Clyde FC

Clyde FC
	Clyde FC
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Basic data
Surname	Clyde Football Club
Seat	Cumbernauld , Scotland
founding	1877
president	David Dishon
Website	clydefc.co.uk
First soccer team
Head coach	Danny Lennon
Venue	Broadwood Stadium
Places	7,936
league	Scottish League One
2019/20	7th place

The FC Clyde (officially: Clyde Football Club ) - founded in 1877 - is a professional Scottish football club , originally from Glasgow came the southeast, but now in Cumbernauld is located. The club is named after the Scottish River Clyde , which was home to their first stadium, Barrowfield Park. In the 2018/19 season he plays in the Scottish League Two , the fourth highest division in Scottish football, which is also the lowest professional league.

history

The club was founded in 1877 and initially played on the banks of the Clyde. In 1896 they moved into a new stadium, the Shawfield Stadium in Rutherglen , which was later incorporated into Glasgow for a while . Always in the shadow of the neighboring Glasgow clubs Celtic and Rangers , they had to struggle with financial problems, which in 1935 meant that FC Clyde had to sell its stadium to the Greyhound Racing Association . Nevertheless, the club got some titles. So they managed to win the Scottish FA Cup in 1939 through a clear 4-0 win against FC Motherwell . In 1955 and 1958 , two more trophies should be achieved. Even if top placings get in the league, the club never managed to qualify for the European Cup , as Celtic and Rangers were too dominant.

Broadwood Stadium in Cumbernauld, 2007

After you were allowed to play as a tenant in what was once your own stadium until 1986, you then had to leave the pitch and shared the venues with Partick Thistle and Hamilton Accies until 1994 . Since then they have been playing at Broadwood Stadium in Cumbernauld . In the following years, FC Clyde was able to establish itself in the upper half of the Scottish First Division , but without reaching the promotion spot. The greatest success in the club's recent history was a 2-1 win in a cup game against Celtic Glasgow in January 2006 and reaching the finals of the Scottish League Challenge Cup 2006/07, which was lost on penalties against Ross County .

The 2008/09 season ended the FC Clyde in the last place in the table and thus rose directly to the Second Division .

The 2009/10 season the FC Clyde had to get by on a small budget and did not manage to keep the class. The team finished last in the second division and thus rose to the third division just one year after relegating from the first to the second division.

Based on the association's years of “homelessness”, the fans call themselves the Gypsy Army .