2007–08 Clyde F.C. season
2007–08 season | ||||
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Chairman | Ian Letham | |||
Manager | Airdrie United, 10 May 2008) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 621 (vs Queen of the South, 14 August 2007, League Cup) | |||
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Season 2007–08 was
Airdrie United
3–0 over two legs to regain their status as a First Division team.
Events
- May
- 24 – Manager Joe Miller leaves the club.[1]
- 26 – Forwards Andy Ferguson, Roddy Hunter & Alex Williams are released.[2]
- June
- 8 – Head of Youth Development Alan Upton leaves the club to join East Stirlingshire.[3]
- 11 – Former Scotland captain Colin Hendry is appointed as manager.[4] Teenage midfielder Ruari MacLennan signs a new 3-year contract.[5]
- 30 – Former manager Graham Roberts wins his case for unfair dismissal.[6]
- July
- 18 – Defender
- 20 – Midfielder Brian Gilmour joins Harris at Queens after rejecting a new contract offer.[8]
- 27 – Youth team graduates Kevin Bradley & David McGowan sign new contracts.[9] Former Clyde favourite Gary Bollan is appointed Head of Youth Development.[10]
- August
- 2 – Colin Hendry makes his first signings. Airdrie United defender Craig Potter, former Celtic youth Andrew Traub and goalkeeper David Thomson all join the club. Striker Gary Arbuckle signs a new contract.[11]
- 4 – Clyde lose their opening game of the season to Greenock Morton 3–2. Clyde have a last minute equaliser controversially disallowed.[12]
- 6 – Marvyn Wilson signs for the club after appearing as a trialist against Morton[13]
- 7 – Clyde crash out of the League Cup in embarrassing fashion, losing to lower-league Raith Rovers 3 goals to nil.[14]
- 15 – Clyde win their first game of the season, defeating Queen of the South 1–0 in the Challenge Cup.[15]Michael Doherty becomes the youngest player ever to play for Clyde in a competitive match.[16]
- 18 – Partick Thistle issue Clyde with some payback for last season with their 4–0 victory in the Glasgow Derby[17]
- 25 – Clyde record their first league victory of the campaign over St Johnstone[18]
- 30 – English duo Joe Cardle and Dan Kirkup join on loan from Port Vale and Carlisle United until Christmas[19]
Transfers
Summer
In
Player | From | Fee |
---|---|---|
Craig Potter | Airdrie United |
Free |
Christian Smith | Port Vale | Free |
Andrew Traub | Celtic | Free |
Marvyn Wilson | Hamilton Academical | Free |
Michael Doherty | Clyde Youth | Free |
Jordan Murch | Clyde Youth | Free |
Roddy MacLennan | Clyde Youth | Free |
Stephen Connolly | Hamilton Academical Youth | Free |
Ryan Craig | Greenock Morton Youth | Free |
Martin McGowan | Greenock Morton Youth | Free |
Calum McGregor | St Mirren Youth | Free |
Juan Carrio | Motherwell Youth | Free |
Joe Cardle | Port Vale | Loan |
Dan Kirkup | Carlisle United | Loan |
Dušan Bestvina | FC Mistelbach | Free |
Evangelino Valentim | Unattached | Free |
Ryan Wilkie | Unattached | Free |
Out
Player | To | Fee |
---|---|---|
Joe Miller | Retired | Free |
Craig Bryson | Kilmarnock | Undisclosed |
Andy Ferguson | Alloa Athletic | Free |
Roddy Hunter | Albion Rovers |
Free |
Alex Williams | Ayr United | Free |
Robert Harris |
Queen of the South | Undisclosed |
Brian Gilmour | Queen of the South | Undisclosed |
Michael Fulton | Lugar Boswell Thistle | Free |
Paul Reynolds | Airdrie United |
Free |
Ryan McCann | Bohemians | Free |
Andrew Traub | Cowdenbeath | Free |
Craig Potter | Dumbarton | Free |
David Thomson | Sauchie |
Free |
January
In:
Player | From | Fee |
---|---|---|
Pat Clarke | Cowdenbeath | Undisclosed |
Jimmy Gibson |
Partick Thistle | Free |
Billy Gibson |
St Patrick's Athletic | Free |
Shaun Fagan | Galway United | Free |
Iain Campbell | Kilmarnock | Loan |
Dave McKay | Drumchapel United | Free |
Paul MacDonald | Hearts | Free |
Jörg Albertz | Unattached | Free |
Gary McSwegan | Unattached | Free |
Marc McCusker | Hearts | Loan |
Out:
Player | To | Fee |
---|---|---|
Dan Kirkup | Carlisle United | Loan Return |
Joe Cardle | Port Vale | Loan Return |
Ryan Wilkie | Workington |
Free |
Evangelino Valentim | Released | Free |
Dougie Imrie | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | £35,000 |
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Fixtures and results
Pre-season
Date | Opponents | Stadium | Result F – A |
Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|
10 July 2007 | East Stirlingshire | Little Kerse | 2 – 3 | Masterton , Trialist |
13 July 2007 | Stenhousemuir | Ochilview Park | 3 – 2 | Imrie , Bradley pen' |
24 July 2007 | St Mirren | Love Street | 1 – 2 | Imrie |
26 July 2007 | Oldham Athletic
|
Broadwood Stadium | 2 – 2 | own goal', Arbuckle |
Scottish First Division
Date | Opponents | Stadium | Result F – A |
Scorers | Attendance | Position | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 August 2007 | Greenock Morton | Cappielow | 2 – 3 | Masterton 10', Higgins 45' | 3,784 | 8th | [20][21][22] |
11 August 2007 | Hamilton Academical | Broadwood Stadium | 0 – 2 | N. McGregor 45' | 1,182 | 8th | [23] |
18 August 2007 | Partick Thistle | Firhill Stadium | 0 – 4 | 3,175 | 10th | [24][25] | |
25 August 2007 | St Johnstone | Broadwood Stadium | 1 – 0 | Ruari MacLennan 70' | 1,310 | 9th | [26] |
1 September 2007 | Dundee | Broadwood Stadium | 1 – 2 | Higgins 4', Cardle 25' | 1,500 | 9th | [27][28][29] |
15 September 2007 | Queen of the South | Palmerston Park | 1 – 1 | N. McGregor 49' | 1,730 | 10th | [30] |
22 September 2007 | Dunfermline Athletic | Broadwood Stadium | 2 – 1 | Masterton 19', D. McGowan 65' | 1,554 | 7th | |
29 September 2007 | Livingston | Almondvale Stadium | 2 – 4 | D. McGowan 15', Ruari MacLennan 42', Imrie 85' (pen), Smith 88' |
1,500 | 9th | [31] |
6 October 2007 | Stirling Albion | Forthbank Stadium | 2 – 0 | Arbuckle 38', N. McGregor 45' | 950 | 7th | |
20 October 2007 | Greenock Morton | Broadwood Stadium | 0 – 1 | 1,231 | 7th | ||
27 October 2007 | St Johnstone | McDiarmid Park | 1 – 1 | Imrie 75' | 2,782 | 7th | |
3 November 2007 | Partick Thistle | Broadwood Stadium | 1 – 2 | Imrie 88' (pen) | 1,980 | 10th | |
11 November 2007 | Dundee | Dens Park | 1 – 0 | Dixon 86' (own goal)
|
3,727 | 7th | |
1 December 2007 | Queen of the South | Broadwood Stadium | 0 – 0 | 1,008 | 7th | ||
8 December 2007 | Dunfermline Athletic | East End Park | 1 – 1 | D. McGowan 3', Imrie 57' | 3,574 | 7th | [32] |
15 December 2007 | Livingston | Broadwood Stadium | 2 – 1 | McKeown 43', N. McGregor 75' | 910 | 7th | |
26 December 2007 | Hamilton Academical | New Douglas Park | 0 – 0 | 1,750 | 9th | ||
29 December 2007 | St Johnstone | Broadwood Stadium | 1 – 3 | Bradley 14', Wilson 59' | 1,200 | 9th | [33] |
2 January 2008 | Partick Thistle | Firhill Stadium | 1 – 1 | Arbuckle 26' | 3,299 | 8th | |
5 January 2008 | Queen of the South | Palmerston Park | 1 – 3 | Michael McGowan 15' (pen) | 1,513 | 9th | |
19 January 2008 | Dundee | Broadwood Stadium | 1 – 1 | Arbuckle 72' | 1,328 | 9th | [34] |
26 January 2008 | Hamilton Academical | Broadwood Stadium | 2 – 3 | Arbuckle 3', Imrie 14' | 1,214 | 9th | [35] |
2 February 2008 | Stirling Albion | Broadwood Stadium | 1 – 3 | Fagan 79' (pen) | 961 | 9th | [36][37][38][39] |
9 February 2008 | Greenock Morton | Cappielow | 2 – 1 | Ruari MacLennan 90+1', McKeown 90+3' | 2,239 | 8th | |
23 February 2008 | Dunfermline Athletic | Broadwood Stadium | 1 – 2 | Clarke 68' (pen) | 1,126 | 8th | [40][41][42] |
