- 2007–08 Clyde F.C. season
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Clyde Football Club 2007-2008 season Chairman Ian Letham Manager John Brown First Division 9th (Playoffs) Scottish Cup Fourth Round (out) League Cup First Round (out) Challenge Cup Second Round (out) Top goalscorer League: Pat Clarke (9)
All: Pat Clarke (9)Highest home attendance 2,548 (vs Airdrie United, 10 May 2008) Lowest home attendance 621 (vs Queen of the South, 14 August 2007, League Cup) Home coloursAway coloursThird colours← 2006–2007 2008–2009 → Season 2007-08 saw Clyde compete in their eighth consecutive season in the Scottish First Division. Former Scotland captain Colin Hendry was appointed manager in June 2007, replacing Joe Miller. Hendry resigned in January 2008, and was replaced by John Brown. The clun finished 9th in the division by 1 goal, and were confined to the playoffs. They staged an impressive 6-5 aggregate victory over Alloa Athletic in the Semi Final, coming from 5-2 down with 25 minutes left. They defeated Airdrie United 3-0 over two legs to regain their status as a First Division team.
Contents
Events
May
- 24th - Manager Joe Miller leaves the club.[1]
- 26th - Forwards Andy Ferguson, Roddy Hunter & Alex Williams are released.[2]
June
- 8th - Head of Youth Development Alan Upton leaves the club to join East Stirling.[3]
- 11th - Former Scotland captain Colin Hendry is appointed as manager.[4] Teenage midfielder Ruari MacLennan signs a new 3 year contract.[5]
- 30th - Former manager Graham Roberts wins his case for unfair dismissal.[6]
July
- 18th - Defender Robert Harris joins Queen of the South after spending 3 years at Broadwood Stadium.[7]
- 20th - Midfielder Brian Gilmour joins Harris at Queens after rejecting a new contract offer.[8]
- 27th - Youth team graduates Kevin Bradley & David McGowan sign new contracts.[9] Former Clyde favourite Gary Bollan is appointed Head of Youth Development.[10]
August
- 2nd - Colin Hendry makes his first signings. English midfielder Christian Smith, ex-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]
- 4th - Clyde lose their opening game of the season to Greenock Morton 3-2. Clyde have a last minute equaliser controversially disallowed.[12]
- 6th - Marvyn Wilson signs for the club after appearing as a trialist against Morton[13]
- 7th - Clyde crash out of the League Cup in embarrassing fashion, losing to lower-league Raith Rovers 3 goals to nil.[14]
- 15th - 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]
- 18th - Partick Thistle issue Clyde with some payback for last season with their 4-0 victory in the Glasgow Derby[17]
- 25th - Clyde record their first league victory of the campaign over St Johnstone[18]
- 30th - 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 has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player GK Peter Cherrie GK David Hutton GK David Thomson DF Dušan Bestvina DF Iain Campbell (On loan from Kilmarnock) DF Michael Doherty DF Billy Gibson DF Chris Higgins (Vice captain) DF Dan Kirkup (On loan from Carlisle United) DF Paul MacDonald DF Calum McGregor DF Neil McGregor (Club Captain) DF Michael McGowan DF Craig McKeown (Team Captain) DF Craig Potter DF Andrew Traub MF Jörg