Cliff Jones (soccer player, 1935)

Cliff Jones
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Personnel
Surname	Clifford William Jones
birthday	February 7, 1935
place of birth	Swansea ,  Wales
size	168 cm
position	Left winger
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1952-1957	Swansea Town	168 (46)
1958-1968	Tottenham Hotspur	318 (135)
1969-1970	Fulham FC	25 0(2)
1970-1971	King's Lynn FC
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1954-1969	Wales	58 (15)
1 Only league games are given.

Clifford William Jones (born February 7, 1935 in Swansea ) is a former Welsh football player . The winger experienced his most successful period in English football at Tottenham Hotspur . During this time he also played in the Welsh national team , with which he took part in the 1958 World Cup.

Athletic career

Born and raised in Swansea, the son of the Welsh international Ivor Jones , whose brothers Shoni , Emlyn , Bryn and Bert Jones were also active as football professionals and some came to international honors, he began his professional career at the local club Swansea Town . In the team coached by the former Irish international Billy McCandless , he conquered a regular place at the age of 17 and was appointed to the Welsh national team for the first time in his debut year 1952. Until 1958 he played for the club, which competes in English professional football, in the Football League Second Division .

In 1958 Jones took part in the World Cup finals in Sweden, where he was on the side of Ivor Allchurch , Colin Webster , Dave Bowen and his cousin, substitute goalkeeper Ken Jones in the squad. In all three preliminary round games and the subsequent, with a 2-1 win, the playoff for second place in the table against Hungary on the field, he reached the quarter-finals with the selection. There again in action, he retired with the team after a 0-1 defeat by a goal by Pelé against the eventual title holder Brazil .

In the same year Bill Nicholson , who had just taken over the coaching position at Tottenham Hotspur from Jimmy Anderson , signed Jones for the club. After recovering from an initial broken leg, he worked alongside players like Danny Blanchflower , John White , Dave Mackay , Jimmy Greaves and Terry Medwin in one of the most successful times for the London club over the next ten years. In the 1960/61 season , the team dominated English football. Started with eleven wins in a row in the championship, they maintained the championship lead and had eight points ahead of runner-up Sheffield Wednesday at the end of the season when they won the championship for the second time in the club's history . Also in the FA Cup , Jones moved into the final with the club, where he made a decisive contribution with five goals in the course of the competition, and after goals from Bobby Smith and Terry Dyson won the double with a 2-0 win against Leicester City . Third in the table in the following season, he repeated the cup triumph with a 3-1 win against Burnley FC , this time he had scored four goals in the competition. The club was also successful in the 1962/63 European Cup Winners' Cup and met the Spanish defending champion Atlético Madrid in the final . At De Kuip in Rotterdam, an English team won their first European Cup in this competition with a 5-1 win.

After the success, the team initially broke up, but through new signings such as Cyril Knowles , Terry Venables , Alan Mullery and Joe Kinnear , Jones reached the cup final again in 1967 with the Spurs. In the 2-1 win over Chelsea FC , however, he was only on the bench as a substitute. The following year he took up an offer from London's local rivals Fulham FC . There he was under contract for two years before he let his career in non-league football end.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ btinternet.co.uk: "The Jones Boys" . Archived from the original on August 14, 2007. Retrieved September 20, 2013.

Web links

• tottenhamhotspur.com: "Cliff Jones - 1958-1968"