2007–08 Clyde F.C. season
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.
- 26 - Forwards Andy Ferguson, Roddy Hunter & Alex Williams are released.
- 8 - Head of Youth Development Alan Upton leaves the club to join East Stirlingshire.
- 11 - Former Scotland captain Colin Hendry is appointed as manager. Teenage midfielder Ruari MacLennan signs a new 3-year contract.
- 30 - Former manager Graham Roberts wins his case for unfair dismissal.
- 18 - Defender Robert Harris joins Queen of the South after spending 3 years at Broadwood Stadium.
- 20 - Midfielder Brian Gilmour joins Harris at Queens after rejecting a new contract offer.
- 27 - Youth team graduates Kevin Bradley & David McGowan sign new contracts. Former Clyde favourite Gary Bollan is appointed Head of Youth Development.
- 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.
- 4 - Clyde lose their opening game of the season to Greenock Morton 3–2. Clyde have a last minute equaliser controversially disallowed.
- 6 - Marvyn Wilson signs for the club after appearing as a trialist against Morton
- 7 - Clyde crash out of the League Cup in embarrassing fashion, losing to lower-league Raith Rovers 3 goals to nil.
- 15 - Clyde win their first game of the season, defeating Queen of the South 1–0 in the Challenge Cup.Michael Doherty becomes the youngest player ever to play for Clyde in a competitive match.
- 18 - Partick Thistle issue Clyde with some payback for last season with their 4–0 victory in the Glasgow Derby
- 25 - Clyde record their first league victory of the campaign over St Johnstone
- 30 - English duo Joe Cardle and Dan Kirkup join on loan from Port Vale and Carlisle United until Christmas
Transfers
Summer
In
Out
January
In:Player | From | Fee |
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:
Player | To | Fee |
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
Scottish First Division
Playoffs
Scottish League Cup
Scottish Challenge Cup
Scottish Cup
Reserve League Cup
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 | 0 |
DF | Neil McGregor | 40 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
DF | Chris Higgins | 41 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
MF | Christian Smith | 25 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
MF | Steven Masterton | 28 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
MF | Kevin Bradley | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
MF | Marvyn Wilson | 19 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
FW | Gary Arbuckle | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
DF | Michael McGowan | 34 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
MF | Ruari MacLennan | 37 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
MF | David McGowan | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
FW | Sean McKenna | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
DF | Michael Doherty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MF | Stephen Connolly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DF | Dušan Bestvina | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
DF | Craig McKeown | 18 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
FW | Roddy MacLennan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DF | Iain Campbell | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
DF | Billy Gibson | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
FW | Pat Clarke | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
MF | Shaun Fagan | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
FW | Dave McKay | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
MF | Jimmy Gibson | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
FW | Gary McSwegan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
MF | Jörg Albertz | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
FW | Marc McCusker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
GK | Peter Cherrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MF | Juan Carrio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DF | Calum McGregor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FW | Dougie Imrie | 24 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
FW | Evangelino Valentim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DF | Dan Kirkup | 7 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MF | Ryan Wilkie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |