- 2008–09 Clyde F.C. season
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Clyde 2008–09 season Chairman 
Ian LethamManager John BrownScottish First Division 10th Scottish Cup Fourth round League Cup Second round Challenge Cup Third round Top goalscorer League: Pat Clarke (11)
All: Pat Clarke (14)Highest home attendance 2,091 vs Partick Thistle (13 September 2008) Lowest home attendance 677 vs Montrose (29 November 2008) 
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Third colours← 2007–08 2009–10 → Season 2008-09 saw Clyde compete in their ninth consecutive season in the Scottish First Division. They finished bottom of the league, and were relegated to the Scottish Second Division.
Contents
Transfers
Summer
In
Player From Fee Date Stuart KettlewellQueens Park Free 19 May 2008 Marc McCuskerHearts Free 1 June 2008 Alan TroutenQueens Park Free 2 June 2008 Ricky WaddellAirdrie United Free 2 June 2008 Willie McLarenUnattached Free 2 June 2008 Mark BrownEddlewood Amateurs Free 4 June 2008 Sean ConnollyHamilton Academical Youth Free 1 July 2008 Charles McColeClyde Youth Free 1 July 2008 Gerry McLaughlinClyde Youth Free 1 July 2008 
Michael OhnesorgeSV Elversberg Free 22 July 2008 Scott GemmillBerwick Rangers Free 25 July 2008 Alan LowingRangers Loan 30 August 2008 Paul EmslieRangers Loan 30 August 2008 Alan LithgowUnattached Free 29 October 2008 Out
Player To Fee Date Iain CampbellKilmarnock Loan Return 10 May 2008 Marc McCuskerHearts Loan Return 10 May 2008 Gary ArbuckleQueen of the South Free 19 May 2008 Shaun FaganEast Fife Free 19 May 2008 Sean McKennaCamelon Juniors Free 19 May 2008 Jörg AlbertzRetired Free 31 May 2008 Steven MastertonGreenock Morton Free 1 June 2008 Calum McGregorKilwinning Rangers Free 2 June 2008 Michael DohertyReleased Free 2 June 2008 Paul MacDonaldVale of Clyde Free 2 June 2008 Juan CarrioGlenafton Athletic Free 2 June 2008 Ryan CraigGoldenhill Free 2 June 2008 Martin McGowanReleased Free 2 June 2008 Kyle HendryBlackburn Rovers Free 2 June 2008 Craig McKeownDundee Free 5 June 2008 
Dušan BestvinaFC Mistelbach Free 12 June 2008 
Christian SmithWrexham Free 12 June 2008 Jimmy GibsonEast Stirlingshire Free 25 June 2008 
Michael McGowanQueen of the South Free 30 June 2008 Kevin BradleyMontrose Free 30 June 2008 David McGowanArbroath Loan 17 October 2008 Marc McCuskerAlbion Rovers Loan 13 December 2008 Stephen ConnollyStenhousemuir Loan 15 December 2008 January
In
Player From Fee Date Tony StevensonHamilton Academical Loan 1 January 2009 Craig O'ReillyEast Fife Free 1 January 2009 
Grégory TadéStranraer Undisclosed 24 January 2009 Robbie WintersUnattached Free 31 April 2009 Out
Player To Fee Date David McGowanArbroath Loan 1 January 2009 Michael OhnesorgeReleased Free 1 January 2009 Paul EmslieRangers Loan Return 1 January 2009 Stephen ConnollyStranraer Loan 24 January 2009 Jordan MurchStranraer Loan 24 January 2009 Alan LowingRangers Loan Return 31 January 2009 Craig O'ReillyMontrose Loan 20 March 2009 Jordan MortonHearts Undisclosed 28 April 2009 Notable events
- May: The club ensure that they will be playing First Division football again after a 3-0 aggregate victory over Airdrie United in the playoff final.[1] Preparations are made for the forthcoming season, with Steven Masterton joining Greenock Morton[2], Gary Arbuckle, Shaun Fagan and Sean McKenna being released whilst Queen's Park captain Stuart Kettlewell becomes the first summer signing.[3] Keeper Peter Cherrie and winger Dave McKay sign new deals[4], and youngsters Jordan Murch and Stephen Connolly sign their first professional contracts.[5] Marc McCusker, who was on loan to the club last season, signs a two year contract following his release from Hearts, whilst Jörg Albertz retires.[6] Jörg Albertz retires.
