2008–09 Clyde F.C. season

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.

Clyde
2008–09 season
Chairman Ian Letham
Manager John Brown
Scottish First Division10th
Scottish CupFourth round
League CupSecond round
Challenge CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Pat Clarke (11)
All: Pat Clarke (14)
Highest home attendance2,091 vs Partick Thistle (13 September 2008)
Lowest home attendance677 vs Montrose (29 November 2008)

Transfers

In
Player From Fee Date
Stuart KettlewellQueens ParkFree19 May 2008
Marc McCuskerHeartsFree1 June 2008
Alan TroutenQueens ParkFree2 June 2008
Ricky WaddellAirdrie UnitedFree2 June 2008
Willie McLarenUnattachedFree2 June 2008
Mark BrownEddlewood AmateursFree4 June 2008
Sean ConnollyHamilton Academical YouthFree1 July 2008
Charles McColeClyde YouthFree1 July 2008
Gerry McLaughlinClyde YouthFree1 July 2008
Michael OhnesorgeSV ElversbergFree22 July 2008
Scott GemmillBerwick RangersFree25 July 2008
Alan LowingRangersLoan30 August 2008
Paul EmslieRangersLoan30 August 2008
Alan LithgowUnattachedFree29 October 2008

Out
Player To Fee Date
Iain CampbellKilmarnockLoan Return10 May 2008
Marc McCuskerHeartsLoan Return10 May 2008
Gary ArbuckleQueen of the SouthFree19 May 2008
Shaun FaganEast FifeFree19 May 2008
Sean McKennaCamelon JuniorsFree19 May 2008
Jörg AlbertzRetiredFree31 May 2008
Steven MastertonGreenock MortonFree1 June 2008
Calum McGregorKilwinning RangersFree2 June 2008
Michael DohertyReleasedFree2 June 2008
Paul MacDonaldVale of ClydeFree2 June 2008
Juan CarrioGlenafton AthleticFree2 June 2008
Ryan CraigGoldenhillFree2 June 2008
Martin McGowanReleasedFree2 June 2008
Kyle HendryBlackburn RoversFree2 June 2008
Craig McKeownDundeeFree5 June 2008
Dušan BestvinaFC MistelbachFree12 June 2008
Christian SmithWrexhamFree12 June 2008
Jimmy GibsonEast StirlingshireFree25 June 2008
Michael McGowanQueen of the SouthFree30 June 2008
Kevin BradleyMontroseFree30 June 2008
David McGowanArbroathLoan17 October 2008
Marc McCuskerAlbion RoversLoan13 December 2008
Stephen ConnollyStenhousemuirLoan15 December 2008

In
Player From Fee Date
Tony StevensonHamilton AcademicalLoan1 January 2009
Craig O'ReillyEast FifeFree1 January 2009
Grégory TadéStranraerUndisclosed24 January 2009
Robbie WintersUnattachedFree31 April 2009

Out
Player To Fee Date
David McGowanArbroathLoan1 January 2009
Michael OhnesorgeReleasedFree1 January 2009
Paul EmslieRangersLoan Return1 January 2009
Stephen ConnollyStranraerLoan24 January 2009
Jordan MurchStranraerLoan24 January 2009
Alan LowingRangersLoan Return31 January 2009
Craig O'ReillyMontroseLoan20 March 2009
Jordan MortonHeartsUndisclosed28 April 2009

