The result leaves the Barrhead side in a perilous position, sitting second bottom of the table with only nine points amassed from their first 13 games.

Arthurlie started off on the front foot and after two minutes took the lead. Mark Blakey gathered the ball on the left hand side and cut in onto his right before sending over a deep cross that saw Ryan McGregor get up over Andy Paterson to loop a header over the helpless Robert Hamilton.

Clydebank started to come into the game and ex-Lie forward Joe Andrew headed wide before skipper Austin McCann shot just over.

Just before the quarter hour Kyle Rafferty made a fantastic tackle inside the box to break up a Bankies attack but the ball broke to Tommy Martin who shot inches over.

Two minutes later Vinnie Berry hit a great effort that Kevin Macklin couldn’t hold but he made amends when he saved brilliantly to deny Martin’s effort from the rebound.

A minute later Ross McPherson will feel he should have done better after he shot straight at Macklin.

The equaliser looked only a matter of time now and it was to come on the 19th minute, a slack cross field pass from Rafferty saw Adam Strachan nip in before Kevin Green and run in on goal, Macklin did enough to put him wide and give him no angle to attempt a shot but Strachan cut the ball back to the edge of six yard box where McPherson was on hand to tap home.

Ciaran McElroy and McPherson both had efforts before Arthurlie’s next chance when Rafferty fed Paul Stewart whose first time effort forced Hamilton into a top class save as he got finger tips to the ball to divert it for a corner.

Berry went close before a great passing move from Clydebank saw the referee wave play on after a Bankies player had been brought down, when the ball eventually made its way into the Arthurlie area Andrew headed just wide.

The referee then reached for his pocket and booked Ryan Jordan for the earlier offence, much to his bemusement as the culprit had been Rafferty.

The last action of the half saw Hamilton save from Gary Smith who had run on to a flick from Stewart but couldn’t find a way past the home ‘keeper.

Ryan McGregor had an effort saved early in the second half before the home side finally got their noses in front. A corner from Strachan was headed out to the edge of the penalty area where Martin gathered and fed McElroy on the left, the winger cut inside Steven Dymock before firing a low shot through a group of players and into the far corner, giving Macklin no chance.

Straight from the restart Rafferty hit a shot that saw Hamilton racing back onto his line and touching the ball over the bar although the referee awarded a goal kick.

Right at the death Clydebank sealed all three points when Strachan gathered the ball midway inside the Arthurlie half before skipping past two tackles and sending a low daisy cutter from the edge of the area that flew past the despairing dive of Macklin.

Arthurlie: Macklin, Lyden, Blakey, Green, Jordan, Rafferty, McGregor, Bonar, Smith, Stewart, Dymock.

Substitutes: Doherty, Dillon, Murray, McArdle, Ramsey.