3 time Scottish Cup winners.
6 time Scottish Cup finalists.
141 years of history and for a time the 3rd biggest club in Scotland.
Hearts? Aberdeen? …Brazil?
Wrong, wrong and wrong again. The answer you are all looking for is Clyde Football Club, ‘The Bully Wee’, ‘The Gypsy Army’, ‘The scaffs on the River’ and many other names that the white, black and red of Greater Glasgow go by.
That illustrious history is of course in the past these days.
And boy is it well in the past.
Last lifting the Scottish Cup in 1958 the club has not been at the top of Scottish Football for well over 50 years but still we were surprised by the pride, vision and the expectation around Clyde – something we will of course divulge in to later.
Hardcore Tour of the Terraces fans will know that Broadwood Stadium was not our original destination for past Saturday’s round of fixtures and it was originally Dundee United that our steam-train of a blog was headed for. However, in the build-up to Saturday’s game Dundee United emailed us asking to rearrange our visit because they felt they could accommodate us better at a later date. Still, we look forward to coming to Tannadice, Arabs.
Undeterred, in the mood to tick another team from our list, we set out a poll on Twitter asking which club our millions of fans wanted to see us visit. The three choices we set were thus: East Fife 30%, Dumbarton 33% and our FAN-VOTED CHAMPIONS – CLYDE!! With 37% of the vote. Seeing Clyde take the win really set our hearts ablaze with passion for the 4th oldest club in Scotland and we were very much up for the day out. In all honesty, a steaming pile of dogshit could have won the poll and we would still have been ecstatic. Ecstatic we were though and we prepared for a day out in Cumbernauld like excited little girls. There’s a sentence that hasn’t been used often.
Clyde FC themselves formed in 1877 on the banks of the River Clyde, making them one of the oldest clubs in the UK. The club had early spells of minor success in the Cup tournaments, reaching the Scottish Cup final in 1910 and 1912, as well as several semi-final appearances along the way but never quite making that final step up the Hampden steps to collect the famous trophy. After years of ‘so close but no cigar’ Cup runs, Clyde finally managed to lift the Tartan Jug in 1939, claiming scalps such as Rangers, Third Lanark and Hibernian along the way. The final was played out in front of 94,000 people at Hampden Park, which saw Clyde defeat Motherwell 4-0 on the day, at last adding a major piece of silverware to their trophy cabinet.
NINETY-FOUR THOUSAND! you would struggle to find that attendance at any sports event in the world these days and that was just for Clyde v Motherwell.
After resuming play in the late 40’s after WWII, Glasweigans could focus on the important stuff again and Clyde picked up more or less where they had left off. With another final appearance in 1949, where they were comprehensively beaten 4-1 by Rangers, the club had not seen the last of it’s time in the sun. With a taste for major finals in their gob’s, the Bully Wee found themselves in two more Scottish Cup finals in 1955 and 1958.
They won both.
The 1955 edition showcased the mighty Ghreen and White of Glasgow against the Clyde boys, this was also the first final to be broadcast live by the BBC. It finished 1-1.
Unfortunately, the replayed final was not broadcast live but fortunately Tommy Ring scored the only goal of the game and put Scottish Cup numero dos into the Shawfield trophy cabinet, halting Celtic’s run of 5 Scottish Cups on the bounce. The 1958 Final saw Hibernian defeated 1-0 in Glasgow by the Bully Wee, who made it 2 trophies in 3 years and a 3rd Scottish Cup overall. Winning major honours at this point would have been seen as normal service and most Clyde fans probably expected this would carry on until the day that Celtic Ghirls and Proddy Bears renounce their sectarianism and make love in a blossoming field of daisies together. Or something like that.
The point is that the success of Clyde FC at this point in history began to decline and after finishing 3rd behind the Old Firm in 1967, the club may have reached it’s zenith. Housing was demolished in the Bridgeton, Rutherglen, Oatlands and Dalmarnock areas, places where Clyde drew large percentages of their support from, this lead many of the core support to being evicted or re-homed in different parts of the country and many never returned to follow the Bully Wee since.
Pretty tragic to be fair when you consider the early successes of the club, who knows what could have been?
With this prior knowledge in mind, boarding the train to Croy at Waverley Station we were set whizzing across the groin of the country from Edinburgh to Cumbernauld. Finally arriving at Broadwood Stadium. Home of Clyde FC.
