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 PlayerFromFee 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 Callum 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 PlayerToFee 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: PlayerFromFee 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: PlayerToFee 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
Fixtures and results
Pre-season DateOpponentsStadiumResultF – AScorers10 July 2007East StirlingshireLittle Kerse2 – 3Masterton , Trialist 13 July 2007StenhousemuirOchilview Park3 – 2Imrie , Bradley 24 July 2007St MirrenLove Street1 – 2Imrie 26 July 2007Oldham AthleticBroadwood Stadium2 – 2, Arbuckle
Scottish First Division DateOpponentsStadiumResultF – AScorersAttendancePositionNotes4 August 2007Greenock MortonCappielow2 – 3Masterton , Higgins 3,7848thDebut of Craig PotterDebut of Christian SmithDebut of Marvyn Wilson11 August 2007Hamilton AcademicalBroadwood Stadium0 – 2N. McGregor 1,1828thDebut & 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 1,3109thFinal appearance of Craig Potter1 September 2007DundeeBroadwood Stadium1 – 2Higgins , Cardle 1,5009thDebut of Dan KirkupDebut of Joe CardleFinal appearance of Michael Doherty15 September 2007Queen of the SouthPalmerston Park1 – 1N. McGregor 1,73010thDebut of Dušan Bestvina22 September 2007Dunfermline AthleticBroadwood Stadium2 – 1Masterton , D. McGowan 1,5547th29 September 2007LivingstonAlmondvale Stadium2 – 4D. McGowan , Ruari MacLennan , Imrie , Smith 1,5009thDebut of Evangelino Valentim6 October 2007Stirling AlbionForthbank Stadium2 – 0Arbuckle , N. McGregor 9507th20 October 2007Greenock MortonBroadwood Stadium0 – 11,2317th27 October 2007St JohnstoneMcDiarmid Park1 – 1Imrie 2,7827th3 November 2007Partick ThistleBroadwood Stadium1 – 2Imrie 1,98010th11 November 2007DundeeDens Park1 – 0Dixon 3,7277th1 December 2007Queen of the SouthBroadwood Stadium0 – 01,0087th8 December 2007Dunfermline AthleticEast End Park1 – 1D. McGowan , Imrie 3,5747thFinal appearance of Dan Kirkup15 December 2007LivingstonBroadwood Stadium2 – 1McKeown , N. McGregor 9107th26 December 2007Hamilton AcademicalNew Douglas Park0 – 01,7509th29 December 2007St JohnstoneBroadwood Stadium1 – 3Bradley , Wilson 1,2009thFinal appearance of Sean McKenna2 January 2008Partick ThistleFirhill Stadium1 – 1Arbuckle 3,2998th5 January 2008Queen of the SouthPalmerston Park1 – 3Michael McGowan 1,5139th19 January 2008DundeeBroadwood Stadium1 – 1Arbuckle 1,3289thDougie Bell & Gary Bollan take care-taker charge26 January 2008Hamilton AcademicalBroadwood Stadium2 – 3Arbuckle , Imrie 1,2149thFinal appearance of Dougie Imrie2 February 2008Stirling AlbionBroadwood Stadium1 – 3Fagan 9619thDebut of Iain CampbellDebut of Billy GibsonDebut of Pat ClarkeDebut of Shaun Fagan9 February 2008Greenock MortonCappielow2 – 1Ruari MacLennan , McKeown 2,2398th23 February 2008Dunfermline AthleticBroadwood