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Player Details

  • Full Name: Dennis Ruddy
  • Born: April 3rd, 1950 (Govan)
  • Height: 6' 1
  • Position: Centre Half
  • Signed: December 4th, 1967
  • First Manager: Jack Steedman
  • Career Totals: 158 appearances, 1 goals
  • Also Played For: Dumbarton, Glasgow University, Renfrew, Stenhousemuir


Career

Season
1971-7228 (3)042
1970-7145130
1969-7042030
1968-6935 (1)011
1967-684011
Totals:154 (4)1124

 Apps = first-team starts with substitute appearances in brackets.
 Gls = goals.
 All = competitive appearances only. Friendlies are shown separately and do not form part of the competitive totals.
 Yel = yellow cards/cautions. Red = red cards/dismissals.

 Recent First Team Starts
 29/01/72 Division 2 vs. Montrose (A) 2 - 1
 08/01/72 Division 2 vs. Berwick Rangers (H) 0 - 0
 03/01/72 Division 2 vs. Queen of the South (A) 0 - 2
 01/01/72 Division 2 vs. Dumbarton (H) 2 - 3
 27/12/71 Division 2 vs. St Mirren (A) 1 - 1

 Recent First Team Goals
 24/10/70 Division 2 vs. Stirling Albion (H) 6 - 5

 List of Goals Scored (click to expand)
 24/10/70 Division 2 vs. Stirling Albion (H)  6 - 5

