Cliff Myers

{{Short description|English footballer (1946–2019)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Cliff Myers

| fullname = Clifford William Myers{{Hugman|id=14361|accessdate=24 September 2021}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|9|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Southwark, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|2|8|1946|9|23|df=y}}

| death_place = Lindos, Greece

| position = Utility player

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1965–1967

| clubs1 = Charlton Athletic

| caps1 = 18

| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 1967–1968

| clubs2 = Brentford

| caps2 = 10

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1968–1973

| clubs3 = Yeovil Town

| caps3 = 328

| goals3 = 49

| years4 = 1973–1975

| clubs4 = Torquay United

| caps4 = 86

| goals4 = 12

| years5 = 1975–1976

| clubs5 = Weymouth (loan)

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| years6 = 1976-1977

| clubs6 = Salisbury

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| clubs7 = Taunton Town

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| clubs8 = Minehead

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}}

Clifford William Myers (23 September 1946 – 8 February 2019) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Torquay United, Charlton Athletic and Brentford as a utility player.{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0955294914 |location=Harefield |page=114}} He went on to have a long career in non-League football{{Cite book |title=The official centenary history of the Southern League |publisher=Paper Plane Publishing Ltd |year=1993 |isbn=1871872081 |pages=213}} and is regarded as a cult hero amongst the supporters of Yeovil Town, for whom he made 329 appearances.{{Cite news |url=http://theterras.com/index.php/weymouth-football-club-archive/player-archive/ |title=Player Archive |work=THE TERRAS |access-date=25 January 2018 |language=en-GB}}

Personal life

Myers' son and grandson (Chris and Spencer respectively) both became footballers.{{Cite web |url=http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Spencer-follows-family-footsteps-footballer/story-20714066-detail/story.html |title=Spencer Myers follows family footsteps as footballer |website=Torquay Herald Express |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303225208/http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Spencer-follows-family-footsteps-footballer/story-20714066-detail/story.html |archive-date=3 March 2014 |access-date=16 June 2015}} Myers began running a Torquay-based contract cleaning company in the late 1970s and moved to Rhodes in 1991.{{Cite web|date=13 February 2019|title=Cliff Myers|url=https://torquayunited.com/cliff-myers/|access-date=24 September 2021|website=Torquay United|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=The Big Interview – Cliff Myers |url=http://www.oldlandmedia.co.uk/resources/CLIFF%20MYERS%20INTERVIEW.pdf |access-date=8 February 2019}} He owned the Sunburnt Arms bar in Lindos.

Honours

Yeovil Town

  • Southern League Premier Division: 1970–71{{Cite web |url=http://www.ciderspace.co.uk/asp/history/yeovil-town-story30.asp |title=Yeovil Town Story Part 30 |access-date=8 February 2019}}

Career statistics

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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |FA Cup

! colspan="2" |League Cup

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

Brentford

|1967–68{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |page=389}}

|Fourth Division

|10

|0

|2

|2

|1

|0

|13

|2

colspan="3" |Career total

!10

!0

!2

!2

!1

!0

!13

!2

References