2004–05 Clyde F.C. season

Clyde Football Club 2004–2005 football season

Clyde Football Club2004–2005 season

Manager| Billy Reid
First Division| 3rd
Scottish Cup| Quarter-finals
League Cup| Third round
Challenge Cup| Third round
Top goalscorer| League: Ian Harty (14)
All: Ian Harty (17)
Highest home attendance| 8,000 (vs Celtic, 27 February 2005)
Lowest home attendance| 532 (vs Forfar Athletic, 14 September 2004)

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In the 2004–05 season, Clyde competed in their fifth consecutive season in the Scottish First Division. Billy Reid, who was assistant manager the previous season, was given the manager's job, following the departure of Alan Kernaghan.

## Transfers

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### May – January

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Player | From | Fee | Date

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John Paul McKeever | Clyde Youth | Free | 1 July 2004
Robert Harris | Clyde Youth | Free | 1 July 2004
Paul Flaherty | Clyde Youth | Free | 1 July 2004
Gary Arbuckle | Celtic | Free | 26 July 2004
Aron Wilford | Lincoln City | Free | 2 August 2004
Gary Bollan | Motherwell | Free | 6 August 2004
Darren Sheridan | Oldham Athletic | Free | 6 August 2004
Karim Kerkar | Al-Sailiya | Free | 20 August 2004
Alex Walker | Rangers | Loan | 20 August 2004
Eddie Malone | St Johnstone | Swap | 24 August 2004
Aaron Conway | Dundee United | Loan | 27 August 2004
Jean-Louis Valois | Unattached | Free | 30 August 2004
Scott Wilson | Airdrie United | Free | 31 August 2004
Mickael Marsiglia | FC Cartagena | Free | 10 September 2004

Out:

Player | To | Fee | Date

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Jack Ross | Hartlepool United | Free | 24 May 2004
Andy Smith | Gretna | Free | 24 May 2004
John Fraser | Stranraer | Free | 24 May 2004
David Hagen | Peterhead | Free | 24 May 2004
Pat Keogh | Hamilton Academical | Free | 24 May 2004
Mark McLaughlin | Hamilton Academical | Free | 24 May 2004
Alan Kernaghan | Livingston | Free | 17 June 2004
Stuart McCluskey | Greenock Morton | Free | 3 June 2004
Stephen McConalogue | St Johnstone | Free | 3 June 2004
Colin Marshall | Aston Villa | Loan Return | 24 May 2004
Austin McCann | Boston United | Free | 3 June 2004
Steven Jack | Released | Free | 24 May 2004
Steven McIntyre | Released | Free | 24 May 2004
Alistair Martin | Released | Free | 24 May 2004
Chris McBride | Released | Free | 24 May 2004
Kevin Fotheringham | St Johnstone | Swap | 24 August 2004
Paul Doyle | Montrose | Loan | 27 August 2004
David Greenhill | Montrose | Loan | 27 August 2004
Karim Kerkar | Dundee United | Free | 31 August 2004
Jean-Louis Valois | Burnley | Free | 31 August 2004
Mickael Marsiglia | Yverdon Sport | Free | 14 October 2004

### January – April

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Player | From | Fee | Date

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Graeme Jones | Bury | Free | 1 January 2005
Alex Burns | Motherwell | Loan | 7 January 2005
Chris Gardiner | Hearts | Loan | 14 January 2005
David Greenhill | Montrose | Loan Return | 18 February 2005
Miguel Ángel Espínola | Unattached | Free | 30 March 2005

Out:

Player | From | Fee

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Alex Walker | Rangers | Loan Return | 1 January 2005
Aron Wilford | Stalybridge Celtic | Free | 1 January 2005
Aaron Conway | Dundee United | Loan Return | 20 January 2005
Graeme McCracken | Cumbernauld United | Loan | 20 January 2005

