2007–08 Clyde F.C. season

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.

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

Events

May
June
July
August

Transfers

In

Player From Fee
Craig PotterAirdrie UnitedFree
Christian SmithPort ValeFree
Andrew TraubCelticFree
Marvyn WilsonHamilton AcademicalFree
Michael DohertyClyde YouthFree
Jordan MurchClyde YouthFree
Roddy MacLennanClyde YouthFree
Stephen ConnollyHamilton Academical YouthFree
Ryan CraigGreenock Morton YouthFree
Martin McGowanGreenock Morton YouthFree
Calum McGregorSt Mirren YouthFree
Juan CarrioMotherwell YouthFree
Joe CardlePort ValeLoan
Dan KirkupCarlisle UnitedLoan
Dušan BestvinaFC MistelbachFree
Evangelino ValentimUnattachedFree
Ryan WilkieUnattachedFree

Out

Player To Fee
Joe MillerRetiredFree
Craig BrysonKilmarnockUndisclosed
Andy FergusonAlloa AthleticFree
Roddy HunterAlbion RoversFree
Alex WilliamsAyr UnitedFree
Robert HarrisQueen of the SouthUndisclosed
Brian GilmourQueen of the SouthUndisclosed
Michael FultonLugar Boswell ThistleFree
Paul ReynoldsAirdrie UnitedFree
Ryan McCannBohemiansFree
Andrew TraubCowdenbeathFree
Craig PotterDumbartonFree
David ThomsonSauchieFree

January

In:

Player From Fee
Pat ClarkeCowdenbeathUndisclosed
Jimmy GibsonPartick ThistleFree
Billy GibsonSt Patrick's AthleticFree
Shaun FaganGalway UnitedFree
Iain CampbellKilmarnockLoan
Dave McKayDrumchapel UnitedFree
Paul MacDonaldHeartsFree
Jörg AlbertzUnattachedFree
Gary McSweganUnattachedFree
Marc McCuskerHeartsLoan

Out:

Player To Fee
Dan KirkupCarlisle UnitedLoan Return
Joe CardlePort ValeLoan Return
Ryan WilkieWorkingtonFree
Evangelino ValentimReleasedFree
Dougie ImrieInverness Caledonian Thistle£35,000

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 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.

#PlayerP
GK David Hutton45020
DF Neil McGregor403102
DF Chris Higgins412110
MF Christian Smith25 (6)081
MF Steven Masterton28 (6)540
MF Kevin Bradley23 (12)230
MF Marvyn Wilson19 (5)0121
FW Gary Arbuckle23 (12)610
DF Michael McGowan34 (6)150
MF Ruari MacLennan37 (5)541
MF David McGowan22 (12)330
FW Sean McKenna1 (9)010
DF Michael Doherty0 (2)000
MF Stephen Connolly0 (1)000
DF Dušan Bestvina24 (1)050
DF Craig McKeown18 (1)340
FW Roddy MacLennan2 (5)000
DF Iain Campbell4011
DF Billy Gibson18120
FW Pat Clarke15930
MF Shaun Fagan2 (1)120
FW Dave McKay8 (8)010
MF Jimmy Gibson5 (5)120
FW Gary McSwegan6 (3)310
MF Jörg Albertz7 (1)210
FW Marc McCusker0 (3)000
GK Peter Cherrie0000
MF Juan Carrio0000
DF Calum McGregor0000
FW Dougie Imrie245121
FW Evangelino Valentim0 (3)000
DF Dan Kirkup7 (1)000
MF Joe Cardle10031
DF Craig Potter6000
DF Andrew Traub1000
GK David Thomson0 (1)000
MF Ryan Wilkie0000

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[lower-alpha 1]
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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