1 March 2008 | Partick Thistle | Broadwood Stadium | 1 – 4 | McKeown 10' | 1,717 | 9th | [43] |
8 March 2008 | Livingston | Almondvale Stadium | 0 – 0 | 1,800 | 9th | ||
11 March 2008 | Greenock Morton | Broadwood Stadium | 1 – 1 | Clarke 56' | 1,265 | 9th | |
15 March 2008 | Stirling Albion | Forthbank Stadium | 1 – 1 | Albertz 45', Campbell 65' | 1,089 | 9th | [44][45][46] |
22 March 2008 | Queen of the South | Broadwood Stadium | 1 – 4 | Masterton 69' | 1,211 | 9th | [47] |
25 March 2008 | St Johnstone | McDiarmid Park | 2 – 1 | Bradley 30', Albertz 51' | 1,686 | 7th | |
29 March 2008 | Dundee | Dens Park | 0 – 2 | 4,037 | 8th | [48] | |
5 April 2008 | Livingston | Broadwood Stadium | 3 – 2 | Clarke 19', Ruari MacLennan 24' 48' | 1,156 | 8th | |
12 April 2008 | Dunfermline Athletic | East End Park | 1 – 2 | Clarke 44' | 3,129 | 8th | |
19 April 2008 | Hamilton Academical | New Douglas Park | 0 – 2 | N. McGregor 21' | 4,940 | 9th | [49] |
26 April 2008 | Stirling Albion | Broadwood Stadium | 3 – 0 | McSwegan 44', Clarke 46' 83' (pen) | 1,426 | 9th |
Playoffs
Date | Stage | Opponents | Stadium | Result F – A |
Scorers | Attendance | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30 April 2008 | Semi Final First Leg | Alloa Athletic | Recreation Park | 1 – 2 | Masterton 62' | 1,026 | |
3 May 2008 | Semi Final Second Leg | Alloa Athletic | Broadwood Stadium | 5 – 3 AET | 111' | 1,548 | [50] |
7 May 2008 | Final First Leg | Airdrie United
|
Excelsior Stadium | 1 – 0 | Clarke 77' | 1,878 | [51] |
10 May 2008 | Final Second Leg | Airdrie United
|
Broadwood Stadium | 2 – 0 | McSwegan 47', Clarke 64' | 2,548 | [52][53][54][55][56] |
Scottish League Cup
Date | Round | Opponents | Stadium | Result F – A |
Scorers | Attendance | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 August 2007 | Round 1 | Raith Rovers | Broadwood Stadium | 0 – 3 | 892 |
Scottish Challenge Cup
Date | Round | Opponents | Stadium | Result F – A |
Scorers | Attendance | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 August 2007 | Round 1 | Queen of the South | Broadwood Stadium | 1 – 0 | Masterton 13' | 621 | [57] |
5 September 2007 | Round 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | Broadwood Stadium | 1 – 4 | Ruari MacLennan 46' | 799 |
Scottish Cup
Date | Round | Opponents | Stadium | Result F – A |
Scorers | Attendance | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 November 2007 | Round 3 | Montrose | Broadwood Stadium | 2 – 0 | Arbuckle 8', Imrie 90' | 821 | [58][59][60] |
16 January 2008 | Round 4 | Dundee United | Broadwood Stadium | 0 – 1 | 1,550 | [61] |
Reserve League Cup
Date | Stage | Opponents | Stadium | Result F – A |
Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
16 October 2007 | Group | Airdrie United
|
Broadwood Stadium | 1 – 0 | Valentim |
29 October 2007 | Group | Stranraer | Stair Park | 6 – 0 | Valentim , McKeown , Smith , Bradley |
15 November 2007 | Group | East Stirlingshire | Firs Park | 4 – 1 | Valentim , Bradley , McKenna |
22 January 2008 | Group | Stenhousemuir | Ochilview Park | 3 – 2 | Roddy MacLennan , McKenna , Connolly |
12 February 2008 | Group | Hamilton Academical | Broadwood Stadium | 2 – 1 | McKay (Trialist) , Smith |
4 March 2008 | Group | Queens Park
|
Broadwood Stadium | 1 – 1 | McKay |
12 March 2008 | Group | Partick Thistle | Firhill Stadium | 3 – 5 | Roddy MacLennan , McKay |
27 April 2007 | Semi Final | St Johnstone | McDiarmid Park | 2 – 0 | McKenna , McLaren (Trialist) |
5 May 2008 | Final | Livingston | Almondvale Stadium | 4 – 1 | McKay , C. McGregor |
Player statistics
Overall
Clyde used 33 players during the 2007–08 season, and another 3 were unused substitutes.
David Hutton
was the only ever-present, starting all 45 competitive matches.
