Clyde are to cancel David Goodwillie’s mortgage deal from Raith Rovers following a backlash over the striker returning to the membership.

It comes after the Scottish facet’s ladies’s group introduced they’d be breaking away from the membership resulting from Clyde agreeing to resign Goodwillie, who was dominated to be a rapist in a civil courtroom. North Lanarkshire council additionally stated that Goodwillie can be banned from the membership’s stadium following the deal.

The striker spent 5 years at Clyde earlier than signing for Raith Rovers in January, which prompted a fierce backlash and led to the Championship facet vowing that he wouldn’t seem for the membership.

Goodwillie then returned to Clyde on mortgage however in a brief assertion late on Thursday evening, Clyde stated: “The membership are tonight within the means of terminating the mortgage settlement with Raith Rovers for David Goodwillie.”

Crime author Val McDermid, who ended her sponsorship of Raith Rovers within the wake of their choice to signal Goodwillie, had earlier praised Clyde’s ladies’s group for taking their stance.

In an announcement, the gamers of Clyde’s ladies’s group stated: “All the gamers within the women group have mentioned the state of affairs with the overall supervisor/secretary and they’re ALL in settlement that we now not want to play for Clyde FC. This can begin with quick impact.

“As a bunch of feminine footballers all we want to do is play the game that we love, however as a result of present circumstances we’re unable to do that.” The overall supervisor of the group, David McGoldrick, additionally resigned.

In praising the group’s choice, McDermid stated: “I believe the world has modified within the final 5 years. The societal acceptance of violence towards ladies has shifted fairly significantly. And what would have been a really troublesome factor for them to do earlier than has change into one thing that’s extra attainable now.”

It led to the proprietor’s of Clyde’s Broadwood Stadium, North Lanarkshire council, banning Goodwillie from taking part in on the floor. An announcement learn: “We’ve knowledgeable the membership that David Goodwillie should not be permitted entry to the stadium, for any objective, with quick impact.

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“Ought to Mr Goodwillie enter the stadium, we are going to think about the contract to have been breached and we are going to take quick steps to terminate it.

“As well as, we’ve got knowledgeable Clyde FC that the council intends to not renew the lease with the membership when the contract for using Broadwood Stadium expires in Could 2023.”

The council added: “In re-signing Mr Goodwillie, Clyde FC has not acknowledged that background or neighborhood considerations, as a substitute selecting to give attention to enabling Mr Goodwillie to play soccer.”

Clyde, who play one division under Raith Rovers in League One, didn’t remark additional than their 18-word assertion.