Bully Wee winning run ends
with the reaction we got after a poor start from us.
“After 15 to 20 minutes I thought we were on the ascendency and thought we finished the game very strongly.”
The Binos started the match on the front foot and took the lead on four minutes. A quick exchange of passes on the left led to Smith being put through on goal for him to score.
After a shaky start, Clyde began to settle into the game and, from Jack Boyle’s corner, Tom Lang’s flick almost found the net but the ball was clawed out by home keeper Cammy Binnie.
Blair Currie then prevented Smith getting a second goal before The Bully Wee equalised on 38 minutes.
An attempt at a training ground move from a free-kick at the edge of the box didn’t work out as planned, but following a couple of breaks of the ball, Kevin Nicoll was in the right place to stab home from close range.
The Bully Wee started the second half brightly and should have taken the lead when Chris McStay’s shot was parried into the path of David Goodwillie but he couldn’t find the target. McStay then saw another of his efforts hit the post.
However, on 58 minutes Stirling replied with a sucker punch when Ross Kavanagh got away from Dylan Cogill and found MacDonald in the box and the experienced forward hit the net.
A combination of a block by Currie and a superb goal-line clearance by Callum Home then denied MacDonald another goal before a late Clyde penalty claim was waved away by the referee.