2011–12 Clyde F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Clyde's second consecutive season in the Scottish Third Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2009–10 season.[1] Clyde also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Clyde

2011–12 season
Manager	Jim Duffy
Stadium	Broadwood Stadium
Scottish Third Division	Ninth
Challenge Cup	First Round
League Cup	Second Round
Scottish Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: John Neill (7) All: John Neill (8)
Highest home attendance	757 vs. Montrose, 20 August 2011
Lowest home attendance	351 vs. Berwick Rangers, 15 February 2012

Summary

Berwick Rangers finished ninth in the Third Division.[2] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[3] the second round of the League Cup[4] and the second round of the Scottish Cup.[5]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Third Division

6 August 2011 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	2–0	Peterhead	Broadwood Stadium
15:00	Sweeney  45' McDonald  75'	Clyde Report		Attendance: 711 Referee: Robertson

13 August 2011 Scottish Third Division	Alloa Athletic	2–2	Clyde	Recreation Park
15:00	McCord  31' Docherty  61' Bain	Clyde Report	Sweeney  21', 80' (pen.)	Attendance: 705

20 August 2011 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	1–0	Montrose	Broadwood Stadium
15:00	McDonald  50'	Clyde Report		Attendance: 757 Referee: Clancy

27 August 2011 Scottish Third Division	Annan Athletic	1–0	Clyde	Galabank
15:00	Sloan  29'	BBC Report		Attendance: 644 Referee: Graham

10 September 2011 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	0–2	Queen's Park	Broadwood Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Longworth  82' Daly  86'	Attendance: 650 Referee: Cook

17 September 2011 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	0–3	Clyde	Borough Briggs
15:00		SFL Report	Cusak  12', 26' Neil  68'	Attendance: 728 Referee: Anderson

24 September 2011 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	1–4	Berwick Rangers	Broadwood Stadium
	Neill  48'	BBC Report	Gray  41' Gribben  54', 56' Smith  90'	Attendance: 618 Referee: Somers

1 October 2011 Scottish Third Division	Stranraer	0–0	Clyde	Stair Park
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 363 Referee: Beaton

15 October 2011 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	7–1	East Stirlingshire	Broadwood Stadium
	McDonald  14' Brown  19' Neil  31' Gallagher  77' Oliver  81' Cusack  82' Archdeacon  90'	SFL Report	Coyne  82'	Attendance: 617 Referee: Robertson

29 October 2011 Scottish Third Division

Clyde

P – P

Alloa Athletic

Broadwood Stadium

5 November 2011 Scottish Third Division	Peterhead	0–0	Clyde	Balmoor Stadium
15:00		SFL Report	Hay  83'	Attendance: 517 Referee: Dallas

8 November 2011 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	0–1	Alloa Athletic	Broadwood Stadium
19:45		SFL Report	Forrest  32'  Holmes  2'	Attendance: 654 Referee: Anderson

12 November 2011 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	0–0	Annan Athletic	Broadwood Stadium
15:00	McDonald  69'	SFL Report	Watson  78'	Attendance: 668 Referee: Aitken

26 November 2011 Scottish Third Division	Queen's Park	P – P	Clyde	Hampden Park
15:00

3 December 2011 Scottish Third Division	Berwick Rangers	0–2	Clyde	Shielfield Park
15:00		SFL Report Clyde Report	Sweeney  25' (pen.) Cusack  86'	Attendance: 410 Referee: Somers

10 December 2011 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	P – P	Elgin City	Broadwood Stadium
15:00

13 December 2011 Scottish Third Division	Queen's Park	3–0	Clyde	Hampden Park
19:30	Burns  4' Smith  63' Daly  84'	SFL Report		Attendance: 402 Referee: Charleston

17 December 2011 Scottish Third Division	East Stirlingshire	1–1	Clyde	Ochilview Park
15:00	Turner  45'	BBC Report	Cusack  92'	Attendance: 490 Referee: Cook

26 December 2011 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	1–1	Stranraer	Broadwood Stadium
15:00	McDonald  28'	SFL Report	Grehan  18'	Attendance: 556 Referee: Anderson

2 January 2012 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	1–2	Queen's Park	Broadwood Stadium
15:00	Sweeney  45' White  45'	SFL Report	Longworth  6' Daly  78'	Attendance: 668 Referee: Salmond

7 January 2012 Scottish Third Division	Annan Athletic	1–0	Clyde	Galabank
15:00	O'Connor  64'	Report		Attendance: 505 Referee: Robertson

14 January 2012 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	4–0	Clyde	Links Park
15:00	McGowan  51' Johnston  53' Winter  75' McNally  90'	SFL Report		Attendance: 365 Referee: Graham

21 January 2012 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	0–1	Peterhead	Broadwood Stadium
15:00		SFL Report	Bavidge  3'	Attendance: 456 Referee: Colvin