 List of Games Played (click to expand)
 18/04/72 Division 2 vs. Queen's Park (A)  4 - 4
 15/04/72 Division 2 vs. Brechin City (A)  2 - 1
 11/04/72 Division 2 vs. Raith Rovers (H)  3 - 1
 29/01/72 Division 2 vs. Montrose (A)  2 - 1
 08/01/72 Division 2 vs. Berwick Rangers (H)  0 - 0
 03/01/72 Division 2 vs. Queen of the South (A)  0 - 2
 01/01/72 Division 2 vs. Dumbarton (H)  2 - 3
 27/12/71 Division 2 vs. St Mirren (A)  1 - 1
 25/12/71 Division 2 vs. Stenhousemuir (H)  2 - 1
 18/12/71 Division 2 vs. Stirling Albion (A)  1 - 1
 20/11/71 Division 2 vs. Hamilton Accies (H)  7 - 1
 13/11/71 Division 2 vs. Raith Rovers (A)  3 - 1
 06/11/71 Division 2 vs. Forfar Ath (H)  2 - 0
 30/10/71 Division 2 vs. East Stirlingshire (A)  1 - 0
 23/10/71 Division 2 vs. Cowdenbeath (H)  1 - 4
 16/10/71 Division 2 vs. Alloa Athletic (A)  1 - 1
 02/10/71 Division 2 vs. Albion Rovers (A)  0 - 2
 29/09/71 Division 2 vs. St Mirren (H)  1 - 3
 25/09/71 Division 2 vs. Arbroath (H)  0 - 0
 22/09/71 Quarter Final 2nd Leg vs. Celtic (A)  2 - 6
 18/09/71 Division 2 vs. Berwick Rangers (A)  1 - 1
 15/09/71 Division 2 vs. Queen's Park (H)  1 - 1
 11/09/71 Division 2 vs. Queen of the South (H)  1 - 3
 08/09/71 Quarter Final 1st Leg vs. Celtic (H)  0 - 5
 04/09/71 Division 2 vs. Dumbarton (A)  3 - 2
 01/09/71 Group 5 vs. Cowdenbeath (A)  4 - 3
 28/08/71 Group 5 vs. Berwick Rangers (H)  5 - 0
 25/08/71 Group 5 vs. Queen's Park (A)  1 - 1
 21/08/71 Group 5 vs. Cowdenbeath (H)  2 - 1
 18/08/71 Group 5 vs. Queen's Park (H)  3 - 2
 14/08/71 Group 5 vs. Berwick Rangers (A)  2 - 2
 28/04/71 Division 2 vs. Brechin City (A)  0 - 2
 24/04/71 Division 2 vs. Forfar Ath (A)  1 - 1
 21/04/71 Division 2 vs. Hamilton Accies (A)  0 - 0
 17/04/71 Division 2 vs. Alloa Athletic (H)  1 - 1
 14/04/71 Division 2 vs. Forfar Ath (H)  3 - 0
 10/04/71 Division 2 vs. Queen's Park (A)  1 - 1
 20/03/71 Division 2 vs. Berwick Rangers (H)  1 - 2
 13/03/71 Division 2 vs. Stranraer (A)  0 - 3
 10/03/71 Division 2 vs. Queen's Park (H)  7 - 1
 06/03/71 Division 2 vs. Albion Rovers (H)  2 - 0
 27/02/71 Division 2 vs. Stirling Albion (A)  0 - 2
 24/02/71 Division 2 vs. East Stirlingshire (H)  0 - 0
 20/02/71 Division 2 vs. East Fife (H)  3 - 0
 10/02/71 Division 2 vs. Albion Rovers (A)  1 - 0
 06/02/71 Division 2 vs. Stenhousemuir (A)  3 - 2
 30/01/71 Division 2 vs. Arbroath (A)  1 - 0
 27/01/71 3rd Round Replay vs. Dundee Utd (A)  1 - 5
 23/01/71 3rd Round vs. Dundee Utd (H)  0 - 0
 09/01/71 Division 2 vs. Partick Th (A)  0 - 1
 02/01/71 Division 2 vs. Montrose (H)  3 - 0
 01/01/71 Division 2 vs. Dumbarton (A)  1 - 3
 26/12/70 Division 2 vs. Queen of the South (H)  0 - 0
 19/12/70 2nd round vs. Hamilton Accies (H)  2 - 1
 12/12/70 Division 2 vs. Alloa Athletic (A)  3 - 1
 05/12/70 1st Round vs. East Stirlingshire (A)  2 - 0
 16/11/70 1st Round vs. Dumbarton (H)  2 - 1
 14/11/70 Division 2 vs. Berwick Rangers (A)  1 - 1
 07/11/70 Division 2 vs. Stranraer (H)  1 - 3
 24/10/70 Division 2 vs. Stirling Albion (H)  6 - 5
 17/10/70 Division 2 vs. East Fife (A)  0 - 2
 10/10/70 Division 2 vs. Stenhousemuir (H)  2 - 0
 03/10/70 Division 2 vs. Arbroath (H)  1 - 2
 23/09/70 Division 2 vs. Hamilton Accies (H)  1 - 4
 19/09/70 Division 2 vs. Partick Th (H)  3 - 1
 16/09/70 Division 2 vs. Raith Rovers (A)  1 - 1
 12/09/70 Division 2 vs. Montrose (A)  1 - 0
 09/09/70 Division 2 vs. Raith Rovers (H)  3 - 0
 05/09/70 Division 2 vs. Dumbarton (H)  2 - 1
 29/08/70 Division 2 vs. Queen of the South (A)  1 - 3
 26/08/70 Group 8 vs. Falkirk (A)  1 - 1
 22/08/70 Group 8 vs. Arbroath (A)  0 - 4
 19/08/70 Group 8 vs. Albion Rovers (H)  5 - 1
 15/08/70 Group 8 vs. Falkirk (H)  0 - 3
 12/08/70 Group 8 vs. Albion Rovers (A)  2 - 2
 08/08/70 Group 8 vs. Arbroath (H)  4 - 1
 27/04/70 Division 2 vs. Stirling Albion (H)  0 - 2
 22/04/70 Division 2 vs. Cowdenbeath (A)  2 - 3
 18/04/70 Division 2 vs. Berwick Rangers (A)  2 - 0
