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Neil Hood
Personal information
Date of birth (1950-06-30) 30 June 1950 (age 73)
Place of birth Scotland
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Annbank United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1971 Ayr United 21 (7)
1971–1972 Queen of the South 25 (13)
1972–1975 Hamilton Academical 104 (44)
1975–1980 Clyde 151 (69)
1980–1981 Stranraer 29 (10)
1981–1982 Clyde 15 (2)
Total 345 (145)
Managerial career
1980–1981 Stranraer
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Neil Hood (born 30 June 1950), is a former Scottish footballer who played as a striker.

Hood started his career with Ayr United, before moving to Queen of the South in Dumfries.

Hood scored 52 goals for Hamilton Academical between 1972 and 1975 before he moved to Clyde.

Hood scored 80 goals in 171 games in his first spell at the Bully Wee. Hood then joined Stranraer in 1980 and was their manager for the 1980-81 season. This proved to be unsuccessful and he rejoined Clyde as a player in 1981, helping them to win the Scottish Second Division. Hood didn't play enough games during the season to win a Championship medal at the time but he was presented with one twenty-six years later, in May 2008[1] Hood played 187 games with the club in two spells, scoring 83 goals. Hood was voted as Clyde's all-time cult hero in a Football Focus poll in 2004.[2]

References

  1. ^ Golf Day - Medal Winner Clyde FC - Retrieved 22 May 2008
  2. ^ Clyde's cult hero BBC Sport - Retrieved 26 June 2008