2005–06 Clyde F.C. season

In season 2005–06, Clyde competed in their sixth consecutive season in the Scottish First Division. Graham Roberts was appointed as new manager, after Billy Reid left to join Hamilton Academical. Roberts appointed ex-Celtic player Joe Miller as his assistant.

Clyde Football Club
2005-2006 season
ChairmanLen McGuire
ManagerGraham Roberts
First Division5th
Scottish CupFourth round (replay)
League CupThird round
Challenge CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Alex Williams (12)
All: Alex Williams (13)
Highest home attendance8,000 (vs Celtic, 8 January 2006)
Lowest home attendance813 (vs Ross County, 1 April 2006)

Clyde finished fifth in the Scottish First Division. They went out of the Scottish League Cup in the third round the Scottish Cup in the fourth round and the Scottish Challenge Cup in the first round.

It was a season to enjoy for the fans, as they watched their team take the lead against Rangers at Ibrox in the Scottish League Cup, though they were eventually defeated after extra-time. They beat Celtic 2–1 in the Scottish Cup, which was the club's biggest victory for years.

Transfers

May to December

In:

Player From Fee
Chris HigginsMotherwellFree
Stephen O'DonnellBoston UnitedFree
Billy BrawleySelkirkFree
Craig McKeownDunfermline AthleticFree
Michael McGowanDundeeFree
Roddy HunterUnattachedFree
Paul McHaleCowdenbeathUndisclosed
Peter CherrieAyr UnitedFree
Romauld BouadjiCarshalton AthleticFree
Andrew DickFalkirkFree
Steven MastertonKilmarnockFree
Alex WilliamsGreenock MortonFree
Paul JarvieDundee UnitedFree
Neil McGregorKilmarnockFree
Joe MillerUnattachedFree
Sean McKennaQueens Park YouthFree
Raymond InglisHamilton Academical YouthFree
Santino MariniSt Mirren YouthFree
David ScottAlbion Rovers YouthFree
Gordon ParksEast StirlingshireFree
Paul HillandQueen of the SouthFree
Tom BrightonRangersFree

Out:

Player From Fee
Bryn HalliwellSt JohnstoneFree
Allan MorrisonStranraerFree
Simon MensingSt JohnstoneFree
Gary BollanBrechin CityFree
John PotterSt MirrenFree
Stuart BalmerHamilton AcademicalFree
Scott WilsonRaith RoversFree
Paul DoyleMontroseFree
Jimmy GibsonPartick ThistleFree
Darren SheridanSt JohnstoneFree
Ian HartyHamilton AcademicalFree
Graeme JonesHamilton AcademicalFree
Mark GilhaneyHamilton AcademicalFree
David GreenhillAlloa AthleticFree
Graeme McCrackenCumbernauld UnitedFree
Miguel Angel EspinolaGranada CFFree
Alex BurnsMotherwellLoan Return
Chris GardinerHeart of MidlothianLoan Return
Paul HillandRaith RoversLoan

January to April

In:

Player From Fee
Kevin McDonaldHibernianLoan
Dougie ImrieLanark UnitedFree

Out:

Player To Fee
Billy BrawleySelkirkFree
John Paul McKeeverDumbartonFree
Paul FlahertyUnattachedFree
Gordon ParksRetiredFree

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  SCO Peter Cherrie
— GK  SCO Paul Jarvie
— GK  SCO David Scott
— DF  FRA Romauld Bouadji
— DF  SCO Robert Harris
— DF  SCO Chris Higgins
— DF  SCO Paul Hilland
— DF  SCO Raymond Inglis
— DF  SCO Neil McGregor
— DF  NIR Michael McGowan
— DF  SCO Craig McKeown
— MF  SCO Kevin Bradley
— MF  SCO Billy Brawley
— MF  SCO Craig Bryson
— MF  SCO Andrew Dick
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  SCO Eddie Malone
— MF  SCO Santino Marini
— MF  SCO Steven Masterton
— MF  ENG Kevin McDonald
— MF  SCO Paul McHale (Captain)
— MF  SCO John Paul McKeever
— MF  SCO Joe Miller
— MF  SCO Stephen O'Donnell
— FW  SCO Gary Arbuckle
— FW  SCO Tom Brighton
— FW  SCO Paul Flaherty
— FW  SCO Roddy Hunter
— FW  SCO Dougie Imrie
— FW  SCO Sean McKenna
— FW  SCO Gordon Parks
— FW  SCO Alex Williams

