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
Chairman	Len McGuire
Manager	Graham Roberts
First Division	5th
Scottish Cup	Fourth round (replay)
League Cup	Third round
Challenge Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Alex Williams (12) All: Alex Williams (13)
Highest home attendance	8,000 (vs Celtic, 8 January 2006)
Lowest home attendance	813 (vs Ross County, 1 April 2006)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

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

May to December

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

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

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Friendlies

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

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

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

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

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

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

#	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

Pos	Team v t e	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

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