Broadwood became the home of both Clyde FC and Cumbernauld Colts midway through the 1994/95 season, playing the mighty Accies in front of 6,000 fans – showing you that there is potential for a renewed fanbase of Bully Wee supporters in the Cumbernauld area. Cumbernauld was also the biggest town in Scotland without an SPFL club before Clyde had relocated there – so get out to Broadwood in force you ‘Cumbernaulders’.
Arriving at the station in Croy, it was a fairly simple walk through housing estates and anonymous stretches of road – much like Livingston was. This should hardly be a surprise, given the fact that both settlements are in fact ‘new towns’ – or as we like to put it – manufactured, soulless, shiteholes. Okay, shiteholes is probably a bit harsh but you get the point, the place itself had no real feeling of history or identity, more than likely due to the fact that it’s a town that came about via a project, rather than naturally sprouting and growing from the Earth.
After a 15/20 minute saunter past housing and roundabouts, the impressive bulkhead of the Broadwood Main Stand peered into view. From the outside it seemed very well kept and rather imposing, bigger certainly than the other League 2 grounds we have seen so far. Aaron had been to the impressive, modern looking stadium before to witness Hibs Ladies in the Scottish Cup final, kudos for spreading your support around ya wee slut.
Arriving at the main entrance, we had to turn on Louis Theroux mode, trying to blag ourselves a wee interview, a cheeky tour, maybe even free tickets? Unfortunately, it seemed that none of the above were to go our way.
We had tried multiple times to contact the Football Club in the buildup to the Albion Rovers game, nobody had responded however. This made it a Tour first, voted for by our fans that we adore so dearly, yet no actual concrete day in place to write about. Mikey opened wide his coercive gob, “We are two bloggers, writing about and reviewing all of the SPFL clubs in Scotland, any chance of a peak around?”. Well, I promise you it was a lot more inventive and convincing than that but you get the picture.
The ladies behind the reception began to cast looks of doubt and blame on each other as they tried to work out why nobody had answered our calls or emails. To our gutting horror, they told us they MIGHT be able to organise someone to speak to after the game but no guarantees. Not a statement which exactly filled us with hope.
A pint of Cumbernauld’s finest brew was needed, whilst we tried to figure out how to fill the void of our staple Club Interview. Surely we could not write a proper piece without interviewing a club official? The blogging community would laugh in our ugly faces, surely. Heading upstairs into the Broadwood Bar or Arria Suite, a couple of cold ones were quickly ordered and rapidly sank.
The bar was rather busy and big groups of Clyde fans were huddled round tables debating the upcoming clash, most of them seemed rather confident, even above Albion Rovers. It seemed Clyde were acting the bigger club, which you can say fair play to, given the background and history of the two teams – Clyde almost are a sleeping giant in Scottish Football terms. A giant that fell into a coma 60 years ago albeit. Looking around, observing our options and about to go balls to the wall for a Fan Interview, we suddenly saw our solution to the problem.
Almost as if by the hand of fate, a radiant blue silk, white satin clad Danny Lennon appeared in the Arria Suite. Before we could even wipe the excited grins from our faces the the experienced Mr Lennon was at our table shaking both of our hands and commenting on our pints “Aw that looks brilliant lads, what I’d do for one of those right now,”. We could not believe our luck, Danny Lennon had unwillingly stumbled right into the Tour of the Terraces lair. And it was feeding time.
Mikey quickly popped the question before he could escape “Listen Danny, we are two journalists here to write about today’s game, any chance we could squeeze in a couple of questions?” The Clyde manager was more than willing, who told us he would be fielding questions from the whole floor in the Arria Suite soon and we could ask what our hearts so desired then. Of course, we were absolutely delighted at this and feeling like real reporters in a press conference, we prepared to fire some teasers at silverfox Danny Lennon.
Taking up his mic in front of the room, what came from wily vet’s mouth is detailed below;
Q1. (Asked from a Clyde fan) What do you think the score will be today Danny?
A: “I don’t often gamble…” began the Clyde manager, “the last time I went to a bookies, I asked, can I back a horse in here? The guy said of course you can mate! So, I turned to my horse and said right, in you come big boy!” hahaha lol, maybe stick to the tactics board and put down the jokebook Danny.
Q2. (Asked by Mikey) What is your ambition for the future with Clyde?
A: “We had a wonderful 2nd half last season,” started Mr Lennon. “We narrowly missed out on the playoffs at the end of the season and we really want to remedy that this year,” carried on the experienced manager. “Our ambition this season is quite clear; we want to WIN this league.” Danny Lennon continued confidently, “There are 9 other hungry teams in this league; we are in control of our own fates and whether we go up or not.” Offering up interesting words which come from a very experienced mouth, Lennon continued “It is a marathon for the whole season, which becomes a sprint at the end, everyone at the club will need to pull together to win this division. I’m here to create those sort of moments again for this football club.”
