2008–09 Clyde F.C. season

December 2020 Clyde 2008–09 John Brown Ian Letham Scottish First Division 10th Scottish Cup Fourth round League Cup Second round Challenge Cup Third round Pat Clarke (11) Pat Clarke (14) 2,091 vs Partick Thistle (13 September 2008) 677 vs Montrose (29 November 2008) _blackshoulders _blueredstriped_sides _blackshoulders FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FF0000 _redsides_2 000000 000000 000000 FF0000 000000 _whitesides3 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 2007–08 2009–10 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. Transfers Summer In PlayerFromFeeDateScotland Stuart Kettlewell Queens Park Free 19 May 2008Scotland Marc McCusker Hearts Free 1 June 2008Scotland Alan Trouten Queens Park Free 2 June 2008Scotland Ricky Waddell Airdrie United Free 2 June 2008Scotland Willie McLaren Unattached Free 2 June 2008Scotland Mark Brown Eddlewood Amateurs Free 4 June 2008Scotland Sean Connolly Hamilton Academical Youth Free 1 July 2008Scotland Charles McCole Clyde Youth Free 1 July 2008Scotland Gerry McLaughlin Clyde Youth Free 1 July 2008Germany Michael Ohnesorge SV Elversberg Free 22 July 2008Scotland Scott Gemmill Berwick Rangers Free 25 July 2008Scotland Alan Lowing Rangers Loan 30 August 2008Scotland Paul Emslie Rangers Loan 30 August 2008Scotland Alan Lithgow Unattached Free 29 October 2008 Out PlayerToFeeDateScotland Iain Campbell Kilmarnock Loan Return 10 May 2008Scotland Marc McCusker Hearts Loan Return 10 May 2008Scotland Gary Arbuckle Queen of the South Free 19 May 2008Scotland Shaun Fagan East Fife Free 19 May 2008Scotland Sean McKenna Camelon Juniors Free 19 May 2008Germany Jörg Albertz Retired Free 31 May 2008Scotland Steven Masterton Greenock Morton Free 1 June 2008Scotland Calum McGregor Kilwinning Rangers Free 2 June 2008Scotland Michael Doherty Released Free 2 June 2008Scotland Paul MacDonald Vale of Clyde Free 2 June 2008Scotland Juan Carrio Glenafton Athletic Free 2 June 2008Scotland Ryan Craig Goldenhill Free 2 June 2008Scotland Martin McGowan Released Free 2 June 2008Scotland Kyle Hendry Blackburn Rovers Free 2 June 2008Scotland Craig McKeown Dundee Free 5 June 2008Slovakia Dušan Bestvina FC Mistelbach Free 12 June 2008England Christian Smith Wrexham Free 12 June 2008Scotland Jimmy Gibson East Stirlingshire Free 25 June 2008Northern Ireland Michael McGowan Queen of the South Free 30 June 2008Scotland Kevin Bradley Montrose Free 30 June 2008Scotland David McGowan Arbroath Loan 17 October 2008Scotland Marc McCusker Albion Rovers Loan 13 December 2008Scotland Stephen Connolly Stenhousemuir Loan 15 December 2008 January In PlayerFromFeeDateScotland Tony Stevenson Hamilton Academical Loan 1 January 2009Scotland Craig O'Reilly East Fife Free 1 January 2009France Grégory Tadé Stranraer Undisclosed 24 January 2009Scotland Robbie Winters Unattached Free 31 April 2009 Out PlayerToFeeDateScotland David McGowan Arbroath Loan 1 January 2009Germany Michael Ohnesorge Released Free 1 January 2009Scotland Paul Emslie Rangers Loan Return 1 January 2009Scotland Stephen Connolly Stranraer Loan 24 January 2009Scotland Jordan Murch Stranraer Loan 24 January 2009Scotland Alan Lowing Rangers Loan Return 31 January 2009Scotland Craig O'Reilly Montrose Loan 20 March 2009Scotland Jordan Morton Hearts Undisclosed 28 April 2009 Notable events May: The club ensure that they will be playing First Division football again after a 3–0 aggregate victory over Airdrie United in the playoff final.Clyde 3–0 Airdrie United Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 29 May 2008 Preparations are made for the forthcoming season, with Steven Masterton