 04/04/70 Division 2 vs. Brechin City (H)  1 - 1
 28/03/70 Division 2 vs. Stranraer (H)  2 - 1
 25/03/70 Division 2 vs. Queen's Park (A)  0 - 0
 21/03/70 Division 2 vs. Hamilton Accies (A)  2 - 0
 14/03/70 Division 2 vs. East Stirlingshire (A)  1 - 2
 07/03/70 Division 2 vs. Forfar Ath (H)  0 - 1
 28/02/70 Division 2 vs. East Fife (A)  1 - 1
 21/02/70 Division 2 vs. Stenhousemuir (H)  0 - 0
 14/02/70 Division 2 vs. Queen of the South (A)  1 - 1
 11/02/70 2nd Round vs. Aberdeen (A)  1 - 2
 31/01/70 Division 2 vs. Arbroath (A)  0 - 2
 24/01/70 1st Round vs. Arbroath (A)  2 - 1
 17/01/70 Division 2 vs. Alloa Athletic (H)  3 - 4
 03/01/70 Division 2 vs. Falkirk (A)  2 - 1
 01/01/70 Division 2 vs. Dumbarton (H)  0 - 0
 27/12/69 Division 2 vs. Stirling Albion (A)  2 - 5
 24/12/69 2nd Preliminary Round vs. Queen's Park (H)  1 - 0
 13/12/69 Division 2 vs. Montrose (H)  1 - 3
 06/12/69 1st Preliminary Round vs. Forres (A)  2 - 0
 29/11/69 Division 2 vs. Albion Rovers (H)  3 - 0
 22/11/69 Division 2 vs. Berwick Rangers (H)  1 - 1
 15/11/69 Division 2 vs. Brechin City (A)  2 - 2
 08/11/69 Division 2 vs. Stranraer (A)  2 - 1
 01/11/69 Division 2 vs. Hamilton Accies (H)  2 - 1
 25/10/69 Division 2 vs. East Stirlingshire (H)  2 - 0
 18/10/69 Division 2 vs. Forfar Ath (A)  1 - 3
 11/10/69 Division 2 vs. East Fife (H)  4 - 1
 04/10/69 Division 2 vs. Stenhousemuir (A)  1 - 1
 01/10/69 Division 2 vs. Queen's Park (H)  1 - 3
 27/09/69 Division 2 vs. Dumbarton (A)  1 - 5
 24/09/69 Division 2 vs. Albion Rovers (A)  4 - 1
 20/09/69 Division 2 vs. Falkirk (H)  0 - 7
 17/09/69 Division 2 vs. Queen of the South (H)  1 - 1
 13/09/69 Division 2 vs. Alloa Athletic (A)  0 - 2
 06/09/69 Division 2 vs. Arbroath (H)  0 - 2
 03/09/69 Division 2 vs. Cowdenbeath (H)  1 - 3
 30/08/69 Division 2 vs. Montrose (A)  1 - 4
 27/08/69 Group 7 vs. Cowdenbeath (A)  1 - 2
 23/08/69 Group 7 vs. Dumbarton (A)  0 - 1
 28/04/69 Division 2 vs. Ayr Utd (H)  0 - 1
 26/04/69 Division 2 vs. Berwick Rangers (A)  0 - 5
 19/04/69 Division 2 vs. Stirling Albion (H)  2 - 2
 14/04/69 Division 2 vs. East Stirlingshire (A)  0 - 1
 12/04/69 Division 2 vs. Forfar Ath (A)  0 - 1
 05/04/69 Division 2 vs. Ayr Utd (A)  0 - 0
 29/03/69 Division 2 vs. Stenhousemuir (H)  2 - 2
 22/03/69 Division 2 vs. Albion Rovers (H)  2 - 0
 15/03/69 Division 2 vs. East Fife (A)  1 - 1
 08/03/69 Division 2 vs. Motherwell (A)  1 - 2
 26/02/69 Division 2 vs. Hamilton Accies (H)  5 - 0
 22/02/69 Division 2 vs. Stranraer (A)  1 - 1
 15/02/69 Division 2 vs. Montrose (H)  5 - 0
 11/01/69 Division 2 vs. Queen of the South (H)  3 - 3
 04/01/69 Division 2 vs. Forfar Ath (H)  3 - 0
 02/01/69 Division 2 vs. Queen's Park (H)  1 - 3
 01/01/69 Division 2 vs. Dumbarton (A)  3 - 3
 28/12/68 Division 2 vs. Stirling Albion (A)  0 - 2
 14/12/68 1st Preliminary Round vs. Cowdenbeath (A)  0 - 1
 07/12/68 Division 2 vs. Stenhousemuir (A)  0 - 0
 30/11/68 Division 2 vs. Albion Rovers (A)  1 - 3
 05/10/68 Division 2 vs. Alloa Athletic (H)  0 - 2
 28/09/68 Division 2 vs. Queen of the South (A)  1 - 1
 21/09/68 Division 2 vs. Berwick Rangers (H)  1 - 1
 18/09/68 Division 2 vs. Cowdenbeath (H)  1 - 1
 14/09/68 Division 2 vs. Queen's Park (A)  4 - 2
 11/09/68 Division 2 vs. Cowdenbeath (A)  3 - 3
 07/09/68 Division 2 vs. Dumbarton (H)  0 - 1
 04/09/68 Division 2 vs. Brechin City (H)  0 - 0
 31/08/68 Group 6 vs. Queen of the South (H)  1 - 1
 28/08/68 Group 6 vs. Berwick Rangers (A)  0 - 3
 24/08/68 Group 6 vs. East Fife (H)  1 - 3
 21/08/68 Division 2 vs. Brechin City (A)  1 - 3
 17/08/68 Group 6 vs. Queen of the South (A)  2 - 1
 14/08/68 Group 6 vs. Berwick Rangers (H)  2 - 4
 10/08/68 Group 6 vs. East Fife (A)  0 - 2
 13/04/68 Division 2 vs. Stenhousemuir (A)  1 - 2
 10/04/68 Division 2 vs. East Fife (A)  0 - 6
 20/03/68 Division 2 vs. Queen of the South (H)  2 - 4
 16/03/68 Division 2 vs. St Mirren (A)  0 - 3


