John Clay
| John Clay | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | John Harfield Clay | |
| birthday | November 22, 1946 | |
| place of birth | Stockport , England | |
| position | Half forward , midfield | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Manchester City | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1967-1968 | Manchester City | 2 (0) |
| 1968-1970 | Macclesfield Town | 49 (15) |
| 1970-1971 | Witton Albion | |
| Rossendale United | ||
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
John Harfield Clay (born November 22, 1946 in Stockport ) is a retired English football player . At Manchester City he came to the championship team of 1968 to two missions.
Athletic career
Clay, who had already spent his youth with the "Citizens" in Manchester, usually did not get beyond assignments in the reserve team. Mostly in the right half position in the storm, he also often had to contend with injuries. As a result, he should leave the club at the end of the 1965/66 and 1966/67 seasons, but he was considered talented and so he stayed in the team in the championship season 1967/68. He had his only two professional assignments this year. His substitution on October 14, 1967 at home against Wolverhampton Wanderers (2-0) for the injured Tony Coleman was followed by a second assignment as Colin Bell's representative from the start in another home game against West Bromwich Albion (2-0) shortly before the end of the year - Four days earlier, Stan Bowles had proven to be unsuitable on Boxing Day after a long Christmas day. But since Clay was not convincing either, trainer Joe Mercer passed the jersey with the "number 8" on to all-rounder Dave Connor and Clay and Bowles were no longer able to play. There was no longer a sporting perspective for him, which was also due to the fact that in addition to the top-class competition in the person of players like Colin Bell and Mike Doyle, talents like Stan Bowles and Tony Towers , who were younger than Clay, followed suit.
Clay buried his dream as a professional footballer and already moved to the following season 1968/69 in the newly formed Northern Premier League at Macclesfield Town , with which he won the league championship in 1969. He then played for Witton Albion (47 competitive games / 18 goals) and Rossendale United . From then on, he pursued the profession of real estate agent. When his employer went bankrupt in the late 1980s, Clay returned to Manchester City. There he worked in sales and during a generally troubled time that ended in 1998 when he fell into the third class, he fell victim to an austerity program and was fired.
Web links
- Statistical data from the Post War English & Scottish Football League AZ Player's Database
- Statistics currently at Manchester City
Individual evidence
- ↑ John Clay in the barryhugmansfootballers.com database. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ↑ silkmenarchives.org.uk: Player Profiles - C , accessed on August 18, 2020
- ↑ "George Best and 21 Others" (Google eBook)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clay, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clay, John Harfield (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockport , England |