2007–08 Clyde F.C. season

November 2021 Clyde Football Club 2007–08 John Brown Ian Letham First Division 9th (Playoffs) Scottish Cup Fourth Round League Cup First Round Challenge Cup Second Round Ruari Doherty (9) Ruari Doherty (9) 2,548 (vs Airdrie United, 10 May 2008) 621 (vs Queen of the South, 14 August 2007, League Cup) _redborder _Lottoclyde _redborder FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FF0000 _clyde0708away FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 000000 _whiteborder _redwhitestriped_sides _whiteborder 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 2006–07 2008–09 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.Club Statement – Joe Miller 26 – Forwards Andy Ferguson, Roddy Hunter & Alex Williams are released.Players Released June 8 – Head of Youth Development Alan Upton leaves the club to join East Stirlingshire.Upton goes 11 – Former Scotland captain Colin Hendry is appointed as manager.Manager appointed Teenage midfielder Ruari MacLennan signs a new 3-year contract.Trust deal in Ruari 30 – Former manager Graham Roberts wins his case for unfair dismissal.Club Statement July 18 – Defender Robert Harris joins Queen of the South after spending 3 years at Broadwood Stadium.Harris move agreed 20 – Midfielder Brian Gilmour joins Harris at Queens after rejecting a new contract offer.Gilmour joins Queens 27 – Youth team graduates Kevin Bradley & David McGowan sign new contracts.Taz & Dave sign on Former Clyde favourite Gary Bollan is appointed Head of Youth Development.Bollan joins up 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.Four players signed 4 – Clyde lose their opening game of the season to Greenock Morton 3–2. Clyde have a last minute equaliser controversially disallowed.Morton 3–2 Clyde 6 – Marvyn Wilson signs for the club after appearing as a trialist against MortonWilson signs on 7 – Clyde crash out of the League Cup in embarrassing fashion, losing to lower-league Raith Rovers 3 goals to nil.Clyde 0–3 Raith Rovers 15 – Clyde win their first game of the season, defeating Queen of the South 1–0 in the Challenge Cup.Clyde 1–0 QOSMichael Doherty becomes the youngest player ever to play for Clyde in a competitive match.Sweet Sixteen 18 – Partick Thistle issue Clyde with some payback for last season with their 4–0 victory in the Glasgow DerbyPartick Thistle 4–0 Clyde 25 – Clyde record their first league victory of the campaign over St JohnstoneClyde 1–0 St Johnstone 30 – English duo Joe Cardle and Dan Kirkup join on loan from Port Vale and Carlisle United until ChristmasCol at the double Transfers Summer In PlayerFromFeeScotland Craig Potter Airdrie United FreeEngland Christian Smith Port Vale FreeScotland Andrew Traub Celtic FreeScotland Marvyn Wilson Hamilton Academical FreeScotland Michael Doherty Clyde Youth FreeScotland Jordan Murch Clyde Youth FreeScotland Roddy MacLennan Clyde Youth FreeScotland Stephen Connolly Hamilton Academical Youth FreeScotland Ryan Craig Greenock Morton Youth FreeScotland Martin McGowan Greenock Morton Youth FreeScotland Callum McGregor St Mirren Youth FreeScotland Juan Carrio Motherwell Youth FreeEngland Joe Cardle Port Vale LoanEngland Dan Kirkup Carlisle United LoanSlovakia Dušan Bestvina FC