2004–05 Clyde F.C. season

Clyde Football Club

2004-2005 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)
Home colours Away colours
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In season 2004–05, 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

May - January

In:

Player	From	Fee	Date
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
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

In:

Player	From	Fee	Date
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
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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Bryn Halliwell GK Allan Morrison DF Stuart Balmer DF Gary Bollan DF Miguel Angel Espinola DF Paul Doyle DF Kevin Fotheringham DF Robert Harris DF Simon Mensing DF John Potter (Captain) DF Scott Wilson MF Kevin Bradley MF Craig Bryson MF Alex Burns (on loan from Motherwell) MF Jimmy Gibson MF David Greenhill

No. Position Player MF Karim Kerkar MF Eddie Malone MF Mickael Marsiglia MF Graeme McCracken MF John Paul McKeever MF Darren Sheridan MF Jean-Louis Valois MF Alex Walker (on loan from Rangers) FW Gary Arbuckle FW Aaron Conway (on loan from Dundee United) FW Paul Flaherty FW Chris Gardiner (on loan from Hearts) FW Mark Gilhaney FW Ian Harty FW Graeme Jones FW Aron Wilford

Results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish First Division

Date	Opponents	Stadium	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
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

Date	Round	Opponents	Stadium	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
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

Date	Round	Opponents	Stadium	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
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

Date	Round	Opponents	Stadium	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
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

#	Player	P
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

Notes