2007–08 Clyde F.C. season explained

Club:Clyde Football Club
Season:2007–08
Manager:John Brown
Chairman:Ian Letham
League:First Division
League Result:9th (Playoffs)
Cup1:Scottish Cup
Cup1 Result:Fourth Round
Cup2:League Cup
Cup2 Result:First Round
Cup3:Challenge Cup
Cup3 Result:Second Round
League Topscorer:Ruari Doherty (9)
Season Topscorer:Ruari Doherty (9)
Highest Attendance:2,548 (vs Airdrie United, 10 May 2008)
Lowest Attendance:621 (vs Queen of the South, 14 August 2007, League Cup)
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Prevseason:2006–07
Nextseason: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
June
July
August

Transfers

Summer

In

PlayerFromFee
Free
Free
Andrew Traub Free
Free
Clyde Youth Free
Jordan Murch Clyde Youth Free
Clyde Youth Free
Stephen Connolly Hamilton Academical Youth Free
Ryan Craig Greenock Morton Youth Free
Martin McGowan Greenock Morton Youth Free
St Mirren Youth Free
Juan Carrio Motherwell Youth Free
Loan
Loan
Free
Unattached Free
Ryan Wilkie Unattached Free

Out

PlayerToFee
Retired Free
Undisclosed
Free
Free
Free
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Michael Fulton Free
Free
Free
Andrew Traub Free
Free
David Thomson Free

January

In:

PlayerFromFee
Undisclosed
Free
Free
Free
Loan
Drumchapel United Free
Free
Unattached Free
Unattached Free
Loan

Out:

PlayerToFee
Loan Return
Loan Return
Ryan Wilkie Free
Released Free
£35,000

Fixtures and results

Pre-season

DateOpponentsStadiumResult
F – A		Scorers
10 July 2007East StirlingshireLittle Kerse2 – 3Masterton, Trialist
13 July 2007StenhousemuirOchilview Park3 – 2
24 July 2007St MirrenLove Street1 – 2
26 July 2007Oldham AthleticBroadwood Stadium2 – 2

Scottish First Division

DateOpponentsStadiumResult
F – A		ScorersAttendancePositionNotes
4 August 2007Greenock MortonCappielow2 – 33,7848th[20] [21] [22]
11 August 2007Hamilton AcademicalBroadwood Stadium0 – 21,1828th[23]
18 August 2007Partick ThistleFirhill Stadium0 – 43,17510th[24] [25]
25 August 2007St JohnstoneBroadwood Stadium1 – 01,3109th[26]
1 September 2007DundeeBroadwood Stadium1 – 21,5009th[27] [28] [29]
15 September 2007Queen of the SouthPalmerston Park1 – 11,73010th[30]
22 September 2007Dunfermline AthleticBroadwood Stadium2 – 11,5547th
29 September 2007LivingstonAlmondvale Stadium2 – 41,5009th[31]
6 October 2007Stirling AlbionForthbank Stadium2 – 09507th
20 October 2007Greenock MortonBroadwood Stadium0 – 11,2317th
27 October 2007St JohnstoneMcDiarmid Park1 – 12,7827th
3 November 2007Partick ThistleBroadwood Stadium1 – 21,98010th
11 November 2007DundeeDens Park1 – 03,7277th
1 December 2007Queen of the SouthBroadwood Stadium0 – 01,0087th
8 December 2007Dunfermline AthleticEast End Park1 – 13,5747th[32]
15 December 2007LivingstonBroadwood Stadium2 – 19107th
26 December 2007Hamilton AcademicalNew Douglas Park0 – 01,7509th
29 December 2007St JohnstoneBroadwood Stadium1 – 31,2009th[33]
2 January 2008Partick ThistleFirhill Stadium1 – 13,2998th
5 January 2008Queen of the SouthPalmerston Park1 – 31,5139th
19 January 2008DundeeBroadwood Stadium1 – 11,3289th[34]
26 January 2008Hamilton AcademicalBroadwood Stadium2 – 31,2149th[35]
2 February 2008Stirling AlbionBroadwood Stadium1 – 39619th[36] [37] [38] [39]
9 February 2008Greenock MortonCappielow2 – 12,2398th
23 February 2008Dunfermline AthleticBroadwood Stadium1 – 21,1268th[40] [41] [42]
1 March 2008Partick ThistleBroadwood Stadium1 – 41,7179th[43]
8 March 2008LivingstonAlmondvale Stadium0 – 01,8009th
11 March 2008Greenock MortonBroadwood Stadium1 – 11,2659th
15 March 2008Stirling AlbionForthbank Stadium1 – 11,0899th[44] [45] [46]
22 March 2008Queen of the SouthBroadwood Stadium1 – 41,2119th[47]
25 March 2008St JohnstoneMcDiarmid Park2 – 11,6867th
29 March 2008DundeeDens Park0 – 24,0378th[48]
5 April 2008LivingstonBroadwood Stadium3 – 21,1568th
12 April 2008Dunfermline AthleticEast End Park1 – 23,1298th
19 April 2008Hamilton AcademicalNew Douglas Park0 – 24,9409th[49]
26 April 2008Stirling AlbionBroadwood Stadium3 – 01,4269th

