start the Fifers needed to restore some of the confidence that has been lacking in the last couple of games and from this point on it was virtually one way traffic.

The injuries to Bert Miller and Henry McLeish sustained against Queen's Park last week kept them both out of the side and forced manager Bonthrone to reshuffle his side.

Miller is likely to be out for some time and is suffering from torn ankle ligaments. McLeish has the same complaint but is, expected to be fit within a week or so.

The latest Bayview permutation had young Dave Clarke. who was so outstanding in his first appearance, at left back. and Andy Waddell who was left out against the Hampden men back in.

Bobby Waddell moved back to the half-back line with Drew Nelson moving to centre forward and George Dewar on the right wing.

Danny Burke, fully recovered from the injury which kept him out of the side at the start of the season was at inside right.

From the first whistle the Fifers provided a brand of attacking football which they haven't shown so far this season and after the Waddells' two goal burst it was a constant procession with everyone trying to get on the scoring list.

The strength of Nelson up front, combined with the speed and positional ability of Burke gave the Fife attack a much more dangerous look and Burke was extremely unfortunate not to get on the scoring list and might easily have notched a hat trick.

Madden was the man who prevented it with some excellent goalkeeping.

Clydebank's only real reply was a dazzling run by Jimmy Caskie when he took on the whole East Fife defence only to have his final shot brilliantly saved by Gorman.

Other Clydebank attempts to reduce the leeway were dealt with quite easily by the Fife defence in which Alex Rae was outstanding.

Together with Alan Guild and Dave Clarke this trio blotted out the Clydebank front line and allowed Bobby Waddell and Jim Kinsella room in mid-field to create the chances up front.

Kinsella in particular was right back in form and had a good outing. Burke too was outstanding and got through a tremendous amount of work.

In the second half Clydebank tried to get back into the game but were soon pinned down in their own half of the field.

Another goal looked on the cards and it came in the 65th minute. Dave Clarke worked his way up the left and squared a neat ball to Soutar. The right back was going through on his own when he was upended by Gray. Alan Guild took his fourth penalty of the season and fired it past Madden off the underside of the bar.

This goal put the issue beyond doubt despite a late goal by Clydebank's substitute, McGunnigle.

There seems little doubt that manager Bonthrone will stick by this side for the visit of Queen of the South this evening and if they repeat the form of Saturday then they should clinch a quarter final place.



Squad Statistics (as at August 24th, 1968)

1968-69 All Time
League Cups All
Dick Madden (GK) 1 - 4 - 41 -
Malcolm Henderson 1 - 4 - 29 -
Dennis Ruddy 1 - 4 - 9 -
Danny Gray 0 - 2 - 2 -
Ernie Collumbine 1 - 42842
Ian Hawkshaw 114152
Davie Mitchell 1 - 4 - 784
Paul McMillan 1 - 4151
Jimmy Caskie 0 - 1 - 71
Eddie Rutherford 1 - 4 - 21 -
Gerry O'Brien 1 - 4 - 8 -
John McGunnigle (sub) 1 - 4151







Recent Results

League results since Clydebank's last match
None.

League Table (as at August 24th, 1968)

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