2006–07 Clyde F.C. season

In season 2006–07, Clyde competed in their seventh consecutive season in the Scottish First Division. Joe Miller was appointed as new manager, after Graham Roberts was dismissed for gross misconduct on a tour of Canada. In a subsequent court case Roberts was awarded £32,000 compensation for unfair dismissal.[1]

Clyde Football Club
2006–07 season
ChairmanLen McGuire
ManagerJoe Miller
First Division5th
Scottish CupThird Round
League CupFirst Round
Challenge CupRunners up
Top goalscorerLeague: Gary Arbuckle (11)
All: Gary Arbuckle (11)
Highest home attendance3,000 (vs Partick Thistle, 26 August 2006)
Lowest home attendance682 (vs Ayr United, 12 September 2006, Challenge Cup)

Clyde finished fifth in the Scottish First Division, and reached their first cup final for 48 years, in the Scottish Challenge Cup. They went out of the Scottish League Cup in the first round and the Scottish Cup in the third round.

Transfers

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May to December

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In:

Player From Fee
  Ruari MacLennan Clyde Youth Free
  David McGowan Clyde Youth Free
  Michael Fulton Clyde Youth Free
  Paul Reynolds Clyde Youth Free
  Ryan McCann St Johnstone Free
  Andy Ferguson Dundee Free
  David Hutton Petershill Free

Out:

Player To Fee
  Tom Brighton Millwall Free
  Alex Williams Armadale SC Free
  Romauld Bouadji Tooting & Mitcham United Free
  Paul Jarvie Inverurie Loco Works Free
  Andrew Dick Linlithgow Rose Free
  Santino Marini Berwick Rangers Free

January to April

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In:

Player From Fee
  Alex Williams Ross County Free
  Brian Gilmour Rangers Free

Out:

Player From To
  Paul McHale Dundee £5,000
  Stephen O'Donnell St Mirren £28,000
  Eddie Malone St Mirren £2,000
  David Scott Albion Rovers Free
  Raymond Inglis Dumbarton Free

Squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   SCO Peter Cherrie
GK   SCO David Hutton
GK   SCO David Scott
DF   SCO Michael Fulton
DF   SCO Robert Harris
DF   SCO Chris Higgins
DF   SCO Raymond Inglis
DF   SCO Neil McGregor
DF   NIR Michael McGowan
DF   SCO Craig McKeown
MF   SCO Kevin Bradley
MF   SCO Craig Bryson
MF   SCO Brian Gilmour
MF   SCO Ruari MacLennan
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   SCO Eddie Malone
MF   SCO Steven Masterton
MF   SCO Ryan McCann
MF   SCO David McGowan
MF   SCO Paul McHale (Captain)
MF   SCO Joe Miller
MF   SCO Stephen O'Donnell
FW   SCO Gary Arbuckle
FW   SCO Andy Ferguson
FW   SCO Roddy Hunter
FW   SCO Dougie Imrie
FW   SCO Sean McKenna
FW   SCO Paul Reynolds
FW   EIR Keith Shevlin (Trialist)
FW   SCO Alex Williams

Results

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Friendlies

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Date Opponents Stadium Result
F - A
Scorers
8 July 2006 Dumbarton Broadwood Stadium 1 - 0 Arbuckle  
10 July 2006 Kilmarnock Broadwood Stadium 2 - 1 Masterton  , Imrie  
15 July 2006 Rangers Broadwood Stadium 0 - 0
22 July 2006 East Kilbride Thistle Showpark 4 - 0 Zok (Trialist)  , MacLennan  , McHale   pen', Arbuckle  
23 July 2006 Auchinleck Talbot Showpark 6 - 0 O'Donnell   pen', Arbuckle    , Imrie  , Bryson  , Hamilton (Trialist)  
25 July 2006 Stranraer Broadwood Stadium 4 - 0 O'Donnell   pen', Imrie  , McKenna  , D. McGowan  
30 July 2006 Hearts Broadwood Stadium 2 - 0 Higgins  , M. McGowan  