## 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

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-- | GK |  ENG | Bryn Halliwell
-- | GK |  SCO | Allan Morrison
-- | DF |  SCO | Stuart Balmer
-- | DF |  SCO | Gary Bollan
-- | DF |  ESP | Miguel Angel Espinola
-- | DF |  SCO | Paul Doyle
-- | DF |  SCO | Kevin Fotheringham
-- | DF |  SCO | Robert Harris
-- | DF |  GER | Simon Mensing
-- | DF |  SCO | John Potter (Captain)
-- | DF |  SCO | Scott Wilson
-- | MF |  SCO | Kevin Bradley
-- | MF |  SCO | Craig Bryson
-- | MF |  SCO | Alex Burns (on loan from Motherwell)
-- | MF |  SCO | Jimmy Gibson
-- | MF |  SCO | David Greenhill
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-- | MF |  ALG | Karim Kerkar
-- | MF |  SCO | Eddie Malone
-- | MF |  FRA | Mickael Marsiglia
-- | MF |  SCO | Graeme McCracken
-- | MF |  SCO | John Paul McKeever
-- | MF |  ENG | Darren Sheridan
-- | MF |  FRA | Jean-Louis Valois
-- | MF |  SCO | Alex Walker (on loan from Rangers)
-- | FW |  SCO | Gary Arbuckle
-- | FW |  SCO | Aaron Conway (on loan from Dundee United)
-- | FW |  SCO | Paul Flaherty
-- | FW |  SCO | Chris Gardiner (on loan from Hearts)
-- | FW |  SCO | Mark Gilhaney
-- | FW |  SCO | Ian Harty
-- | FW |  ENG | Graeme Jones
-- | FW |  ENG | Aron Wilford

## Results

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Win Draw Loss

### Scottish First Division

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Date | Opponents | Stadium | Result
F – A | Scorers | Attendance | Notes

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7 August 2004  | Partick Thistle | Broadwood Stadium | 2–1  | Harty 27', Gibson 45' 85' | 3,800  |
14 August 2004  | Raith Rovers | Starks Park | 3–2  | Bryson 4', Harty 42' (pen), Potter 57' | 1,784  |
21 August 2004  | Ross County | Broadwood Stadium | 1–0  | Wilford 55' | 1,101  |
28 August 2004  | Queen of the South | Palmerston Park | 1–0  | Harty 20' | 1,639  |
4 September 2004  | St Mirren | Broadwood Stadium | 0–0  |  | 2,484  |
11 September 2004  | Airdrie United | Broadwood Stadium | 1–2  | Wilford 16' | 1,367  |
18 September 2004  | Hamilton Academical | New Douglas Park | 1–0  | Harty 16' | 2,017  |
25 September 2004  | Falkirk | Falkirk Stadium | 1–1  | Harty 77' | 3,813  |
2 October 2004  | St Johnstone | Broadwood Stadium | 1–0  | Sheridan 17' | 1,456  |
16 October 2004  | Raith Rovers | Broadwood Stadium | 2–0  | Conway 11', Wilson 36' | 1,196  |
23 October 2004  | Partick Thistle | Firhill Stadium | 0–0  |  | 4,026  |
30 October 2004  | Queen of the South | Broadwood Stadium | 2–0  | Harty 9' 38' | 1,284  |
6 November 2004  | St Mirren | St Mirren Park | 0–0  |  | 3,788  |
13 November 2004  | Airdrie United | Excelsior Stadium | 1–3  | Walker 81', Malone | 1,862  |
20 November 2004  | Hamilton Academical | Broadwood Stadium | 2–1  | Sheridan 35', Potter 90' | 1,200  |
27 November 2004  | St Johnstone | McDiarmid Park | 0–3  |  | 2,026  |
4 December 2004  | Falkirk | Broadwood Stadium | 0–2  | Sheridan 53' | 2,864  |
11 December 2004  | Partick Thistle | Broadwood Stadium | 1–1  | Bollan 20' | 1,800  |
18 December 2004  | Ross County | Victoria Park | 1–0  | Harty 70' | 1,953  |
1 January 2005  | Airdrie United | Broadwood Stadium | 1–0  | Jones 78' | 1,513  |
15 January 2005  | Hamilton Academical | New Douglas Park | 1–0  | Arbuckle 51' | 1,873  |
12 February 2005  | Raith Rovers | Starks Park | 3–3  | Harty 39' 56' (pen) 73' (pen) | 1,394  |
19 February 2005  | Ross County | Broadwood Stadium | 1–0  | Harty 52' | 1,086  |
2 March 2005  | Queen of the South | Palmerston Park | 1–0  | Bollan 23' | 1,448  |
5 March 2005  | St Mirren | St Mirren Park | 0–0  | Sheridan 89' | 2,736  |
8 March 2005  | St Mirren | Broadwood Stadium | 0–0  |  | 1,002  |
12 March 2005  | Queen of the South | Broadwood Stadium | 0–1  |  | 1,060  |
15 March 2005  | Falkirk | Falkirk Stadium | 0–0  |  | 3,842  |
19 March 2005  | Airdrie United | Excelsior Stadium | 4–2  | Harty 2' (pen) 34' 56', Jones 29' | 1,641  |
22 March 2005  | St Johnstone | Broadwood Stadium | 1–1  | Burns 57' | 1,223  |
2 April 2005  | Hamilton Academical | Broadwood Stadium | 1–3  | Bryson 83' | 1,235  |
9 April 2005  | St Johnstone | McDiarmid Park | 0–0  |  | 1,770  |
16 April 2005  | Falkirk | Broadwood Stadium | 0–1  |  | 1,939  |
23 April 2005  | Partick Thistle | Firhill Stadium | 0–1  |  | 2,694  |
30 April 2005  | Raith Rovers | Broadwood Stadium | 1–0  | Gilhaney 28' | 1,122  |
7 May 2005  | Ross County | Victoria Park | 1–1  | Bryson 23' | 2,130  |