Q3. (Asked by Mikey) It is the 2020/2021 Season, 3 seasons from now, where do you see yourself and Clyde FC at that point in time?
A: “This club has a fantastic infrastructure in place, for me this is a big, big club in the bottom tier for far too long.” Danny continued, “If we continue on with the chairman and support I see no reason why we can’t be in the 2nd tier competing as a healthy football club in the future, I don’t think that’s unrealistic.” Clearly with belief and confidence in his Clyde team with a lot of ambition, Mr Lennon continued, “The chairman creates a very positive atmosphere here and it is everyone here’s responsibility to make sure we continue in that vein from the supporters to myself and to the players.” Closing off his answer, the manager stated “If we can do this right then there’s absolutely no reason this club cannot go up the leagues.” Someone who has done it before should know and Danny Lennon is certainly someone who has done it before.
After our interview with probably the best known name we’ve managed to snag thus far on our travels, we were imaginably pretty buzzing. Feeling like we had just got the latest scoop on Trump’s White House, we headed out into the stadium to bathe ourselves in the pre-match atmosphere. It looked equally as impressive on the inside as it did from the outside, extremely well kept stands, modern looking design and a 3G turf which was not overflowing with black pellets. Yes Livi fans, it is possible!
The ground was beginning to fill up nicely and now that we had our fabled first manager interview under our belts, we were ready to search out a die-hard Bully Wee fan that could answer our questions from the supporters point of view.
Soon, we located an older looking gent with a couple of mates who looked perfectly suited for our Fan Interview. His name was Jim Thompson and he could remember back to the days of Shawfield and before, we chatted to him for a while before kick-off. That conversation is detailed below;
Q1. As a Clyde fan, what are your expectations for the season which lies ahead?
A: Jim began by saying, “get into the top 4 at least,” then continued by alerting us of the “sticky start” his club have had highlighting the home defeat to Edinburgh City the team took, “in reflection Edinburgh were the better team and that’s because teams do their homework on us.” He then went on to say, “There are no easy games in this league anymore, there are good managers and players everywhere you look in League 2 now.” He then added, “I don’t suppose today will be any different.”
Q2. Clyde are a club with great history however, in recent years have been at the lower end in Scottish football, what have been the problems at the club?
A: Jim started off by saying that, “off the field we have struggled with finances over the years,” before adding, “for example the ground is very expensive, with high maintenance costs, an expense which is simply too big for us.” However, he then brought to our attention that, “in recent years we have been on the mend,” alerting us that, “finished in the top 6 for a few years now,” where Jim gave credit to Jim Duffy as he claimed, “he steadied the ship.”
Q3. Where does the supporters of Clyde actually come from, given the club has been here, there and everywhere throughout the years?
A: He stated, “I get a supporters bus through today with a few others,” and then explained to us that, “the younger lot of supporters come from this area [Cumbernauld] whereas us older supporters come from further afield, Rutherglen, Glasgow, Shawfield.” All areas where Clyde previously drew support from.
Q4. It is the 2020/21 SPFL Season, a warm sunny day in Cumbernauld, the team is ready to take on the season ahead, who’s the Bully Wee kicking off against?
A: Jim answered by stating, “At least a league higher!” He then went on to add, “I honestly can’t see us being in the Championship,” which was a goal highlighted by some of the staff. “To sustain full time football is almost impossible,” Jim went on to say in relation to the club propelling up the leagues. Then a friend of Jim’s piped up saying, “The chairman’s ambition is to go back to Glasgow, “for which Jim argued against that stating, “Don’t see it, most of our support comes from Cumbernauld now.” He then added, “Even Queens Park are bigger than us in terms of support these days,” which induced a reply from his pal who said, “ that’s why we need to go back go back to Glasgow to get bigger crowds.”
Q5. Finally, what do you lads see the score being today?
Jim began by predicting, “2-0 Clyde” for which his 2 companions agreed that the home side would come out on top but said “4-0” and “3-1”” instead.
With that we felt like we had the knowledge we needed, moseying on down the stand towards where we were told the Bully Wee crazy gang situate themselves, we took our seats. By all accounts it seemed that we were in for a Clyde win but as you all know football is a funny old game and we were ready to see what this once great Glasgow side had in their locker.
