Clyde F.C. season 2007-08
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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.
| Clyde Football Club | |
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| Season 2007–08 | |
| Manager | John Brown |
| Chairman | Ian Letham |
| League | First Division |
| League Position | Final: 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) |
| Most appearances | League: Hutton 40 (40) All: Hutton 45 (45) |
| Highest attendance | 2,548 (vs Airdrie United, 10 May 2008) |
| Lowest attendance | 621 (vs Queen of the South, 14 August 2007, League Cup) |
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[edit] 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 embarassing 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]
[edit] Transfers
[edit] Summer
[edit] 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 |
[edit] 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 |
[edit] 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 | £50,000 |
[edit] Squad
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[edit] Fixtures and results
[edit] 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 x 2, Bradley pen |
| 24 July 2007 | St Mirren | Love Street | 1 - 2 | Imrie |
| 26 July 2007 | Oldham Athletic | Broadwood Stadium | 2 - 2 | Own Goal, Arbuckle |
[edit] Scottish First Division
[edit] 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 | |
| 7 May 2008 | Final First Leg | Airdrie United | Excelsior Stadium | 1 - 0 | Clarke 77' | 1,878 | |
| 10 May 2008 | Final Second Leg | Airdrie United | Broadwood Stadium | 2 - 0 | McSwegan 47', Clarke 64' | 2,548 | [48][49] |
[edit] 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 |
[edit] 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 | [50] |
| 5 September 2007 | Round 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | Broadwood Stadium | 1 - 4 | Ruari MacLennan 46' | 799 |
[edit] 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 | [51][52][53] |
| 16 January 2008 | Round 4 | Dundee United | Broadwood Stadium | 0 - 1 | 1,550 | [54] |
[edit] 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 x3, McKeown, Smith, Bradley |
| 15 November 2007 | Group | East Stirlingshire | Firs Park | 4 - 1 | Valentim x2, 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) x2 |
| 4 March 2008 | Group | Queens Park | Broadwood Stadium | 1 - 1 | McKay |
| 12 March 2008 | Group | Partick Thistle | Firhill Stadium | 3 - 5 | Roddy MacLennan, McKay x2 |
| 27 April 2007 | Semi Final | St Johnstone | McDiarmid Park | 2 - 0 | McKenna, McLaren (Trialist) |
| 5 May 2008 | Final | Livingston | Almondvale Stadium | 4 - 1 | McKay x4 |
[edit] Player statistics
[edit] 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.
| Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | YC  |
RC  |
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| 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 |
[edit] League
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[edit] Challenge Cup
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[edit] League Cup
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[edit] Scottish Cup
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Note: Players in italics left the club before or during the January transfer window.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Club Statment - 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
- ^ 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 Steven Masterton
- ^ Final appearance of Gary Arbuckle
- ^ 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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