Results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Friendlies
Date Opponents Stadium Result
F - A		 Scorers Attendance
14 July 2005 Motherwell Broadwood Stadium 0 - 1
16 July 2005 Manchester United Broadwood Stadium 1 - 5 McGregor  77' 7,591
25 July 2005 Livingston Broadwood Stadium 1 - 2 Bryson
27 July 2005 Larkhall Thistle Gasworks Park 3 - 2 Williams , McGowan , Brawley 150

Scottish First Division
Date Opponents Stadium Result
F - A		 Scorers Attendance Notes
6 August 2005 Ross County Victoria Park 1 - 3 Bryson  31' 1,750 [1][2][3]
13 August 2005 Dundee Broadwood Stadium 1 - 1 Miller  76' 1,645 [4]
20 August 2005 Stranraer Stair Park 2 - 1 O'Donnell  59'  87' 718 [5]
27 August 2005 Queen of the South Broadwood Stadium 1 - 0 Williams  15' 1,152
10 September 2005 Brechin City Glebe Park 1 - 1 McHale  46', McGregor  61' 676
17 September 2005 St Mirren Love Street 0 - 2 3,068
24 September 2005 St Johnstone Broadwood Stadium 0 - 1 1,152
1 October 2005 Airdrie United Excelsior Stadium 3 - 1 Williams  3'  66', Brighton  62' 1,603
15 October 2005 Hamilton Academical Broadwood Stadium 1 - 1 Williams  24', McGregor  79' 1,392
22 October 2005 Ross County Broadwood Stadium 1 - 0 Williams  25' 1,012
26 October 2005 Dundee Dens Park 3 - 3 Brighton  36', O'Donnell  79' (pen)  84' 3,360
29 October 2005 Brechin City Broadwood Stadium 2 - 1 Williams  31', McGowan  51' 984
5 November 2005 Queen of the South Palmerston Park 2 - 1 McGregor  57', Williams  75' 1,436
12 November 2005 St Mirren Broadwood Stadium 1 - 2 Williams  61' 2,012
19 November 2005 St Johnstone McDiarmid Park 0 - 0 2,195
26 November 2005 Airdrie United Broadwood Stadium 1 - 0 McGowan  23' 1,258
3 December 2005 Hamilton Academical New Douglas Park 1 - 1 Miller  85' 1,787
10 December 2005 Ross County Victoria Park 1 - 0 O'Donnell  7' 2,149
17 December 2005 Stranraer Broadwood Stadium 1 - 0 Masterton  90' 1,012
26 December 2005 Brechin City Glebe Park 1 - 3 Bryson  90' 711
31 December 2005 Queen of the South Broadwood Stadium 3 - 0 Williams  7'  62', O'Donnell  40' 1,101
2 January 2006 St Mirren Love Street 1 - 2 Brighton  47', O'Donnell  73' 4,338
14 January 2006 St Johnstone Broadwood Stadium 2 - 3 Masterton  55', Brighton  61' 1,313
21 January 2006 Airdrie United Excelsior Stadium 1 - 1 Brighton  22', McKeown  84' 1,623
28 January 2006 Hamilton Academical Broadwood Stadium 2 - 2 O'Donnell  28'  53' 1,408 [6]
11 February 2006 Stranraer Stair Park 5 - 0 Hunter  3'  5'  32'  83', Bouadji  29' 582 [7][8]
18 February 2006 Dundee Broadwood Stadium 3 - 3 Brighton  15', MacDonald  23' (own goal), McHale  72' 1,062
4 March 2006 Queen of the South Palmerston Park 1 - 2 Imrie  78' 1,750
11 March 2006 Brechin City Broadwood Stadium 5 - 1 Malone  18', Williams  50'  53'  58', O'Donnell  78' 837 [9]
18 March 2006 St Mirren Broadwood Stadium 0 - 1 2,275
25 March 2006 St Johnstone McDiarmid Park 0 - 1 2,097 [10]
1 April 2006 Airdrie United Broadwood Stadium 3 - 1 McHale  28' (pen), Bouadji  42', Brighton  79' 1,350
8 April 2006 Hamilton Academical New Douglas Park 0 - 2 1,360 [11]
15 April 2006 Ross County Broadwood Stadium 2 - 0 O'Donnell  22'  73' (pen) 813
22 April 2006 Dundee Dens Park 1 - 0 Imrie  64' 3,199
29 April 2006 Stranraer Broadwood Stadium 1 - 1 McKeown  90' 1,343 [12][13][14][15]