THE MATCH
We are now going to enter how the 90 minutes ended up going;
FIRST HALF
Captain Kevin Nicoll lead the starting XI out of the tunnel to a rapturous noise from the Clyde fans around us. “THERE’S ONLY ONE DANNY LENNON, ONE DANNY LEEENNON, THERE’S ONLY ONE DANNY LENNON.” The referee puffed on his whistle and the game was underway.
Clyde, as expected started the stronger of the two teams, winning an early free-kick in midfield and dominating possession. John Rankin tried to turn back the clock with a pop from distance which sailed just over the bar and David Goodwillie had a gilt edge chance which fell to him inside the box but the former Scotland striker could not turn it home. The two Scottish Football figures would still have their part to play over the 90 minutes as Clyde sustained the attacks, continuing to lay the pressure on their Coatbridge counterparts.
Clyde’s number 7 Mark Lamont looked extremely lively out wide, cutting inside and winding his way past several Albion defenders. The young winger sent a tantalisng ball across the six-yard box but Goodwillie was half a yard off the pace and Rovers went unpunished again. It was coming though and everybody in the ground could sense it.
Rankin and Nicoll in the middle seemed like an impenetrable gate, mopping up play every time it broke their way and neatly passing around the opposition. Credit to them, the Bully Wee were playing football like we had not seen before at this level and Albion were being pulled apart piece by piece. Nicoll and Goodwillie played a firm one two, before releasing the exciting Mark Lamont down the left hand side. Lamont dropped his shoulder and left the Rovers defenders eating dust, the number 7 cut inside and this time whipped a Coutinho-esque strike towards the top bin. Albion’s number 1 Peter Morrison’s glove was there first however, managing to pull off an equally as impressive save and keep the game at 0-0.
It was only the 20th minute.
From the resulting corner, Clyde took it short to Goodwillie, who floated a little teaser to the back post. It was Martin McNiff who answered the call, putting his head through the ball which rumbled the onion bag. The Clyde faithful were on their feet in celebration, though I’m sure nobody was surprised that the deadlock was finally broken. CB McNiff will most likely never have an easier finish in his life, heading home his 4th of the season.
Unsure if it was Albion Rovers who made Clyde look better than they were or if Danny Lennon had been feeding the players Pele-juice, there was no denying that the Bully Wee looked in total control of their opponents, who barely even got out of their own half in the first half hour. Clyde carried on with their nice triangles, playing fitba on the deck and working chances for each other, chances that if they had been stuck home it would have been 4 or 5-0 going into half time.
Thankfully for Albion Rovers, a John Rankin shot was spilled but ping-ponged clear of an open goalmouth right on the 45th minute, which spelled the end of a completely uninspiring half for the Wee Rovers. would Danny Lennon’s men live to rue their one goal lead?
SECOND HALF
The second forty-five began just as the rest of the game had gone, with Goodwillie sent gallivanting free of the Albion Rovers defence but he could only shoot straight at the keeper. Goodwillie was getting himself in great positions, still he could not find the back of the net.
Rankin was once again on a loose ball in the middle of the park, with Albion pressing harder and higher now, the former Hibee was under pressure but pulled an almighty Cruyff turn from his arsehole, bamboozling two or three Albion players at once. Great to see you’ve still got it big man. His midfield partner along side him was also playing Lord and Shepherd in the middle of the Broadwood 3G, breaking up play and winning everything that came to his hungry feet. Nicoll sent the electrifying Lamont down the wing once again, who took a touch and fired a shot which grazed the far post.
How was it only 1-0??
With the game approaching the hour mark and Albion looking totally un-threatening, it seemed that the Bully Wee may have taken their foot off the gas slightly. As Albion began to creep more and more into things, winning set pieces to bombard the Clyde box. It was surely the only was they could score.
The demand from the support behind us grew, fair enough Albion looked absolutely shite that day and Clyde had not quite gotten that insurance goal. In reality it should have been a mauling at this point.
Still Albion clung on however, with Mr Goodwillie testing Morrison in the sticks numerous more times. The Rovers shotstopper bested Goodwillie on every occasion however, rushing out to meet him and smothering any loose balls in the box many times – it would have been 5 or 6 without him.
As the game began to draw to a close it seemed both teams were fairly happy with the result. Clyde would of course take the three points and Albion Rovers somehow still had their dignity intact. The swashbuckling Bully Wee were given a standing ovation by the 600 or so home support and they thoroughly deserved it for their style of football, it is just a shame they did not have more than one goal to show for it.
Danny Lennon has to be putting something in the Broadwood water.