Mistelbach FreeNigeria Evangelino Valentim Unattached FreeScotland Ryan Wilkie Unattached Free Out PlayerToFeeScotland Joe Miller Retired FreeScotland Craig Bryson Kilmarnock UndisclosedScotland Andy Ferguson Alloa Athletic FreeScotland Roddy Hunter Albion Rovers FreeScotland Alex Williams Ayr United FreeScotland Robert Harris Queen of the South UndisclosedScotland Brian Gilmour Queen of the South UndisclosedScotland Michael Fulton Lugar Boswell Thistle FreeScotland Paul Reynolds Airdrie United FreeScotland Ryan McCann Bohemians FreeScotland Andrew Traub Cowdenbeath FreeScotland Craig Potter Dumbarton FreeScotland David Thomson Sauchie Free January In: PlayerFromFeeScotland Pat Clarke Cowdenbeath UndisclosedScotland Jimmy Gibson Partick Thistle FreeScotland Billy Gibson St Patrick's Athletic FreeScotland Shaun Fagan Galway United FreeScotland Iain Campbell Kilmarnock LoanScotland Dave McKay Drumchapel United FreeScotland Paul MacDonald Hearts FreeGermany Jörg Albertz Unattached FreeScotland Gary McSwegan Unattached FreeScotland Marc McCusker Hearts Loan Out: PlayerToFeeEngland Dan Kirkup Carlisle United Loan ReturnEngland Joe Cardle Port Vale Loan ReturnScotland Ryan Wilkie Workington FreeNigeria Evangelino Valentim Released FreeScotland Dougie Imrie Inverness Caledonian Thistle £35,000 Squad Scotland Peter Cherrie GK Scotland David Hutton GK Scotland David Thomson GK Slovakia Dušan Bestvina DF Scotland Iain Campbell DF On loan from Kilmarnock Scotland Michael Doherty DF Scotland Billy Gibson DF Scotland Chris Higgins Vice captain DF England Dan Kirkup DF On loan from Carlisle United Scotland Paul MacDonald DF Scotland Callum McGregor DF Scotland Neil McGregor Club captain DF Northern Ireland Michael McGowan DF Scotland Craig McKeown Team captain DF Scotland Craig Potter DF Scotland Andrew Traub DF Germany Jörg Albertz MF Scotland Kevin Bradley MF England Joe Cardle MF On loan from Port Vale Scotland Juan Carrio MF Scotland Stephen Connolly MF Scotland Shaun Fagan MF Scotland Jimmy Gibson MF Scotland Steven Masterton MF Scotland Ruari MacLennan MF Scotland David McGowan MF Scotland Martin McGowan MF Scotland Jordan Murch MF England Christian Smith MF Scotland Ryan Wilkie MF Scotland Marvyn Wilson MF Scotland Gary Arbuckle FW Scotland Pat Clarke FW Scotland Ryan Craig FW Scotland Kyle Hendry FW Scotland Dougie Imrie FW Scotland Roddy MacLennan FW Scotland Marc McCusker FW On loan from Hearts Scotland Dave McKay FW Scotland Sean McKenna FW Scotland Gary McSwegan FW Nigeria Evangelino Valentim FW Fixtures and results Pre-season DateOpponentsStadiumResultF – AScorers10 July 2007East StirlingshireLittle Kerse2 – 3Masterton , Trialist 13 July 2007StenhousemuirOchilview Park3 – 2Imrie , Bradley pen24 July 2007St MirrenLove Street1 – 2Imrie 26 July 2007Oldham AthleticBroadwood Stadium2 – 2own goal, Arbuckle Scottish First Division DateOpponentsStadiumResultF – AScorersAttendancePositionNotes4 August 2007Greenock MortonCappielow2 – 3Masterton 10, Higgins 453,7848thDebut of Craig PotterDebut of Christian SmithDebut of Marvyn Wilson11 August 2007Hamilton AcademicalBroadwood Stadium0 – 2N. McGregor 0 451,1828thDebut & final appearance of David Thomson18 August 2007Partick ThistleFirhill Stadium0 – 