Scottish Challenge Cup
Date Round Opponents Stadium Result
F - A		 Scorers Attendance Notes
30 July 2005 Round 1 Brechin City Glebe Park 2 - 3 AET Williams  3', McGregor  85' 547 [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]

Scottish League Cup
Date Round Opponents Stadium Result
F - A		 Scorers Attendance Notes
9 August 2005 Round 1 Montrose Links Park 1 - 0 Brighton  11' 414
23 August 2005 Round 2 Peterhead Balmoor 3 - 2 McGregor  3', Higgins  42', Arbuckle  56', Brighton  73' 584 [27]
20 September 2005 Round 3 Rangers Ibrox Stadium 2 - 5 AET Bryson  51', O'Donnell  73' (pen) 30,104 [28]

Scottish Cup
Date Round Opponents Stadium Result
F - A		 Scorers Attendance Notes
8 January 2006 Round 3 Celtic Broadwood Stadium 2 - 1 Bryson  32', Malone  36' 8,000
4 February 2006 Round 4 Gretna Broadwood Stadium 0 - 0 Williams  28', Higgins  90' 2,530
14 February 2006 Round 4 Replay Gretna Raydale Park 0 - 4 McKeown  71' 2,410

Canadian tour
Date Opponents Stadium Result
F - A		 Scorers Attendance
5 May 2006 Windsor Border Stars University of Windsor Stadium 1 - 0 Williams  86' (pen)
7 May 2006 CPSL All Stars Esther Shiner Stadium 2 - 1 Imrie  18', O'Donnell  55' (pen)

Player statistics
#PlayerP
GK Paul Jarvie21000
DF Neil McGregor28302
MF Eddie Malone38200
DF Chris Higgins39002
DF Craig McKeown41102
MF Paul McHale20 (1)300
MF Craig Bryson37 (3)400
MF Stephen O'Donnell39 (1)1201
FW Alex Williams36 (2)1301
FW Joe Miller3 (17)200
DF Romauld Bouadji11 (6)600
DF Robert Harris16 (6)000
FW Kevin Bradley1 (8)000
MF Steven Masterton20 (6)200
FW Tom Brighton40 (2)800
DF Michael McGowan40 (1)200
FW Roddy Hunter3 (13)400
MF Billy Brawley0 (5)000
MF Andrew Dick2 (7)000
GK Peter Cherrie22 (2)000
FW Gary Arbuckle2 (21)100
MF Kevin McDonald5 (7)000
FW Dougie Imrie9 (3)200
FW Sean McKenna0 (1)000
GK David Scott0000
MF Santino Marini0000
DF Raymond Inglis0000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3 Hamilton Academical 36 15 14 7 53 39 +14 59
4 Ross County 36 14 14 8 47 40 +7 56
5 Clyde 36 15 10 11 54 42 +12 55
6 Airdrie United 36 11 12 13 57 43 +14 45
7 Dundee 36 9 16 11 43 50 −7 43
Source:

Notes
  1. Debut of Tom Brighton
  2. Debut of Michael McGowan
  3. Debut of Roddy Hunter
  4. Debut of Billy Brawley
  5. Debut of Andrew Dick
  6. Debut of Kevin McDonald
  7. Debut of Dougie Imrie
  8. Final appearance of Andrew Dick
  9. Debut of Sean McKenna
  10. Final appearance of Paul Jarvie
  11. Final appearance of Romauld Bouadji
  12. Final appearance of Alex Williams
  13. Final appearance of Kevin McDonald
  14. Final appearance of Tom Brighton
  15. Graham Robers final game in charge
  16. Debut of Paul Jarvie
  17. Debut of Neil McGregor
  18. Debut of Chris Higgins
  19. Debut of Craig McKeown
  20. Debut of Paul McHale
  21. Debut of Stephen O'Donnell
  22. Debut of Alex Williams
  23. Debut of Joe Miller
  24. Debut of Romauld Bouadji
  25. Debut of Steven Masterton
  26. Graham Roberts first game in charge
  27. Debut of Peter Cherrie
  28. Final appearance of Billy Brawley
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