### Scottish Challenge Cup

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Date | Round | Opponents | Stadium | Result
F – A | Scorers | Attendance | Notes

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31 August 2004  | Round 2  | Stranraer | Broadwood Stadium | 1–0  | Valois 72' | 759  |
14 September 2004  | Round 3  | Forfar Athletic | Broadwood Stadium | 1–2  | Harty 9', Mensing 70' | 532  |

### Scottish League Cup

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Date | Round | Opponents | Stadium | Result
F – A | Scorers | Attendance | Notes

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24 August 2004  | Round 2  | Airdrie United | Excelsior Stadium | 1–0  | Wilford 73' | 1,595  |
21 September 2004  | Round 3  | Dundee United | Tannadice Park | 0–4  |  | 2,336  |

### Scottish Cup

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Date | Round | Opponents | Stadium | Result
F – A | Scorers | Attendance | Notes

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8 January 2005  | Round 3  | Falkirk | Broadwood Stadium | 3–0  | Harty 35',  72', Bollan 68' | 4,011  |
5 February 2005  | Round 4  | Ross County | Victoria Park | 0–0  |  | 1,629  |
15 February 2005  | Round 4 replay  | Ross County | Broadwood Stadium | 2 – 1 AET  | Bryson 35', Arbuckle 93' | 1,576  |
27 February 2005  | Quarter Final  | Celtic | Broadwood Stadium | 0–5  |  | 8,000  |

