Clydebank 1993-95

“The legs had gone a bit but nine minutes of Coop was like 90 from someone else.”

Jack Steedman, former Clydebank chairman

In 1993 Cooper nostalgically returned to play for the team where it had all started for him – Clydebank. He also assumed a coaching role with the "Bankies" and, as Steedman recalls, enjoyed taking the first team for training:

“…he was especially good with the younger players. He would give the lads who were Celtic fans some real abuse, for instance, and they were never too sure if he meant it or not. But Davie would just be winding them up.”

In the 1993-1994 season Davie played in a total of 20 games, including sixteen starts and four as a substitute. In the first half of the 1994-1995 season, Cooper was a first team regular for Clydebank, and his last taste of the big time came against Hearts in a Scottish Cup Replay at Tynecastle. Despite the Bankies best efforts they were unable to beat the Edinburgh side and were put out of the cup. The replay was to be Coopers last first team appearance for Clydebank.  
The last goal Cooper scored for the Kilbowie side was, fittingly, a stunning strike against Airdrie in the B&Q Cup Semi-Final. Davie Cooper made his final appearance in a Clydebank jersey in a Reserve fixture at New Kilbowie on February 21 against Hamilton Academical.