CLYDE have paid tribute to club legend Willie Finlay, who has died at the age of 88.

The centre-half was widely regarded as one of the finest players to not earn a cap for his country, despite years of heroic performances for both the Bully Wee and East Fife, with whom he won the League Cup three times.

Finlay had a seven-year spell at Shawfield, with the highlight coming in 1958 when Clyde beat Hibs 1-0 to win the Scottish Cup for the third time in their history. In the final he snuffed out the threat of the Edinburgh side's legendary centre- forward Joe Baker.

The club said: "Willie was with Clyde between 1956 and 1963, a great era to be both a Clyde player and a supporter.

"He took part in two League Cup semi-finals, two Glasgow Cup Finals, two Glasgow Charity Cup Finals and two Scottish Cup semi-finals.There were also two Second Division Championships.

"The second of those was secured when Willie's goal from the penalty spot defeated nearest rivals Queen of the South at Shawfield.

"All at Clyde FC were saddened to hear of his passing."

The former miner played almost 400 games for East Fife after joining the club in 1946.