2008–09 Clyde F.C. season

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.

Clyde
2008–09 season
ChairmanScotland Ian Letham
ManagerScotland John Brown
Scottish First Division10th
Scottish CupFourth round
League CupSecond round
Challenge CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Pat Clarke (11)
All: Pat Clarke (14)
Highest home attendance2,091 vs Partick Thistle (13 September 2008)
Lowest home attendance677 vs Montrose (29 November 2008)
2009–10 →

Transfers

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Summer

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Player From Fee Date
  Stuart Kettlewell Queens Park Free 19 May 2008
  Marc McCusker Hearts Free 1 June 2008
  Alan Trouten Queens Park Free 2 June 2008
  Ricky Waddell Airdrie United Free 2 June 2008
  Willie McLaren Unattached Free 2 June 2008
  Mark Brown Eddlewood Amateurs Free 4 June 2008
  Sean Connolly Hamilton Academical Youth Free 1 July 2008
  Charles McCole Clyde Youth Free 1 July 2008
  Gerry McLaughlin Clyde Youth Free 1 July 2008
  Michael Ohnesorge SV Elversberg Free 22 July 2008
  Scott Gemmill Berwick Rangers Free 25 July 2008
  Alan Lowing Rangers Loan 30 August 2008
  Paul Emslie Rangers Loan 30 August 2008
  Alan Lithgow Unattached Free 29 October 2008
Player To Fee Date
  Iain Campbell Kilmarnock Loan Return 10 May 2008
  Marc McCusker Hearts Loan Return 10 May 2008
  Gary Arbuckle Queen of the South Free 19 May 2008
  Shaun Fagan East Fife Free 19 May 2008
  Sean McKenna Camelon Juniors Free 19 May 2008
  Jörg Albertz Retired Free 31 May 2008
  Steven Masterton Greenock Morton Free 1 June 2008
  Calum McGregor Kilwinning Rangers Free 2 June 2008
  Michael Doherty Released Free 2 June 2008
  Paul MacDonald Vale of Clyde Free 2 June 2008
  Juan Carrio Glenafton Athletic Free 2 June 2008
  Ryan Craig Goldenhill Free 2 June 2008
  Martin McGowan Released Free 2 June 2008
  Kyle Hendry Blackburn Rovers Free 2 June 2008
  Craig McKeown Dundee Free 5 June 2008
  Dušan Bestvina FC Mistelbach Free 12 June 2008
  Christian Smith Wrexham Free 12 June 2008
  Jimmy Gibson East Stirlingshire Free 25 June 2008
  Michael McGowan Queen of the South Free 30 June 2008
  Kevin Bradley Montrose Free 30 June 2008
  David McGowan Arbroath Loan 17 October 2008
  Marc McCusker Albion Rovers Loan 13 December 2008
  Stephen Connolly Stenhousemuir Loan 15 December 2008

January

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Player From Fee Date
  Tony Stevenson Hamilton Academical Loan 1 January 2009
  Craig O'Reilly East Fife Free 1 January 2009
  Grégory Tadé Stranraer Undisclosed 24 January 2009
  Robbie Winters Unattached Free 31 April 2009
Player To Fee Date
  David McGowan Arbroath Loan 1 January 2009
  Michael Ohnesorge Released Free 1 January 2009
  Paul Emslie Rangers Loan Return 1 January 2009
  Stephen Connolly Stranraer Loan 24 January 2009
  Jordan Murch Stranraer Loan 24 January 2009
  Alan Lowing Rangers Loan Return 31 January 2009
  Craig O'Reilly Montrose Loan 20 March 2009
  Jordan Morton Hearts Undisclosed 28 April 2009

