2007–08 Clyde F.C. season

Clyde Football Club

2007–08 season
Chairman	Ian Letham
Manager	John Brown
First Division	9th (Playoffs)
Scottish Cup	Fourth Round
League Cup	First Round
Challenge Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Pat Clarke (9) All: Pat Clarke (9)
Highest home attendance	2,548 (vs Airdrie United, 10 May 2008)
Lowest home attendance	621 (vs Queen of the South, 14 August 2007, League Cup)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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

• 24 - Manager Joe Miller leaves the club.^[1]
• 26 - Forwards Andy Ferguson, Roddy Hunter & Alex Williams are released.^[2]

June

• 8 - Head of Youth Development Alan Upton leaves the club to join East Stirlingshire.^[3]
• 11 - Former Scotland captain Colin Hendry is appointed as manager.^[4] Teenage midfielder Ruari MacLennan signs a new 3-year contract.^[5]
• 30 - Former manager Graham Roberts wins his case for unfair dismissal.^[6]

July

• 18 - Defender Robert Harris joins Queen of the South after spending 3 years at Broadwood Stadium.^[7]
• 20 - Midfielder Brian Gilmour joins Harris at Queens after rejecting a new contract offer.^[8]
• 27 - Youth team graduates Kevin Bradley & David McGowan sign new contracts.^[9] Former Clyde favourite Gary Bollan is appointed Head of Youth Development.^[10]

August

• 2 - 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]
• 4 - Clyde lose their opening game of the season to Greenock Morton 3–2. Clyde have a last minute equaliser controversially disallowed.^[12]
• 6 - Marvyn Wilson signs for the club after appearing as a trialist against Morton^[13]
• 7 - Clyde crash out of the League Cup in embarrassing fashion, losing to lower-league Raith Rovers 3 goals to nil.^[14]
• 15 - 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]
• 18 - Partick Thistle issue Clyde with some payback for last season with their 4–0 victory in the Glasgow Derby^[17]
• 25 - Clyde record their first league victory of the campaign over St Johnstone^[18]
• 30 - English duo Joe Cardle and Dan Kirkup join on loan from Port Vale and Carlisle United until Christmas^[19]

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Peter Cherrie GK David Hutton GK David Thomson DF Dušan Bestvina DF Iain Campbell (On loan from Kilmarnock) DF Michael Doherty DF Billy Gibson DF Chris Higgins (Vice captain) DF Dan Kirkup (On loan from Carlisle United) DF Paul MacDonald DF Calum McGregor DF Neil McGregor (Club Captain) DF Michael McGowan DF Craig McKeown (Team Captain) DF Craig Potter DF Andrew Traub MF Jörg Albertz MF Kevin Bradley MF Joe Cardle (On loan from Port Vale) MF Juan Carrio MF Stephen Connolly

No. Position Player MF Shaun Fagan MF Jimmy Gibson MF Steven Masterton MF Ruari MacLennan MF David McGowan MF Martin McGowan MF Jordan Murch MF Christian Smith MF Ryan Wilkie MF Marvyn Wilson FW Gary Arbuckle FW Pat Clarke FW Ryan Craig FW Kyle Hendry FW Dougie Imrie FW Roddy MacLennan FW Marc McCusker (On loan from Hearts) FW Dave McKay FW Sean McKenna FW Gary McSwegan FW 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

League # Player P GK David Hutton 40 0 2 0 DF Neil McGregor 35 3 10 2 DF Chris Higgins 36 2 8 0 MF Christian Smith 20 (6) 0 7 1 MF Steven Masterton 24 (6) 4 3 0 MF Kevin Bradley 20 (11) 2 1 0 MF Marvyn Wilson 18 (4) 0 11 1 FW Gary Arbuckle 19 (12) 5 1 0 DF Michael McGowan 30 (6) 1 5 0 MF Ruari MacLennan 33 (4) 4 4 1 MF David McGowan 20 (9) 3 3 0 FW Sean McKenna 1 (8) 0 1 0 MF Stephen Connolly 0 (1) 0 0 0 DF Michael Doherty 0 (1) 0 0 0 DF Dušan Bestvina 24 (1) 0 5 0 DF Craig McKeown 16 (1) 3 4 0 FW Roddy MacLennan 1 (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 FW Dougie Imrie 19 4 11 1 FW Evangelino Valentim 0 (2) 0 0 0 DF Dan Kirkup 6 (1) 0 0 0 MF Joe Cardle 8 0 3 1 DF Craig Potter 4 0 0 0 DF Andrew Traub 1 0 0 0 GK David Thomson 0 (1) 0 0 0

Challenge Cup # Player P GK David Hutton 2 0 0 0 DF Neil McGregor 2 0 0 0 DF Chris Higgins 2 0 1 0 MF Christian Smith 2 0 0 0 MF Steven Masterton 2 1 0 0 MF Ruari MacLennan 2 1 0 0 FW Dougie Imrie 2 0 1 0 DF David McGowan 2 0 0 0 MF Kevin Bradley 1 (1) 0 0 0 DF Craig Potter 1 0 0 0 FW Gary Arbuckle 1 0 0 0 DF Dan Kirkup 1 0 0 0 MF Joe Cardle 1 0 0 0 DF Michael McGowan 1 0 0 0 DF Michael Doherty 0 (1) 0 0 0 MF Marvyn Wilson 0 (1) 0 0 0 FW Sean McKenna 0 (1) 0 0 0

League Cup # Player P GK David Hutton 1 0 0 0 DF Neil McGregor 1 0 0 0 DF Craig Potter 1 0 0 0 DF Chris Higgins 1 0 1 0 MF Christian Smith 1 0 0 0 MF Steven Masterton 1 0 1 0 MF Kevin Bradley 1 0 1 0 MF Marvyn Wilson 1 0 1 0 FW Gary Arbuckle 1 0 0 0 FW Dougie Imrie 1 0 0 0 DF Michael McGowan 1 0 0 0 MF Ruari MacLennan 0 (1) 0 0 0 MF David McGowan 0 (1) 0 0 0

Scottish Cup # Player P GK David Hutton 2 0 0 0 DF Neil McGregor 2 0 0 0 MF Christian Smith 2 0 1 0 DF Chris Higgins 2 0 1 0 DF Craig McKeown 2 0 0 0 MF Ruari MacLennan 2 0 0 0 FW Gary Arbuckle 2 1 0 0 FW Dougie Imrie 2 1 0 0 DF Michael McGowan 2 0 0 0 FW Roddy MacLennan 1 0 0 0 MF Joe Cardle 1 0 0 0 MF Steven Masterton 1 0 0 0 MF Kevin Bradley 1 0 0 0 MF David McGowan 0 (2) 0 0 0 FW Evangelino Valentim 0 (1) 0 0 0

Note: Players in italics left the club before or during the January transfer window.

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