Competition History

Competition Win % Draw % Loss %
League123 (3)19331.0%31.0%38.1%
Scottish Cup901155.6%11.1%33.3%
League Cup21 (1)02031.8%22.7%45.5%
Stirlingshire Cup1000100.0%0.0%0.0%
Totals:154 (4)112432.9%28.5%38.6%

Competition figures include competitive matches only. Starts are shown first, with substitute appearances in brackets. Gls = goals. G2G = goals to games ratio.


Opposition Record

Opponent W D L Win %
Aberdeen10000010.0%
Albion Rovers901161266.7%
Alloa Athletic600012316.7%
Arbroath801031437.5%
Ayr Utd20000110.0%
Berwick Rangers1201026416.7%
Brechin City5 (1)00013216.7%
Celtic20000020.0%
Cowdenbeath901122522.2%
Dumbarton1000032530.0%
Dundee Utd20000110.0%
East Fife7 (1)02122425.0%
East Stirlingshire600031250.0%
Falkirk400011225.0%
Forfar Ath700031342.9%
Forres1000100100.0%
Hamilton Accies702051171.4%
Montrose601040266.7%
Motherwell10000010.0%
Partick Th200010150.0%
Queen of the South110001649.1%
Queen's Park10 (1)01045236.4%
Raith Rovers3 (1)00031075.0%
St Mirren30110120.0%
Stenhousemuir801034137.5%
Stirling Albion710012414.3%
Stranraer500021240.0%
Totals:154 (4)112452456132.9%

Opposition figures include competitive matches only. Starts are shown first, with substitute appearances in brackets. Gls = goals. Yellow and red card totals are shown on desktop screens.


Biography

Joined Clydebank in 1967 from Glasgow University and morphed from a Bankies Babe to a Honey Monster. Arrived at Kilbowie with a lot of rough edges which were smoothed out over the years by Bill Munro’s coaching. Dennis was a competitive but headstrong big half back who did not take prisoners. He could be wild with his clearances and equally as wild with his tackling. He was no stranger to the referee’s black book and an early shower. Unfortunately some of these bookings owed more to his powerful appearance than any misdemeanour committed. In all seriousness ‘his look‘ was never a good look.

