CLYDEBANK FOOTBALL CLUB £ 1.50 OFFICIAL MATCH PROGRAMME SEASON 2012 / 2013 ISSUE 10.2 Clydebank v Irvine Meadow X1 Stagecoach Super League Premier Division September 8th 2012 Kick Off 2pm T H E B A N K I E S Programme Team Editor–Stevie McAneney. Contributors– Alex Cairney, Bill Abraham, Billy McGhie, Colin Cameron, Colin Donnelly, Gordon Robertson, Paul Cummings, Stevie McDonald, Stuart McBay Photographs By : David Brocket & Stevie Doogan on in Bankies win away to Beith Front Cover : Ian Gold in ac IRVINE MEADOW CLYDEBANK FOOTBALL CLUB CLYDEBANK On This Day…8th September www.clydebankfc.co.uk Holm Park Clydebank 07946 680812 Gordon Robertson (Chairman) 1971, Clydebank hosted Celtic for a League Cup tie. The Glasgow outfit proved too strong for the Bankies winning 5-0. Est Att; 10,000. Stephen McLaren (Commercial) £ 1.00 Number One in the charts - 'I'm Still Waiting' by Diana Ross. Matt Bamford (Match Secretary) ROBERT HAMILTON MICHAEL WARDROPE Bill Abraham (Treasurer) CRAIG McPHERSON BRIAN HEWITT 1973, Clydebank lost a Second Division match 3-1 at Kilbowie to East Stirlingshire. Bobby Provan scored the Bankies goal. Ronnie Johnson (Match Day Ops) PAUL BELL CHRIS McGOWAN Number One - 'Young Love' by Donny Osmond. Stevie McAneney MARTIN McINNES NEIL McGOWAN 1979, Hearts were our opponents at Tynecastle for a First Division match. The Edinburgh side narrowly beat the Bankies by 2-1. Scorer for Clydebank was Davy Davis McAleer Houston. Est Att; 6,000. ROSS CAMPBELL MARK CAMPBELL SCOTT WALKER JP McKEEVER Number One - 'We Don't Talk Anymore' by Cliff Richard. Budgie McGhie (Manager) ANDY PATERSON ZANDER RYAN 1981, Clydebank and Kilmarnock fought out a goalless draw in a Division One match at New Kilbowie Park. Att; 1,012. Stuart Allison (Coach) VINNY BERRY COLIN STEVENSON Frank Lynch (Coach) Number One - 'Tainted Love' by Soft Cell. CHRIS WILSON WILLIE KINNIBURGH Derek Kelly ( Physio) 1984, Clyde handed Clydebank a 2-0 defeat at Shawfield in a First Division match. Est Att; 700. Allan Hamilton (Kit-Man) TOMMY MARTIN ROBERT HALLIDAY Number One - 'I Just Called To Say I Love You' by Stevie Wonder. Groundsman GORDON MOFFAT MARK McLENNEN Stuart McSporran MICHAEL MacADAM 1990, Dundee visited Kilbowie for a First Division match. The Taysiders won the game by 3-1, with Peter Sermanni netting for Clydebank. A crowd of 1,775 watched FRANK GIBSON the action. PAUL ALLUM ADAM STRACHAN HONOURS Number One - 'Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini' by Bombalurina. IAN GOLD STEVEN MILLER Scottish Junior Cup Winners 1941-42 JOE ANDREW 2001, Clydebank entertained Morton at Cappielow in a Second Division match. The Bankies won the game 3-2 courtesy of goals from Barry Lavety, Alex Burke and GARETH TURNER Paul McGrillen. Runners –up 2008-09 ROSS McPHERSON LIAM McGUINESS West of Scotland Cup Winners 1929-30,1949-50 ALLY GRAHAM Number One - 'Too Close' by Blue. CHRIS STRAIN Runners—Up : 1938-39,1955-56 MARK HAILSTONES 2007, Clydebank chalked up a splendid 4-1 win at Maybole in a Super league First Division match. David Carr and Andy Kenna both found the net twice at Ladywell DAVIE HAMILTON Central League Div 1 Runners—Up 2006-07 Stadium. TOM BRIGHTON Central League Div 2 Champions : 2003-04 Number One - 'Beautiful Girls' by Sean Kingston. Central League Cup Winners: 1932-33,1934-35, KIERAN BURNS MANAGER 2009-10,2011-12. RICHIE BARR BILLY McGHIE Intermediate Cup Winners : 1929-30 MICHAEL HUGHES Sectional League Cup Runners –Up: 2005-06 MANAGER: CHRIS STRAIN Central League Champions : 1934-35,1940-41, 1941-42,1944-45,1949-50. Match Officials Referee : Craig Napier Assistant Referees : Garry Doherty, Ross Birrell Intermediate League Winners : 1929-30 Pompey Cup Winners : 1951-52,1960-61 Evening Times Cup winners : 1934-35,1940-41,1941-42, 1944-45, 1949-50. Action from a packed Kilbowie against Celtic in 1971 Runners –Up : 1942-43,1948-49,1952-53 34 CLYDEBANK FC OFFICIAL MATCH PROGRAMME SEASON 2012 / 2013 CLYDEBANK FC OFFICIAL MATCH PROGRAMME SEASON 2012 / 2013 3 COD’S QUIZ TRANSFERS ( Answers on Page 22) These players transferred clubs during the recent transfer window. These could be permanent or loan deals. Can you name the clubs in- 1. Cesar Azpilicueta 2. Arouna Kone 3. Antonio Cassano 4. Steven May 5. Fabio Borini 6. Marco Reus 7. Garry Kennneth 8. Christian Poulsen 9. Mihael Kovacevic 10. Colin Kazim-Richards 11. Jordi Alba 12. Jonny Hayes 13. Michael Kightly 14. Jimmy Bullard 15. Ron Vlaar 16. Farid El Aligui 17. Romain Amalfitano 18. Henri Lansbury 19. Ben Williams 20. Sebastien Bassong 4 CLYDEBANK