Tour of the Terraces MOTM: Kevin Nicoll – There were several players who could have collected the glory of TotT MotM. However, we felt without Kevin Nicoll in the centre of the park, the team quite simply wouldn’t have ticked the way they did. Defensively he was breaking up play, sticking into challenges and winning the ball back for his team. Every single time. Whereas in attack he would usually be the one looking to start moves, picking the ball up and making the initial pass. An extremly calming presence on the park. Just how the skipper should be. Therefore, the 8th player to write themselves into the history books is 32 year old Kevin Nicoll. Congrats; your bottle of champagne will be in the post.
AARON’S COLUMN
I bagged my Broadwood brace on this visit as this was my 2nd venture to Cumbernauld’s Nou Camp. My first venture was when my old man took me to see some of the hottest talents in Scottish football, this being the women of course. It was Glasgow City Ladies who took on the one and only Hibernian Ladies in the 2013 Scottish Cup final. The women in orange ran out as champions, scoring a late winner, edging the tie 1-0. Defeat in a cup final is a feeling us Hibs fans are used to by now.
*Remind everyone Hibs won the Scottish Cup in 2016*
However, on this occasion it was very different angle of attack I’d be taking on my Broadwood experience, as we had Clyde F.C in our crosshairs for the 7th edition of the Tour. After the millions of votes in the poll, you legends out there selected a funky Saturday in Cumbernauld and I couldn’t have been happier… jokes aside, I was bursting with excitement to see what this historic Scottish football club was quite simply about.
When you approach the ground, it felt very imposing as the menacing main stand towers above you, not what you expect when you are venturing to spectate a side that has been in shit of Scottish football for countless years now. The facilities are above and beyond what is expected of a side of the calibre of Clyde, as inside Mikey and I somehow wormed our way into the Arria suite, where fans were served food and had the option of the bar. It was in great condition and there was a warm, professional atmosphere surrounding the air. Of course we got ourselves one of Broadwood finest pints which came at a price £4, a little more than what a scaff from Haddington would be willing to pay but had no option but to force my scrawny paw into my wallet. £8 was the admission price for us students, which is £5 less than the adult tickets, a discount I will miss in a years’ time being a 4th year student *cries*.
One of the highlights of the tour for me personally later occurred in the Arria suite as we somehow managed to ask Mr Danny Lennon, Clyde manager, a few questions. He was doing a pre match speech to the guests in the room. It was a surreal experience getting to speak to a real manager face to face, something I truly didn’t believe would happen on our quest. The Tour just keeps on surprising us each visit we take and I won’t lie – I am fucking loving it. To top it off, the chat we had was brilliant, a very honest and approachable figure, who has a great footballing ethos on how the game should be played, which transpires on the field. I wish him all the best in his journey to take the Bully Wee up to the top of our game here in Scotland.
After hearing the ambitious claims from the horse’s mouth in Mr. Lennon of looking to seek a healthy position in the Championship in years to come, I was extremely eager to see how they would perform on the field. I personally share the ambition of the club, as I can see them being up there in years to come. They have the facilities in place, a cracking manager who wants to try and play football, unmatchable history and some top players in their side, including Goodwillie and Rankin, household names in Scotland. This is hence why I predicted them to finish top of League 2 at the start of the season.
However, from how the season has begun I think they might struggle to top the division, as teams with more of a physical presence can prohibit them from playing free flowing football and take points of them in a dogged manner. Therefore, for this season there is no doubt in my mind they will finish in the playoffs but whether they can clinch the title that’s a different question with the likes of Peterhead and Edinburgh knocking about.
We were advised to sit in the top right of the ground where the nosier of the Bully Wee following sat their arses. The atmosphere for a game against arguably the worst side in the league was decent, with chants and a happy vibrant feeling evolving. The team on the day looked so comfortable from start to finish. Was only ever really a question of how much they would win by. Unfortuanely for them it was only the one, however, Goodwillie did miss his fair amount. I would like to give a big shout out to The Tour of the Terraces MotM Kevin Nicoll, who was excellent and seems a real fan favourite. I honestly admire and respect Clyde in the way they play. Not an easy task trying to play with the ball of the deck in this division, but they done it and done it well at points. Albeit Albion were absolutely shambolic, with a heartless and unmotivated performance, Clyde still done the job and got the 3 points so hats off to you, another win for the Tour of the Terraces under our belts.
