Clyde FC’s List of Capped Players
The Bully Wee have a rich history of producing players for international teams at various levels, as well as the Scottish Football League and Glasgow FA sides in the past.
All international caps are for Scotland unless otherwise stated.
Full International
Danny Blair (7) – 1928 v Wales. 1929 v Ireland. 1931 v England, Austria, Italy (captain), Ireland, Wales
Bill Boyd (2) – 1931 v Italy, Switzerland
John Brown (1) – 1938 v Wales
Jimmy Campbell (1) – 1946 v Belgium
Harry Haddock (6) – 1954 v Hungary. 1955 v England, Portugal, Yugoslavia, Hungary. 1958 v England
George Herd (5) – 1958 v England. 1960 v Hungary, Turkey, Wales, Northern Ireland
Harry Hood (3) – 1967 v Israel, Australia, Canada Olympic
Leslie Johnston (2) – 1948 v Belgium, Switzerland
John Kirwan (Ireland) (1) – 1909 v Scotland
Alec Linwood (1) – 1949 v Wales
Hugh Long (1) – 1946 v Ireland
Jackie McGrillen (Ireland) (1) – 1924 v Scotland
Albert Murphy (Republic of Ireland) (1) – 1955 v Yugoslavia
Tommy Ring (12) – 1953 v Sweden. 1954 v Wales, Northern Ireland, Hungary. 1955 v England. 1957 v England, Spain, Switzerland, West Germany, Spain, Northern Ireland, Switzerland
Archie Robertson (5) – 1955 v Portugal, Austria, Hungary. 1957 v Switzerland. 1958 v Paraguay
Frank Thompson (Ireland) (2) – 1914 v England, Scotland
William Walker (2) – 1909 v Ireland. 1910 v Ireland
Ned Weir (Ireland) (4) – 1939 v Wales for Irish Football Association. 1939 v Hungary, Hungary, Germany for Football Association of Ireland
Wartime International
Patrick Allan (1) – 1916 v England
Leslie Johnston (1) – 1945 v England
Dougie Wallace (3) – 1941 v England (twice). 1943 v England
Stan Williams (1) – 1941 v England
‘B’ International
Jock Buchanan (1) – 1952 v France
Youth International
Under-23
Dan Currie (4) – 1957 v Netherlands. 1958 v England, Netherlands, Wales
George Herd (2) – 1957 v Netherlands, 1958 v Netherlands
Ally Hill (1) – 1955 v England
Harry Hood (1) – 1968 v England
Dom Sullivan (2) – 1974 v England, 1975 v Wales
Under-21
Tom Brighton (3) – 2005 v Norway, Belarus. 2006 v Iceland
Craig Bryson (1) – 2006 v Iceland
Brian Carrigan (1) – 2000 v Netherlands
Ian Ferguson (1) – 1986 v West Germany
Scott Howie (4) – 1993 v Malta, Iceland, Portugal, Highland League
Ian McConnell (1) – 1996 v Austria
Craig McEwan (4) – 1997 v Columbia, USA, Czech Republic, Portugal
Michael McGowan (Northern Ireland) (2) – 2006 v Israel, Scotland
Martin O’Neill (6) – 1995 v Russia, France, South Korea, Brazil. 1997 v Sweden, Belarus
Alex Petkov (Bulgaria) (4) – 2019 v Estonia, Russia, Serbia, Latvia
Under-20
Brian Gilmour (2) – 2007 v Northern Ireland, Japan
Pat Nevin (4) – 1983 v South Korea, Australia, Mexico, Poland
Under-19
Craig Bryson (1) – 2004 v Germany
Mark Gilhaney (1) – 2003 v Switzerland
Jay Henderson (1) – 2020 v England
Under-18
Pat Nevin (6) – 1982 v England, Albania, Turkey, Netherlands, Poland, Czechoslovakia
Amateur International
Robert Galloway (2) – 1951 v Wales, Ireland
Jackie McGrillen (Ireland) (1) – 1923 v England
Nicol Morton (1) – 1953 v Ireland
David Thomson (3) – 1958 v Northern Ireland, Wales. 1959 v Northern Ireland
Semi-Pro International
Gerry McCabe (3) – 1980 v Netherlands, England, Italy
Paul Flexney (3) – 1987 v Netherlands, Italy, England
Scottish Football League
The Scottish Football League had it’s own representative XI and competed in annual fixtures were organised against the Football League (FL), Irish League (IL) and latterly League of Ireland (LoI).
