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Today’s Squads Clydebank FC - Official Match Programme - Season 2014-15 - Issue No. 12.1 CLYDEBANK HAMILTON ACAD ROBERT HAMILTON DARREN HILL LIAM CAMPBELL BLAIR CURRIE SCOTT WALKER BEN REILLY ANDY PATERSON SCOTT McMANN ROSS HARVIE JACK HARRISON MICHAEL MORRIS SHAUN WANT ANDY IRVINE ALDIN EL ZUBAIDI PAUL BELL JACK SIMPSON GRAHAM MORT RONAN HUGHES TOMMY MARTIN ROSS CUNNINGHAM CRAIG McCREADY RYAN TIERNEY JAMIE CAMPBELL GREG DOCHERTY AUSTIN McCANN JAISON MCGRATH IAN GOLD DANNY ARMSTRONG GRAEME RAMAGE DARREN SMITH JOE ANDREW DARREN LYON JORDAN SHELVEY CRAIG WATSON REECE PEARSON EAMONN BROPHY JONATHON ALLAN Referee : Stephen Brown UNDER 20’S Assistant Ref 1 : Steven Noble MANAGER ACADEMY DIRECTOR BILLY McGHIE Assistant Ref 2 : Michael Milarvie FRANKIE McAVOY ASS’T MANAGER Monday 28th July 2014 Kick-Off 7.00pm STUART ALLISON HEAD OF YOUTH GEORGE CAIRNS COACHES Clydebank GORDON ROBERTSON PHYSIO ALAN HAMILTON VICTORIA McINTYRE V PHYSIO N K I E S A H E B T DANNY FRIEL Hamilton Academical Pre-Season Friendly Clydebank FC Programme printed by Kenwil Print & Design 0141-776-8070 £1.50 Programme Contents Bankies Merchandise 3….The Boss..Budgie McGhie 5….Chairman’s Chat 7….Proud To Be A Bankie 9….What's Going On 10..Hamilton Last Season CLYDEBANK FOOTBALL CLUB 12…In Town Today Holm Park Clydebank - 07946 680812 15..Cods Quiz Page DIRECTORS Gordon Robertson (Chairman) 18..Results & Stats When you are at the game remember and check out Matt Bamford (Match Secretary) 20..Titan Talk! the Bankies shop in the blue hut. We have all sorts Bill Abraham (Treasurer) of Bankies merchandise for sale from the new Away 23..Game From The Past Stephen McLaren (Commercial) kit and current home kit to the little things like Key 24..Super Premier Stats Ronnie Johnson (Match Day Ops) rings and air fresheners. You can also pick up a Stevie McAneney Clydebank football or the latest Dvd release. A new 25..Bankies Stats Davie McAleer online shop is now up and running that will make it easier to get your Bankies clothing and gifts from 26..Super Premier Table your own home. www.clydebankfc.co.uk/store 27..Junior League Tables 29..Shirt Sponsorship 2014-15 30..Pre-Season Friendly Report MANAGEMENT 31..Big Game Dates Budgie McGhie (Manager) Stuart Allison (Assistant Manager) 33..This Day in History Gordon Robertson (Coach) 34..Clydebank FC Honours List Alan Hamilton (Goalkeeper Coach) 35..Bankies Merchandise Physio—Danny Friel Groundsman - Stuart McSporran CLYDEBANK FC OFFICIAL MATCH PROGRAMME SEASON 2014-15 Clydebank FC Honours The Boss……………... It might not seem that long ago since the close of last season, but my batteries have been HONOURS HONOURS SENIOR HONOURS re-charged and I'm really looking forward to the start of the new season. It has been well Scottish Junior Cup Intermediate Cup SFL Division 2 documented that we have lost 3 good guys to senior football and while I admit they will all be missed, we should be really happy that this is in some ways another indication that we Winners : 1941-42 Winners : 1929-30 Champions : 1975/76 are continuing to move in the right direction as a club. I wish them well and hope that their Runners-Up : 2008-09 Central League SFL Division 2 decision to take up the Queens Park offer proves the correct one. Sectional League Cup Champions : Runners-Up : 1997/98 We have been consequently working away behind the scenes since last season finished to re-shape the squad with the intention of hopefully staying in the top half of the table and Winners : 2013-14 1934-35,1940-41,1941-42, Spring Cup putting in another decent challenge for any silverware on offer. The 2 friendlies we have Runners-Up : 2005-06 1944-45,1949-50. Runners-Up : 1975/76 played so far have produced not only decent results but more importantly there have been many positives to be taken from both games despite making nine changes to the starting Central League Cup Intermediate League Stirlingshire Cup line-up between both games. Winners : 1932-33,1934-35, Winners : 1929-30 Winners : 1978/79 & 1979/80 Tonight we welcome Hamilton Accies to Holm Park for a game that was agreed as part of 2009-10, 2011-12, 2013-14 Pompey Cup Scottish Cup Semi-Finalists the deal which took Darian MacKinnon to the New Douglas Pak club. I'd like to congratulate 1989/90 West of Scotland Cup Winners : 1951-52,1960-61 chairman Les Gray (an old schoolmate of mine), the boss Alex Neil, Darian and everyone Junior Record Victory else involved at Hamilton for the fabulous achievement of gaining promotion to the Scottish Winners : 1949-50 Evening Times Cup Premier League. 