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Daily Record
4 days ago
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Clyde boss blasts 'frustrating' Premier Sports Cup rule and pleads for u-turn
Darren Young wants to use the competition to run the rule over signing targets Clyde boss Darren Young has blasted a rule barring trialists from playing in the Premier Sports Cup group stages, and pleaded for a u-turn. Young says he and other bosses are frustrated because allowing trialists would allow them to run the rule over prospective signings in a competitive environment. He said: 'The frustrating thing is that in the League Cup section you're not allowed to play any trialists, which for me and every other manager I've spoken to is a stupid and horrendous rule. 'You have trialists in for pre-season, then all of a sudden you can't play them in this League Cup section, but you then can in the league. 'I don't know why, or who makes the rule, or how hard it would be to change it. I don't understand why they don't allow us to change it. 'Even if they turn around and say to teams, even part-time teams, you can play two trialists it gives us a chance to see them in a more competitive environment, rather than making a decision on people, or they need to sit about for two to three weeks with nothing, apart from training. 'It's frustrating.' Clyde were drawn in Group G alongside Premiership side Motherwell, Morton, Stenhousemuir and Peterhead. The Bully Wee start their campaign at home to Motherwell on Saturday, July 12, and travel to Peterhead seven days later. Clyde host Stenhousemuir on Tuesday, July 22, and visit Morton to complete their campaign four days later. Meanwhile, the club have announced that midfielder Barry Cuddihy will enter his ninth season with the club after agreeing to stay for 2025-26. The 28-year-old achieved the milestone of 250 appearances last season, and boss Young told the club's website: 'I'm delighted Barry has signed on for next season. He's a great player, and a leader on the park and in the dressing room. 'He's got lots of experience, sets the standards, and is the exact type of person you want in the team. 'Hopefully he will get a good pre-season under his belt, and I know he'll be raring to go again. 'Barry is an influential member of the squad and others look up to him. When he plays well you find the team usually plays well, too.'
Daily Record
07-05-2025
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Clyde boss says 'season ended too early' after thrashing champions Peterhead
Darren Young led the Bully Wee to an impressive seventh-placed finish Darren Young says the season has ended too early for Clyde after stunning League Two champions Peterhead with a 6-1 battering at New Douglas Park in their season finale. The Bully Wee have scored 10 goals in their last two games to climb above Stranraer and finish seventh. Marley Redfern got Clyde off the mark in nine minutes and Darren Hynes doubled their lead on the half-hour. Oliver Colloty pulled a goal back for Peterhead sixty seconds later, but Logan Dunachie restored Clyde's two-goal lead in stoppage time. Jamie Bradley added a fourth two minutes into the second half, Robbie Leitch bagged the fifth in 83 minutes, and Dom Docherty completed the rout in the last minute. Young said: 'Every single player stood up and were counted, and the season is finishing too soon – we've scored 10 goals in the last two games. 'I think we've threatened to do that to teams. Some of our passing was outstanding, Peterhead couldn't get near us. 'It was absolutely outstanding from start to finish, and it was the same last week against Stirling Albion. 'To score six goals against the champions – they made a lot of changes but a lot of those players have played in League One and Two, and we still needed to put on a show for the fans. 'It's brilliant. Getting that first goal, they have to come out and you can exploit opportunities.'
Daily Record
28-04-2025
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Stirling Albion chiefs 'disapointed over offensive graffiti' daubed in stadium hours before match
Stirling Albion chiefs were left "disappointed" after vandals struck at the club's Forthbank home. The club issued a statement on Friday evening which said it did not have 'sufficient resources to carry out remedial work' ahead of Saturday's League 2 clash with Clyde. That meant that supporters who attended Saturday's match were able to see the "offensive graffiti", the nature of which remains unknown. The Binos were swept aside in a 4-1 drubbing to Clyde, now being lead by former Albion gaffer Darren Young. Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area. Issuing the statement, the Binos said: 'We are disappointed to report that the toilets in the north end of the West Stand have been vandalised. 'Neither the club nor Active Stirling has sufficient resource to carry out remedial work before tomorrow's William Hill League 2 fixture against Clyde. 'The toilets are operational so will remain open but we apologise to anyone offended by the graffiti. 'If you are attending with children or are easily offended you may wish to use the facilities at the other end of the West Stand.' The club added: 'It's disappointing to find that yet again we are having to spend money on addressing issues caused by a tiny minority of supposed fans when we would rather be spending that money strengthening the playing squad. 'Both Stirling Albion and Active Stirling condemn the actions of the people responsible. 'We will be monitoring the situation and anyone found to have been carrying out such actions will be reported to Police Scotland for criminal damage. 'We would ask all real supporters who come across such behaviour to report any such instances to stewards or club officials so that we can take the appropriate action.' Albion have already had to issue multiple warnings to a small section of supporters this season. In February, the club issued a statement hitting out at the use of pyrotechnics at a match against Forfar Athletic. The club said that, during the game, a 'small group of individuals' released smoke bombs and a flare within the stadium. They added: 'This reckless and irresponsible behaviour not only posed a serious safety risk but also caused unnecessary distress to fellow supporters in the West Stand. Those responsible were swiftly identified and ejected from the stadium.' Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area.