Sammy Baird (1) – 1954 v LoI
Danny Blair (3) – 1927 v IL. 1928 v IL, FL
Jimmy Blair (3) – 1911 v IL. 1912 v FL, Southern League
Bill Boyd (3) – 1931 v IL. 1932 v IL. 1933 v IL
John Brown (1) – 1938 v FL
Tommy Deans (1) – 1948 v IL
Charlie Duncan (1) – 1921 v IL
James Forrest (1) – 1921 v FL
Harry Haddock (7) – 1954 v LoI. 1955 v FL, IL, LoI, Danish Football Combination. 1956 v IL, LoI
George Herd (3) – 1960 v FL, IL, LoI
James Hickie (1) – 1938 v FL
John Jackson (1) – 1912 v IL
Willie Martin (2) – 1938 v IL, FL
William McAndrew (3) – 1911 v Southern League, 1912 v FL, Southern League
Frank Mennie (1) – 1949 v FL
William Nash (1) – 1899 v IL
Tommy Ring (8) – 1953 v FL, IL. 1954 v LoI (twice). 1956 v IL, LoI. 1957 v FL, LoI
Archie Robertson (2) – 1954 v IL, LoI
William Walker (2) – 1909 v FL. 1912 v IL
Dougie Wallace (1) – 1941 v FL
Joe Walters (1) – 1960 v IL
Glasgow Football Association
As members of the Glasgow FA, Clyde provided players to the Glasgow XI along with Celtic, Partick Thistle, Queen’s Park, Rangers and Third Lanark, for an annual intercity match against a similar representative side from Sheffield, until the series stopped in 1960. The following Bully Wee players were selected to play for Glasgow in matches against Sheffield, unless otherwise stated.
1886 – John Pollock
1889 – James Britton, William Chalmers (v Sheffield), John Cherrie (v London)
1892 – John Harvey
1893 – John Cherrie
1898 – Alex Crawford
1902 – John Watson
1904 – John Adams
1906 – William Walker
1909 – John Gilligan, John Stirling
1910 – John Stirling
1911 – James Hamilton, John Jackson, William McAndrew
1912 – Robert Carmichael, John Jackson, William Walker
1913 – Jimmy Blair, Peter Farrell
1914 – Peter Farrell, William Walker
1920 – Peter Farrell, Tommy Shingleton
1921 – William Frame
1922 – William Frame, Harry Rae
1923 – William Frame, Tommy Shingleton (v Sheffield). Allan Brown, Harry Rae, Tommy Shingleton (v Edinburgh)
1924 – William Frame, Tommy Shingleton
1925 – George McLachlan
1926 – William Ballantyne, Tommy Fraser, Billy Johnstone, James Liddell
1927 – Danny Blair, George McGuire
1928 – Danny Blair
1929 – Danny Blair, Neil Gibson
1930 – Danny Blair
1932 – John Mayes, Willie Stevenson
1933 – Bill Boyd, John Mayes
1935 – Harry Beaton, Angus McPhail
1936 – Harry Beaton, John McCulloch
1937 – John Brown, David Noble (v Sheffield). John Brown (v Edinburgh)
1938 – John Brown, Tom Robertson
1949 – Alf Ackerman, Alec Linwood
1954 – Harry Haddock, Tommy Ring
1955 – Harry Haddock, Davie Laing, Tommy Ring
1956 – Harry Haddock, Tommy Ring, Archie Robertson
1957 – Harry Haddock, George Herd, Albert Murphy
1958 – John Coyle, Harry Haddock
1959 – John Coyle, Harry Haddock, George Herd
1960 – Mike Clinton, Harry Haddock (captain)
1965 – Tommy McCulloch, Jim McLean (v Chelsea)
1966 – John McHugh (v Leeds United)
1977 – Brian Ahern (v Football League)