Whilst we talk about versatility there were constants the fullback pairing of Harry Glasgow and Eddie Mulheron was only really split when Eddie broke his leg against Dundee United in the February of the season (after which Davie Soutar proved to be a more than adequate replacement), and Jim Fraser was generally played at centre half, except when Dick Staite was handed the number 5 jersey. Ian Stewart and Harry Hood could interchange the inside forward positions, whilst in goals, where the need for outfield versatility was irrelevant, Tommy McCulloch and John Wright effectively provided the kind of competition for the number one slot that most managers can only dream about. Graham Macfarlane played splendidly at either outside right or right back, whilst the likes of Stan Anderson and John McHugh could play anywhere in the midfield, or in John’s case, at the back if required. ![]() Davie’s reply, probably best sums it up…“well, if I could get all the players off their work at the same time…”Īnother feature of this squad was the versatility of the players: Dick Staite played in five different positions this season, and Davie Souter wasn’t too far behind him. In the lead up to the Scottish Cup semi-final with Celtic, Davie White was asked if he was taking the Clyde team away for any special preparation for the game. What must be remembered here is that this Clyde team were all part-time – they all had separate jobs away from football. Then, in an inspired move, manager Davie White negotiated Harry Hood’s return to Shawfield from Sunderland for £13000, half of the fee Clyde received when Harry had went to Roker Park a couple of years previous.įrom that point on Clyde went from strength to strength, and in the remaining thirty league matches won nineteen and drew five on their way to that third place in the league. The season didn’t have a particularly noteworthy start, and by mid-October not only had Clyde failed to qualify for the latter stages of the League Cup, they had exited the Glasgow Cup at the hands of city rivals Partick Thistle. One of his first actions – probably instigated by The Board – was to sell Alex Bryce to Dundee for £40000, which effectively funded the club through this great season. Celtic played seventeen cup ties in Scotland that season, and won sixteen of them – with only that “blemish” against the Bully Wee spoiling their record.Īt this juncture it is probably worth illustrating the financial constraints Davie White operated under. In the Scottish Cup, Clyde fought their way to the semi-final, and took the mighty Celtic to a replay before succumbing to a 0-2 defeat in the replay. ![]() ![]() With this approach he was spectacularly successful, and if the Old Firm results against every other team in the league were expunged from the record, Clyde would indeed head the Scottish League table. Manager Davie White’s declared philosophy was to let the games against the Old Firm take care of themselves, and look to win the matches against all the other games. This was a season that saw Celtic beat Internazionale in Lisbon to win the European Cup, and Rangers to lose the final of the Cup Winners Cup in Germany against Bayern Munich by the narrowest of margins, a single goal, scored in extra-time.ĭomestically, Clyde, a part-time team operated on a shoestring budget and with a squad stretched to the very limit on many occasions, somehow contrived to finish third in the league, behind winners Celtic and runners-up Rangers. The Hall of Fame Event held on the 11th of April 2014 witnessed the Induction into the Hall of Fame of the entire squad from the 1966/67 season.
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