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2005–06 Clyde F.C. season

In season 2005–06, Clyde competed in their sixth consecutive season in the Scottish First Division. Graham Roberts was appointed as new manager, after Billy Reid left to join Hamilton Academical. Roberts appointed ex-Celtic player Joe Miller as his assistant.

Clyde Football Club
2005-2006 season
ChairmanLen McGuire
ManagerGraham Roberts
First Division5th
Scottish CupFourth round (replay)
League CupThird round
Challenge CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Alex Williams (12)
All: Alex Williams (13)
Highest home attendance8,000 (vs Celtic, 8 January 2006)
Lowest home attendance813 (vs Ross County, 1 April 2006)

Clyde finished fifth in the Scottish First Division. They went out of the Scottish League Cup in the third round the Scottish Cup in the fourth round and the Scottish Challenge Cup in the first round.

It was a season to enjoy for the fans, as they watched their team take the lead against Rangers at Ibrox in the Scottish League Cup, though they were eventually defeated after extra-time. They beat Celtic 2–1 in the Scottish Cup, which was the club's biggest victory for years.

Transfers

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May to December

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In:

Player From Fee
  Chris Higgins Motherwell Free
  Stephen O'Donnell Boston United Free
  Billy Brawley Selkirk Free
  Craig McKeown Dunfermline Athletic Free
  Michael McGowan Dundee Free
  Roddy Hunter Unattached Free
  Paul McHale Cowdenbeath Undisclosed
  Peter Cherrie Ayr United Free
  Romauld Bouadji Carshalton Athletic Free
  Andrew Dick Falkirk Free
  Steven Masterton Kilmarnock Free
  Alex Williams Greenock Morton Free
  Paul Jarvie Dundee United Free
  Neil McGregor Kilmarnock Free
  Joe Miller Unattached Free
  Sean McKenna Queens Park Youth Free
  Raymond Inglis Hamilton Academical Youth Free
  Santino Marini St Mirren Youth Free
  David Scott Albion Rovers Youth Free
  Gordon Parks East Stirlingshire Free
  Paul Hilland Queen of the South Free
  Tom Brighton Rangers Free

Out:

Player From Fee
  Bryn Halliwell St Johnstone Free
  Allan Morrison Stranraer Free
  Simon Mensing St Johnstone Free
  Gary Bollan Brechin City Free
  John Potter St Mirren Free
  Stuart Balmer Hamilton Academical Free
  Scott Wilson Raith Rovers Free
  Paul Doyle Montrose Free
  Jimmy Gibson Partick Thistle Free
  Darren Sheridan St Johnstone Free
  Ian Harty Hamilton Academical Free
  Graeme Jones Hamilton Academical Free
  Mark Gilhaney Hamilton Academical Free
  David Greenhill Alloa Athletic Free
  Graeme McCracken Cumbernauld United Free
  Miguel Angel Espinola Granada CF Free
  Alex Burns Motherwell Loan Return
  Chris Gardiner Heart of Midlothian Loan Return
  Paul Hilland Raith Rovers Loan

January to April

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In:

Player From Fee
  Kevin McDonald Hibernian Loan
  Dougie Imrie Lanark United Free

Out:

Player To Fee
  Billy Brawley Selkirk Free
  John Paul McKeever Dumbarton Free
  Paul Flaherty Unattached Free
  Gordon Parks Retired Free

Squad

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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 Paul Jarvie
— GK   SCO David Scott
— DF   FRA Romauld Bouadji
— DF   SCO Robert Harris
— DF   SCO Chris Higgins
— DF   SCO Paul Hilland
— DF   SCO Raymond Inglis
— DF   SCO Neil McGregor
— DF   NIR Michael McGowan
— DF   SCO Craig McKeown
— MF   SCO Kevin Bradley
— MF   SCO Billy Brawley
— MF   SCO Craig Bryson
— MF   SCO Andrew Dick
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   SCO Eddie Malone
— MF   SCO Santino Marini
— MF   SCO Steven Masterton
— MF   ENG Kevin McDonald
— MF   SCO Paul McHale (Captain)
— MF   SCO John Paul McKeever
— MF   SCO Joe Miller
— MF   SCO Stephen O'Donnell
— FW   SCO Gary Arbuckle
— FW   SCO Tom Brighton
— FW   SCO Paul Flaherty
— FW   SCO Roddy Hunter
— FW   SCO Dougie Imrie
— FW   SCO Sean McKenna
— FW   SCO Gordon Parks
— FW   SCO Alex Williams