Scottish First Division

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Date Opponents Stadium Result
F - A
Scorers Attendance Notes
5 August 2006 St Johnstone McDiarmid Park 0 - 0 2,572 [2]
13 August 2006 Gretna Broadwood Stadium 1 - 2 Imrie   25', M. McGowan   89' 1,348
20 August 2006 Dundee Dens Park 0 - 3 3,417 [3]
26 August 2006 Partick Thistle Broadwood Stadium 0 - 0 3,000 [4]
16 September 2006 Ross County Broadwood Stadium 3 - 0 McHale   48' (pen), Ferguson   63', Imrie   85' 965
23 September 2006 Queen of the South Palmerston Park 2 - 0 Imrie   23'   79' 1,770
30 September 2006 Livingston Broadwood Stadium 1 - 1 Ferguson   47' 1,429
14 October 2006 Airdrie United Excelsior Stadium 1 - 2 O'Donnell   57' 1,050
17 October 2006 Hamilton Academical New Douglas Park 1 - 3 Masterton   33' 1,253
21 October 2006 Gretna Raydale Park 3 - 3 Higgins   23', O'Donnell   65', Masterton   69', McHale   63' 1,118
28 October 2006 St Johnstone Broadwood Stadium 1 - 0 Imrie   85' 1,390
4 November 2006 Hamilton Academical Broadwood Stadium 2 - 1 McGregor   77', Malone   81' 1,200
18 November 2006 Ross County Victoria Park 1 - 1 Higgins   71' 2,195
22 November 2006 Partick Thistle Firhill Stadium 1 - 1 Arbuckle   57' 3,000
28 November 2006 Queen of the South Broadwood Stadium 4 - 0 McGregor   44', Arbuckle   45'   55', McHale   83' (pen) 1,179
2 December 2006 Airdrie United Broadwood Stadium 0 - 0 1,347
9 December 2006 Livingston Almondvale 1 - 1 Arbuckle   82'
16 December 2006 Dundee Broadwood Stadium 2 - 1 Arbuckle   36', O'Donnell   38' (pen), McGregor   49' 1,088 [5]
26 December 2006 St Johnstone McDiarmid Park 1 - 2 Arbuckle   58' 2,604
30 December 2006 Hamilton Academical New Douglas Park 1 - 1 Arbuckle   84' 1,534
2 January 2007 Partick Thistle Broadwood Stadium 2 - 0 Masterton   34', McKeown   46' 2,229 [6]
20 January 2007 Ross County Broadwood Stadium 2 - 4 Ferguson   72', Masterton   75' 1,100
27 January 2007 Airdrie United Excelsior Stadium 0 - 1 1,340 [7]
10 February 2007 Livingston Broadwood Stadium 0 - 1 1,007 [8]
17 February 2007 Dundee Dens Park 4 - 1 Masterton   1', Bryson   12'   38', Arbuckle   29' 3,812
24 February 2007 Gretna Broadwood Stadium 2 - 0 Masterton   5', Arbuckle   87' 1,107
3 March 2007 Partick Thistle Firhill Stadium 4 - 0 Arbuckle   4', Masterton   14', Bryson   27', M. McGowan   36' 2,873
10 March 2007 Hamilton Academical Broadwood Stadium 3 - 0 Arbuckle   13', Masterton   30', Imrie   88' 1,200 [9]
17 March 2007 Ross County Victoria Park 2 - 2 Gilmour   47', M. McGowan   63' (pen) 2,145
25 March 2007 Queen of the South Palmerston Park 0 - 0 2,109
31 March 2007 Queen of the South Broadwood Stadium 0 - 1 1,200
4 April 2007 Livingston Almondvale 0 - 0 1,646
7 April 2007 Airdrie United Broadwood Stadium 0 - 1 1,536
17 April 2007 St Johnstone Broadwood Stadium 0 - 1 1,352
21 April 2007 Gretna Raydale Park 0 - 0 1,715 [10]
28 April 2007 Dundee Broadwood Stadium 1 - 1 Williams   40' 1,400 [11][12][13]
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Scottish Challenge Cup

