2006–07 Clyde F.C. season

Clyde Football Club
2006–07 season
Chairman	Len McGuire
Manager	Joe Miller
First Division	5th
Scottish Cup	Third Round
League Cup	First Round
Challenge Cup	Runners up
Top goalscorer	League: Gary Arbuckle (11); All: Gary Arbuckle (11)
Highest home attendance	3,000 (vs Partick Thistle, 26 August 2006)
Lowest home attendance	682 (vs Ayr United, 12 September 2006, Challenge Cup)
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

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 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

May to December

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

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

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

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

Friendlies

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

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] ^[14]^[15]^[16]

Scottish Challenge Cup

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

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

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

#	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

2006–07 Premiership

Notes

^ "Ex-Clyde boss wins dismissal case". BBC News. 29 June 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^ Debut of Ruari MacLennan
^ Debut of Ryan McCann
^ Debut of Andy Ferguson
^ Debut of Alex Williams
^ Final appearance of Paul McHale
^ Final appearance of Stephen O'Donnell
^ Debut of Brian Gilmour
^ Final appearance of Roddy Hunter
^ Final appearance of Andy Ferguson
^ Final appearance of Robert Harris
^ Final appearance of Ryan McCann
^ Final appearance of Alex Williams
^ Final appearance of Craig Bryson
^ Final appearance of Brian Gilmour
^ Debut of David McGowan
^ Debut of David Hutton
^ Final appearance of Joe Miller
^ Final appearance of Eddie Malone

[clyde-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

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v t e Clyde Football Club
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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League Women's Premier League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup Women's Cup Women's League Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Final Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 2008 qualifying
Club seasons
Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St Mirren
First Division	Airdrie United Clyde Dundee Gretna Hamilton Academical Livingston Queen of the South Partick Thistle Ross County St. Johnstone
Second Division	Alloa Athletic Ayr United Brechin City Cowdenbeath Forfar Athletic Greenock Morton Peterhead Raith Rovers Stirling Albion Stranraer
Third Division	Albion Rovers Arbroath Berwick Rangers Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park Stenhousemuir
Major transfer deals 2006–07