1975–76 Clydebank F.C. season

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Clydebank F.C.
1974–75 season
ManagerBill Munro
Scottish League Division Two1st
Scottish Cup3rd Round
Scottish League CupGroup stage
Spring CupRunners-up

The 1975–76 season was Clydebank's tenth season after being elected to the Scottish Football League. They competed in the newly restructured Scottish League Division Two where they finished 1st and promoted to Division One. They also competed in the Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup and finishing runners-up in the new Spring Cup which only took place that season.

Results[]

Division 2[]

Main article: 1975–76 Scottish Second Division
Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Clydebank Scorer(s) Attendance
1 30 August Brechin City H 3–0 , , Larnach 1,390
2 6 September Stirling Albion A 1–0 1,397
3 13 September Cowdenbeath H 2–0 (2), 1,329
4 20 September Stranraer A 1–0 1,203
5 27 September Berwick Rangers A 4–0 Larnach, Laing, Davidson, 351
6 4 October Raith Rovers H 1–1 Goodwin 1,413
7 11 October Albion Rovers A 4–0 Larnach (2), Goodwin, Cooper 739
8 18 October Stenhousemuir H 2–1 Cooper, 1,274
9 25 October Queen's Park H 1–1 Cooper 1,480
10 1 November Brechin City H 3–0 (2), Cooper 1,481
11 8 November Forfar Athletic A 2–0 Larnach, 812
12 15 November Meadowbank Thistle A 0–0 586
13 22 November Alloa Athletic H 3–1 Cooper (3 including 2 penalties) 1,612
14 29 November Berwick Rangers H 0–1 1,372
15 6 December Raith Rovers A 0–1 2,539
16 13 December Meadowbank Thistle H 2–0 (2) 1,160
17 20 December Stenhousemuir A 1–2 Cooper 431
18 27 December Queen's Park A 2–0 Cooper (2) 1,197
19 1 January Stirling Albion H 1–0 Cooper 1,332
20 3 January Cowdenbeath A 1–1 Larnach 962
21 31 January Stranraer H 2–1 , 1,212
22 7 February Brechin City A 2–1 Cooper, 373
23 14 February Albion Rovers H 2–2 Lumsden, Cooper, 1,000
24 21 February East Stirlingshire A 1–0 528
25 28 February Forfar Athletic H 2–0 Cooper (penalty), 1,700
26 6 April Alloa Athletic A 0–0 1,050

Final League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Clydebank 26 17 6 3 46 15 +31 40 Promotion to the 1976–77 First Division
2 Raith Rovers 26 15 10 1 45 22 +23 40
3 Alloa Athletic 26 14 7 5 48 32 +16 35
4 Queen's Park 26 10 9 7 41 33 +8 29
5 Cowdenbeath 26 11 7 8 44 43 +1 29
Source: "1975-1976 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Scottish League Cup[]

Main article: 1975–76 Scottish League Cup

Group 7[]

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Clydebank Scorer(s) Attendance
1 9 August Arbroath A 0–4 1,817
2 13 August Berwick Rangers H 3–2 Cooper, , Larnach 1,201
3 16 August East Stirlingshire H 1–1 1,325
4 20 August Berwick Rangers A 1–0 Larnach 412
5 23 August East Stirlingshire A 1–0 Simpson 1,022
6 28 August Arbroath H 1–0 Larnach 2,764

Group 7 Final Table[]

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Clydebank 6 4 1 1 7 7 0 9
2 Arbroath 6 4 0 2 13 3 10 8
3 East Stirlingshire 6 1 2 3 6 12 −6 4
4 Berwick Rangers 6 1 1 4 6 10 −4 4

Knockout stage[]

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Clydebank Scorer(s) Attendance
SuppR L1 2 September Cowdenbeath A 2–0 Cooper, , 1,994
SuppR L2 3 September Cowdenbeath H 2–0 Larnach, 1,384
QF L1 10 September Partick Thistle A 0–4 5,646
QF L2 24 September Partick Thistle H 1–0 Abel 2,659

Scottish Cup[]

Main article: 1975–76 Scottish Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Clydebank Scorer(s) Attendance
R2 10 January Raith Rovers A 1–3 Lumsden 3,899

Spring Cup[]

Main article: Spring Cup

Group 6[]

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Clydebank Scorer(s) Attendance
1 6 March Clyde A 3–1 Cooper (2 including 1 penalty), 800
2 13 March Raith Rovers H 1–2
3 20 March Queen of the South H 4–0 , Cooper, , 2,000
4 27 March Queen of the South A 3–1 , , 1,200
5 3 April Clyde H 3–0 (2), Cooper 1,000
6 10 April Raith Rovers A 1–2 Cooper 2,000

Group 6 Final Table[]

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Raith Rovers 6 4 1 1 12 9 3 9
2 Clydebank 6 4 0 2 15 6 9 8
3 Clyde 6 2 1 3 7 11 −4 5
4 Queen of the South 6 1 0 5 6 14 −8 2

Knockout stage[]

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Clydebank Scorer(s) Attendance
R2 L1 14 April Albion Rovers H 4–1 Lumsden (2), Cooper (penalty),
R2 L2 17 April Albion Rovers A 0–2 600
QF L1 21 April East Fife H 1–0 Cooper 2,900
QF L2 24 April East Fife A 0–1 (Clydebank won 4–2 on penalties) 2,257
SF 28 April Dumbarton H 3–1 (2), 3,800
F 3 May Airdrieonians N 2–4 (aet) Larnach (2) 8,000

References[]

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