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Date Round Opponents Stadium Result
F - A
Scorers Attendance Notes
30 August 2006 Round 2 Montrose Links Park 3 - 0 McHale   40' (pen), Ferguson   62', Imrie   90' 427
12 September 2006 Quarter Final Ayr United Broadwood Stadium 1 - 0 McHale   60' 682 [17]
27 September 2006 Semi Final Greenock Morton Broadwood Stadium 3 - 1 M. McGowan   13', Higgins   41', Bryson   79' 2,296
12 November 2006 Final Ross County McDiarmid Park 1 - 1 AET 4 - 5 pens Hunter   43', Malone   93' 4,062 [18]

Scottish League Cup

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Date Round Opponents Stadium Result
F - A
Scorers Attendance Notes
8 August 2007 Round 1 Queen of the South Palmerston Park 2 - 4 Imrie   43', O'Donnell   52' (pen) 1,435

Scottish Cup

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Date Round Opponents Stadium Result
F - A
Scorers Attendance Notes
6 January 2007 Round 3 Gretna Broadwood Stadium 0 - 3 1,378 [19]

Player statistics

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# Player P      
GK   Peter Cherrie 14 0 0 0
DF   Neil McGregor 26 2 2 1
MF   Kevin Bradley 5 (16) 0 0 0
DF   Chris Higgins 40 2 6 0
DF   Robert Harris 21 (4) 0 8 0
MF   Paul McHale 23 (1) 3 3 1
MF   Craig Bryson 39 (1) 4 3 0
MF   Stephen O'Donnell 24 (3) 4 7 0
FW   Gary Arbuckle 28 (10) 11 1 0
FW   Dougie Imrie 39 7 10 0
DF   Michael McGowan 35 (2) 3 6 1
MF   Steven Masterton 21 (9) 8 2 0
FW   Sean McKenna 1 (9) 0 0 0
MF   Ruari MacLennan 5 (4) 0 0 0
MF   Eddie Malone 24 1 5 1
FW   Roddy Hunter 5 (10) 1 0 0
MF   Ryan McCann 17 (6) 3 0 0
MF   Joe Miller 0 (2) 0 1 0
FW   Andy Ferguson 14 (13) 4 2 0
GK   David Hutton 28 0 4 0
DF   Craig McKeown 32 2 4 0
FW   Alex Williams 7 (7) 1 0 0
MF   Brian Gilmour 13 1 2 0
MF   David McGowan 0 (1) 0 0 0
GK   David Scott 0 0 0 0
FW   Keith Shevlin (Trialist) 0 0 0 0
FW   Paul Reynolds 0 0 0 0

League table

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2006–07 Premiership

Notes

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  1. ^ "Ex-Clyde boss wins dismissal case". BBC News. 29 June 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  2. ^ Debut of Ruari MacLennan
  3. ^ Debut of Ryan McCann
  4. ^ Debut of Andy Ferguson
  5. ^ Debut of Alex Williams
  6. ^ Final appearance of Paul McHale
  7. ^ Final appearance of Stephen O'Donnell
  8. ^ Debut of Brian Gilmour
  9. ^ Final appearance of Roddy Hunter
  10. ^ Final appearance of Andy Ferguson
  11. ^ Final appearance of Robert Harris
  12. ^ Final appearance of Ryan McCann
  13. ^ Final appearance of Alex Williams
  14. ^ Final appearance of Craig Bryson
  15. ^ Final appearance of Brian Gilmour
  16. ^ Debut of David McGowan
  17. ^ Debut of David Hutton
  18. ^ Final appearance of Joe Miller
  19. ^ Final appearance of Eddie Malone