Scottish Challenge Cup
League Stage
Tuesday 22nd September 2026
Kick Off 19.45 Actual 19.46
Clydebank 2 St. Mirren ‘B’ 1, attendance 624
4’ 0-1
66’ 1-1
75’ 2-1
@ Holm Park
Dock Street
Yoker
Clydebank
G81 1LX
£13 Admission
No Programme.
Needing just three grounds to complete the top five levels in Scotland, meant the chance to do two of those on successive days was too good an opportunity to miss, with the long drive north done yesterday, with an overnight stop near Carlisle. I’d first done Clydebank when they were members of the Scottish League and still playing at their now gone Kilbowie Park ground. They drew 1-1 with Falkirk on the final day of the season in May 1994, which secured the title for the visitors in front of a crowd of 6,616. Clydebank merged with Airdrieonians in 2002, forming Airdrie United and relocating to Airdrie in the process. Fans strongly opposed the move and a new phoenix club was formed a couple of years later, starting in the Scottish Junior F.A. West Region and I saw them beat Petershill in a West Region Cup Winner’s Cup match in May 2007, winning on penalties after it finished 1-1 at ninety minutes, which was played at Glenhead Park in Duntocher, which was the home ground of Drumchapel Amateurs. The ground share was terminated the following year and Clydebank moved into Holm Park, the ground of Yoker Athletic, with the two clubs still existing side by side to this day.
The ground is on the left hand side of the A814 when travelling towards Clydebank from Glasgow. It’s an old ground, that’s slowly undergone a makeover and now has a 3G pitch, rather than grass. The old barrel roofed stand that once stood on the far side is no longer, having been replaced by a modern section of cover, with open terrace to one side. The other side, backing onto the A814 has a seated stand running towards the centre from the corner flag and a section of cover beyond. Towards the far corner is some open terracing. Although both goal ends are accessible to spectators, viewing from here is poor. There was a mobile caterer behind the entrance goal end doing burgers, chips etc. A small group of ultras offered their encouragement all evening, accompanied by a drummer. Oddly, he remained outside the ground, hidden behind fencing and trees. I can only assume he’s banned from coming inside?
Clydebank have started off the season well in this season’s Lowland League and are currently second in the table. They’d had a good start to their Scottish Challenge Cup group games too, with a 4-0 win versus Hibernian ‘B’ here, followed by a 2-4 win at Kelty Hearts, before picking up a 1-1 draw here versus Alloa Athletic in their third match. I thought they’d be far too strong for St. Mirren’s second string and despite coming out on top, it was a game in which they had to come from behind to win. A cracking individual goal from Thompson, running from the halfway line and beating three men, before rounding the ‘keeper and rolling it into an empty net saw the visitors take the lead after just four minutes. They almost added a second a few minutes later, heading against the crossbar from a free kick on the left. Clydebank drew level twenty one minutes into the second half, when a one two on the edge of the box was fired high into the roof of the net by Rossiter. They got the winning goal nine minutes later, when a cross from the right was met with a stooping header at the far post from Dolan.
