Clyde

Clyde Football Club is a Scottish professional football team currently playing in the First Division of the Scottish Football League. They are currently managed by Joe Miller. Although based for the last decade in the new town of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, they are traditionally associated with an area that covers Rutherglen in South Lanarkshire and south east Glasgow.
Contents

1

History

2 Colours and badge
3 Stadium
4 Supporters
5 Managers
6 Current squad
7 External links

History

Nicknamed The Bully Wee, Clyde were founded in 1877 and initially played at Barrowfield Park, close to the River Clyde (from which they derive their name) before moving to Shawfield Stadium in 1896. Like other clubs in and around Glasgow, Clyde have struggled to match the appeal of Celtic and Rangers, but club honours have included winning the Scottish Cup in 1939, 1955 and 1958 and the Glasgow Cup in 1915, 1926, 1947, 1952 and 1959. Despite finishing third in the Scottish League in 1967, Clyde were refused entry to the Fairs Cup due to the “one club per city” rule; Rangers, who finished second, were given Glasgow’s place. Thus Clyde have never qualified for European competition.

In 1986, the Club were evicted from Shawfield and were forced to spends periods groundsharing at Partick Thistle and Hamilton Accies before finally moving to their present home at Broadwood in 1994. Despite struggling to attract crowds since the move, Clyde have established themselves as consistent contenders in the top half of the First Division, but despite finishing as runners-up twice in recent years have been unable to reach the Scottish Premier League under the present one-up, one-down arrangement for promotion and relegation. In January 2006, Clyde recorded their most memorable result of recent years, a 2-1 Scottish Cup victory over Celtic. Some players for Clyde f.c’s current squad are Douggie Imrie , Eddie Malone and Steven Odonnell . Clyde ARE THE GREATEST TEAM IN SCOTLAD

Colours and badge

Clyde’s traditional colours are white with red and black. The club badge depicts a sailing ship, in recognition of the maritime heritage of the river from which they take their name.

Stadium

Main articles: Shawfield Stadium, Broadwood Stadium

Clyde spent their first two decades playing at Barrowfield Park before taking possession of Shawfield in 1896. Financial pressures led to the club relinquishing ownership of the stadium in 1935, selling it their former tenants, the Greyhound Racing Association. This arrangement continued satisfactorily for over fifty years, until the GRA announced redevelopment plans for the stadium and gave Clyde notice to quit in 1986. After tentatively investigating a number of local options, Clyde secured an agreement with Partick Thistle to share their ground at Firhill. This move was highly unpopular with Clyde supporters, given the venue’s location on the other side of Glasgow from their Rutherglen heartland, and the fierce rivalry between the two clubs.

By 1990, Clyde had secured an agreement to build a home of their own in the new town of Cumbernauld, which due to shifting population patterns was by now one of the larger settlements in Scotland without senior football. After numerous delays in construction of the new all-seater venue, during which Clyde spent a further three years groundsharing at Douglas Park, Hamilton, Broadwood Stadium was finally ready for Clyde to move in in 1994.

Supporters

Clyde have a core support of around 1,000 fans.

Despite not having played there for twenty years, Clyde still draw a significant proportion of their support from in and around Rutherglen. The supporters’ fiercest rivalry is with Partick Thistle, given that the two clubs were formerly of comparable stature as small, mid-ranking Glasgow professional teams. Rivalry with Glasgow’s bigger clubs, Celtic and Rangers, has never been quite as marked due to their different levels of support and success.

The number of years Clyde spent without a permanent home of their own has led to the fans identifying themselves as the Gypsy Army in reference to this.

Managers

Clyde managers since 1992:-

Scotland Alex Smith (1992-1994)
Scotland Gardner Speirs (1994-1999)
Scotland Allan Maitland (1999-2001)
Republic of Ireland Alan Kernaghan (2001-2003)
Scotland Billy Reid (2003-2005)
England Graham Roberts (2005-2006)
Scotland Joe Miller (2006-present)

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Current squad
No.         Position     Player
Scotland     GK     Peter Cherrie
Scotland     GK     David Hutton
Scotland     GK     David Scott
Scotland     DF     Robert Harris
Scotland     DF     Chris Higgins
Scotland     DF     Michael McGowan
Scotland     DF     Neil McGregor
Scotland     DF     Craig McKeown
Scotland     DF     Raymond Inglis
Scotland     DF     Michael Fulton
Scotland     MF     Stephen O’Donnell
Scotland     MF     Craig Bryson
Scotland     MF     Steven Masterton

No.         Position     Player
Scotland     MF     Eddie Malone (Team captain)
Scotland     MF     Paul McHale (Club captain)
Scotland     MF     Ryan McCann
Scotland     MF     David McGowan
Scotland     MF     Ruari MacLennan
Scotland     FW     Dougie Imrie
Scotland     FW     Gary Arbuckle
Scotland     FW     Roddy Hunter
Scotland     FW     Kevin Bradley
Scotland     FW     Joe Miller
Scotland     FW     Andy Ferguson
Scotland     FW     Sean McKenna
Scotland     FW     Paul Reynolds

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