28 January 2012 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	P – P	Berwick Rangers	Broadwood Stadium
15:00

4 February 2012 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	P – P	Clyde	Borough Briggs
15:00

11 February 2012 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	3–0	East Stirlingshire	Broadwood Stadium
15:00	Sweeney  19' (Penalty) Sloss  46' Neill  66'	SFL Report		Attendance: 507 Referee: Graham

15 February 2012 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	2–2	Berwick Rangers	Broadwood Stadium
19:45	Brown  6' Neill  13' Gray  45'	SFL Report	Walker  29' Gray  90'	Attendance: 351 Referee: Aitken

18 February 2012 Scottish Third Division	Stranraer	1–0	Clyde	Stair Park
15:00	Stirling  54'	SFL Report		Attendance: 385 Referee: Hilland

21 February 2012 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	1–2	Elgin City	Broadwood Stadium
19:45	Niven  23' (Own Goal)	SFL Report	Moore  53' Durnan  55'	Referee: Beaton

25 February 2012 Scottish Third Division	Alloa Athletic	1–0	Clyde	Recreation Park
15:00	Young  76'	SFL Report		Attendance: 719 Referee: Anderson

28 February 2012 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	1–1	Clyde	Borough Briggs
19:45	Wilson  89'	SFL Report	Pollock  37'	Attendance: 611 Referee: McLean

3 March 2012 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	1–2	Montrose	Broadwood Stadium
15:00	Crighton  54' (Own Goal)	SFL Report	Cameron  50' Boyle  64'	Attendance: 476 Referee: Dallas

17 March 2012 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	1–1	Annan Athletic	Broadwood Stadium
15:00	Pollock  26'	SFL Report	Winters  70' Cox  75'	Attendance: 503 Referee: McDermott

20 March 2012 Scottish Third Division	Queen's Park	3–0	Clyde	Hampden Park
19:30	Longworth  7' Watt  10' McBride  89'	SFL Report		Attendance: 658 Referee: Aitken

24 March 2012 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	0–2	Elgin City	Broadwood Stadium
15:00		SFL Report	Crooks  57' Cameron  78'	Attendance: 450 Referee: Charleston

31 March 2012 Scottish Third Division	Berwick Rangers	3–0	Clyde	Shielfield Park
15:00	Handling  31', 35' Currie  88'	SFL Report		Attendance: 389 Referee: Roache

7 April 2012 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	2–1	Stranraer	Broadwood Stadium
15:00	Brannan  55' Belkouche  63' (Own goal)	SFL Report	Moore  6'	Attendance: 506 Referee: Graham

14 April 2012 Scottish Third Division	East Stirlingshire	0–1	Clyde	Ochilview Park
15:00		SFL Report	Neil  76'	Attendance: 434 Referee: Northcroft

21 April 2012 Scottish Third Division	Peterhead	1–1	Clyde	Balmoor Stadium
15:00	Gray  48'	SFL Report	Gallagher  90'	Attendance: 497 Referee: Cook

28 April 2012 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	1–1	Alloa Athletic	Broadwood Stadium
15:00	Scullion  65'	SFL Report	May  6'	Attendance: 748 Referee: Steven

5 May 2012 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	5–0	Clyde	Links Park
15:00	Boyle  20', 41', 75' Masson  54' Cambell  72'	SFL Report		Attendance: 450 Referee: Robertson

Challenge Cup

23 July 2011 Challenge Cup Rd 1	Clyde	2–2 (3–4 p)	Berwick Rangers	Broadwood Stadium
	Fitzpatrick  36' McDonald  51'	BBC Report	Currie  4' Gray  10'	Attendance: 472 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

League Cup

30 July 2011 Scottish League Cup Rd 1	Brechin City	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Clyde	Glebe Park
	McKenna  26' Buist  97' King  114'	BBC Report	McLauchlan  20' (o.g.) Sweeney  97' (pen.) Archdeacon  105' Gray  119'	Attendance: 403 Referee: Northcroft

24 August 2011 Scottish League Cup Rd 2	Clyde	0–4	Motherwell	Broadwood Stadium
		BBC Report	Higdon  17' Law  41' Hateley  51' Lawless  85'	Attendance: 1,778 Referee: Charlie Richmond

Scottish Cup

22 October 2011 Scottish Cup Round 2	Montrose	2–1	Clyde	Links Park
15:00	Lunan  23' Pierce  49'	Clyde Report	Neil  19'	Attendance: 452 Referee: Robertson

