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Clyde 2008β09 football season
Season 2008β09 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
Out
January
In
Out
Notable events
May: The club ensure that they will be playing First Division football again after a 3β0 aggregate victory over
Airdrie United in the playoff final.
[1] Preparations are made for the forthcoming season, with
Steven Masterton joining
Greenock Morton ,
[2]
Gary Arbuckle ,
Shaun Fagan and
Sean McKenna being released whilst
Queen's Park captain
Stuart Kettlewell becomes the first summer signing.
[3] Keeper
Peter Cherrie and winger
Dave McKay sign new deals,
[4] and youngsters Jordan Murch and Stephen Connolly sign their first professional contracts.
[5]
Marc McCusker , who was on loan to the club last season, signs a two-year contract following his release from
Hearts , whilst
JΓΆrg Albertz retires.
[6]
JΓΆrg 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 .
[7]
[8]
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.
[9]
[10]
Mark Brown , of Eddlewood Amateurs, becomes the latest signing, after having scored the winning goal in the 2008 Scottish Amateur Cup Final.
[11]
Christian Smith leaves the club, along with Slovakian
DuΕ‘an Bestvina , whose contract has been terminated by mutual consent.
[12] Midfield dynamo
Jimmy Gibson joins
East Stirlingshire .
[13]
July: A 20-man squad, including a
German trialist, head to
Norfolk for their pre-season tour. A 4β0 victory over
Great Yarmouth Town , coupled with 2β1 victories over
Norwich City and
King's Lynn , see the team leave with a 100% record.
[14]
[15]
[16] The Bully Wee return to
Rutherglen , their original heartland, to open
Rutherglen Glencairn's new stadium. A late
Pat Clarke header earns a 1β1 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 .
[17] The 1β0 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 .
[18]
[19] The first competitive game of the season sees Clyde defeat
Annan Athletic 2β0 in their first match as a
Scottish Football League side, with
Alan Trouten scoring both goals on his debut.
[20] The final friendly match sees an understrength Clyde side surprisingly defeat
SPL side
Hibernian 3β0, in a match to celebrate the
1958 Scottish Cup Final between the two sides.
[21]
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Fixtures and results
Win
Draw
Loss
Upcoming fixture
Friendlies
Date
Opponents
Stadium
Result F β A
Scorers
Attendance
Position
Notes
2 August 2008
Greenock Morton
Broadwood Stadium
1β1
Brown 90+4'
1,638
4th
[22]
9 August 2008
Dundee
Dens Park
0β1
4,042
7th
16 August 2008
Ross County
Broadwood Stadium
2β2
Ruari MacLennan 68' ,
Clarke 82'
966
8th
23 August 2008
Livingston
Almondvale Stadium
1β2
Clarke 29'
1,725
8th
30 August 2008
St Johnstone
McDiarmid Park
3β2
McKay 2' ,
Gemmill 37' ,
Waddell 81'
2,412
7th
[23]
13 September 2008
Partick Thistle
Broadwood Stadium
1β1
Clarke 69' (pen)
2,091
8th
20 September 2008
Airdrie United
Excelsior Stadium
2β0
Waddell 27' ,
Ruari MacLennan 59'
1,489
7th
27 September 2008
Queen of the South
Broadwood Stadium
0β2
1,096
8th
4 October 2008
Dunfermline Athletic
Broadwood Stadium
0β2
1,273
9th
18 October 2008
Greenock Morton
Cappielow
0β1
2,041
9th
25 October 2008
Livingston
Broadwood Stadium
2β1
Trouten 63' ,
McSwegan 90'
820
8th
1 November 2008
Ross County
Victoria Park
0β3
2,205
9th
8 November 2008
Partick Thistle
Firhill Stadium
0β2
3,003
10th
15 November 2008
St Johnstone
Broadwood Stadium
2β2
Clarke 17' , 85'
1,603
10th
[24]
22 November 2008
Queen of the South
Palmerston Park
2β0
Clarke 55' , 83'
2,324
9th
13 December 2008
Dundee
Broadwood Stadium
1β0
McLaren 66' ,
Gemmill 68'
1,176
9th
16 December 2008
Airdrie United
Broadwood Stadium
1β0
Ruari MacLennan 47' ,
Trouten 74'
864
7th
20 December 2008
Dunfermline Athletic
East End Park
4β4
Trouten 1' ,
Higgins 50' ,
Clarke 65' , 70'
3,279
5th
27 December 2008
St Johnstone
McDiarmid Park
0β1
McSwegan 90'
3,491
7th
3 January 2009
Partick Thistle
Broadwood Stadium
2β4
Clarke 20' , 63' (pen)
2,016
9th
17 January 2009
Livingston
Almondvale Stadium
1β1
McLaren 41'
1,354
8th
24 January 2009
Ross County
Broadwood Stadium
2β0
McLaren 44' ,
Waddell 66'
776
8th
31 January 2009
Dundee
Dens Park
1β2
McLaren 12'
3,217
9th
22 February 2009
Airdrie United
Excelsior Stadium
0β1
Clarke 39'
1,189
9th
28 February 2009
Queen of the South
Broadwood Stadium
1β1
Trouten 9' (pen)
1,142
9th
3 March 2009
Greenock Morton
Broadwood Stadium
2β4
Ruari MacLennan 44' ,
Gemmill 45' ,
Gibson 61'
1,165
9th
7 March 2009
Partick Thistle
Firhill Stadium
1β0
Maxwell 54' (own goal)
3,579
9th
10 March 2009
St Johnstone
Broadwood Stadium
1β3
Lithgow 63'
1,093
9th
14 March 2009
Greenock Morton
Cappielow
0β2
Hutton 68'
2,168
10th
21 March 2009
Dunfermline Athletic
Broadwood Stadium
1β4
Ruari MacLennan 38'
1,109
10th
4 April 2009
Livingston
Broadwood Stadium
0β1
McLaren 57'
957
10th
11 April 2009
Ross County
Victoria Park
0β0
2,078
10th
18 April 2009
Airdrie United
Broadwood Stadium
3β0
Waddell 5' ,
Ruari MacLennan 61' 74'
1,614
10th
25 April 2009
Queen of the South
Palmerston Park
1β7
McLaren 24'
2,601
10th
2 May 2009
Dundee
Broadwood Stadium
2β0
Shinnie 53' (own goal) ,
McLaren 77'
944
10th
9 May 2009
Dunfermline Athletic
East End Park
1β1
Higgins 27'
2,418
10th
Reserve Fixtures
Reserve League Cup
Date
Stage
Opponents
Stadium
Result F β A
Scorers
15 September 2008
Group
Queen's Park
Lesser Hampden
0β2
29 September 2008
Group
Stenhousemuir
Broadwood Stadium
0β1
20 October 2008
Group
Stranraer
Stair Park
7β1
McCusker ,
Gemmill ,
Waddell ,
Trouten , McCole , Sean Connolly
18 November 2008
Group
Airdrie United
Broadwood Stadium
1β2
McGowan
24 November 2008
Group
Queens Park
Broadwood Stadium
3β1
McSwegan ,
McGowan ,
Roddy MacLennan
9 December 2008
Group
Stenhousemuir
Ochilview Park
3β1
Ruari MacLennan ,
Trouten ,
Gemmill
12 January 2009
Group
Stranraer
Broadwood Stadium
1β1
Walker
19 January 2009
Group
Partick Thistle
Petershill Park
1β0
O'Reilly
27 January 2009
Group
Airdrie United
Broadwood Stadium
3β2
TadΓ© ,
McKay ,
Gemmill
17 March 2009
Group
Partick Thistle
Broadwood Stadium
2β0
McSwegan ,
McKay
4 May 2009
Semi Final
Ross County
Victoria Park
0β3
Friendlies
Player statistics
Overall
First Division
Challenge Cup
Note: Players in italics have left the club
League table
Source:
BBC Sport Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
^ Demoted to 3rd Division for Financial Irregularities
^ Spared Relegation as Losing Finalist in the playoff due to Livingston
^ 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 2009β10 First Division.
Notes
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