2009–10 Clyde F.C. season

Clyde

2009–10 season
Chairman	Ian Letham
Manager	John Brown (until 21 November) John McCormack
Scottish Second Division	10th
Scottish Cup	Third Round
League Cup	First Round
Challenge Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Willie Sawyers (10) All: Willie Sawyers (10)
Highest home attendance	813 vs Stirling Albion (15 August 2009)
Lowest home attendance	465 vs Alloa Athletic (7 April 2010)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Season 2009–10 saw Clyde compete in the Scottish Second Division for the first time in ten seasons following relegation from the Scottish First Division.^[1]

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Paul Stewart	East Fife	Free	17 July 2009
Ally Park	Hibernian	Free	17 July 2009
Scott Gair	St Mirren	Free	17 July 2009
Conn Boyle	Ayr United	Free	17 July 2009
Mark Casey	Unattached	Free	17 July 2009
Alan McFadden	Maryhill	Free	17 July 2009
Willie Sawyers	Maryhill	Free	17 July 2009
Robert Halliday	Unattached	Free	21 July 2009
Jonathon Fisher	Heart of Midlothian	Free	21 July 2009
Jamie Doyle	Glenafton Athletic	Free	21 July 2009
Calum Reidford	Dunfermline Athletic	Free	22 July 2009
Jay Lang	Falkirk	Free	22 July 2009
Paul McLeod	Dumbarton	Free	22 July 2009
Jordan Allan	Clyde Youth	Free	22 July 2009
Darren Walker	Clyde Youth	Free	22 July 2009
Connor Cassidy	Clyde Youth	Free	23 July 2009
Adam Coakley	Queen's Park	Free	8 August 2009
Steven Odunewu	Queen's Park	Free	27 August 2009
William McLachlan	Rangers	Free	4 September 2009
Gary Muir	Unattached	Free	25 September 2009
Lee Graham	Dunfermline Athletic	Loan	6 November 2009
Jordan White	Dunfermline Athletic	Loan	12 November 2009
William Kinniburgh	Partick Thistle	Loan	1 January 2010
Adam Strachan	Dumbarton	Free	1 January 2010
John Stewart	Peterhead	Free	8 January 2010
Neil McGowan	Ayr United	Free	24 January 2010
Scott Findlay	Unattached	Free	24 January 2010
Kris Doolan	Partick Thistle	Loan	3 February 2010
Dmitrijs Borisovs	SK Blazma Rezekne	Free	6 February 2010
Aleksandrs Gramovics	Tranzits Ventspils	Free	6 February 2010
Patrick Boyle	Partick Thistle	Loan	5 March 2010

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
Chris Higgins	Dunfermline Athletic	Free	2 June 2009
Neil McGregor	Dunfermline Athletic	Free	2 June 2009
Peter Cherrie	Dundalk	Free	2 June 2009
David Hutton	Queen of the South	Free	2 June 2009
Stephen Connolly	Released	Free	2 June 2009
Jordan Murch	Beith Juniors	Free	2 June 2009
David McGowan	Released	Free	2 June 2009
Grégory Tadé	Raith Rovers	Free	2 June 2009
Scott Gemmill	Airdrie United	Free	2 June 2009
Craig O'Reilly	Stenhousemuir	Free	2 June 2009
Gary McSwegan	Retired	Free	2 June 2009
Robbie Winters	Livingston	Free	2 June 2009
Mark Brown	Alloa Athletic	Free	10 June 2009
Billy Gibson	Ayr United	Free	10 June 2009
Stuart Kettlewell	Ross County	Free	10 June 2009
Roddy MacLennan	Linlithgow Rose	Free	10 June 2009
Ruari MacLennan	Released	Free	10 June 2009
Willie McLaren	Queen of the South	Free	10 June 2009
Alan Trouten	Airdrie United	Free	10 June 2009
Ricky Waddell	Airdrie United	Free	10 June 2009
Pat Clarke	Dundee	Free	10 June 2009
Marc McCusker	Albion Rovers	Free	10 June 2009
Gerry McLaughlin	Released	Free	10 June 2009
Charles McCole	Released	Free	10 June 2009
Sean Connolly	Released	Free	10 June 2009
Jonathon Fisher	Airdrie United	Free	1 September 2009
Adam Coakley	Retired	Free	2 October 2009
Scott Gair	Stenhousemuir	Free	22 October 2009
Steven Odunewu	Lanark United	Free	30 November 2009
Dave McKay	Released	Free	4 December 2009
Robert Halliday	Released	Free	10 December 2009
Paul McLeod	Albion Rovers	Free	10 December 2009
Gary Muir	Released	Free	13 December 2009
Mark Casey	Bellshill Athletic	Free	17 December 2009
Paul Stewart	Queen's Park	Free	22 December 2009
Darren Walker	Released	Free	11 January 2010
Alan McFadden	Lanark United	Free	22 January 2010
Jamie Doyle	Released	Free	29 January 2010

