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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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. Position Player GK Peter Cherrie GK David Hutton GK David Scott DF Michael Fulton DF Robert Harris DF Chris Higgins DF Raymond Inglis DF Neil McGregor DF Michael McGowan DF Craig McKeown MF Kevin Bradley MF Craig Bryson MF Brian Gilmour MF Ruari MacLennan

No. Position Player MF Eddie Malone MF Steven Masterton MF Ryan McCann MF David McGowan MF Paul McHale (Captain) MF Joe Miller MF Stephen O'Donnell FW Gary Arbuckle FW Andy Ferguson FW Roddy Hunter FW Dougie Imrie FW Sean McKenna FW Paul Reynolds FW Keith Shevlin (Trialist) FW 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

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

Notes