Ray Clemence

Ray Clemence

Clemence in September 1981
Personal information
Full name	Raymond Neal Clemence
Date of birth	(1948-08-05)5 August 1948
Place of birth	Skegness, Lincolnshire, England
Date of death	15 November 2020(2020-11-15) (aged 72)
Place of death	Corby, Northamptonshire, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Notts County
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1967	Scunthorpe United	48	(0)
1967–1981	Liverpool	470	(0)
1981–1988	Tottenham Hotspur	240	(0)
Total		758	(0)
International career
1967–1971	England U23	4	(0)
1972–1983	England	61	(0)
Managerial career
1992–1993	Tottenham Hotspur (with Doug Livermore)
1994–1996	Barnet
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raymond Neal Clemence MBE (5 August 1948 – 15 November 2020) was an English professional footballer. He played as a goalkeeper. He was born in Skegness, Lincolnshire. He is one of only 25 players to have made over 1,000 career appearances.

Career

Clemence is best known as part of the Liverpool team from 1967 to 1984. He started his career with Scunthorpe United. He was signed by Liverpool manager Bill Shankly in June 1967. He won five league titles, two domestic cups, two UEFA Cups, three European Cups and other trophies with Liverpool. His final game for Liverpool was in the side's 1–0 win in the 1981 European Cup Final against Real Madrid. He then played for Tottenham Hotspur. He won three trophies with Tottenham, including an FA Cup and a UEFA Cup.

Clemence played for the England national team. He played his first game against Wales in 1972. In total, he made 61 appearances for his country.

Personal life and death

Clemence's son, Stephen, was also a footballer.

Clemence had prostate cancer, first making it known to the public in 2005. He died in Corby, Northamptonshire, on 15 November 2020. He was 72.

Honours

Liverpool

• Football League First Division: 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80
• FA Cup: 1973–74
• League Cup: 1980–81
• FA Charity Shield: 1974, 1976, 1977 (shared), 1979, 1980
• European Cup: 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81
• UEFA Cup: 1972–73, 1975–76
• UEFA Super Cup: 1977

Tottenham Hotspur

• FA Cup: 1981–82
• FA Charity Shield: 1981
• UEFA Cup: 1983–84

References

Other websites

• Ray Clemence at WorldFootball.net

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