Results

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Friendlies

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Date Opponents Stadium Result
F - A 		Scorers Attendance
14 July 2005 Motherwell Broadwood Stadium 0 - 1
16 July 2005 Manchester United Broadwood Stadium 1 - 5 McGregor   77' 7,591
25 July 2005 Livingston Broadwood Stadium 1 - 2 Bryson  
27 July 2005 Larkhall Thistle Gasworks Park 3 - 2 Williams  , McGowan  , Brawley   150

Scottish First Division

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Date Opponents Stadium Result
F - A 		Scorers Attendance Notes
6 August 2005 Ross County Victoria Park 1 - 3 Bryson   31' 1,750 [1][2][3]
13 August 2005 Dundee Broadwood Stadium 1 - 1 Miller   76' 1,645 [4]
20 August 2005 Stranraer Stair Park 2 - 1 O'Donnell   59'   87' 718 [5]
27 August 2005 Queen of the South Broadwood Stadium 1 - 0 Williams   15' 1,152
10 September 2005 Brechin City Glebe Park 1 - 1 McHale   46', McGregor   61' 676
17 September 2005 St Mirren Love Street 0 - 2 3,068
24 September 2005 St Johnstone Broadwood Stadium 0 - 1 1,152
1 October 2005 Airdrie United Excelsior Stadium 3 - 1 Williams   3'   66', Brighton   62' 1,603
15 October 2005 Hamilton Academical Broadwood Stadium 1 - 1 Williams   24', McGregor   79' 1,392
22 October 2005 Ross County Broadwood Stadium 1 - 0 Williams   25' 1,012
26 October 2005 Dundee Dens Park 3 - 3 Brighton   36', O'Donnell   79' (pen)   84' 3,360
29 October 2005 Brechin City Broadwood Stadium 2 - 1 Williams   31', McGowan   51' 984
5 November 2005 Queen of the South Palmerston Park 2 - 1 McGregor   57', Williams   75' 1,436
12 November 2005 St Mirren Broadwood Stadium 1 - 2 Williams   61' 2,012
19 November 2005 St Johnstone McDiarmid Park 0 - 0 2,195
26 November 2005 Airdrie United Broadwood Stadium 1 - 0 McGowan   23' 1,258
3 December 2005 Hamilton Academical New Douglas Park 1 - 1 Miller   85' 1,787
10 December 2005 Ross County Victoria Park 1 - 0 O'Donnell   7' 2,149
17 December 2005 Stranraer Broadwood Stadium 1 - 0 Masterton   90' 1,012
26 December 2005 Brechin City Glebe Park 1 - 3 Bryson   90' 711
31 December 2005 Queen of the South Broadwood Stadium 3 - 0 Williams   7'   62', O'Donnell   40' 1,101
2 January 2006 St Mirren Love Street 1 - 2 Brighton   47', O'Donnell   73' 4,338
14 January 2006 St Johnstone Broadwood Stadium 2 - 3 Masterton   55', Brighton   61' 1,313
21 January 2006 Airdrie United Excelsior Stadium 1 - 1 Brighton   22', McKeown   84' 1,623
28 January 2006 Hamilton Academical Broadwood Stadium 2 - 2 O'Donnell   28'   53' 1,408 [6]
11 February 2006 Stranraer Stair Park 5 - 0 Hunter   3'   5'   32'   83', Bouadji   29' 582 [7][8]
18 February 2006 Dundee Broadwood Stadium 3 - 3 Brighton   15', MacDonald   23' (own goal), McHale   72' 1,062
4 March 2006 Queen of the South Palmerston Park 1 - 2 Imrie   78' 1,750
11 March 2006 Brechin City Broadwood Stadium 5 - 1 Malone   18', Williams   50'   53'   58', O'Donnell   78' 837 [9]
18 March 2006 St Mirren Broadwood Stadium 0 - 1 2,275
25 March 2006 St Johnstone McDiarmid Park 0 - 1 2,097 [10]
1 April 2006 Airdrie United Broadwood Stadium 3 - 1 McHale   28' (pen), Bouadji   42', Brighton   79' 1,350
8 April 2006 Hamilton Academical New Douglas Park 0 - 2 1,360 [11]
15 April 2006 Ross County Broadwood Stadium 2 - 0 O'Donnell   22'   73' (pen) 813
22 April 2006 Dundee Dens Park 1 - 0 Imrie   64' 3,199
29 April 2006 Stranraer Broadwood Stadium 1 - 1 McKeown   90' 1,343 [12][13][14][15]

Scottish Challenge Cup

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Date Round Opponents Stadium Result
F - A 		Scorers Attendance Notes
30 July 2005 Round 1 Brechin City Glebe Park 2 - 3 AET Williams   3', McGregor   85' 547 [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]