- June: Marc McCusker, who was on loan to the club last season, signs a two year contract following his release from Hearts. He is shortly joined for Alan Trouten from Queens Park, Ricky Waddell from Airdrie United and ex St. Johnstone winger Willie McLaren.[7][8] Billy Gibson and Marvyn Wilson sign new contracts, whilst all out of contract YTS players are released, including Michael Doherty, the youngest player to play in a competitive match for the club.[9][10] Mark Brown, of Eddlewood Amateurs, becomes the latest signing, after having scored the winning goal in the 2008 Scottish Amateur Cup Final.[11] Christian Smith leaves the club, along with Slovakian Dušan Bestvina, whose contract has been terminated by mutual consent.[12] Midfield dynamo Jimmy Gibson joins East Stirlingshire.[13]
- July: A 20 man squad, including a German trialist, head to Norfolk for their pre-season tour. A 4-0 victory over Great Yarmouth Town, coupled with 2-1 victories over Norwich City and King's Lynn, see the team leave with a 100% record.[14][15][16] The Bully Wee return to Rutherglen, their original heartland, to open Rutherglen Glencairn's new stadium. A late Pat Clarke header earns a 1-1 draw. A near capacity crowd at Broadwood Stadium sees Clyde, with special guest players Arthur Numan and Brian Laudrup, along with former Bully Wee midfielder Jorg Albertz, lose narrowly to Rangers.[17] The 1-0 defeat was the first loss of the pre-season. Just before the start of the season, John Brown bolsters his squad further, with the signings of German defender Michael Ohnesorge from SV Elversberg, and striker Scott Gemmill, joining from Berwick Rangers.[18][19] The first competitive game of the season sees Clyde defeat Annan Athletic 2–0 in their first match as a Scottish Football League side, with Alan Trouten scoring both goals on his debut.[20] The final friendly match sees an understrength Clyde side surprisingly defeat SPL side Hibernian 3–0, in a match to celebrate the 1958 Scottish Cup Final between the two sides.[21]
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 Paul McKendry GK Gerry McLaughlin DF Mark Brown DF Billy Gibson DF Chris Higgins DF Alan Lithgow DF Alan Lowing (on loan from Rangers) DF Neil McGregor DF Michael Ohnesorge DF Tony Stevenson (on loan from Hamilton Academical) MF Stephen Connolly MF Paul Emslie (on loan from Rangers) MF Stuart Kettlewell (Team Captain) MF Roddy MacLennan MF Ruari MacLennan MF Charles McCole No. Position Player MF David McGowan MF Willie McLaren MF Jordan Murch MF Connor Stevenson MF Grégory Tadé MF Alan Trouten MF Ricky Waddell MF Marvyn Wilson (Club Captain) FW Pat Clarke FW Sean Connolly FW Scott Gemmill FW Steven Howarth FW Marc McCusker FW Dave McKay FW Gary McSwegan FW Jordan Morton FW Craig O'Reilly FW Robbie Winters Fixtures and results
Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture
Friendlies
Date Opponents Stadium Result F - A
Scorers Attendance 5 July 2008 Stirling Albion Little Kerse 2 – 0 McLaren 
, Kettlewell pen'0 9 July 2008 Airdrie United Little Kerse 1 – 1 own goal'0 12 July 2008 Great Yarmouth Town Wellesley Recreation Ground 4 – 0 Trouten 57', Roddy MacLennan 62' 83', Lee 78' (own goal)284 14 July 2008 Norwich City Colney Training Centre 2 – 1 McSwegan , Ohnesorge (Trialist) 0 15 July 2008 King's Lynn The Walks Stadium 2 – 1 Kettlewell 27', McKay 87'480 19 July 2008 Rutherglen Glencairn New Southcroft Park 1 – 1 Clarke 85'600 22 July 2008 Rangers Broadwood Stadium 0 – 1 7,653 30 July 2008 Hibernian Broadwood Stadium 3 – 0 McKay 20' 52', Roddy MacLennan 42'934 Scottish First Division
Date Opponents Stadium Result F - A
Scorers Attendance Position Notes 2 August 2008 Greenock Morton Broadwood Stadium 1 – 1 Brown 90+4'1,638 4th [22] 9 August 2008 Dundee Dens Park 0 – 1 4,042 7th 16 August 2008 Ross County Broadwood Stadium 2 – 2 Ruari MacLennan 68', Clarke 82'966 8th 23 August 2008 Livingston Almondvale Stadium 1 – 2 Clarke 29'1,725 8th 30 August 2008 St Johnstone McDiarmid Park 3 – 2 McKay 2', Gemmill 37', Waddell 81'2,412 7th [23] 13 September 2008 Partick Thistle Broadwood Stadium 1 – 1 Clarke 69' (pen)2,091 8th 20 September 2008 Airdrie United Excelsior Stadium 2 – 0 Waddell 27', Ruari MacLennan 59'1,489 7th 27 September 2008 Queen of the South Broadwood Stadium 0 – 2 1,096 8th 4 October 2008 Dunfermline Athletic Broadwood Stadium 0 – 2 1,273 9th 18 October 2008 Greenock Morton Cappielow 0 – 1 2,041 9th 25 October 2008 Livingston Broadwood Stadium 2 – 1 Trouten 63', McSwegan 90'820 8th 1 November 2008 Ross County Victoria Park 0 – 3 2,205 9th 8 November 2008 Partick Thistle Firhill Stadium 0 – 2 3,003 10th 15 November 2008 St Johnstone Broadwood Stadium 2 – 2 Clarke 17', 85'1,603 10th [24] 22 November 2008 Queen of the South Palmerston Park 2 – 0 Clarke 55', 83'2,324 9th 13 December 2008 Dundee Broadwood Stadium 1 – 0 McLaren 66', Gemmill 
68'1,176 9th 16 December 2008 Airdrie United Broadwood Stadium 1 – 0 Ruari MacLennan 47', Trouten 74'864 7th 20 December 2008 Dunfermline Athletic East End Park 4 – 4 Trouten 1', Higgins 50', Clarke 65', 70'3,279 5th 27 December 2008 St Johnstone McDiarmid Park 0 – 1 McSwegan 90'3,491 7th 3 January 2009 Partick Thistle Broadwood Stadium 2 – 4 Clarke 20', 63' (pen)2,016 9th 17 January 2009 Livingston Almondvale Stadium 1 – 1 McLaren 41'1,354 8th 24 January 2009 Ross County Broadwood Stadium 2 – 0 McLaren 