Playoffs

DateStageOpponentsStadiumResult
F – A		ScorersAttendanceNotes
30 April 2008Semi Final First LegAlloa AthleticRecreation Park1 – 21,026
3 May 2008Semi Final Second LegAlloa AthleticBroadwood Stadium5 – 3 AET1,548[50]
7 May 2008Final First LegAirdrie UnitedExcelsior Stadium1 – 01,878[51]
10 May 2008Final Second LegAirdrie UnitedBroadwood Stadium2 – 02,548[52] [53] [54] [55] [56]

Scottish Challenge Cup

DateRoundOpponentsStadiumResult
F – A		ScorersAttendanceNotes
14 August 2007Round 1Queen of the SouthBroadwood Stadium1 – 0621[57]
5 September 2007Round 2Dunfermline AthleticBroadwood Stadium1 – 4799

Scottish Cup

DateRoundOpponentsStadiumResult
F – A		ScorersAttendanceNotes
24 November 2007Round 3MontroseBroadwood Stadium2 – 0821[58] [59] [60]
16 January 2008Round 4Dundee UnitedBroadwood Stadium0 – 11,550[61]

Reserve League Cup

DateStageOpponentsStadiumResult
F – A		Scorers
16 October 2007GroupAirdrie UnitedBroadwood Stadium1 – 0
29 October 2007GroupStranraerStair Park6 – 0
15 November 2007GroupEast StirlingshireFirs Park4 – 1
22 January 2008GroupStenhousemuirOchilview Park3 – 2Roddy MacLennan, McKenna, Connolly
12 February 2008GroupHamilton AcademicalBroadwood Stadium2 – 1
4 March 2008GroupQueens ParkBroadwood Stadium1 – 1
12 March 2008GroupPartick ThistleFirhill Stadium3 – 5
27 April 2007Semi FinalSt JohnstoneMcDiarmid Park2 – 0
5 May 2008FinalLivingstonAlmondvale Stadium4 – 1

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 45 0 2 0
DF 40 3 10 2
DF 41 2 11 0
MF 25 (6) 0 8 1
MF 28 (6) 5 4 0
MF 23 (12) 2 3 0
MF 19 (5) 0 12 1
FW 23 (12) 6 1 0
DF 34 (6) 1 5 0
MF 37 (5) 5 4 1
MF 22 (12) 3 3 0
FW 1 (9) 0 1 0
DF 0 (2) 0 0 0
MF Stephen Connolly 0 (1) 0 0 0
DF 24 (1) 0 5 0
DF 18 (1) 3 4 0
FW 2 (5) 0 0 0
DF 4 0 1 1
DF 18 1 2 0
FW 15 9 3 0
MF 2 (1) 1 2 0
FW 8 (8) 0 1 0
MF 5 (5) 1 2 0
FW 6 (3) 3 1 0
MF 7 (1) 2 1 0
FW 0 (3) 0 0 0
GK 0 0 0 0
MF Juan Carrio 0 0 0 0
DF 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 40 0 2 0
DF 35 3 10 2
DF 36 2 8 0
MF 20 (6) 0 7 1
MF 24 (6) 4 3 0
MF 20 (11) 2 1 0
MF 18 (4) 0 11 1
FW 19 (12) 5 1 0
DF 30 (6) 1 5 0
MF 33 (4) 4 4 1
MF 20 (9) 3 3 0
FW 1 (8) 0 1 0
MF Stephen Connolly 0 (1) 0 0 0
DF 0 (1) 0 0 0
DF 24 (1) 0 5 0
DF 16 (1) 3 4 0
FW 1 (5) 0 0 0
DF 4 0 1 1
DF 18 1 2 0
FW 15 9 3 0
MF 2 (1) 1 2 0
FW 8 (8) 0 1 0
MF 5 (5) 1 2 0
FW 6 (3) 3 1 0
MF 7 (1) 2 1 0
FW 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 2 0 0 0
DF 2 0 0 0
DF 2 0 1 0
MF 2 0 0 0
MF 2 1 0 0
MF 2 1 0 0
FW 2 0 1 0
DF 2 0 0 0
MF 1 (1) 0 0 0
DF 1 0 0 0
FW 1 0 0 0
DF 1 0 0 0
MF 1 0 0 0
DF 1 0 0 0
DF 0 (1) 0 0 0
MF 0 (1) 0 0 0
FW 0 (1) 0 0 0