Notable events

• May: Clyde are relegated to the Scottish Second Division and due to the club's financial crisis and loss of revenue due to relegation, a statement was issued stating that all players contracts would be reviewed or ended to allow the club to readjust in the Second Division.^[2]
• June: Peter Cherrie, David Hutton, Neil McGregor, Chris Higgins, Stephen Connolly, David McGowan, Jordan Murch, Grégory Tadé, Marvyn Wilson, Scott Gemmill, Craig O'Reilly, Gary McSwegan and Robbie Winters, all of whom are out of contract, are released by the club as they are not in a financial position to offer them new deals.^[3] Mark Brown, Billy Gibson, Alan Lithgow, Stuart Kettlewell, Roddy MacLennan, Ruari MacLennan, Willie McLaren, Alan Trouten, Ricky Waddell, Pat Clarke, Marc McCusker and Dave McKay, all of whom are under contract until May 2010, are all released after having their contracts terminated.^[4]
• July: Neil Watt is appointed to the board as director of football.^[5] John Brown makes his first seven signings of the summer; defenders Ally Park and Scott Gair, released from Hibernian and St Mirren respectively and midfielders Conn Boyle from Ayr United, Mark Casey who was without a club, and Paul Stewart, who began his career at Clyde, signed from East Fife. Maryhill strike duo Alan McFadden and Willie Sawyers complete the septet.^[6] Former Bully Wee youth Robert Halliday also joins the club, along with midfielders Jamie Doyle from Glenafton Athletic and 17-year-old Jonathon Fisher from Hearts.^[7] Another 7 signings are made to boost the squad ahead of the season's opener against Stenhousemuir. Goalkeeper Calum Reidford joins from Dunfermline Athletic and former Falkirk midfielder Jay Lang both sign one year deals, along with Darren Walker and Jordan Allan, who were promoted from the youth set up.^[8] Ex-Dumbarton striker Paul McLeod signs a one-month contract, along with Alan Lithgow and Dave McKay, both of whom had their contracts previously terminated.^[9] Connor Cassidy is the latest player to step up from the youth team, signing a one year professional contract.^[10]

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 Jordan Allan GK Scott Findlay GK Andrew McNeil (Trialist) GK Calum Reidford DF Patrick Boyle (on loan from Partick Thistle) DF Mark Casey DF Connor Cassidy DF Scott Gair DF Lee Graham (on loan from Dunfermline Athletic) DF Robert Halliday DF Grant Irvine DF William Kinniburgh (on loan from Partick Thistle) DF Alan Lithgow DF Neil McGowan DF Ally Park MF Conn Boyle MF Jamie Doyle MF Jonathon Fisher MF Aleksandrs Gramovičs MF Kevin Higgins

No. Position Player MF Jay Lang MF Alan McFadden MF William McLachlan MF Gary Muir MF Connor Stevenson MF Paul Stewart MF Adam Strachan MF Marvyn Wilson FW Dmitrijs Borisovs FW Adam Coakley FW Robert Davidson (Trialist) FW Kris Doolan (on loan from Partick Thistle) FW Steven Howarth FW Dave McKay FW Paul McLeod FW Steven Odunewu FW Willie Sawyers FW John Stewart FW Darren Walker FW Jordan White (on loan from Dunfermline Athletic)

Fixtures and results

      Win       Draw       Loss       Upcoming fixture

• Results are written Clyde first.

