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Hughie Clifford

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Hugh Clifford
Hugh Clifford in Stoke team photo
Personal information
Full name Hugh Clifford[1]
Date of birth (1873-04-08)8 April 1873[1]
Place of birth Carfin, Scotland[1]
Date of death 3 October 1929(1929-10-03) (aged 56)[1]
Place of death Lanarkshire, Scotland[2]
Position(s) Half-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1887 Carfin Shamrock
1888 Hibernian
1887 Carfin Shamrock
1890–1892 Stoke 30 (2)
1892–1893 Celtic 7 (0)
1893 Stoke 1 (0)
1893 Carfin Shamrock
1894–1895 Motherwell 2 (0)
1895 Manchester City 4 (1)
1896 Carfin Rovers
International career
1891[3] Football Alliance XI 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hugh "Hughie" Clifford (8 April 1873 – 1929) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Hibernian, Stoke, Celtic, Motherwell, Liverpool and Manchester City.[2][4]

Career

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Clifford started his career Carfin Shamrock before joining Hibernian in 1887.[2] In 1890 he moved south and joined Football Alliance side Stoke with whom he helped win the title.[2] Midway through the 1891–92 season Clifford returned to Scotland and signed for Celtic in what was an "Illegal" transfer and he was suspended from English football for two years.[2] He signed for Liverpool in May 1892 but never played a game as his transfer was "illegal" as he had already played for Celtic the previous week and the deal fell through. He returned to Stoke in 1893 and played one match in the 1893–94 season.[2] He then went on to play for Motherwell, and spent the 1895–96 season with Manchester City.[2]

Career statistics

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Source:[1]

Club Season League FA Cup Glasgow Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hibernian 1888–89[5] 1 0 1 0
Stoke 1890–91[1] Football Alliance 17 1 3 0 20 1
1891–92[1] The Football League 13 1 0 0 13 1
Celtic 1891–92[6] Scottish Football League 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1892–93[6] Scottish Football League 6 0 1 0 2 0 9 0
Stoke 1893–94[1] First Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Manchester City 1895–96[1] Second Division 4 1 0 0 4 1
Career Total 42 3 5 0 2 0 49 3

Honours

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with Stoke

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Hughie Clifford at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  3. ^ Football Alliance v Football League, 20 April 1891, 11v11.com
  4. ^ Lugton, Alan (1999). The Making of Hibernian: vol. 1. John Donald Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0-85976-509-1.
  5. ^ "[Hibernian player] Clifford, Hugh". FitbaStats. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  6. ^ a b "[Celtic player] Clifford, Hughie". FitbaStats. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
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