Notable events

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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 Paul McKendry
GK   SCO Gerry McLaughlin
DF   SCO Mark Brown
DF   SCO Billy Gibson
DF   SCO Chris Higgins
DF   SCO Alan Lithgow
DF   SCO Alan Lowing (on loan from Rangers)
DF   SCO Neil McGregor
DF   GER Michael Ohnesorge
DF   SCO Tony Stevenson (on loan from Hamilton Academical)
MF   SCO Stephen Connolly
MF   SCO Paul Emslie (on loan from Rangers)
MF   SCO Stuart Kettlewell (Team captain)
MF   SCO Roddy MacLennan
MF   SCO Ruari MacLennan
MF   SCO Charles McCole
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   SCO David McGowan
MF   SCO Willie McLaren
MF   SCO Jordan Murch
MF   SCO Connor Stevenson
MF   FRA Grégory Tadé
MF   SCO Alan Trouten
MF   SCO Ricky Waddell
MF   SCO Marvyn Wilson (Club captain)
FW   SCO Pat Clarke
FW   SCO Sean Connolly
FW   SCO Scott Gemmill
FW   SCO Steven Howarth
FW   SCO Marc McCusker
FW   SCO Dave McKay
FW   SCO Gary McSwegan
FW   SCO Jordan Morton
FW   SCO Craig O'Reilly
FW   SCO Robbie Winters

Fixtures and results

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Friendlies

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Date Opponents Stadium Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance
5 July 2008 Stirling Albion Little Kerse 2–0 McLaren  , Kettlewell   pen' 0
9 July 2008 Airdrie United Little Kerse 1–1   own goal' 0
12 July 2008 Great Yarmouth Town Wellesley Recreation Ground 4–0 Trouten   57', Roddy MacLennan   62'   83', Lee   78' (own goal) 284
14 July 2008 Norwich City Colney Training Centre 2–1 McSwegan  , Ohnesorge (Trialist)   0
15 July 2008 King's Lynn The Walks Stadium 2–1 Kettlewell   27', McKay   87' 480
19 July 2008 Rutherglen Glencairn New Southcroft Park 1–1 Clarke   85' 600
22 July 2008 Rangers Broadwood Stadium 0–1 7,653
30 July 2008 Hibernian Broadwood Stadium 3–0 McKay   20'   52', Roddy MacLennan   42' 934
Date Opponents Stadium Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance Position Notes
2 August 2008 Greenock Morton Broadwood Stadium 1–1 Brown   90+4' 1,638 4th [22]
9 August 2008 Dundee Dens Park 0–1 4,042 7th
16 August 2008 Ross County Broadwood Stadium 2–2 Ruari MacLennan   68', Clarke   82' 966 8th
23 August 2008 Livingston Almondvale Stadium 1–2 Clarke   29' 1,725 8th
30 August 2008 St Johnstone McDiarmid Park 3–2 McKay   2', Gemmill   37', Waddell   81' 2,412 7th [23]
13 September 2008 Partick Thistle Broadwood Stadium 1–1 Clarke   69' (pen) 2,091 8th
20 September 2008 Airdrie United Excelsior Stadium 2–0 Waddell   27', Ruari MacLennan   59' 1,489 7th
27 September 2008 Queen of the South Broadwood Stadium 0–2 1,096 8th
4 October 2008 Dunfermline Athletic Broadwood Stadium 0–2 1,273 9th
18 October 2008 Greenock Morton Cappielow 0–1 2,041 9th
25 October 2008 Livingston Broadwood Stadium 2–1 Trouten   63', McSwegan   90' 820 8th
1 November 2008 Ross County Victoria Park 0–3 2,205 9th
8 November 2008 Partick Thistle Firhill Stadium 0–2 3,003 10th
15 November 2008 St Johnstone Broadwood Stadium 2–2 Clarke   17',   85' 1,603 10th [24]
22 November 2008 Queen of the South Palmerston Park 2–0 Clarke   55',   83' 2,324 9th
13 December 2008 Dundee Broadwood Stadium 1–0 McLaren   66', Gemmill   68' 1,176 9th
16 December 2008 Airdrie United Broadwood Stadium 1–0 Ruari MacLennan   47', Trouten   74' 864 7th
20 December 2008 Dunfermline Athletic East End Park 4–4 Trouten   1', Higgins   50', Clarke   65',   70' 3,279 5th
27 December 2008 St Johnstone McDiarmid Park 0–1 McSwegan   90' 3,491 7th
3 January 2009 Partick Thistle Broadwood Stadium 2–4 Clarke   20',   63' (pen) 2,016 9th
17 January 2009 Livingston Almondvale Stadium 1–1 McLaren   41' 1,354 8th
24 January 2009 Ross County Broadwood Stadium 2–0 McLaren   44', Waddell   66' 776 8th
31 January 2009 Dundee Dens Park 1–2 McLaren   12' 3,217 9th
22 February 2009 Airdrie United Excelsior Stadium 0–1 Clarke   39' 1,189 9th
28 February 2009 Queen of the South Broadwood Stadium 1–1 Trouten   9' (pen) 1,142 9th
3 March 2009 Greenock Morton Broadwood Stadium 2–4 Ruari MacLennan   44', Gemmill   45', Gibson   61' 1,165 9th
7 March 2009 Partick Thistle Firhill Stadium 1–0 Maxwell   54' (own goal) 3,579 9th
10 March 2009 St Johnstone Broadwood Stadium 1–3 Lithgow   63' 1,093 9th
14 March 2009 Greenock Morton Cappielow 0–2 Hutton   68' 2,168 10th
21 March 2009 Dunfermline Athletic Broadwood Stadium 1–4 Ruari MacLennan   38' 1,109 10th
4 April 2009 Livingston Broadwood Stadium 0–1 McLaren   57' 957 10th
11 April 2009 Ross County Victoria Park 0–0 2,078 10th
18 April 2009 Airdrie United Broadwood Stadium 3–0 Waddell   5', Ruari MacLennan   61'   74' 1,614 10th
25 April 2009 Queen of the South Palmerston Park 1–7 McLaren   24' 2,601 10th
2 May 2009 Dundee Broadwood Stadium 2–0 Shinnie   53' (own goal), McLaren   77' 944 10th
9 May 2009 Dunfermline Athletic East End Park 1–1 Higgins   27' 2,418 10th
Date Round Opponents Stadium Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance Notes
26 July 2008 Round 1 Annan Athletic Broadwood Stadium 2–0 Trouten   61' (pen)   74' 688 [25][26][27][28][29]
12 August 2008 Round 2 Alloa Athletic Recreation Park 2–0 Clarke   58', Gibson   76' 414 [30]
7 September 2008 Quarter Final Ross County Broadwood Stadium 0–1 McGregor   44' 756 [31]
Date Round Opponents Stadium Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance Notes
5 August 2008 Round 1 Queen's Park Broadwood Stadium 4–1 Roddy MacLennan   15', Gibson   63', McSwegan   86'   88' 690
26 August 2008 Round 2 Hamilton Academical New Douglas Park 1–3 Clarke   19', Ohnesorge   66' 1,146
Date Round Opponents Stadium Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance Notes
29 November 2008 Round 3 Montrose Broadwood Stadium 2–0 McKay   38', Clarke   87' (pen) 677
10 January 2009 Round 4 Dunfermline Athletic East End Park 0–2 2,871