## Player statistics

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# | Player | P |  |  |

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GK |  Bryn Halliwell | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0
DF |  Simon Mensing | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1
DF |  Gary Bollan | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0
DF |  Stuart Balmer | 18 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0
DF |  John Potter | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0
MF |  Darren Sheridan | 34 (1) | 2 | 0 | 2
FW |  Gary Arbuckle | 15 (18) | 2 | 0 | 0
MF |  Jimmy Gibson | 35 (1) | 1 | 0 | 1
FW |  Aron Wilford | 15 (6) | 3 | 0 | 0
DF |  Kevin Fotheringham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0
FW |  Ian Harty | 40 | 17 | 0 | 0
FW |  Mark Gilhaney | 20 (19) | 1 | 0 | 0
MF |  Craig Bryson | 28 (6) | 3 | 0 | 0
DF |  Paul Doyle | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0
MF |  David Greenhill | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0
MF |  Karim Kerkar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0
MF |  Alex Walker | 11 (6) | 1 | 0 | 0
FW |  Aaron Conway | 6 (7) | 1 | 0 | 0
GK |  Allan Morrison | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0
DF |  Scott Wilson | 20 (3) | 1 | 0 | 0
MF |  Graeme McCracken | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0
MF |  Jean-Louis Valois | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0
MF |  Kevin Bradley | 2 (15) | 0 | 0 | 0
MF |  John Paul McKeever | 0 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0
MF |  Eddie Malone | 30 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1
MF |  Mickael Marsiglia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0
FW |  Graeme Jones | 13 (3) | 2 | 0 | 0
MF |  Alex Burns | 18 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0
FW |  Chris Gardiner | 2 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0
DF |  Miguel Angel Espinola | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0
DF |  Robert Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
FW |  Paul Flaherty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0

## League table

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Pos | Team

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1  | Falkirk (C, P) | 36  | 22  | 9  | 5  | 66  | 30  | +36  | 75  | Promotion to the Premier League
2  | St Mirren | 36  | 15  | 15  | 6  | 41  | 23  | +18  | 60  |
3  | Clyde | 36  | 16  | 12  | 8  | 35  | 29  | +6  | 60
4  | Queen of the South | 36  | 14  | 9  | 13  | 36  | 38  | −2  | 51
5  | Airdrie United | 36  | 14  | 8  | 14  | 44  | 48  | −4  | 50

Source: "2004-2005 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL (in Malay). Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

## Notes

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Clyde Football Club

Club|

* Squad
* Under-20s and Academy
* Players
* Managers
* Honours
* Song of the Clyde
* Lanarkshire derby
* Notable matches

Grounds|

* Barrowfield Park
* Shawfield Stadium
* Firhill Stadium (groundshare)
* Douglas Park (groundshare)
* Broadwood Stadium
* New Douglas Park (groundshare)

Seasons|

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2004–05 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues|

* Premier League
* Football League
* First Division
* Second Division
* Third Division
* Highland League

Domestic cups|

* Scottish Cup
* Final
* League Cup
* Final
* Challenge Cup
* Final
* Junior Cup

European competitions|

* Champions League
* UEFA Cup
* Intertoto Cup

Related to national team|

* Results
* 2006 World Cup Qualifying (UEFA Group 5)

Club seasons

Premier League|

* Aberdeen
* Celtic
* Dundee
* Dundee United
* Dunfermline Athletic
* Heart of Midlothian
* Hibernian
* Inverness Caledonian Thistle
* Kilmarnock
* Livingston
* Motherwell
* Rangers

First Division|

* Airdrie United
* Clyde
* Falkirk
* Hamilton Academical
* Partick Thistle
* Queen of the South
* Raith Rovers
* Ross County
* St. Johnstone
* St. Mirren

Second Division|

* Alloa Athletic
* Arbroath
* Ayr United
* Berwick Rangers
* Brechin City
* Dumbarton
* Forfar Athletic
* Greenock Morton
* Stirling Albion
* Stranraer

Third Division|

* Albion Rovers
* Cowdenbeath
* East Fife
* East Stirlingshire
* Elgin City
* Gretna
* Montrose
* Peterhead
* Queen's Park
* Stenhousemuir

Major transfer deals 2004–05
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*[Pld]: Played
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*[Pts]: Points