2007–08 Clyde F.C. season

Clyde Football Club
2007–08 season
ChairmanIan Letham
ManagerJohn Brown
First Division9th (Playoffs)
Scottish CupFourth Round
League CupFirst Round
Challenge CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ruari Doherty (9)
All: Ruari Doherty (9)
Highest home attendance2,548 (vs Airdrie United, 10 May 2008)
Lowest home attendance621 (vs Queen of the South, 14 August 2007, League Cup)

Season 2007–08 was Clyde's 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 club 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.

Events

May
June
July
August

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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  SCO Peter Cherrie
— GK  SCO David Hutton
— GK  SCO David Thomson
— DF  SVK Dušan Bestvina
— DF  SCO Iain Campbell (On loan from Kilmarnock)
— DF  SCO Michael Doherty
— DF  SCO Billy Gibson
— DF  SCO Chris Higgins (Vice captain)
— DF  ENG Dan Kirkup (On loan from Carlisle United)
— DF  SCO Paul MacDonald
— DF  SCO Calum McGregor
— DF  SCO Neil McGregor (Club captain)
— DF  NIR Michael McGowan
— DF  SCO Craig McKeown (Team captain)
— DF  SCO Craig Potter
— DF  SCO Andrew Traub
— MF  GER Jörg Albertz
— MF  SCO Kevin Bradley
— MF  ENG Joe Cardle (On loan from Port Vale)
— MF  SCO Juan Carrio
— MF  SCO Stephen Connolly
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  SCO Shaun Fagan
— MF  SCO Jimmy Gibson
— MF  SCO Steven Masterton
— MF  SCO Ruari MacLennan
— MF  SCO David McGowan
— MF  SCO Martin McGowan
— MF  SCO Jordan Murch
— MF  ENG Christian Smith
— MF  SCO Ryan Wilkie
— MF  SCO Marvyn Wilson
— FW  SCO Gary Arbuckle
— FW  SCO Pat Clarke
— FW  SCO Ryan Craig
— FW  SCO Kyle Hendry
— FW  SCO Dougie Imrie
— FW  SCO Roddy MacLennan
— FW  SCO Marc McCusker (On loan from Hearts)
— FW  SCO Dave McKay
— FW  SCO Sean McKenna
— FW  SCO Gary McSwegan
— FW  NGA Evangelino Valentim

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 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

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:
  1. ^ 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

  1. ^ Club Statement – Joe Miller
  2. ^ Players Released
  3. ^ Upton goes
  4. ^ Manager appointed
  5. ^ Trust deal in Ruari
  6. ^ Club Statement
  7. ^ Harris move agreed
  8. ^ Gilmour joins Queens
  9. ^ Taz & Dave sign on
  10. ^ Bollan joins up
  11. ^ Four players signed
  12. ^ Morton 3–2 Clyde
  13. ^ Wilson signs on
  14. ^ Clyde 0–3 Raith Rovers
  15. ^ Clyde 1–0 QOS
  16. ^ Sweet Sixteen
  17. ^ Partick Thistle 4–0 Clyde
  18. ^ Clyde 1–0 St Johnstone
  19. ^ Col at the double
  20. ^ Debut of Craig Potter
  21. ^ Debut of Christian Smith
  22. ^ Debut of Marvyn Wilson
  23. ^ Debut & final appearance of David Thomson
  24. ^ Debut & final appearance of Andrew Traub
  25. ^ Debut of Stephen Connolly
  26. ^ Final appearance of Craig Potter
  27. ^ Debut of Dan Kirkup
  28. ^ Debut of Joe Cardle
  29. ^ Final appearance of Michael Doherty
  30. ^ Debut of Dušan Bestvina
  31. ^ Debut of Evangelino Valentim
  32. ^ Final appearance of Dan Kirkup
  33. ^ Final appearance of Sean McKenna
  34. ^ Dougie Bell & Gary Bollan take care-taker charge
  35. ^ Final appearance of Dougie Imrie
  36. ^ Debut of Iain Campbell
  37. ^ Debut of Billy Gibson
  38. ^ Debut of Pat Clarke
  39. ^ Debut of Shaun Fagan
  40. ^ Debut of Jimmy Gibson
  41. ^ Debut of Dave McKay
  42. ^ Final appearance of Shaun Fagan
  43. ^ Final appearance of Craig McKeown
  44. ^ Debut of Gary McSwegan
  45. ^ Debut of Jörg Albertz
  46. ^ Final appearance of Iain Campbell
  47. ^ Debut of Marc McCusker
  48. ^ Final appearance of Marc McCusker
  49. ^ Final appearance of Christian Smith
  50. ^ Final appearance of Dušan Bestvina
  51. ^ Final appearance of Jorg Albertz
  52. ^ Final appearance of Jimmy Gibson
  53. ^ Final appearance of Kevin Bradley
  54. ^ Final appearance of Steven Masterton
  55. ^ Final appearance of Gary Arbuckle
  56. ^ Final appearance of Michael McGowan
  57. ^ Debut of Michael Doherty
  58. ^ Debut of Roddy MacLennan
  59. ^ Final appearance of Joe Cardle
  60. ^ Final appearance of Evangelino Valentim
  61. ^ Colin Hendry's final game in charge


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