# | Player | P | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK | David Hutton |
45 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
DF | Neil McGregor | 40 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
DF | Chris Higgins | 41 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
MF | Christian Smith | 25 (6) | 0 | 8 | 1 |
MF | Steven Masterton | 28 (6) | 5 | 4 | 0 |
MF | Kevin Bradley | 23 (12) | 2 | 3 | 0 |
MF | Marvyn Wilson | 19 (5) | 0 | 12 | 1 |
FW | Gary Arbuckle | 23 (12) | 6 | 1 | 0 |
DF | Michael McGowan | 34 (6) | 1 | 5 | 0 |
MF | Ruari MacLennan | 37 (5) | 5 | 4 | 1 |
MF | David McGowan | 22 (12) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
FW | Sean McKenna | 1 (9) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
DF | Michael Doherty | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MF | Stephen Connolly | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DF | Dušan Bestvina | 24 (1) | 0 | 5 | 0 |
DF | Craig McKeown | 18 (1) | 3 | 4 | 0 |
FW | Roddy MacLennan | 2 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DF | Iain Campbell | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
DF | Billy Gibson |
18 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
FW | Pat Clarke | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
MF | Shaun Fagan | 2 (1) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
FW | Dave McKay | 8 (8) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
MF | Jimmy Gibson |
5 (5) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
FW | Gary McSwegan | 6 (3) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
MF | Jörg Albertz | 7 (1) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
FW | Marc McCusker | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
GK | Peter Cherrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MF | Juan Carrio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DF | Calum McGregor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FW | Dougie Imrie | 24 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
FW | Evangelino Valentim | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DF | Dan Kirkup | 7 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MF | Joe Cardle | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
DF | Craig Potter | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DF | Andrew Traub | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
GK | David Thomson | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MF | Ryan Wilkie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
League
|
Challenge Cup
|
League Cup
|
Scottish Cup
|
Note: Players in italics left the club before or during the January transfer window.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 45 | |
7 | Livingston | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 55 | 66 | −11 | 39 | |
8 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 37 | |
9 | Clyde | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 40 | 59 | −19 | 37 | Qualification for the First Division Play-offs[a] |
10 | Stirling Albion (R) | 36 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 41 | 71 | −30 | 24 | Relegation to the Second Division |
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ The 9th placed team were entered into a play-off with the Second Division's 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams. The winning team were awarded a place in the 2008–09 First Division, Clyde won the play-off to stay in the division.
Notes
- ^ Club Statement – Joe Miller
- ^ Players Released
- ^ Upton goes
- ^ Manager appointed
- ^ Trust deal in Ruari
- ^ Club Statement
- ^ Harris move agreed
- ^ Gilmour joins Queens
- ^ Taz & Dave sign on
- ^ Bollan joins up
- ^ Four players signed
- ^ Morton 3–2 Clyde
- ^ Wilson signs on
- ^ Clyde 0–3 Raith Rovers
- ^ Clyde 1–0 QOS
- ^ Sweet Sixteen
- ^ Partick Thistle 4–0 Clyde
- ^ Clyde 1–0 St Johnstone
- ^ Col at the double
- ^ Debut of Craig Potter
- ^ Debut of Christian Smith
- ^ Debut of Marvyn Wilson
- ^ Debut & final appearance of David Thomson
- ^ Debut & final appearance of Andrew Traub
- ^ Debut of Stephen Connolly
- ^ Final appearance of Craig Potter
- ^ Debut of Dan Kirkup
- ^ Debut of Joe Cardle
- ^ Final appearance of Michael Doherty
- ^ Debut of Dušan Bestvina
- ^ Debut of Evangelino Valentim
- ^ Final appearance of Dan Kirkup
- ^ Final appearance of Sean McKenna
- ^ Dougie Bell & Gary Bollan take care-taker charge
- ^ Final appearance of Dougie Imrie
- ^ Debut of Iain Campbell
- Billy Gibson
- ^ Debut of Pat Clarke
- ^ Debut of Shaun Fagan
- Jimmy Gibson
- ^ Debut of Dave McKay
- ^ Final appearance of Shaun Fagan
- ^ Final appearance of Craig McKeown
- ^ Debut of Gary McSwegan
- ^ Debut of Jörg Albertz
- ^ Final appearance of Iain Campbell
- ^ Debut of Marc McCusker
- ^ Final appearance of Marc McCusker
- ^ Final appearance of Christian Smith
- ^ Final appearance of Dušan Bestvina
- Jorg Albertz
- Jimmy Gibson
- ^ Final appearance of Kevin Bradley
- ^ Final appearance of Steven Masterton
- ^ Final appearance of Gary Arbuckle
- ^ Final appearance of Michael McGowan
- ^ Debut of Michael Doherty
- ^ Debut of Roddy MacLennan
- ^ Final appearance of Joe Cardle
- ^ Final appearance of Evangelino Valentim
- ^ Colin Hendry's final game in charge