Stadium1 – 2Clarke 1,1268thDebut of Jimmy GibsonDebut of Dave McKayFinal appearance of Shaun Fagan1 March 2008Partick ThistleBroadwood Stadium1 – 4McKeown 1,7179thFinal appearance of Craig McKeown8 March 2008LivingstonAlmondvale Stadium0 – 01,8009th11 March 2008Greenock MortonBroadwood Stadium1 – 1Clarke 1,2659th15 March 2008Stirling AlbionForthbank Stadium1 – 1Albertz 45', Campbell 1,0899thDebut of Gary McSweganDebut of Jörg AlbertzFinal appearance of Iain Campbell22 March 2008Queen of the SouthBroadwood Stadium1 – 4Masterton 1,2119thDebut of Marc McCusker25 March 2008St JohnstoneMcDiarmid Park2 – 1Bradley , Albertz 1,6867th29 March 2008DundeeDens Park0 – 24,0378thFinal appearance of Marc McCusker5 April 2008LivingstonBroadwood Stadium3 – 2Clarke , Ruari MacLennan 1,1568th12 April 2008Dunfermline AthleticEast End Park1 – 2Clarke 3,1298th19 April 2008Hamilton AcademicalNew Douglas Park0 – 2N. McGregor 4,9409thFinal appearance of Christian Smith26 April 2008Stirling AlbionBroadwood Stadium3 – 0McSwegan , Clarke 1,4269th
Playoffs DateStageOpponentsStadiumResultF – AScorersAttendanceNotes30 April 2008Semi Final First LegAlloa AthleticRecreation Park1 – 2Masterton 1,0263 May 2008Semi Final Second LegAlloa AthleticBroadwood Stadium5 – 3 AETJ. Gibson , Arbuckle ,B. Gibson , McSwegan ,Clarke 1,548Final appearance of Dušan Bestvina7 May 2008Final First LegAirdrie UnitedExcelsior Stadium1 – 0Clarke 1,878Final appearance of Jorg Albertz10 May 2008Final Second LegAirdrie UnitedBroadwood Stadium2 – 0McSwegan , Clarke 2,548Final 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 621Debut of Michael Doherty5 September 2007Round 2Dunfermline AthleticBroadwood Stadium1 – 4Ruari MacLennan 799
Scottish Cup DateRoundOpponentsStadiumResultF – AScorersAttendanceNotes24 November 2007Round 3MontroseBroadwood Stadium2 – 0Arbuckle , Imrie 821Debut 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 David Hutton 45 0 2 0DF Neil McGregor 40 3 10 2DF Chris Higgins 41 2 11 0MF Christian Smith 25 (6) 0 8 1MF Steven Masterton 28 (6) 5 4 0MF Kevin Bradley 23 (12) 2 3 0MF Marvyn Wilson 19 (5) 0 12 1FW Gary Arbuckle 23 (12) 6 1 0DF Michael McGowan 34 (6) 1 5 0MF Ruari MacLennan 37 (5) 5 4 1MF David McGowan 22 (12) 3 3 0FW Sean McKenna 1 (9) 0 1 0DF Michael Doherty 0 (2) 0 0 0MF Stephen Connolly 0 (1) 0 0 0DF Dušan Bestvina 24 (1) 0 5 0DF Craig McKeown 18 (1) 3 4 0FW Roddy MacLennan 2 (5) 0 0 0DF Iain Campbell 4 0 1 1DF Billy Gibson 18 1 2 0FW Pat Clarke 15 9 3 0MF Shaun Fagan 2 (1) 1 2 0FW Dave McKay 8 (8) 0 1 0MF Jimmy Gibson 5 (5) 1 2 0FW Gary McSwegan 6 (3) 3 1 0MF Jörg Albertz 7 (1) 2 1 0FW Marc McCusker 0 (3) 0 0 0GK Peter Cherrie 0 0 0 0MF Juan Carrio 0 0 0 0DF Callum McGregor 0 0 0 0FW Dougie Imrie 24 5 12 1FW Evangelino Valentim 0 (3) 0 0 0DF Dan Kirkup 7 (1) 0 0 0MF Joe Cardle 10 0 3 1DF Craig Potter 6 0 0 0DF Andrew Traub 1 0 0 0GK David Thomson 0 (1) 0 0 0MF Ryan Wilkie 0 0 0 0
League