FC OFFICIAL MATCH PROGRAMME SEASON 2012 / 2013 CLYDEBANK FC OFFICIAL MATCH PROGRAMME SEASON 2012 / 2013 33 “I’m not going to try to paper over the cracks here; some of our defending during the first half last week was totally unacceptable. ” £Our 1.00promising start to the league campaign was basically ruined by the defeat to Ashfield at Saracen Park last week with what I can only describe as a very frustrating performance. It’s ironic because when we lost Darian MacKinnon, Adam Stra- chan and Stevie Dymock, there were suggestions that a lack of firepower might be our biggest problem. I was (and still am) confident we can still create chances but our consistency at the other end was (and still is) more a con- cern for me. I’m not going to try to paper over the cracks here; some of our defending during the first half last week was totally unacceptable. It was like watching schoolboy football and if we are going to defend like that we could be in for a long hard season. Along with my backroom team, I will let the dust settle, have a good think about what went wrong and then try to address the problem but to be honest, I also think some players really have to stand up and be counted now. They have to accept more responsibility and start living up to the reputations that have been bestowed upon them. I’m hoping they feel the same as I did and their pride was seriously hurt. We have a generally young squad but it isn’t always the inexperienced players that let us down. What anyone done last season or any previous season is totally irrelevant now. Reputations from the past mean little to me; it’s this seasons results and how we perform now that matter. Anyone who wants a place in this team will have to achieve it on merit! We will also continue to look to improve the squad and that would happen even if we were winning every game, as we should always have a continual improvement policy! Tommy Martin should return to the squad for this game. Today we welcome the current league champions, Irvine Meadow to Holm Park. I will be looking for a reaction from our players after last week and despite the fact we face possibly the strongest, most expensive and most experienced squad in junior football, I have no doubt we are capable of getting a result from this game if we play as well as we can. Last season’s performance against the Medda at Holm Park was one of the high- lights of the season for me and I’ll be asking the players to match that today. Can I ask you to give the players as much vocal backing as possible in order to help them achieve three points from this fixture. Onwards & upwards. Billy McGhie. BUDGIE’S BIT 32 CLYDEBANK FC OFFICIAL MATCH PROGRAMME SEASON 2012 / 2013 CLYDEBANK FC OFFICIAL MATCH PROGRAMME SEASON 2012 / 2013 5 100 Club News At the last home game against Petershill the 100 club was officially launched by the club and we were pleased to invite Robert Sider from The Clydebank Co-Op along to endorse it ,The Club also presented Robert with the new Bankies away top with the Co-op on the back with the date on which they were established. In the top picture you can see Robert with Bankies manager Budgie McGhie and directors Matt Bamford and Bill Abraham holding the new 100 Club banner and below Robert and Bill Abraham with the new strip sponsored by the Co-op. www.weddellsgarage.co.uk www.weddellsgarage.co.uk email [email protected] 6 CLYDEBANK FC OFFICIAL MATCH PROGRAMME SEASON 2012 / 2013 CLYDEBANK FC OFFICIAL MATCH PROGRAMME SEASON 2012 / 2013 31 ‘ But what I would like to see now is more supporters, new and old, He 100 Club News Putting themselves forward for election to both boards’ adl Clydebank FC Running a semi‐professional team can be an expensive business ‐ especially one in the top league of the Juniors. Some teams have input from monied investors, a social club or are perhaps resourced from the sale of assets. Clydebank FC don't have access to any of these income sources ... but we do have the backing of a loyal support ‐ the 12th man. The Bankies have recently launched a scheme to allow fans to commit a regular sum towards maintaining the club's budget and to help to build on our successful 1st season in the Super Premier ‐ where we punched above our weight. The scheme is called the 100 Club ‐ and that's what we're looking for people to commit to ‐ a minimum of £100 per season. That's £8.33 a month or around £1.92 a week. If you feel you can sign up to this ‐ or have friends or family that wish to support the club ( or perhaps in memory of a loved one ) ‐ then here's how to do it.