43,17510thDebut & final appearance of Andrew TraubDebut of Stephen Connolly25 August 2007St JohnstoneBroadwood Stadium1 – 0Ruari MacLennan 701,3109thFinal appearance of Craig Potter1 September 2007DundeeBroadwood Stadium1 – 2Higgins 4, Cardle 0 251,5009thDebut of Dan KirkupDebut of Joe CardleFinal appearance of Michael Doherty15 September 2007Queen of the SouthPalmerston Park1 – 1N. McGregor 491,73010thDebut of Dušan Bestvina22 September 2007Dunfermline AthleticBroadwood Stadium2 – 1Masterton 19, D. McGowan 651,5547th29 September 2007LivingstonAlmondvale Stadium2 – 4D. McGowan 15, Ruari MacLennan 0 42, Imrie 85 pen, Smith 0 881,5009thDebut of Evangelino Valentim6 October 2007Stirling AlbionForthbank Stadium2 – 0Arbuckle 38, N. McGregor 459507th20 October 2007Greenock MortonBroadwood Stadium0 – 11,2317th27 October 2007St JohnstoneMcDiarmid Park1 – 1Imrie 752,7827th3 November 2007Partick ThistleBroadwood Stadium1 – 2Imrie 88 pen1,98010th11 November 2007DundeeDens Park1 – 0Dixon 86 own goal3,7277th1 December 2007Queen of the SouthBroadwood Stadium0 – 01,0087th8 December 2007Dunfermline AthleticEast End Park1 – 1D. McGowan 3, Imrie 0 573,5747thFinal appearance of Dan Kirkup15 December 2007LivingstonBroadwood Stadium2 – 1McKeown 43, N. McGregor 759107th26 December 2007Hamilton AcademicalNew Douglas Park0 – 01,7509th29 December 2007St JohnstoneBroadwood Stadium1 – 3Bradley 14, Wilson 0 591,2009thFinal appearance of Sean McKenna2 January 2008Partick ThistleFirhill Stadium1 – 1Arbuckle 263,2998th5 January 2008Queen of the SouthPalmerston Park1 – 3Michael McGowan 15 pen1,5139th19 January 2008DundeeBroadwood Stadium1 – 1Arbuckle 721,3289thDougie Bell & Gary Bollan take care-taker charge26 January 2008Hamilton AcademicalBroadwood Stadium2 – 3Arbuckle 3, Imrie 141,2149thFinal appearance of Dougie Imrie2 February 2008Stirling AlbionBroadwood Stadium1 – 3Fagan 79 pen9619thDebut of Iain CampbellDebut of Billy GibsonDebut of Pat ClarkeDebut of Shaun Fagan9 February 2008Greenock MortonCappielow2 – 1Ruari MacLennan 90+1, McKeown 90+32,2398th23 February 2008Dunfermline AthleticBroadwood Stadium1 – 2Clarke 68 pen1,1268thDebut of Jimmy GibsonDebut of Dave McKayFinal appearance of Shaun Fagan1 March 2008Partick ThistleBroadwood Stadium1 – 4McKeown 101,7179thFinal appearance of Craig McKeown8 March 2008LivingstonAlmondvale Stadium0 – 01,8009th11 March 2008Greenock MortonBroadwood Stadium1 – 1Clarke 561,2659th15 March 2008Stirling AlbionForthbank Stadium1 – 1Albertz 45', Campbell 0 651,0899thDebut of Gary McSweganDebut of Jörg AlbertzFinal appearance of Iain Campbell22 March 2008Queen of the SouthBroadwood Stadium1 – 4Masterton 691,2119thDebut of Marc McCusker25 March 2008St JohnstoneMcDiarmid Park2 – 1Bradley 30, Albertz 511,6867th29 March 2008DundeeDens Park0 – 24,0378thFinal appearance of Marc McCusker5 April 2008LivingstonBroadwood Stadium3 – 2Clarke 19, Ruari MacLennan 24 481,1568th12 April 2008Dunfermline AthleticEast End Park1 – 2Clarke 443,1298th19 April 2008Hamilton AcademicalNew Douglas Park0 – 2N. McGregor 0 214,9409thFinal appearance of Christian Smith26 April 2008Stirling AlbionBroadwood Stadium3 – 0McSwegan 44, Clarke 46 83 pen1,4269th Playoffs DateStageOpponentsStadiumResultF – AScorersAttendanceNotes30 