Daily Record
25-04-2025
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Familiar face set for Forthbank return as Stirling Albion take on home finale
Stirling's final home match of the season is set to bring a familiar face back to the Forthbank technical areas ... but the Binos know the task in hand to take their play off hopes to League Two's curtain call. Their bruising 2-0 defeat to East Fife at Bayview last week - coupled with a bad set of results elsewhere - means they sit sixth in the table and five points behind Elgin City with just six left to play for. The task therefore is simple - win their last two matches and hope results elsewhere offer a chance of a remarkable recovery. It all begins with the last game at Forthbank for the 2024/25 campaign - and the visit of Binos' League Two title-winning boss Darren Young and his Clyde side to Stirling. The 46-year-old guided the Binos to glory in the 2022/23 season, but failed to keep them up in League One during the following campaign - sparking his sacking from the Albion board and the eventual appointment of Alan Maybury to the Stirling hotseat for this season. On paper, it feels like a positive match-up for Stirling, with the Bully Wee struggling with squad availability in recent matches and in something of a 'no man's land' having already secured their League Two survival a couple of weeks ago. They were beaten comfortably at Spartans last time out courtesy of second-half goals from Cammy Russell and Jamie Dishington, but revenge could well be on the mind for Young, who came out on top in his first meeting as Clyde boss with his former employers this season. That post-New Year dust-up saw the Bully Wee run out 2-0 winners in Hamilton - but also coincided with a poor run of form around the festive period for Stirling. If Albion are able to do the business, then they will look to Stranraer to produce an unlikely result and avoid defeat up in Moray, as well as hoping Bonnyrigg can keep up their survival ambitions by giving fifth-placed Spartans a bloody nose. Despite last week's defeat firmly stacking the deck against his charges, Stirling gaffer Maybury insisted they would be up for the fight until it was mathematically impossible. He said: 'Things just haven't gone our way today but there's an opportunity next week that if we can win that game, then we're still in it. 'We've chopped it down from nine points at the start of this quarter to two points, albeit we've lost some ground today but I still think if we can reach that important points total then we have a shot.'
BBC News
04-04-2025
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Clyde fear losing Hamilton ground share
Clyde fear they may be forced to find yet another temporary home stadium after admitting "an element of uncertainty" over their tenancy at Hamilton Academical's New Douglas Scottish League 2 strugglers moved to Hamilton in 2022 after North Lanarkshire Council refused to extend their lease at Broadwood Stadium in is Clyde's second spell in Hamilton, having previously also ground-shared with Partick Thistle since being forced to vacate Shawfield Stadium in 1986 after 88 years at the now derelict Glasgow greyhound to rumours about their future, Clyde said in a website statement: "As a result of circumstances beyond our control, an element of uncertainty has arisen over our continuing tenure at New Douglas Park. "The club signed a legally binding agreement with Hamilton Academical in 2022 to play home matches at New Douglas Park for a period of five years. "Clyde FC has the right, stipulated in the agreement, to withdraw at the end of the current season, but Hamilton Academical has no equivalent right to terminate the agreement before it concludes in 2027."Clyde say they submitted "written confirmation to our hosts that we were continuing our tenancy at New Douglas Park" for next season in February."However, in spite of our best efforts, we have been unable to get clarity and assurance from Hamilton Academical that the agreement between the clubs will prevail beyond the current season," they add."In fact, we have an informal indication of the contrary."Clyde stress that they did not want "an increasingly complex situation" to play out in public but felt the need to reassure their support "that every effort is being made on our part to resolve this impasse".The Bully Wee's board have explored several avenues to find a permanent home back in Glasgow without the team are currently battling to avoid a relegation play-off in Scotland's fourth tier but have moved up one place under current manager Darren Young after Ian McCall exited in October with his side sitting second Hamilton also face possible relegation and lie second bottom of the Scottish Championship.