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 5 May 2012 [6]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Third Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Challenge Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		John Charles Hutchison	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
	GK		Filip Mentel	12	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	GK		Alan Combe	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Lucas Birnstingl	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		David Crawford	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Nick Feely	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Gavin Brown	27	1	24	1	0	0	2	0	1	0
	DF		Iain Gray	36	1	32	0	1	0	2	1	1	0
	DF		Declan Gallagher	27	2	25	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Kris Irvine	12	0	9	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		Brian McQueen	32	0	29	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
	DF		Drew Ramsay	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Lee Sharp	39	0	35	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
	DF		Craig Tully	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		Jason Marr	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Keiran Daw	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Daniel Fitzpatrick	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	MF		Paul Hay	33	0	29	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
	MF		Aaron Kane	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Ryan Kane	25	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Paul McMullan	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		John Neill	37	8	33	7	1	1	2	0	1	0
	MF		Pat Scullion	23	1	21	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
	MF		Jack Sloss	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		John Sweeney	37	6	33	5	1	0	2	1	1	0
	MF		Dale Fulton	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Jamie Pollock	9	2	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Kevin Finlayson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Mark Archdeacon	15	2	12	1	1	0	2	1	0	0
	FW		Liam Cusack	21	5	17	5	1	0	2	0	1	0
	FW		Michael Oliver	32	1	29	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
	FW		Stephen McDonald	32	4	28	3	1	0	2	0	1	1
	FW		Jordan White	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Kieran Brannan	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Grant Dickie	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Annan Athletic	36	13	10	13	53	53	0	49
7	Berwick Rangers	36	12	12	12	61	58	+3	48
8	Montrose	36	11	5	20	58	75	−17	38
9	Clyde	36	8	11	17	35	50	−15	35
10	East Stirlingshire	36	6	6	24	38	88	−50	24

Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Transfers

Players in Player From Fee Alan Combe Kilmarnock Free[7] Declan Gallagher Celtic Free[8] Craig Tully East Stirlingshire Free[9] Michael Oliver Campsie Black Watch Free[9] Steph McDonald Shettleston Juniors Free[10] Brian McQueen Hamilton Free[10] Kris Irvine Dundee United Free[11] Liam Cusack Dumbarton Free[11] Ryan Kane Greenock Morton Free[11] John Neil East Stirlingshire Free[11] Pat Scullion Stenhousemuir Free[11] Lee Sharp Stranraer Free[11] Filip Mentel Dundee United Loan[12] Mark Archdeacon Brechin City Free[13] Paul Hay East Stirlingshire Free[13] Jason Marr Celtic Free[14] Jordan White Drogheda United Free[15] Lucas Birnstingl Free[15] David Crawford Ayr United Free[16] Dale Fulton Falkirk Loan[17] Kieran Brannan Dumbarton Loan[18] Jamie Pollock Motherwell Loan[19] Nick Feely Celtic Loan[20]

Players out Player To Fee Marc McCusker Queen of the South[21] Free[22] Ross MacMillan Stenhousemuir[23] Free[22] John Stewart Bo'ness United[24] Free[25] Willie Sawyers Renfrew[26] Free[25] Alan Lithgow Dumbarton[27] Free[28] Jordan Allan Bo'ness United[29] Free[28] Graham Girvan Arbroath[30] Free[28] Ally Park Auchinleck Talbot[31] Free[28] Neil McGowan Irvine Meadow XI[32] Free[28] Ricky Waddell Los Angeles Blues[33] Free[28] Hadyn Cochrane Free Agent Free[28] Connor Stevenson Vale of Clyde[34] Free[28] Stuart Mills Free Agent Free[28] Charlie Millar Free Agent Free[28] Aleksandrs Gramovics FK Spartaks Jūrmala[35] Free[28] Kevin Finlayson Kirkintilloch Rob Roy[36] Free[37] Craig Tully Retired[38] John Charles Hutchison Pollok Free[39] Paul McMullan Elgin City[40] Free[41] Jordan White Falkirk Free[42] Liam Cusack Cowdenbeath Undisclosed[43]

Notes

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22. "Two Exit". Clyde. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
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24. "Stewart joins Bo'ness". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
25. "Squad Moves". Clyde. 14 May 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
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29. "Jordan Allan". bonessunited.co.uk. Bo'ness United F.C. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
30. "White and Girvan join Third Division Champions". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 15 July 2011. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
31. "Former Hibs and Clyde defender goes Junior". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
32. "Mcgowan joins brother at Irvine Meadow". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 7 June 2011. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
33. "Ex-Falkirk, Airdrie midfielder Ricky Waddell joins Los Angeles Blues". Tribal Football. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
34. "Signings Friday 09 September 2011". SJFA. Scottish Football Association. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
35. "GRAMOVIČS". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
36. "Clydebank 3 – 0 Rob Roy". robroy.org.uk. Kirkintilloch Rob Roy F.C. 22 October 2011. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
37. "Finlayson gets in shape to help hunt for new club". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
38. "Tully Exit Confirmed". clydefc.co.uk. Clyde F.C. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
39. "Hutchison joins Pollok". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
40. "McMullan in, Frizzell out at Elgin". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 10 January 2012. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
41. "McMullan Leaves Clyde". clydefc.co.uk. Clyde F.C. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
42. "Jordan White Transfer Confirmed". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk F.C. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
43. "Cusack Signs for Blue Brazil". Clyde F.C. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.