44', Waddell 66'776 8th 31 January 2009 Dundee Dens Park 1 – 2 McLaren 12'3,217 9th 22 February 2009 Airdrie United Excelsior Stadium 0 – 1 Clarke 39'1,189 9th 28 February 2009 Queen of the South Broadwood Stadium 1 – 1 Trouten 9' (pen)1,142 9th 3 March 2009 Greenock Morton Broadwood Stadium 2 – 4 Ruari MacLennan 44', Gemmill 45', Gibson 61'1,165 9th 7 March 2009 Partick Thistle Firhill Stadium 1 – 0 Maxwell 54' (own goal)3,579 9th 10 March 2009 St Johnstone Broadwood Stadium 1 – 3 Lithgow 63'1,093 9th 14 March 2009 Greenock Morton Cappielow 0 – 2 Hutton 68'2,168 10th 21 March 2009 Dunfermline Athletic Broadwood Stadium 1 – 4 Ruari MacLennan 38'1,109 10th 4 April 2009 Livingston Broadwood Stadium 0 – 1 McLaren 57'957 10th 11 April 2009 Ross County Victoria Park 0 – 0 2,078 10th 18 April 2009 Airdrie United Broadwood Stadium 3 – 0 Waddell 5', Ruari MacLennan 61' 74'1,614 10th 25 April 2009 Queen of the South Palmerston Park 1 – 7 McLaren 24'2,601 10th 2 May 2009 Dundee Broadwood Stadium 2 – 0 Shinnie 53' (own goal), McLaren 77'944 10th 9 May 2009 Dunfermline Athletic East End Park 1 – 1 Higgins 27'2,418 10th Scottish Challenge Cup
Date Round Opponents Stadium Result F - A
Scorers Attendance Notes 26 July 2008 Round 1 Annan Athletic Broadwood Stadium 2 – 0 Trouten 61' (pen) 74'688 [25][26][27][28][29] 12 August 2008 Round 2 Alloa Athletic Recreation Park 2 – 0 Clarke 58', Gibson 76'414 [30] 7 September 2008 Quarter Final Ross County Broadwood Stadium 0 – 1 McGregor 44'756 [31] Scottish League Cup
Date Round Opponents Stadium Result F - A
Scorers Attendance Notes 5 August 2008 Round 1 Queen's Park Broadwood Stadium 4 – 1 Roddy MacLennan 15', Gibson 63', McSwegan 86' 88'690 26 August 2008 Round 2 Hamilton Academical New Douglas Park 1 – 3 Clarke 19', Ohnesorge 66'1,146 Scottish Cup
Date Round Opponents Stadium Result F - A
Scorers Attendance Notes 29 November 2008 Round 3 Montrose Broadwood Stadium 2 – 0 McKay 38', Clarke 87' (pen)677 10 January 2009 Round 4 Dunfermline Athletic East End Park 0 – 2 2,871 Reserve Fixtures
Reserve League Cup
Date Stage Opponents Stadium Result F - A
Scorers 15 September 2008 Group Queen's Park Lesser Hampden 0 – 2 29 September 2008 Group Stenhousemuir Broadwood Stadium 0 – 1 20 October 2008 Group Stranraer Stair Park 7 – 1 McCusker , Gemmill , Waddell , Trouten , McCole , Sean Connolly 18 November 2008 Group Airdrie United Broadwood Stadium 1 – 2 McGowan 24 November 2008 Group Queens Park Broadwood Stadium 3 – 1 McSwegan , McGowan , Roddy MacLennan 9 December 2008 Group Stenhousemuir Ochilview Park 3 – 1 Ruari MacLennan , Trouten , Gemmill 12 January 2009 Group Stranraer Broadwood Stadium 1 – 1 Walker 19 January 2009 Group Partick Thistle Petershill Park 1 – 0 O'Reilly 27 January 2009 Group Airdrie United Broadwood Stadium 3 – 2 Tadé , McKay , Gemmill 17 March 2009 Group Partick Thistle Broadwood Stadium 2 – 0 McSwegan , McKay 4 May 2009 Semi Final Ross County Victoria Park 0 – 3 Friendlies