joining Greenock Morton,Morton capture Clyde's Masterton BBC Sport – Retrieved 29 May 2008 Gary Arbuckle, Shaun Fagan and Sean McKenna being released whilst Queen's Park captain Stuart Kettlewell becomes the first summer signing.Kettlewell agrees to Clyde move BBC Sport – Retrieved 29 May 2008 Keeper Peter Cherrie and winger Dave McKay sign new deals,McKay and Cherrie sign on Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 29 May 2008 and youngsters Jordan Murch and Stephen Connolly sign their first professional contracts.Two youngsters step up Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 29 May 2008 Marc McCusker, who was on loan to the club last season, signs a two-year contract following his release from Hearts, whilst Jörg Albertz retires.McCusker joins up Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 1 June 2008 Jörg Albertz retires. June: Marc McCusker, who was on loan to the club last season, signs a two-year contract following his release from Hearts. He is shortly joined for Alan Trouten from Queens Park, Ricky Waddell from Airdrie United and ex St Johnstone winger Willie McLaren.Clyde swoop to sign three players BBC Sport – Retrieved 4 June 2008Clyde give McLaren fresh chance BBC Sport – Retrieved 4 June 2008 Billy Gibson and Marvyn Wilson sign new contracts, whilst all out of contract YTS players are released, including Michael Doherty, the youngest player to play in a competitive match for the club.Gibson and Wilson extend stay Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 2 June 2008The joy of six Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 2 June 2008 Mark Brown, of Eddlewood Amateurs, becomes the latest signing, after having scored the winning goal in the 2008 Scottish Amateur Cup Final.Brown on Board Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 4 June 2008 Christian Smith leaves the club, along with Slovak Dušan Bestvina, whose contract has been terminated by mutual consent.Two players depart Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 12 June 2008 Midfield dynamo Jimmy Gibson joins East Stirlingshire.East Stirlingshire sign up Gibson BBC Sport – Retrieved 19 July 2008 July: A 20-man squad, including a German trialist, head to Norfolk for their pre-season tour. A 4–0 victory over Great Yarmouth Town, coupled with 2–1 victories over Norwich City and King's Lynn, see the team leave with a 100% record.Great Yarmouth Town 0–4 Clyde Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 19 July 2008Tour Success Continues Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 19 July 2008King's Lynn 1–2 Clyde Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 19 July 2008 The Bully Wee return to Rutherglen, their original heartland, to open Rutherglen Glencairn's new stadium. A late Pat Clarke header earns a 1–1 draw. A near capacity crowd at Broadwood Stadium sees Clyde, with special guest players Arthur Numan and Brian Laudrup, along with former Bully Wee midfielder Jorg Albertz, lose narrowly to Rangers.Clyde 0–1 Rangers Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 25 July 2008 The 1–0 defeat was the first loss of the pre-season. Just before the start of the season, John Brown bolsters his squad further, with the signings of German defender Michael Ohnesorge from SV Elversberg, and striker Scott Gemmill, joining from Berwick Rangers.Clyde capture versatile German BBC Sport – Retrieved 25 July 2008Gemmill given new chance by Clyde BBC Sport – Retrieved 25 July 2008 The first competitive game of the season sees Clyde defeat Annan Athletic 2–0 in their first match as a Scottish Football League side, with Alan Trouten scoring both