Reserve Fixtures

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Reserve League Cup

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Date Stage Opponents Stadium Result
F – A
Scorers
15 September 2008 Group Queen's Park Lesser Hampden 0–2
29 September 2008 Group Stenhousemuir Broadwood Stadium 0–1
20 October 2008 Group Stranraer Stair Park 7–1 McCusker    , Gemmill  , Waddell  , Trouten  , McCole  , Sean Connolly  
18 November 2008 Group Airdrie United Broadwood Stadium 1–2 McGowan  
24 November 2008 Group Queens Park Broadwood Stadium 3–1 McSwegan  , McGowan  , Roddy MacLennan  
9 December 2008 Group Stenhousemuir Ochilview Park 3–1 Ruari MacLennan  , Trouten  , Gemmill  
12 January 2009 Group Stranraer Broadwood Stadium 1–1 Walker  
19 January 2009 Group Partick Thistle Petershill Park 1–0 O'Reilly  
27 January 2009 Group Airdrie United Broadwood Stadium 3–2 Tadé  , McKay  , Gemmill  
17 March 2009 Group Partick Thistle Broadwood Stadium 2–0 McSwegan  , McKay  
4 May 2009 Semi Final Ross County Victoria Park 0–3

Friendlies

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Date Opponents Stadium Result
F – A
Scorers
12 November 2008 Partick Thistle Lesser Hampden 1–1 McSwegan  