Date Opponents Stadium Result F - A
Scorers 12 November 2008 Partick Thistle Lesser Hampden 1 – 1 McSwegan Player statistics
Overall
# Player P 
GK David Hutton34 0 5 1 DF Neil McGregor9 0 4 1 DF Billy Gibson37 2 5 1 DF Chris Higgins37 (2) 2 10 0 DF Mark Brown29 (2) 1 4 0 MF Roddy MacLennan4 (2) 1 0 0 MF Alan Trouten18 (16) 6 5 0 MF Stuart Kettlewell32 (1) 0 6 0 FW Pat Clarke34 (1) 14 6 1 FW Gary McSwegan3 (19) 3 3 1 FW Dave McKay19 (19) 2 4 0 FW Scott Gemmill26 (9) 2 6 1 MF Willie McLaren26 (2) 6 8 1 MF Stephen Connolly0 (1) 0 0 0 MF Ruari MacLennan20 (16) 6 7 1 MF Marvyn Wilson18 (5) 0 8 0 GK Peter Cherrie9 (1) 0 1 0 MF Ricky Waddell27 (4) 4 8 0 MF David McGowan0 (2) 0 0 0 FW Marc McCusker0 (1) 0 0 0 MF Jordan Murch0 (1) 0 0 0 DF Alan Lithgow24 1 4 0 DF Tony Stevenson9 0 0 0 FW Craig O'Reilly0 (3) 0 0 0 MF Grégory Tadé11 (2) 0 2 0 FW Robbie Winters4 (2) 0 0 0 MF Connor Stevenson0 (2) 0 0 0 GK Paul McKendry0 0 0 0 GK Gerry McLaughlin0 0 0 0 DF Michael Ohnesorge13 (1) 0 5 1 MF Paul Emslie11 0 6 0 DF Alan Lowing19 0 1 0 First Division
# Player P GK David Hutton31 0 5 1 DF Neil McGregor7 0 2 0 DF Chris Higgins30 (2) 2 10 0 DF Mark Brown24 (2) 1 4 0 MF Stuart Kettlewell26 0 4 0 DF Billy Gibson30 0 5 1 MF Alan Trouten15 (12) 4 5 0 FW Scott Gemmill23 (7) 2 5 1 FW Dave McKay14 (18) 1 4 0 MF Willie McLaren24 6 7 1 FW Pat Clarke28 (1) 11 4 1 FW Gary McSwegan2 (15) 1 3 1 MF Ruari MacLennan16 (14) 6 6 1 MF Roddy MacLennan1 (2) 0 0 0 MF Ricky Waddell24 (4) 4 8 0 MF David McGowan0 (1) 0 0 0 MF Marvyn Wilson14 (5) 0 8 0 GK Peter Cherrie5 (1) 0 0 0 FW Marc McCusker0 (1) 0 0 0 MF Jordan Murch0 (1) 0 0 0 DF Alan Lithgow22 1 4 0 DF Tony Stevenson9 0 0 0 FW Craig O'Reilly0 (3) 0 0 0 MF Grégory Tadé11 (2) 0 2 0 FW Robbie Winters4 (2) 0 0 0 MF Connor Stevenson0 (2) 0 0 0 DF Michael Ohnesorge10 0 3 0 MF Paul Emslie9 0 4 0 DF Alan Lowing17 0 1 0 Challenge Cup
# Player P GK David Hutton1 0 0 0 DF Neil McGregor2 0 2 1 DF Billy Gibson3 1 0 0 DF Chris Higgins3 0 0 0 DF Mark Brown2 0 0 0 MF Roddy MacLennan2 0 0 0 MF Alan Trouten1 (2) 2 0 0 MF Stuart Kettlewell2 (1) 0 0 0 FW Pat Clarke2 1 2 0 FW Gary McSwegan1 (1) 0 0 0 FW Dave McKay3 0 0 0 FW Scott Gemmill1 (2) 0 1 0 MF Willie McLaren0 (1) 0 0 0 MF Stephen Connolly0 (1) 0 0 0 GK Peter Cherrie2 0 0 0 DF Michael Ohnesorge2 0 0 0 MF Marvyn Wilson1 0 0 0 MF Ruari MacLennan1 (1) 0 1 0 MF Ricky Waddell2 0 0 0 DF Alan Lowing1 0 0 0 MF Paul Emslie1 0 1 0 League Cup
