ES Clydebank played one season in the Scottish League in 1964-65 before the club lost a legal battle brought by East Stirling and both clubs reverted to their original names.

Clydebank played a season in the Combined Reserve League before securing its own place in Division Two in 1966-67. The Bankies won a vote to get into the SFL to even up the number of teams at the expense of Gala Fairydean.

The club won the Second Division championship in 1975-76 and won promotion to the top division the following year. the late great Davie Cooper was found during this era and he won a move to glasgow Rangers in 1977 at a cost of £100,000 after he starred against them in 4 league cup ties. They reached the semi-finals of the Scottish FA Cup in 1990.

They left their New Kilbowie Park ground, where it had been since 1939, in 1996 and the club has been in turmoil ever since the Steedman family sold up and the club was under the chairmanship of John Hall, sharing Dumbarton's Boghead Ground and then moving to Cappielow for the 1999-2000 after a bizarre attempt to move to Gala failed.

Owing to a boycott by unhappy fans Clydebank's first “home” game at Cappielow was watched by a crowd of just 29 people. The current Clydebank is no relation to the club of the same name which played in the Scottish League during the inter-war period.

In October 1999 Clydebank’s game against Dunfermline at Cappielow was postponed because vandals demolished the goalpost and the ground was so wet that the new posts could not be erected in time as the concrete used to secure them would not set.

In 2001, David McGhie took over the club, but his reign came to an end in bizzare circumstances at the end of the season amid alleged betting rings, after the team blew a 12 point xmas lead at the top of the table.

July 2002 brought an end to the clubs League competition. Airdrieonians had went bust in May and a new consortium had set up Airdrie United to apply for the vacant spot. SFL clubs acted properly in allowing Gretna into the setup and it seemed Airdrie would be no more in senior football.

However one of the biggest stitch up's in Scottish football history was to take place when Jim Balantyne, leader of the Airdrie United consortium, was allowed to buy Clydebank FC and relocate them to Airdire under the new name and then it seemed Bankies would be no more.

However the supporters of this great club rallied and after significant talks and various meetings it was decided that the club would be rebuilt through ownership of the UCS Trust. A board of directors was elected from the UCS membership and a groundshare deal was reached with Drumchapel Amateurs of Glenhead Park in the Duntocher area of the town.

The summer of 2003 saw Bankies accepted into the Scottish Junior Football Associaton and placed into the West Region, Central Division 2.

Former Bankies player Billy "Budgie" McGhie was appointed manager and he brought in Gerry Crawley, Bobby Cameron and Davie Coates to help him put the club back together.

The first match in July 2003 saw over 200 Bankies fans turn up at Johnstone Burgh's Keanie Park in a 2-1 defeat. Davie Reid heading the Bankies first goal of the new era. Many former players also turned up that night to lend their support.

The first game at Glenhead attracted over 650 fans, more than what had travelled to Dumbarton and Greenock at times during the latter period of the senior times.

That season a squad was built which would go onto win the 2nd Division championship in front of over 1100 supporters in a 5-0 win over Coltness, at one point Carluke Rovers were 12 points clear. A remarkable acheivement.

To be continued..........