Scottish League Cup

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Date Round Opponents Stadium Result
F - A 		Scorers Attendance Notes
9 August 2005 Round 1 Montrose Links Park 1 - 0 Brighton   11' 414
23 August 2005 Round 2 Peterhead Balmoor 3 - 2 McGregor   3', Higgins   42', Arbuckle   56', Brighton   73' 584 [27]
20 September 2005 Round 3 Rangers Ibrox Stadium 2 - 5 AET Bryson   51', O'Donnell   73' (pen) 30,104 [28]

Scottish Cup

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Date Round Opponents Stadium Result
F - A 		Scorers Attendance Notes
8 January 2006 Round 3 Celtic Broadwood Stadium 2 - 1 Bryson   32', Malone   36' 8,000
4 February 2006 Round 4 Gretna Broadwood Stadium 0 - 0 Williams   28', Higgins   90' 2,530
14 February 2006 Round 4 replay Gretna Raydale Park 0 - 4 McKeown   71' 2,410

Canadian tour

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Date Opponents Stadium Result
F - A 		Scorers Attendance
5 May 2006 Windsor Border Stars University of Windsor Stadium 1 - 0 Williams   86' (pen)
7 May 2006 CPSL All Stars Esther Shiner Stadium 2 - 1 Imrie   18', O'Donnell   55' (pen)

Player statistics

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# Player P      
GK   Paul Jarvie 21 0 0 0
DF   Neil McGregor 28 3 0 2
MF   Eddie Malone 38 2 0 0
DF   Chris Higgins 39 0 0 2
DF   Craig McKeown 41 1 0 2
MF   Paul McHale 20 (1) 3 0 0
MF   Craig Bryson 37 (3) 4 0 0
MF   Stephen O'Donnell 39 (1) 12 0 1
FW   Alex Williams 36 (2) 13 0 1
FW   Joe Miller 3 (17) 2 0 0
DF   Romauld Bouadji 11 (6) 6 0 0
DF   Robert Harris 16 (6) 0 0 0
FW   Kevin Bradley 1 (8) 0 0 0
MF   Steven Masterton 20 (6) 2 0 0
FW   Tom Brighton 40 (2) 8 0 0
DF   Michael McGowan 40 (1) 2 0 0
FW   Roddy Hunter 3 (13) 4 0 0
MF   Billy Brawley 0 (5) 0 0 0
MF   Andrew Dick 2 (7) 0 0 0
GK   Peter Cherrie 22 (2) 0 0 0
FW   Gary Arbuckle 2 (21) 1 0 0
MF   Kevin McDonald 5 (7) 0 0 0
FW   Dougie Imrie 9 (3) 2 0 0
FW   Sean McKenna 0 (1) 0 0 0
GK   David Scott 0 0 0 0
MF   Santino Marini 0 0 0 0
DF   Raymond Inglis 0 0 0 0

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3 Hamilton Academical 36 15 14 7 53 39 +14 59
4 Ross County 36 14 14 8 47 40 +7 56
5 Clyde 36 15 10 11 54 42 +12 55
6 Airdrie United 36 11 12 13 57 43 +14 45
7 Dundee 36 9 16 11 43 50 −7 43
Source: "2005-2006 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Notes

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  1. ^ Debut of Tom Brighton
  2. ^ Debut of Michael McGowan
  3. ^ Debut of Roddy Hunter
  4. ^ Debut of Billy Brawley
  5. ^ Debut of Andrew Dick
  6. ^ Debut of Kevin McDonald
  7. ^ Debut of Dougie Imrie
  8. ^ Final appearance of Andrew Dick
  9. ^ Debut of Sean McKenna
  10. ^ Final appearance of Paul Jarvie
  11. ^ Final appearance of Romauld Bouadji
  12. ^ Final appearance of Alex Williams
  13. ^ Final appearance of Kevin McDonald
  14. ^ Final appearance of Tom Brighton
  15. ^ Graham Robers final game in charge
  16. ^ Debut of Paul Jarvie
  17. ^ Debut of Neil McGregor
  18. ^ Debut of Chris Higgins
  19. ^ Debut of Craig McKeown
  20. ^ Debut of Paul McHale
  21. ^ Debut of Stephen O'Donnell
  22. ^ Debut of Alex Williams
  23. ^ Debut of Joe Miller
  24. ^ Debut of Romauld Bouadji
  25. ^ Debut of Steven Masterton
  26. ^ Graham Roberts first game in charge
  27. ^ Debut of Peter Cherrie
  28. ^ Final appearance of Billy Brawley
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