# Player P GK Peter Cherrie2 0 1 0 DF Billy Gibson2 1 0 0 MF Ruari MacLennan2 0 0 0 DF Chris Higgins2 0 0 0 DF Mark Brown2 0 0 0 MF Stuart Kettlewell2 0 1 0 MF Alan Trouten1 (1) 0 0 0 MF Marvyn Wilson2 0 0 0 FW Scott Gemmill2 0 0 0 FW Pat Clarke2 1 0 0 MF Roddy MacLennan1 1 0 0 MF Willie McLaren0 (1) 0 0 0 DF Michael Ohnesorge1 (1) 0 2 1 FW Gary McSwegan0 (1) 2 0 0 MF Ricky Waddell1 0 0 0 FW Dave McKay0 (1) 0 0 0 MF David McGowan0 (1) 0 0 0 Scottish Cup
# Player P GK David Hutton2 0 0 0 DF Alan Lowing1 0 0 0 DF Mark Brown1 0 0 0 DF Chris Higgins2 0 0 0 DF Billy Gibson2 0 0 0 DF Alan Lithgow2 0 0 0 FW Dave McKay2 1 0 0 MF Stuart Kettlewell2 0 1 0 FW Pat Clarke2 1 0 0 MF Paul Emslie1 0 1 0 MF Willie McLaren2 0 1 0 MF Ruari MacLennan1 (1) 0 0 0 FW Gary McSwegan0 (2) 0 0 0 MF Alan Trouten1 (1) 0 0 0 MF Marvyn Wilson1 0 0 0 - Note: Players in italics have left the club
Notes
- ^ Clyde 3-0 Airdrie United Clyde FC Website - Retrieved 29 May 2008
- ^ Morton capture Clyde's Masterton BBC Sport - Retrieved 29 May 2008
- ^ Kettlewell agrees to Clyde move BBC Sport - Retrieved 29 May 2008
- ^ McKay and Cherrie sign on Clyde FC Website - Retrieved 29 May 2008
- ^ Two youngsters step up Clyde FC Website - Retrieved 29 May 2008
- ^ McCusker joins up Clyde FC Website - Retrieved 1 June 2008
- ^ Clyde swoop to sign three players BBC Sport - Retrieved 4 June 2008
- ^ Clyde give McLaren fresh chance BBC Sport - Retrieved 4 June 2008
- ^ Gibson and Wilson extend stay Clyde FC Website - Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ The joy of six Clyde FC Website - Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ Brown on Board Clyde FC Website - Retrieved 4 June 2008
- ^ Two players depart Clyde FC Website - Retrieved 12 June 2008
- ^ East Stirlingshire sign up Gibson BBC Sport - Retrieved 19 July 2008
- ^ Great Yarmouth Town 0-4 Clyde Clyde FC Website - Retrieved 19 July 2008
- ^ Tour Success Continues Clyde FC Website - Retrieved 19 July 2008
- ^ King's Lynn 1-2 Clyde Clyde FC Website - Retrieved 19 July 2008
- ^ Clyde 0-1 Rangers Clyde FC Website - Retrieved 25 July 2008
- ^ Clyde capture versatile German BBC Sport - Retrieved 25 July 2008
- ^ Gemmill given new chance by Clyde BBC Sport - Retrieved 25 July 2008
- ^ Clyde 2-0 Annan Athletic BBC Sport - Retrieved 7 March 2009
- ^ Clyde 3-0 Hibernian Clyde FC Website - Retrieved 7 March 2009
- ^ Debut of Michael Ohnesorge
- ^ Debut of Alan Lowing
- ^ Debut of Alan Lithgow
- ^ Debut of Mark Brown
- ^ Debut of Alan Trouten
- ^ Debut of Stuart Kettlewell
- ^ Debut of Scott Gemmill
- ^ Debut of Willie McLaren
- ^ Debut of Ricky Waddell
- ^ Debut of Paul Emslie
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