April 2008Semi Final First LegAlloa AthleticRecreation Park1 – 2Masterton 621,0263 May 2008Semi Final Second LegAlloa AthleticBroadwood Stadium5 – 3 AETJ. Gibson 30, Arbuckle 64,B. Gibson 68, McSwegan 84,Clarke 1111,548Final appearance of Dušan Bestvina7 May 2008Final First LegAirdrie UnitedExcelsior Stadium1 – 0Clarke 771,878Final appearance of Jorg Albertz10 May 2008Final Second LegAirdrie UnitedBroadwood Stadium2 – 0McSwegan 47, Clarke 642,548Final appearance of Jimmy GibsonFinal appearance of Kevin BradleyFinal appearance of Steven MastertonFinal appearance of Gary ArbuckleFinal appearance of Michael McGowan Scottish League Cup DateRoundOpponentsStadiumResultF – AScorersAttendanceNotes7 August 2007Round 1Raith RoversBroadwood Stadium0 – 3892 Scottish Challenge Cup DateRoundOpponentsStadiumResultF – AScorersAttendanceNotes14 August 2007Round 1Queen of the SouthBroadwood Stadium1 – 0Masterton 13621Debut of Michael Doherty5 September 2007Round 2Dunfermline AthleticBroadwood Stadium1 – 4Ruari MacLennan 46799 Scottish Cup DateRoundOpponentsStadiumResultF – AScorersAttendanceNotes24 November 2007Round 3MontroseBroadwood Stadium2 – 0Arbuckle 8, Imrie 90821Debut of Roddy MacLennanFinal appearance of Joe CardleFinal appearance of Evangelino Valentim16 January 2008Round 4Dundee UnitedBroadwood Stadium0 – 11,550Colin Hendry's final game in charge Reserve League Cup DateStageOpponentsStadiumResultF – AScorers16 October 2007GroupAirdrie UnitedBroadwood Stadium1 – 0Valentim 29 October 2007GroupStranraerStair Park6 – 0Valentim , McKeown , Smith , Bradley 15 November 2007GroupEast StirlingshireFirs Park4 – 1Valentim , Bradley , McKenna 22 January 2008GroupStenhousemuirOchilview Park3 – 2Roddy MacLennan , McKenna , Connolly 12 February 2008GroupHamilton AcademicalBroadwood Stadium2 – 1McKay (Trialist) , Smith 4 March 2008GroupQueens ParkBroadwood Stadium1 – 1McKay 12 March 2008GroupPartick ThistleFirhill Stadium3 – 5Roddy MacLennan , McKay 27 April 2007Semi FinalSt JohnstoneMcDiarmid Park2 – 0McKenna , McLaren (Trialist) 5 May 2008FinalLivingstonAlmondvale Stadium4 – 1McKay , 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 Scotland David Hutton 45 0 2 0DF Scotland Neil McGregor 40 3 10 2DF Scotland Chris Higgins 41 2 11 0MF England Christian Smith 25 (6) 0 8 1MF Scotland Steven Masterton 28 (6) 5 4 0MF Scotland Kevin Bradley 23 (12) 2 3 0MF Scotland Marvyn Wilson 19 (5) 0 12 1FW Scotland Gary Arbuckle 23 (12) 6 1 0DF Northern Ireland Michael McGowan 34 (6) 1 5 0MF Scotland Ruari MacLennan 37 (5) 5 4 1MF Scotland David McGowan 22 (12) 3 3 0FW Scotland Sean McKenna 1 (9) 0 1 0DF Scotland Michael Doherty 0 (2) 0 0 0MF Scotland Stephen Connolly 0 (1) 0 0 0DF Slovakia Dušan Bestvina 24 (1) 0 5 0DF Scotland Craig McKeown 18 (1) 3 4 0FW Scotland Roddy MacLennan 2 (5) 0 0 0DF Scotland Iain Campbell 4 0 1 1DF Scotland Billy Gibson 18 1 2 0FW Scotland Pat Clarke 15 9 3 0MF Scotland Shaun Fagan 2 (1) 1 2 0FW Scotland Dave McKay 8 (8) 0 1 0MF Scotland Jimmy Gibson 5 (5) 1 2 0FW Scotland Gary McSwegan 6 (3) 3 1 0MF Germany Jörg Albertz 7 (1) 2 1 0FW Scotland Marc McCusker 0 (3) 0 0 0GK Scotland Peter Cherrie 0 0 0 0MF Scotland Juan Carrio 0 0 0 0DF Scotland Callum McGregor 0 0 0 0FW Scotland Dougie