It was a very interesting and insightful experience on our travels to Cumbernauld, as we saw a sleeping if not potentially dead giant operate as a football club. A major shout out to Danny Lennon, who is a very down to earth gent, with a great idea for where he wants this club to be. The manner he is going about it also is superb, as they’re playing football the way it should be played in my personal opinion. I believe once he gets in the players who can fully carry out the tasks on the field and are comfortable on the ball then this side will propel themselves up the tables in Scotland. With this leadership manging them and the experience and quality on the park there’s no doubt they’ll make playoffs. Whether the achieve promotion is a whole different ball game – good bloody luck!
I would like to round up my column by wishing the Bully Wee all the best in their quest to being a top force in Scotland. Good luck for the season ahead I’m sure we will meet again.
MIKEY’S RAMBLE
There’s a first time for everything. Much like a lot of the grounds I will visit on the Tour this was a first time for Broadwood as me and my spoon-burning companion set off for the exotic Croy station to be followed by a 20 minute walk on a cold, dreich Lowland morning. Of course my sarcasm should not be taken literally, it’s stuff like this that is the beating heart of the Tour of the Terraces and I honestly had absolutely no idea what to expect from the Bully Wee.
After we had done our research I was pleasantly surprised to find that Clyde had an illustrious history, competing in front of crowds of 100k in some of the Scottish Cup finals they took part in and won along the way. Just shows you how truly massively supported they would have been back then, despite obviously much lower crowds and much lower honours for the Bully Wee these days. Even so, they came off to me like a big club that had fallen on a bit of hard times and were just waiting for the day when they would rocket back up the hierarchy of Scottish Football. Is Danny Lennon the man to do just that?
He certainly seemed to think so from our interview with him. Whether or not I’m just falling for the charisma of a manager who has been around the block and earned his stripes is a different matter, to me it seemed like he was 100% focused on taking this once massive club back toward the top again. The style of football on display at Broadwood was absolute testament to the manager they have at the helm and neither myself or Aaron are surprised that he seems to be doing the business there. From the three League 2 fixtures that we have witnessed so far, Clyde played by far and away the best football that we have seen at that level.
The stadium itself was something to behold in it’s own right. A modern 8,000 all seater, with decent sized stands and a smitten looking astroturf (as far as astros go). It’s a shame that Clyde don’t quite pack the fanbase they once did because if Broadwood was filled with Bully Wee fans it would be an absolutely great sight and I believe that it would be an equally as great sound they would generate. Passionate fans, a club with enormous history and a manager at the helm to right all those wrongs that have befallen them over the past 20 years.
But.
There’s always a but.
The idea that Clyde are a sleeping giant is very well and good, I would love to embrace that notion and believe that the former glories of what WAS a great football club could be restored. However, when you look at the facts, this is a team that have been languishing in League 2 for 8 years now, without looking likely to escape. The last time they were in the Championship was 10 years ago now and there needs to be a more realistic, short-term plan in place to get a football team which really has the potential to be up there, out of their current rut.
To paraphrase the mighty Aaron Crow in my own way: sleeping giants or dead giants? You make up you’re own mind but personally I would love nothing more than to see this proud Glasgow club restored to their former glory. How that happens, who knows? Moving back to Glasgow? Merging with another club? Sign Aaron?
On a more positive note of course, there would be nothing better for us than to see Danny Lennon achieve his vision and take the red, white and black back up to where they historically belong and give the hungry Clyde fans what they desire deep-down. Competing healthily at the top of the Scottish game.
I believe that Clyde will be playing football in League 1 next season, if that is via the playoffs or a League 2 title, we shall see. The way that they play the game at this level means they deserve the to go up at the very least but whether or not they will be able to compete with your classic hammerthrower, big-huddy style employed effectively by teams like Edinburgh City and Peterhead, I don’t know. All I do know is that the Bully Wee are in for some entertaining performances this season, so if you live in the Cumbernauld area and want to see how football should be played, even at the lowest level, then get your arse along to Clyde Football Club.
Broadwood, its been a fucking blast.
THE RATINGS
OVERALL
So there we have it Clyde, a well-deserved rating of 68 from us here at Tour of the Terraces which we felt was completely fair. There are magnificent facilities at the club, with a manager in Danny Lennon who has a great vision for taking them up the leagues, playing free flowing football. The club has a wealth of history behind them and need to be back at the top end of Scottish footy. Please if you ever want to go see an exciting footballing side plumbing the depths of Scottish Football then swing by Cumbernauld and you won’t be disappointed.
Good luck on your quest to the top Bully Wee, it has been another great episode of the Tour, thanks again, been a pleasure.
Tour of the Terraces 