Jim: No room for sentiment in football
CLYDE manager Jim Chapman insisted there is no place for sentiment in football after putting former team Annan to the sword.
Goals from Barry Cuddihy and Smart Osadolor had the Broadwood side two up before Rabin Omar made it a nervy finish by scoring with a header to reduce the deficit.
Chapman spent four seasons at Annan before moving to Clyde in May but admitted he had no mixed feelings about taking three points from his old club.
He said: “You meet a lot of friends in football but people who know me will tell you I don’t even like myself during the 90 minutes. There are no friends on the pitch, but plenty of friends off it.
“I have great respect for all the guys at Annan for what they’ve done there.
“But for 90 minutes there are no friends. Annan were desperate to take points from Clyde on Saturday so I’m not caring about them. My focus is all on Clyde. So it’s not bitter-sweet at all.”
Chapman was pleased to get the first victory of the league season under his belt but wished his players could have seen the game out after moving two goals in front.
He added: “I set the guys the objective of winning the game and they did that.
“We could have done it in a more comfortable fashion once we got the second goal, but there is a lot of nervousness there as it’s a new team.
“I said to them last week that they will play better and lose games, and sometimes you don’t play as well and win.
“That’s what this league is about so you have to play to your strengths. And when you do that we’re decent and create chances.”