Friendlies

Date	Opponents	Stadium	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
11 July 2009	Celtic Reserves	Lennoxtown	2–7	Trialist	0
13 July 2009	Queen's Park	Lesser Hampden	1–1	Lithgow	0
18 July 2009	Partick Thistle	Broadwood Stadium	2–1	Sawyers , Walker	907
14 September 2009	Rutherglen Glencairn	New Southcroft Park	2–0	Sawyers  pen', Odunewu
18 October 2009	Manchester United XI	Broadwood Stadium	0–4

Scottish Second Division

Date	Opponents	Stadium	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	Position	Notes
8 August 2009	Peterhead	Balmoor	0–2		626	10th
15 August 2009	Stirling Albion	Broadwood Stadium	0–1		813	9th
22 August 2009	Dumbarton	Strathclyde Homes Stadium	3–3	Lithgow  15'  24', Reidford  38', McLachlan  65'	978	8th
29 August 2009	Alloa Athletic	Broadwood Stadium	0–1		773	9th
12 September 2009	Cowdenbeath	Central Park	0–1		401	10th
19 September 2009	Brechin City	Broadwood Stadium	1–0	McLeod  15'	722	9th
26 September 2009	East Fife	Bayview Stadium	0–1		697	10th
10 October 2009	Stenhousemuir	Broadwood Stadium	2–1	Howarth  37', Halliday  65', Sawyers  83'	755	10th
14 October 2009	Arbroath	Gayfield Park	3–0	Sawyers  27'  55', Park  50'	554	9th
17 October 2009	Peterhead	Broadwood Stadium	1–3	Wilson  45', McLeod  88'	663	10th
24 October 2009	Stirling Albion	Forthbank Stadium	1–1	Sawyers  57'	764	8th
31 October 2009	Alloa Athletic	Recreation Park	0–2		649	9th
7 November 2009	Cowdenbeath	Broadwood Stadium	0–1		691	10th
14 November 2009	Brechin City	Glebe Park	2–2	Sawyers  36', McLeod  88'	502	10th
21 November 2009	East Fife	Broadwood Stadium	1–3	Sawyers  55' (pen.)	635	10th
5 December 2009	Arbroath	Broadwood Stadium	1–0	McLachlan  44'	552	10th
12 December 2009	Stenhousemuir	Ochilview Park	0–1		532	10th
23 January 2010	Brechin City	Broadwood Stadium	0–3		623	10th
6 February 2010	Stenhousemuir	Broadwood Stadium	0–2		658	10th
13 February 2010	Arbroath	Gayfield Park	0–2		524	10th
6 March 2010	Alloa Athletic	Recreation Park	2–2	White  37', Stewart  50'	628	10th
9 March 2010	East Fife	Bayview Stadium	1–1	Park  45'	463	10th
13 March 2010	Cowdenbeath	Broadwood Stadium	1–2	Borisovs  83'	649	10th
16 March 2010	Dumbarton	Broadwood Stadium	0–2		531	10th
20 March 2010	Brechin City	Glebe Park	1–3	Gramovics  39'	417	10th
23 March 2010	Cowdenbeath	Central Park	1–3	White  1'	303	10th
27 March 2010	East Fife	Broadwood Stadium	2–1	Sawyers  49', White  72'	583	10th
30 March 2010	Peterhead	Balmoor	0–0		303	10th
3 April 2010	Arbroath	Broadwood Stadium	0–2		635	10th
7 April 2010	Alloa Athletic	Broadwood Stadium	0–2		465	10th
10 April 2010	Stenhousemuir	Ochilview Park	3–0	Lithgow  26', White  64', Strachan  78'	482	10th
13 April 2010	Dumbarton	Strathclyde Homes Stadium	3–3	Strachan  28' (pen.)  77' (pen.), McGowan  63'	601	10th
17 April 2010	Peterhead	Broadwood Stadium	3–1	Sawyers  1', Stewart  11', Lithgow  75'	515	10th
20 April 2010	Stirling Albion	Broadwood Stadium	1–2	Sawyers  20'	635	10th
24 April 2010	Stirling Albion	Forthbank Stadium	0–1		796	10th
1 May 2010	Dumbarton	Broadwood Stadium	4–2	Sawyers  2', Stewart  15'  19', Strachan  84'	631	10th