League Cup

Player P
GK 1 0 0 0
DF 1 0 0 0
DF 1 0 0 0
DF 1 0 1 0
MF 1 0 0 0
MF 1 0 1 0
MF 1 0 1 0
MF 1 0 1 0
FW 1 0 0 0
FW 1 0 0 0
DF 1 0 0 0
MF 0 (1) 0 0 0
MF 0 (1) 0 0 0

Scottish Cup

Player P
GK 2 0 0 0
DF 2 0 0 0
MF 2 0 1 0
DF 2 0 1 0
DF 2 0 0 0
MF 2 0 0 0
FW 2 1 0 0
FW 2 1 0 0
DF 2 0 0 0
FW 1 0 0 0
MF 1 0 0 0
MF 1 0 0 0
MF 1 0 0 0
MF 0 (2) 0 0 0
FW 0 (1) 0 0 0

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

Notes and References

  1. http://www.clydefc.co.uk/latestnews.cfm?id=2313&page=25 Club Statement – Joe Miller
  2. http://www.clydefc.co.uk/latestnews.cfm?id=2317&page=25 Players Released
  3. http://www.clydefc.co.uk/latestnews.cfm?id=2322&page=24 Upton goes
  4. http://www.clydefc.co.uk/latestnews.cfm?id=2323&page=24 Manager appointed
  5. http://www.clydefc.co.uk/latestnews.cfm?id=2325&page=24 Trust deal in Ruari
  6. http://www.clydefc.co.uk/latestnews.cfm?id=2341&page=22 Club Statement
  7. http://www.clydefc.co.uk/latestnews.cfm?id=2354&page=21 Harris move agreed
  8. http://www.clydefc.co.uk/latestnews.cfm?id=2357&page=21 Gilmour joins Queens
  9. http://www.clydefc.co.uk/latestnews.cfm?id=2369&page=20 Taz & Dave sign on
  10. http://www.clydefc.co.uk/latestnews.cfm?id=2370&page=20 Bollan joins up
  11. http://www.clydefc.co.uk/latestnews.cfm?id=2378&page=19 Four players signed
  12. http://www.clydefc.co.uk/latestnews.cfm?id=2381&page=19 Morton 3–2 Clyde
  13. http://www.clydefc.co.uk/latestnews.cfm?id=2383&page=18 Wilson signs on
  14. http://www.clydefc.co.uk/latestnews.cfm?id=2394&page=18 Clyde 0–3 Raith Rovers
  15. http://www.clydefc.co.uk/latestnews.cfm?id=2406&page=17 Clyde 1–0 QOS
  16. http://www.clydefc.co.uk/latestnews.cfm?id=2413&page=16 Sweet Sixteen
  17. http://www.clydefc.co.uk/latestnews.cfm?id=2412&page=17 Partick Thistle 4–0 Clyde
  18. http://www.clydefc.co.uk/latestnews.cfm?id=2420&page=16 Clyde 1–0 St Johnstone
  19. http://www.clydefc.co.uk/latestnews.cfm?id=2422&page=16 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]
  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|Colin Hendry's]

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