Ray Clemence

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Ray Clemence
Ray Clemence (1981) .jpg
Ray Clemence (1981)
Personnel
Surname Raymond Neal Clemence
birthday August 5, 1948
place of birth Skegness ,  England
size 183 cm
position goalkeeper
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1965-1967 Scunthorpe United 48 (0)
1967-1981 Liverpool FC 470 (0)
1981-1988 Tottenham Hotspur 240 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1972-1983 England 61 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1992-1993 Tottenham Hotspur
1994-1996 Barnet FC
1996-2007 England (goalkeeping coach)
2012-2013 England (goalkeeping coach)
1 Only league games are given.

Raymond "Ray" Neal Clemence (born August 5, 1948 in Skegness , England ) is one of the best and most highly decorated English and European football goalkeepers and a member of the great Liverpool team of the 1970s.

Player career

Clemence made his debut for Scunthorpe United in 1966 and was discovered there a year later by Liverpool manager Bill Shankly . In the first two years in Liverpool he played in the reserve team with occasional appearances in the professional team. In 1970 he established himself as the goalkeeper of choice.

In 1971 Liverpool reached the FA Cup final and Clemence made a solid performance. However, he could not prevent the 1: 2 defeat after 1-0 lead in extra time against Arsenal . Two years later he won both the English championship and the UEFA Cup , in the final of which Clemence parried a penalty. The following year, Liverpool triumphed in the FA Cup when they beat Newcastle United 3-0.

Clemence was in the squad of the English national football team at the time . His rival for the English national goalkeeper was Peter Shilton and the sporting management could not finally decide who should be the permanent goalkeeper and consequently switched steadily between the two.

With Clemence in goal, Liverpool won the championship and UEFA Cup double again in 1976. 1977 then meant the continuation of this high-altitude flight when Liverpool again won the English championship with Clemence and for the first time in the club's history the European Cup (in the FA Cup they were also only defeated in the final against Manchester United ). In the 3: 1 against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the final of the national championship cup, Clemence distinguished himself through a number of important defensive actions.

Liverpool defended the European title in 1978 with a narrow 1-0 final win against Club Bruges at Wembley Stadium . Nationally, however, you had to admit defeat in the Nottingham Forest championship , which they were also subject to in the final of the League Cup . In 1979 and 1980, Clemence continued to guard the gate as Liverpool won back the league title. In 1981 they won the league cup and for the third time the national championship cup . The final was the last game Clemence played for Liverpool.

The emerging from the former Southern Rhodesia native, Bruce Grobbelaar put Clemence on the goalkeeper position so much pressure that this Liverpool after eleven years and over 650 appearances in just six games missed for 300,000 pounds sterling towards Tottenham Hotspur left. Ironically, both clubs reached the league cup final, won 3-1 by Liverpool. However, the Spurs won the FA Cup with a 3-1 replay victory against the Queens Park Rangers .

His career in the national team was without much success, as one of the weakest periods in English football history fell during his time. England could neither qualify for the 1974 World Cup in Germany nor for the 1978 World Cup in Argentina . Clemence was in the squad for the European Championship in Italy in 1980 , but when England was eliminated in the preliminary round. He was also nominated for the 1982 World Cup in Spain , but England was eliminated again in the second round. Clemence then retired from international football after a total of 61 internationals. His rival Shilton thus became the undisputed national goalkeeper, played the two subsequent World Cups and made a total of 125 international matches.

Tottenham Hotspur won the UEFA Cup in 1984, but Clemence was unable to play the final due to injury. He reached his fifth FA Cup final in 1987, which he lost to Coventry City . However, since then he has been in a very exclusive group of players who managed to have stood in five or more FA Cup finals.

Activities after the goalkeeping career

Clemence resigned as a footballer in October 1987 and joined the Tottenham Hotspur coaching staff. He worked his way up to the first team before he became coach of FC Barnet in January 1994 - initially until August together with Gary Phillips - and later alone . In 1996 he was hired by his former teammate from Tottenham and the national team Glenn Hoddle as the English national goalkeeping coach. Clemence also carried out this activity under Hoddle's successor Kevin Keegan and later Sven-Göran Eriksson , with occasional excursions as an expert on radio and television. His engagement for the "Three Lions" ended in December after the engagement of Fabio Capello , who replaced him with Franco Tancredi . He made a comeback from 2012 under Roy Hodgson before finally retiring at the end of October 2013.

Clemence was awarded the MBE for his contributions to football .

On February 2, 2005, Clemence was diagnosed with prostate cancer, which meant that he stayed away from the English team more often in favor of his curative treatment. This made him the second member of Eriksson's team to be diagnosed with prostate cancer. Brian Kidd received the information about his illness shortly before the 2004 European Championships .

His son Stephen Clemence was also an active professional footballer and played in midfield at Tottenham Hotspur, Birmingham City and Leicester City .

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Ray Clemence retires after 47 years in a game he graced as a world-renowned goalkeeper and top-class coach" (The Telegraph)
personal data
SURNAME Clemence, Ray
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clemence, Raymond Neal (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English football goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Skegness