9-1 v Thorniewood Runners-Up : 1938-39,1955-56 Winners : 1934-35,1940- I'm especially pleased for Daz and it made me very proud to have previously worked with 41,1941-42,1944-45, 1949-50. Super League Div. 1 Junior Record Defeat him when I watched his performance in the play-off victory over Hibs. Runners –Up : Runners-Up : 2010-11 1-6 v Renfrew If all our current players have the desire and will to win that he has we could be in for a 1942-43,1948-49,1952-53 great season. He deserves all the plaudits as I know how hard he works at his game. Central League Div. 1 Senior Record Victory SENIOR HONOURS It is also to his credit that he continually acknowledges how his time at the Bankies played a Runners-Up : 2006-07 8-1 v Arbroath big part in his progress to where he is now. SFL Division 1 Central League Div. 2 Senior Record Defeat Runners-Up : 1976/77 & Champions : 2003-04 1-9 v Gala Fairydean 1984/85 Programme Team Enjoy the game Editor–Stevie McAneney. Billy McGhie. Contributors– Alex Cairney, Billy McGhie, Colin Cameron, Colin Donnelly, Gordon Robertson, Stevie McDonald, Titan the Monkey. Photographs : Stevie Doogan Budgie McGhie 34 CLYDEBANK FC OFFICIAL MATCH PROGRAMME SEASON 2014-15 CLYDEBANK FC OFFICIAL MATCH PROGRAMME SEASON 2014-15 3 This day in History..28th July On this day in ........ 1980, Clydebank lost by 2-1 in a pre-season friendly at Kilbowie against English side Swindon Town, Joe Sweeney got the Bankies goal. 1997, A 0-0 draw in a friendly at our neighbours from Dumbarton 2007, Bankies made the journey to St. Andrews and lost by 3-2 with the goals coming from Paul Craig and John Cunningham 2010, Another friendly at Dumbarton , a 1-1 with Mark Hailstones scoring before the home side equalised in injury time. 2012, Bankies travelled north to face Kirriemuir Thistle for the first time, a 2-0 win made it a great day out with Vinnie Berry and Robert Horton getting the goals. You share your Birthday with - Michael Carrick, Justin Lee Collins, Hugo Chávez, Beatrix Potter. Joe Sweeney scorer against Swindon Town in 1980 and right, Ross Campbell in action at Dumbarton in the friendly back in 2010. 4 CLYDEBANK FC OFFICIAL MATCH PROGRAMME SEASON 2014-15 CLYDEBANK FC OFFICIAL MATCH PROGRAMME SEASON 2014-15 33 Chairman’s Chat Welcome to Holm Park as we embark on another season trying to do our best for the Bankies. We finished last season on a high with a deserved Central League Cup final win. Our haul of two cups and a top four finish were fine achievements and needless to say we will strive to do even better this term. In the summer three players – Vinnie Berry, Ross McPherson and Ciaran McElroy moved on to senior football. While it is always sad to see players moving on, we can take some satisfaction that all three leave Clydebank as better players than when they arrived, That is down to them, first and foremost, but like Darian before them the trio have benefited hugely from their time at Clydebank. The challenge now is to find equally capable , if not better players who will help us continue to improve. As a club we simply don't have the financial resources of most of the teams in our league so player development is vital. On the subject of finance, it is always worth plugging the 100 Club – our scheme that urges fans to pay a minimum of £100 a year to help boost our funds. We need as many people as possible to join and help support the club in this way, so if you haven't yet joined and can afford to do so, seek out Bill Abraham and fill in a form. Our AGM takes place next month and I would urge all Trust members to attend. The meeting is usu- ally well supported and it is the best forum for a frank discussion among all those who care about Clydebank FC. I appreciate that some fans my have to travel a fair distance to attend but it is only once a year so I would ask as many as possible to make the effort. Finally, thanks to Hamilton Accies for coming along to Holm Park tonight. It's an exciting time for the New Douglas Park side as they prepare for their return to top flight football. I'm sure we will all be keeping an eye on their results thanks to the presence of Darian MacKinnon whose transfer to the Accies from Clydebank is the reason this match is being played. We have all enjoyed seeing Darian perform so well and make a career for himself as a professional football player. Hopefully, Daz and Accies have a season to remember. Enjoy the match.
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