During the Sixties, the letters "CFC" sometimes appeared on the team shirts. After Clyde's centenary season the club crest, which featured a sailing ship to represent the long tradition of shipbuilding on the River Clyde, was adopted. Although the colours varied slightly over time, the basic design appears to have remained unchanged.
After relegation to Division Two tier three in , Clyde bounced backwards and forwards before establishing themselves in the First Division during the s. In they were evicted from their home at Shawfield Stadium when the owners decided to concentrate on greyhound racing.
After years of sharing grounds with Partick Thistle their arch rivals - a deeply unpopular arrangement and later Hamilton Academical, Clyde moved to Cumbernauld new town in where they struggled to attract spectators. At the end of the season the Scottish League was again restructured and Clyde found themselves in the new ten-team Second Division third tier. In Clyde won promotion back to the First Division and made a serious challenge to joining the elite Premier League, finishing as runners-up in and The margin between success and failure in these ten-team divisions, however, is narrow and in they finished last and were relegated to the third tier where, in they finished up with the wooden spoon.
In December the club informed their landlord, North Lanarkshire Council that they intended to quit Broadwood but no alternative base was immediately found. In April the board called an Extraordinary General Meeting when, by a substantial majority, they were authorised to relocate the club to East Kilbride, which is just 15 minutes drive from its original home in Rutherglen.
Negotiations were started with the East Kilbride Community Trust with a view to building a brand new stadium on vacant land in Langlands but their offer to buy the plot was rejected by the owners, South Lanarkshire Council and the club announced in October that other options would now be considered. Top 10 Club Nicknames British. The name apparently comes from the 's when the manager of nearby Fletton Utd advertised for 'posh new players to join a posh new team'.
The crowd still regularly greet the team with shouts of 'Up the Posh', as they did in the 20's and 30's. There doesn't seem to be a definitive answer as to the origins of this classic nickname.
Its been suggested that it arose because of the club's financial plight in the early 's and humorously compared to that of Brazil's national debt. However, popular consensus seems to be that it's just down to a heavy dose of football irony.
Oh yes, and they play in blue shirts, obviously. Partick were given nicknamed the Maryhill Magyars during the fifties in honour of the great Hungarian team of the time known as the Mighty Magyars.
And Maryhill? That's the name of the area of Glasgow that the club are based in. They are also known as the Jags and the Harry Wraggs.
Another explanation is that "toffee" is slang for "Irishmen", of which there were plenty in Liverpool when the nickname was first coined. Fanbase and attendances. Rangers, along with Old Firm rivals Celtic, have the largest support base of all the clubs in Scotland. He earned ten international caps for Scotland. Celtic and Rangers have played each other times in major competitions: Rangers have won matches, Celtic matches, and ended in a draw. Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search.
Press ESC to cancel. Ben Davis April 26, Why are Clyde called the Bully Wee?
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