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Stadium	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
9 December 2009	Round 3	Livingston	Broadwood Stadium	1–1	Lithgow  63'	538
14 December 2009	Round 3 Replay	Livingston	Almondvale Stadium	1–7	Lithgow  11'	690

Scottish League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Stadium	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
1 August 2009	Round 1	Forfar Athletic	Broadwood Stadium	1–3	Tod  28' (own goal)	699

Scottish Challenge Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Stadium	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
25 July 2009	Round 1	Stenhousemuir	Ochilview Park	0–2		603

Player statistics

Overall

#	Player	P
GK	Jordan Allan	3 (1)	0	0	0
DF	Ally Park	34 (1)	2	4	0
DF	Alan Lithgow	36	6	9	0
MF	Jay Lang	6 (5)	0	2	0
FW	Willie Sawyers	28 (8)	10	4	0
MF	Connor Stevenson	18 (7)	0	0	0
FW	Steven Howarth	7 (8)	1	0	0
MF	Conn Boyle	0 (2)	0	0	0
GK	Calum Reidford	35	0	1	2
DF	William McLachlan	36 (1)	2	4	0
MF	Marvyn Wilson	13 (1)	0	2	1
DF	Connor Cassidy	11 (2)	0	0	0
FW	Jordan White	19 (3)	4	1	0
MF	Kevin Higgins	6 (6)	0	1	0
DF	Neil McGowan	17	1	1	1
DF	William Kinniburgh	14	0	3	0
FW	John Stewart	11 (5)	4	1	0
MF	Adam Strachan	18	4	1	0
GK	Scott Findlay	1 (1)	0	0	0
MF	Aleksandrs Gramovics	14 (3)	1	5	1
FW	Dmitrij Borisovs	3 (7)	1	0	0
FW	Kris Doolan	9	0	0	0
DF	Patrick Boyle	8	0	4	0
MF	Jamie Doyle	6 (1)	0	0	0
MF	Alan McFadden	3 (10)	0	0	0
DF	Lee Graham	4 (1)	0	0	0
FW	Darren Walker	1 (2)	0	0	0
MF	Paul Stewart	17 (2)	0	3	0
DF	Mark Casey	18 (2)	0	4	0
MF	Gary Muir	4 (3)	0	1	0
DF	Robert Halliday	12 (1)	0	5	1
FW	Paul McLeod	12 (5)	3	0	0
FW	Robert Davidson (Trialist)	2	0	0	0
FW	Dave McKay	5 (3)	0	4	0
FW	Steven Odunewu	1 (5)	0	0	0
DF	Scott Gair	5 (1)	0	3	0
FW	Adam Coakley	2 (3)	0	0	0
MF	Jonathon Fisher	0 (1)	0	0	0
GK	Andrew McNeil (Trialist)	1	0	0	0

Notes

1. "Clyde 2–0 Dundee". clydefc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
2. "Club Statement – Financial Position". clydefc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 May 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
3. "Hard-up Clyde release unlucky 13". BBC Sport. 4 June 2009. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
4. "Clyde scrap contracts to survive". BBC Sport. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
5. "Clyde appoint Watt to their board". BBC Sport. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
6. "Seven trialists win Clyde deals". BBC Sport. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
7. "Three more added to Clyde squad". BBC Sport. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
8. "Lang, Reidford and Walker sign". clydefc.co.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
9. "One month deals for trio". clydefc.co.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
10. "Cassidy steps up". clydefc.co.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2009.