Player statistics

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Overall

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# Player P      
GK   David Hutton 34 0 5 1
DF   Neil McGregor 9 0 4 1
DF   Billy Gibson 37 2 5 1
DF   Chris Higgins 37 (2) 2 10 0
DF   Mark Brown 29 (2) 1 4 0
MF   Roddy MacLennan 4 (2) 1 0 0
MF   Alan Trouten 18 (16) 6 5 0
MF   Stuart Kettlewell 32 (1) 0 6 0
FW   Pat Clarke 34 (1) 14 6 1
FW   Gary McSwegan 3 (19) 3 3 1
FW   Dave McKay 19 (19) 2 4 0
FW   Scott Gemmill 26 (9) 2 6 1
MF   Willie McLaren 26 (2) 6 8 1
MF   Stephen Connolly 0 (1) 0 0 0
MF   Ruari MacLennan 20 (16) 6 7 1
MF   Marvyn Wilson 18 (5) 0 8 0
GK   Peter Cherrie 9 (1) 0 1 0
MF   Ricky Waddell 27 (4) 4 8 0
MF   David McGowan 0 (2) 0 0 0
FW   Marc McCusker 0 (1) 0 0 0
MF   Jordan Murch 0 (1) 0 0 0
DF   Alan Lithgow 24 1 4 0
DF   Tony Stevenson 9 0 0 0
FW   Craig O'Reilly 0 (3) 0 0 0
MF   Grégory Tadé 11 (2) 0 2 0
FW   Robbie Winters 4 (2) 0 0 0
MF   Connor Stevenson 0 (2) 0 0 0
GK   Paul McKendry 0 0 0 0
GK   Gerry McLaughlin 0 0 0 0
DF   Michael Ohnesorge 13 (1) 0 5 1
MF   Paul Emslie 11 0 6 0
DF   Alan Lowing 19 0 1 0
  • Note: Players in italics have left the club

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 Greenock Morton 36 12 11 13 40 40 0 47
7 Livingston (R) 36 13 8 15 56 58 −2 47[a]
8 Ross County 36 13 8 15 42 46 −4 47
9 Airdrie United 36 10 12 14 29 43 −14 42[b] Qualification for the First Division Play-offs[c]
10 Clyde (R) 36 10 9 17 41 58 −17 39 Relegation to the Second Division
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Demoted to 3rd Division for Financial Irregularities
  2. ^ Spared Relegation as Losing Finalist in the playoff due to Livingston
  3. ^ The 9th placed team will be entered into a play-off with the Second Division's 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2009–10 First Division.

Notes

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  1. ^ Clyde 3–0 Airdrie United Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 29 May 2008
  2. ^ Morton capture Clyde's Masterton BBC Sport – Retrieved 29 May 2008
  3. ^ Kettlewell agrees to Clyde move BBC Sport – Retrieved 29 May 2008
  4. ^ McKay and Cherrie sign on Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 29 May 2008
  5. ^ Two youngsters step up Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 29 May 2008
  6. ^ McCusker joins up Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 1 June 2008
  7. ^ Clyde swoop to sign three players BBC Sport – Retrieved 4 June 2008
  8. ^ Clyde give McLaren fresh chance BBC Sport – Retrieved 4 June 2008
  9. ^ Gibson and Wilson extend stay Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 2 June 2008
  10. ^ The joy of six Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 2 June 2008
  11. ^ Brown on Board Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 4 June 2008
  12. ^ Two players depart Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 12 June 2008
  13. ^ East Stirlingshire sign up Gibson BBC Sport – Retrieved 19 July 2008
  14. ^ Great Yarmouth Town 0–4 Clyde Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 19 July 2008
  15. ^ Tour Success Continues Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 19 July 2008
  16. ^ King's Lynn 1–2 Clyde Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 19 July 2008
  17. ^ Clyde 0–1 Rangers Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 25 July 2008
  18. ^ Clyde capture versatile German BBC Sport – Retrieved 25 July 2008
  19. ^ Gemmill given new chance by Clyde BBC Sport – Retrieved 25 July 2008
  20. ^ Clyde 2–0 Annan Athletic BBC Sport – Retrieved 7 March 2009
  21. ^ Clyde 3–0 Hibernian Clyde FC Website – Retrieved 7 March 2009
  22. ^ Debut of Michael Ohnesorge
  23. ^ Debut of Alan Lowing
  24. ^ Debut of Alan Lithgow
  25. ^ Debut of Mark Brown
  26. ^ Debut of Alan Trouten
  27. ^ Debut of Stuart Kettlewell
  28. ^ Debut of Scott Gemmill
  29. ^ Debut of Willie McLaren
  30. ^ Debut of Ricky Waddell
  31. ^ Debut of Paul Emslie