Dennis Ruddy made his breakthrough into the Clydebank side near the end of season 1967-68, when he played four matches and they were all lost, but what an eventful story they told. His debut was against St. Mirren at Love Street with Clydebank down 1-0 to a future Bankie, Peter Kane goal when goalkeeper Dick Madden had to go off injured after 70 minutes. John Baxter came on as a substitute but two goals in the last five minutes saw the Saints run out 3-0 winners. His next match saw Dick Madden out injured and replaced by Maurice Dunne a loan signing from Dumbarton as Clydebank went down 4-2 at home to Queen of the South. His next match was one he would never forget, going down 6-0 to East Fife at Bayview. Dennis was sent off but he wasn’t first into the shower as Stan King and Tony Moy had both been sent off earlier. Clydebank also lost their Trialist goalkeeper Bobby Hodge to injury, with John Baxter coming off the bench to go into goal. His final match of the season was a 2-1 defeat away to Stenhousemuir with yet another trialist goalkeeper Ian Porter between the sticks for Clydebank.

It had been a tough baptism for young Dennis Ruddy but it stood him in good stead and he went on to enjoy a good career with Clydebank playing over 150 games. For a man of his size he should have been more of a threat in the opposition box but seemed to get a nose bleed when he crossed the halfway line. He was however an honest player who added a bit of much needed muscle and steel to the Clydebank back line.

Dennis transferred to our local rivals Dumbarton where he enjoyed a couple of seasons before moving on to Stenhousemuir before moving into junior football with Renfrew.

Debut

March 16th, 1968
St Mirren 3 - 0 Clydebank

League (Division 2)


Timeline

  • Date of Birth


    Dennis was born on this date in Govan.

    Monday, April 3rd, 1950

  • Signed For Clydebank

    Monday, December 4th, 1967

  • First Team Debut

    St Mirren 3 - 0 Clydebank
    League (Division 2)

    Clydebank PressClydebank paid a visit to Love Street, Paisley, on Saturday to play St. Mirren the league leaders and definitely certain of promotion next season.The home si

    Saturday, March 16th, 1968

  • 50th Appearance

    Dumbarton 5 - 1 Clydebank
    League (Division 2)

    Clydebank PressThere were long faces in the Clydebank camp after Saturday's 5-1 drubbing by county rivals, Dumbarton. This defeat, the biggest thrashing handed out so far in matche

    Saturday, September 27th, 1969

  • 50th League Appearance

    Clydebank 1 - 1 Berwick Rangers
    League (Division 2)

    Clydebank PressAfter watching Clydebank play Berwick on Saturday, if perchance you had survived the icy wind and driving rain and you hadn't been whisked off to the Western Infirma

    Saturday, November 22nd, 1969

  • First Goal

    Clydebank 6 - 5 Stirling Albion
    League (Division 2)

    Clydebank PressUnrelenting rain and a meagre crowd of 600 hardly justified this epic 11-goal game. In conditions more suitable for water polo the teams fought out a gripping duel.

    Saturday, October 24th, 1970

  • 100th Appearance

    Clydebank 1 - 3 Stranraer
    League (Division 2)

    Clydebank PressClydebank slumped to tenth position in the league after a demoralising 3-1 defeat at the hands of Stranraer on Saturday. The Bankies never overcame the initial shock

    Saturday, November 7th, 1970

  • 100th League Appearance

    Clydebank 1 - 1 Alloa Athletic
    League (Division 2)

    Clydebank PressThis nothing at stake game started at a cracking pace which was kept until half-time. But despite both goals coming in the second half, the game deteriorated as time

    Saturday, April 17th, 1971

  • Last Appearance

    Queen's Park 4 - 4 Clydebank
    League (Division 2)

    Match Report to Follow...

    Tuesday, April 18th, 1972