Notable events

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 Paul McKendry
— GK  SCO Gerry McLaughlin
— DF  SCO Mark Brown
— DF  SCO Billy Gibson
— DF  SCO Chris Higgins
— DF  SCO Alan Lithgow
— DF  SCO Alan Lowing (on loan from Rangers)
— DF  SCO Neil McGregor
— DF  GER Michael Ohnesorge
— DF  SCO Tony Stevenson (on loan from Hamilton Academical)
— MF  SCO Stephen Connolly
— MF  SCO Paul Emslie (on loan from Rangers)
— MF  SCO Stuart Kettlewell (Team Captain)
— MF  SCO Roddy MacLennan
— MF  SCO Ruari MacLennan
— MF  SCO Charles McCole
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  SCO David McGowan
— MF  SCO Willie McLaren
— MF  SCO Jordan Murch
— MF  SCO Connor Stevenson
— MF  FRA Grégory Tadé
— MF  SCO Alan Trouten
— MF  SCO Ricky Waddell
— MF  SCO Marvyn Wilson (Club Captain)
— FW  SCO Pat Clarke
— FW  SCO Sean Connolly
— FW  SCO Scott Gemmill
— FW  SCO Steven Howarth
— FW  SCO Marc McCusker
— FW  SCO Dave McKay
— FW  SCO Gary McSwegan
— FW  SCO Jordan Morton
— FW  SCO Craig O'Reilly
— FW  SCO 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 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
#PlayerP
GK David Hutton34051
DF Neil McGregor9041
DF Billy Gibson37251
DF Chris Higgins37 (2)2100
DF Mark Brown29 (2)140
MF Roddy MacLennan4 (2)100
MF Alan Trouten18 (16)650
MF Stuart Kettlewell32 (1)060
FW Pat Clarke34 (1)1461
FW Gary McSwegan3 (19)331
FW Dave McKay19 (19)240
FW Scott Gemmill26 (9)261
MF Willie McLaren26 (2)681
MF Stephen Connolly0 (1)000
MF Ruari MacLennan20 (16)671
MF Marvyn Wilson18 (5)080
GK Peter Cherrie9 (1)010
MF Ricky Waddell27 (4)480
MF David McGowan0 (2)000
FW Marc McCusker0 (1)000
MF Jordan Murch0 (1)000
DF Alan Lithgow24140
DF Tony Stevenson9000
FW Craig O'Reilly0 (3)000
MF Grégory Tadé11 (2)020
FW Robbie Winters4 (2)000
MF Connor Stevenson0 (2)000
GK Paul McKendry0000
GK Gerry McLaughlin0000
DF Michael Ohnesorge13 (1)051
MF Paul Emslie11060
DF Alan Lowing19010
  • Note: Players in italics have left the club

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 Greenock Morton 36 12 11 13 40 40 0 47
7 Livingston (R) 36 13 8 15 56 58 −2 47[lower-alpha 1]
8 Ross County 36 13 8 15 42 46 −4 47
9 Airdrie United 36 10 12 14 29 43 −14 42[lower-alpha 2] Qualification for the First Division Play-offs[lower-alpha 3]
10 Clyde (R) 36 10 9 17 41 58 −17 39 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. Demoted to 3rd Division for Financial Irregularities
  2. Spared Relegation as Losing Finalist in the playoff due to Livingston
  3. The 9th placed team will be entered into a play-off with the Second Division's 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2009–10 First Division.

Notes
  1. Clyde 3–0 Airdrie United Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 29 May 2008
  2. Morton capture Clyde's Masterton BBC Sport – Retrieved 29 May 2008
  3. Kettlewell agrees to Clyde move BBC Sport – Retrieved 29 May 2008
  4. McKay and Cherrie sign on Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 29 May 2008
  5. Two youngsters step up Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 29 May 2008
  6. McCusker joins up Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 1 June 2008
  7. Clyde swoop to sign three players BBC Sport – Retrieved 4 June 2008
  8. Clyde give McLaren fresh chance BBC Sport – Retrieved 4 June 2008
  9. Gibson and Wilson extend stay Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 2 June 2008
  10. The joy of six Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 2 June 2008
  11. Brown on Board Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 4 June 2008
  12. Two players depart Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 12 June 2008
  13. East Stirlingshire sign up Gibson BBC Sport – Retrieved 19 July 2008
  14. Great Yarmouth Town 0–4 Clyde Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 19 July 2008
  15. Tour Success Continues Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 19 July 2008
  16. King's Lynn 1–2 Clyde Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 19 July 2008
  17. Clyde 0–1 Rangers Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 25 July 2008
  18. Clyde capture versatile German BBC Sport – Retrieved 25 July 2008
  19. Gemmill given new chance by Clyde BBC Sport – Retrieved 25 July 2008
  20. Clyde 2–0 Annan Athletic BBC Sport – Retrieved 7 March 2009
  21. Clyde 3–0 Hibernian Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 7 March 2009
  22. Debut of Michael Ohnesorge
  23. Debut of Alan Lowing
  24. Debut of Alan Lithgow
  25. Debut of Mark Brown
  26. Debut of Alan Trouten
  27. Debut of Stuart Kettlewell
  28. Debut of Scott Gemmill
  29. Debut of Willie McLaren
  30. Debut of Ricky Waddell
  31. Debut of Paul Emslie
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