Imrie 24 5 12 1FW Nigeria Evangelino Valentim 0 (3) 0 0 0DF England Dan Kirkup 7 (1) 0 0 0MF England Joe Cardle 10 0 3 1DF Scotland Craig Potter 6 0 0 0DF Scotland Andrew Traub 1 0 0 0GK Scotland David Thomson 0 (1) 0 0 0MF Scotland Ryan Wilkie 0 0 0 0 League # Player P GK Scotland David Hutton 40 0 2 0DF Scotland Neil McGregor 35 3 10 2DF Scotland Chris Higgins 36 2 8 0MF England Christian Smith 20 (6) 0 7 1MF Scotland Steven Masterton 24 (6) 4 3 0MF Scotland Kevin Bradley 20 (11) 2 1 0MF Scotland Marvyn Wilson 18 (4) 0 11 1FW Scotland Gary Arbuckle 19 (12) 5 1 0DF Northern Ireland Michael McGowan 30 (6) 1 5 0MF Scotland Ruari MacLennan 33 (4) 4 4 1MF Scotland David McGowan 20 (9) 3 3 0FW Scotland Sean McKenna 1 (8) 0 1 0MF Scotland Stephen Connolly 0 (1) 0 0 0DF Scotland Michael Doherty 0 (1) 0 0 0DF Slovakia Dušan Bestvina 24 (1) 0 5 0DF Scotland Craig McKeown 16 (1) 3 4 0FW Scotland Roddy MacLennan 1 (5) 0 0 0DF Scotland Iain Campbell 4 0 1 1DF Scotland Billy Gibson 18 1 2 0FW Scotland Pat Clarke 15 9 3 0MF Scotland Shaun Fagan 2 (1) 1 2 0FW Scotland Dave McKay 8 (8) 0 1 0MF Scotland Jimmy Gibson 5 (5) 1 2 0FW Scotland Gary McSwegan 6 (3) 3 1 0MF Germany Jörg Albertz 7 (1) 2 1 0FW Scotland Marc McCusker 0 (3) 0 0 0FW Scotland Dougie Imrie 19 4 11 1FW Nigeria Evangelino Valentim 0 (2) 0 0 0DF England Dan Kirkup 6 (1) 0 0 0MF England Joe Cardle 8 0 3 1DF Scotland Craig Potter 4 0 0 0DF Scotland Andrew Traub 1 0 0 0GK Scotland David Thomson 0 (1) 0 0 0 Challenge Cup # Player P GK Scotland David Hutton 2 0 0 0DF Scotland Neil McGregor 2 0 0 0DF Scotland Chris Higgins 2 0 1 0MF England Christian Smith 2 0 0 0MF Scotland Steven Masterton 2 1 0 0MF Scotland Ruari MacLennan 2 1 0 0FW Scotland Dougie Imrie 2 0 1 0DF Scotland David McGowan 2 0 0 0MF Scotland Kevin Bradley 1 (1) 0 0 0DF Scotland Craig Potter 1 0 0 0FW Scotland Gary Arbuckle 1 0 0 0DF England Dan Kirkup 1 0 0 0MF England Joe Cardle 1 0 0 0DF Northern Ireland Michael McGowan 1 0 0 0DF Scotland Michael Doherty 0 (1) 0 0 0MF Scotland Marvyn Wilson 0 (1) 0 0 0FW Scotland Sean McKenna 0 (1) 0 0 0 League Cup # Player P GK Scotland David Hutton 1 0 0 0DF Scotland Neil McGregor 1 0 0 0DF Scotland Craig Potter 1 0 0 0DF Scotland Chris Higgins 1 0 1 0MF England Christian Smith 1 0 0 0MF Scotland Steven Masterton 1 0 1 0MF Scotland Kevin Bradley 1 0 1 0MF Scotland Marvyn Wilson 1 0 1 0FW Scotland Gary Arbuckle 1 0 0 0FW Scotland Dougie Imrie 1 0 0 0DF Northern Ireland Michael McGowan 1 0 0 0MF Scotland Ruari MacLennan 0 (1) 0 0 0MF Scotland David McGowan 0 (1) 0 0 0 Scottish Cup # Player P GK Scotland David Hutton 2 0 0 0DF Scotland Neil McGregor 2 0 0 0MF England Christian Smith 2 0 1 0DF Scotland Chris Higgins 2 0 1 0DF Scotland Craig McKeown 2 0 0 0MF Scotland Ruari MacLennan 2 0 0 0FW Scotland Gary Arbuckle 2 1 0 0FW Scotland Dougie Imrie 2 1 0 0DF Northern Ireland Michael McGowan 2 0 0 0FW Scotland Roddy MacLennan 1 0 0 0MF England Joe Cardle 1 0 0 0MF Scotland Steven Masterton 1 0 0 0MF Scotland Kevin Bradley 1 0 0 0MF Scotland David McGowan 0 (2) 0 0 0FW Nigeria Evangelino Valentim 0 (1) 0 0 0 Note: Players in italics left the club before or during the January transfer window. League table CLY Notes Category:Clyde F.C. seasons Clyde