goals on his debut.Clyde 2–0 Annan Athletic BBC Sport – Retrieved 7 March 2009 The final friendly match sees an understrength Clyde side surprisingly defeat SPL side Hibernian 3–0, in a match to celebrate the 1958 Scottish Cup Final between the two sides.Clyde 3–0 Hibernian Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 7 March 2009 Squad Scotland Peter Cherrie GK Scotland David Hutton GK Scotland Paul McKendry GK Scotland Gerry McLaughlin GK Scotland Mark Brown DF Scotland Billy Gibson DF Scotland Chris Higgins DF Scotland Alan Lithgow DF Scotland Alan Lowing DF on loan from Rangers Scotland Neil McGregor DF Germany Michael Ohnesorge DF Scotland Tony Stevenson DF on loan from Hamilton Academical Scotland Stephen Connolly MF Scotland Paul Emslie MF on loan from Rangers Scotland Stuart Kettlewell Team captain MF Scotland Roddy MacLennan MF Scotland Ruari MacLennan MF Scotland Charles McCole MF Scotland David McGowan MF Scotland Willie McLaren MF Scotland Jordan Murch MF Scotland Connor Stevenson MF France Grégory Tadé MF Scotland Alan Trouten MF Scotland Ricky Waddell MF Scotland Marvyn Wilson Club captain MF Scotland Pat Clarke FW Scotland Sean Connolly FW Scotland Scott Gemmill FW Scotland Steven Howarth FW Scotland Marc McCusker FW Scotland Dave McKay FW Scotland Gary McSwegan FW Scotland Jordan Morton FW Scotland Craig O'Reilly FW Scotland Robbie Winters FW Fixtures and results #DDFFDD Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFDD Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFDDDD Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFFF Upcoming fixture 1px solid #AAAAAA Friendlies DateOpponentsStadiumResultF – AScorersAttendance5 July 2008Stirling AlbionLittle Kerse2–0McLaren , Kettlewell pen09 July 2008Airdrie UnitedLittle Kerse1–1own goal012 July 2008Great Yarmouth TownWellesley Recreation Ground4–0Trouten 57, Roddy MacLennan 62 83, Lee 78 own goal28414 July 2008Norwich CityColney Training Centre2–1McSwegan , Ohnesorge (Trialist) 015 July 2008King's LynnThe Walks Stadium2–1Kettlewell 27, McKay 8748019 July 2008Rutherglen GlencairnNew Southcroft Park1–1Clarke 8560022 July 2008RangersBroadwood Stadium0–17,65330 July 2008HibernianBroadwood Stadium3–0McKay 20 52, Roddy MacLennan 42934 Scottish First Division DateOpponentsStadiumResultF – AScorersAttendancePositionNotes2 August 2008Greenock MortonBroadwood Stadium1–1Brown 90+41,6384thDebut of Michael Ohnesorge9 August 2008DundeeDens Park0–14,0427th16 August 2008Ross CountyBroadwood Stadium2–2Ruari MacLennan 68, Clarke 829668th23 August 2008LivingstonAlmondvale Stadium1–2Clarke 291,7258th30 August 2008St JohnstoneMcDiarmid Park3–2McKay 2, Gemmill 37, Waddell 812,4127thDebut of Alan Lowing13 September 2008Partick ThistleBroadwood Stadium1–1Clarke 69 pen2,0918th20 September 2008Airdrie UnitedExcelsior Stadium2–0Waddell 27, Ruari MacLennan 591,4897th27 September 2008Queen of the SouthBroadwood Stadium0–21,0968th4 October 2008Dunfermline AthleticBroadwood Stadium0–21,2739th18 October 2008Greenock MortonCappielow0–12,0419th25 October 2008LivingstonBroadwood Stadium2–1Trouten 63, McSwegan 908208th1 November 2008Ross CountyVictoria Park0–32,2059th8 November 2008Partick ThistleFirhill Stadium0–23,00310th15 November 2008St JohnstoneBroadwood Stadium2–2Clarke 17, 851,60310thDebut of Alan Lithgow22 November 2008Queen of the SouthPalmerston Park2–0Clarke 55, 832,3249th13 December 2008DundeeBroadwood Stadium1–0McLaren 66, Gemmill 0 681,1769th16 December 2008Airdrie UnitedBroadwood Stadium1–0Ruari MacLennan 0 47, Trouten 748647th20 December 2008Dunfermline AthleticEast End Park4–4Trouten 1, Higgins 50, Clarke 65, 703,2795th27 December 2008St JohnstoneMcDiarmid Park0–1McSwegan 0 903,4917th3 January 2009Partick ThistleBroadwood Stadium2–4Clarke 20, 63 pen2,0169th17 January 2009LivingstonAlmondvale Stadium1–1McLaren 411,3548th24 January 2009Ross CountyBroadwood Stadium2–0McLaren 44, Waddell 667768th31 January 2009DundeeDens Park1–2McLaren 123,2179th22 February 2009Airdrie UnitedExcelsior Stadium0–1Clarke 0 391,1899th28 February 2009Queen of the SouthBroadwood Stadium1–1Trouten 9 pen1,1429th3 March 2009Greenock MortonBroadwood Stadium2–4Ruari MacLennan 44, Gemmill 45, Gibson 0 611,1659th7 March 2009Partick ThistleFirhill Stadium1–0Maxwell 54 own goal3,5799th10 March 2009St JohnstoneBroadwood Stadium1–3Lithgow 631,0939th14 March 2009Greenock MortonCappielow0–2Hutton 0 682,16810th21 March 2009Dunfermline AthleticBroadwood Stadium1–4Ruari MacLennan 381,10910th4 April 2009LivingstonBroadwood Stadium0–1McLaren 0 5795710th11 April 2009Ross CountyVictoria Park0–02,07810th18 April 2009Airdrie UnitedBroadwood Stadium3–0Waddell 5, Ruari MacLennan 61 741,61410th25 April 2009Queen of the SouthPalmerston Park1–7McLaren 242,60110th2 May 2009DundeeBroadwood Stadium2–0Shinnie 53 own goal, McLaren 7794410th9 May 2009Dunfermline AthleticEast End Park1–1Higgins 272,41810th Scottish Challenge Cup DateRoundOpponentsStadiumResultF – AScorersAttendanceNotes26 July 2008Round 1Annan AthleticBroadwood Stadium2–0Trouten 61 pen 74688Debut of Mark BrownDebut of Alan TroutenDebut of Stuart KettlewellDebut of Scott GemmillDebut of Willie McLaren12 August 2008Round 2Alloa AthleticRecreation Park2–0Clarke 58, Gibson 76414Debut of Ricky Waddell7 September 2008Quarter FinalRoss CountyBroadwood Stadium0–1McGregor 0 44756Debut of Paul Emslie Scottish League Cup DateRoundOpponentsStadiumResultF – AScorersAttendanceNotes5 August 2008Round 1Queen's ParkBroadwood Stadium4–1Roddy MacLennan 15, Gibson 63, McSwegan 86 8869026 August 2008Round 2Hamilton AcademicalNew Douglas Park1–3Clarke 19, Ohnesorge 0 661,146 Scottish Cup DateRoundOpponentsStadiumResultF – AScorersAttendanceNotes29 November 2008Round 3MontroseBroadwood Stadium2–0McKay 38, Clarke 87 pen67710 January 2009Round 4Dunfermline AthleticEast End Park0–22,871 Reserve Fixtures Reserve League Cup DateStageOpponentsStadiumResultF – AScorers15 September 2008GroupQueen's ParkLesser Hampden0–229 September 2008GroupStenhousemuirBroadwood Stadium0–120 October 2008GroupStranraerStair Park7–1McCusker , Gemmill , Waddell , Trouten , McCole , Sean Connolly 18 November 2008GroupAirdrie UnitedBroadwood Stadium1–2McGowan 24 November 2008GroupQueens ParkBroadwood Stadium3–1McSwegan , McGowan , Roddy MacLennan 9 December 2008GroupStenhousemuirOchilview Park3–1Ruari MacLennan , Trouten , Gemmill 12 January 2009GroupStranraerBroadwood Stadium1–1Walker 19 January 2009GroupPartick ThistlePetershill Park1–0O'Reilly 27 January 2009GroupAirdrie UnitedBroadwood Stadium3–2Tadé , McKay , Gemmill 17 March 2009GroupPartick ThistleBroadwood Stadium2–0McSwegan , McKay 4 May 2009Semi FinalRoss CountyVictoria Park0–3 Friendlies DateOpponentsStadiumResultF – AScorers12 November 2008Partick ThistleLesser Hampden1–1McSwegan Player statistics Overall # Player P GK Scotland David Hutton 34 0 5 1DF Scotland Neil McGregor 9 0 4 1DF Scotland Billy Gibson 37 2 5 1DF Scotland Chris Higgins 37 (2) 2 10 0DF Scotland Mark Brown 29 (2) 1 4 0MF Scotland Roddy MacLennan 4 (2) 1 0 0MF Scotland Alan Trouten 18 (16) 6 5 0MF Scotland Stuart Kettlewell 32 (1) 0 6 0FW Scotland Pat Clarke 34 (1) 14 6 1FW Scotland Gary McSwegan 3 (19) 3 3 1FW Scotland Dave McKay 19 (19) 2 4 0FW Scotland Scott Gemmill 26 (9) 2 6 1MF Scotland Willie McLaren 26 (2) 6 8 1MF Scotland Stephen Connolly 0 (1) 0 0 0MF Scotland Ruari MacLennan 20 (16) 6 7 1MF Scotland Marvyn Wilson 18 (5) 0 8 0GK Scotland Peter Cherrie 9 (1) 0 1 0MF Scotland Ricky Waddell 27 (4) 4 8 0MF Scotland David McGowan 0 (2) 0 0 0FW Scotland Marc McCusker 0 (1) 0 0 0MF Scotland Jordan Murch 0 (1) 0 0 0DF Scotland Alan Lithgow 24 1 4 0DF Scotland Tony Stevenson 9 0 0 0FW Scotland Craig O'Reilly 0 (3) 0 0 0MF France Grégory Tadé 11 (2) 0 2 0FW Scotland Robbie Winters 4 (2) 0 0 0MF Scotland Connor Stevenson 0 (2) 0 0 0GK Scotland Paul McKendry 0 0 0 0GK Scotland Gerry McLaughlin 0 0 0 0DF Germany Michael Ohnesorge 13 (1) 0 5 1MF Scotland Paul Emslie 11 0 6 0DF Scotland Alan Lowing 19 0 1 0 First Division # Player P GK Scotland David Hutton 31 0 5 1DF Scotland Neil McGregor 7 0 2 0DF Scotland Chris Higgins 30 (2) 2 10 0DF Scotland Mark Brown 24 (2) 1 4 0MF Scotland Stuart Kettlewell 26 0 4 0DF Scotland Billy Gibson 30 0 5 1MF Scotland Alan Trouten 15 (12) 4 5 0FW Scotland Scott Gemmill 23 (7) 2 5 1FW Scotland Dave McKay 14 (18) 1 4 0MF Scotland Willie McLaren 24 6 7 1FW Scotland Pat Clarke 28 (1) 11 4 1FW Scotland Gary McSwegan 2 (15) 1 3 1MF Scotland Ruari MacLennan 16 (14) 6 6 1MF Scotland Roddy MacLennan 1 (2) 0 0 0MF Scotland Ricky Waddell 24 (4) 4 8 0MF Scotland David McGowan 0 (1) 0 0 0MF Scotland Marvyn Wilson 14 (5) 0 8 0GK Scotland Peter Cherrie 5 (1) 0 0 0FW Scotland Marc McCusker 0 (1) 0 0 0MF Scotland Jordan Murch 0 (1) 0 0 0DF Scotland Alan Lithgow 22 1 4 0DF Scotland Tony Stevenson 9 0 0 0FW Scotland Craig O'Reilly 0 (3) 0 0 0MF France Grégory Tadé 11 (2) 0 2 0FW Scotland Robbie Winters 4 (2) 0 0 0MF Scotland Connor Stevenson 0 (2) 0 0 0DF Germany Michael Ohnesorge 10 0 3 0MF Scotland Paul Emslie 9 0 4 0DF Scotland Alan Lowing 17 0 1 0 Challenge Cup # Player P GK Scotland David Hutton 1 0 0 0DF Scotland Neil McGregor 2 0 2 1DF Scotland Billy Gibson 3 1 0 0DF Scotland Chris Higgins 3 0 0 0DF Scotland Mark Brown 2 0 0 0MF Scotland Roddy MacLennan 2 0 0 0MF Scotland Alan Trouten 1 (2) 2 0 0MF Scotland Stuart Kettlewell 2 (1) 0 0 0FW Scotland Pat Clarke 2 1 2 0FW Scotland Gary McSwegan 1 (1) 0 0 0FW Scotland Dave McKay 3 0 0 0FW Scotland Scott Gemmill 1 (2) 0 1 0MF Scotland Willie McLaren 0 (1) 0 0 0MF Scotland Stephen Connolly 0 (1) 0 0 0GK Scotland Peter Cherrie 2 0 0 0DF Germany Michael Ohnesorge 2 0 0 0MF Scotland Marvyn Wilson 1 0 0 0MF Scotland Ruari MacLennan 1 (1) 0 1 0MF Scotland Ricky Waddell 2 0 0 0DF Scotland Alan Lowing 1 0 0 0MF Scotland Paul Emslie 1 0 1 0 League Cup # Player P GK Scotland Peter Cherrie 2 0 1 0DF Scotland Billy Gibson 2 1 0 0MF Scotland Ruari MacLennan 2 0 0 0DF Scotland Chris Higgins 2 0 0 0DF Scotland Mark Brown 2 0 0 0MF Scotland Stuart Kettlewell 2 0 1 0MF Scotland Alan Trouten 1 (1) 0 0 0MF Scotland Marvyn Wilson 2 0 0 0FW Scotland Scott Gemmill 2 0 0 0FW Scotland Pat Clarke 2 1 0 0MF Scotland Roddy MacLennan 1 1 0 0MF Scotland Willie McLaren 0 (1) 0 0 0DF Germany Michael Ohnesorge 1 (1) 0 2 1FW Scotland Gary McSwegan 0 (1) 2 0 0MF Scotland Ricky Waddell 1 0 0 0FW Scotland Dave McKay 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 Alan Lowing 1 0 0 0DF Scotland Mark Brown 1 0 0 0DF Scotland Chris Higgins 2 0 0 0DF Scotland Billy Gibson 2 0 0 0DF Scotland Alan Lithgow 2 0 0 0FW Scotland Dave McKay 2 1 0 0MF Scotland Stuart Kettlewell 2 0 1 0FW Scotland Pat Clarke 2 1 0 0MF Scotland Paul Emslie 1 0 1 0MF Scotland Willie McLaren 2 0 1 0MF Scotland Ruari MacLennan 1 (1) 0 0 0FW Scotland Gary McSwegan 0 (2) 0 0 0MF Scotland Alan Trouten 1 (1) 0 0 0MF Scotland Marvyn Wilson 1 0 0 0 Note: Players in italics have left the club League table CLY Notes 30em Category:Clyde F.C. seasons Clyde