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have removed the following section from this article
"The "franchised" legal entity of Airdrie United - built upon the rotting corpse of the old Clydebank FC now attract around 1500 fans each week to their council-owned 10,000 all-seater stadium. A number of former Airdrieonians supporters have never returned to support the new Airdrie United - clearly unable to stomach watching a football club that only came into existence through the deliberate destruction of another."
As a long-time resident of Clydebank, and a Clydebank supporter, the above made me cringe, not only in the context of an Encyclopaedic article. Put more simply, it is "clearly" not NPOV. This is a page about the town of Clydebank, not about someone's feelings on Airdrie United FC. There is a separate page on Clydebank FC. I have left the NPOV comments about Clydebank FC in the article, as the football team is an important part of the town's history, and especially its identity as distinct from Glasgow. I have however removed the comment about the team having the "backing of their town". In my experience the lack of the backing of the town over the 20 years or so I watched the team was one of the main reasons for its lack of success, with most success achieved in spite of the support of most of the town. The part about Yoker's "small but committed" support I have left in, despite it sounding as if it was written by a patronising Clydebank FC fan. Johnnywoo 13:16, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