Albertz MF Kevin Bradley MF Joe Cardle (On loan from Port Vale) MF Juan Carrio MF Stephen Connolly No. Position Player MF Shaun Fagan MF Jimmy Gibson MF Steven Masterton MF Ruari MacLennan MF David McGowan MF Martin McGowan MF Jordan Murch MF Christian Smith MF Ryan Wilkie MF Marvyn Wilson FW Gary Arbuckle FW Pat Clarke FW Ryan Craig FW Kyle Hendry FW Dougie Imrie FW Roddy MacLennan FW Marc McCusker (On loan from Hearts) FW Dave McKay FW Sean McKenna FW Gary McSwegan FW Evangelino Valentim Fixtures and results
Pre-season
Date Opponents Stadium Result F - A
Scorers 10 July 2007 East Stirling 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 J. Gibson 30', Arbuckle 64',
B. Gibson 68', McSwegan 84',
Clarke 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
# Player P GK David Hutton 40 0 2 0 DF Neil McGregor 35 3 10 2 DF Chris Higgins 36 2 8 0 MF Christian Smith 20 (6) 0 7 1 MF Steven Masterton 24 (6) 4 3 0 MF Kevin Bradley 20 (11) 2 1 0 MF Marvyn Wilson 18 (4) 0 11 1 FW Gary Arbuckle 19 (12) 5 1 0 DF Michael McGowan 30 (6) 1 5 0 MF Ruari MacLennan 33 (4) 4 4 1 MF David McGowan 20 (9) 3 3 0 FW Sean McKenna 1 (8) 0 1 0 MF Stephen Connolly 0 (1) 0 0 0 DF Michael Doherty 0 (1) 0 0 0 DF Dušan Bestvina 24 (1) 0 5 0 DF Craig McKeown 16 (1) 3 4 0 FW Roddy MacLennan 1 (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 FW Dougie Imrie 19 4 11 1 FW Evangelino Valentim 0 (2) 0 0 0 DF Dan Kirkup 6 (1) 0 0 0 MF Joe Cardle 8 0 3 1 DF Craig Potter 4 0 0 0 DF Andrew Traub 1 0 0 0 GK David Thomson 0 (1) 0 0 0 Challenge Cup
# Player P GK David Hutton 2 0 0 0 DF Neil McGregor 2 0 0 0 DF Chris Higgins 2 0 1 0 MF Christian Smith 2 0 0 0 MF Steven Masterton 2 1 0 0 MF Ruari MacLennan 2 1 0 0 FW Dougie Imrie 2 0 1 0 DF David McGowan 2 0 0 0 MF Kevin Bradley 1 (1) 0 0 0 DF Craig Potter 1 0 0 0 FW Gary Arbuckle 1 0 0 0 DF Dan Kirkup 1 0 0 0 MF Joe Cardle 1 0 0 0 DF Michael McGowan 1 0 0 0 DF Michael Doherty 0 (1) 0 0 0 MF Marvyn Wilson 0 (1) 0 0 0 FW Sean McKenna 0 (1) 0 0 0 League Cup
# Player P GK David Hutton 1 0 0 0 DF Neil McGregor 1 0 0 0 DF Craig Potter 1 0 0 0 DF Chris Higgins 1 0 1 0 MF Christian Smith 1 0 0 0 MF Steven Masterton 1 0 1 0 MF Kevin Bradley 1 0 1 0 MF Marvyn Wilson 1 0 1 0 FW Gary Arbuckle 1 0 0 0 FW Dougie Imrie 1 0 0 0 DF Michael McGowan 1 0 0 0 MF Ruari MacLennan 0 (1) 0 0 0 MF David McGowan 0 (1) 0 0 0 Scottish Cup
# Player P GK David Hutton 2 0 0 0 DF Neil McGregor 2 0 0 0 MF Christian Smith 2 0 1 0 DF Chris Higgins 2 0 1 0 DF Craig McKeown 2 0 0 0 MF Ruari MacLennan 2 0 0 0 FW Gary Arbuckle 2 1 0 0 FW Dougie Imrie 2 1 0 0 DF Michael McGowan 2 0 0 0 FW Roddy MacLennan 1 0 0 0 MF Joe Cardle 1 0 0 0 MF Steven Masterton 1 0 0 0 MF Kevin Bradley 1 0 0 0 MF David McGowan 0 (2) 0 0 0 FW Evangelino Valentim 0 (1) 0 0 0 Note: Players in italics left the club before or during the January transfer window.
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
- ^ Debut of Billy Gibson
- ^ Debut of Pat Clarke
- ^ Debut of Shaun Fagan
- ^ Debut of 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
- ^ Final appearance of Jorg Albertz
- ^ Final appearance of 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
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