Hughie Clifford

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Hugh Clifford

| image = Hughie Clifford Stoke.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Hugh Clifford in Stoke team photo

| fullname = Hugh Clifford{{ENFA}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1873|4|8}}

| birth_place = Carfin, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1929|10|3|1873|4|8}}

| death_place = Lanarkshire, Scotland

| position = Half-back

| years1 = 1887 | clubs1 = Carfin Shamrock | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1888 | clubs2 = Hibernian | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 1887 | clubs3 = Carfin Shamrock | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 1890–1892 | clubs4 = Stoke | caps4 = 30 | goals4 = 2

| years5 = 1892–1893 | clubs5 = Celtic | caps5 = 7 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1893 | clubs6 = Stoke | caps6 = 1 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1893 | clubs7 = Carfin Shamrock | caps7 = | goals7 =

| years8 = 1894–1895 | clubs8 = Motherwell | caps8 = 2 | goals8 = 0

| years10 = 1895 | clubs10 = Manchester City | caps10 = 4 | goals10 = 1

| years11 = 1896 | clubs11= Carfin Rovers | caps11= | goals11=

| nationalyears1= 1891[https://www.11v11.com/matches/football-alliance-v-football-league-20-april-1891-248234/ Football Alliance v Football League, 20 April 1891], 11v11.com

| nationalteam1= Football Alliance XI

| nationalcaps1= 1

| nationalgoals1= 0

}}

Hugh "Hughie" Clifford (8 April 1873 – 1929) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Hibernian, Stoke, Celtic, Motherwell, Liverpool and Manchester City.{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}}{{cite book|last=Lugton|first=Alan|title=The Making of Hibernian: vol. 1|year=1999|publisher=John Donald Publishers Ltd|isbn=0-85976-509-1}}

Career

Clifford started his career Carfin Shamrock before joining Hibernian in 1887. In 1890 he moved south and joined Football Alliance side Stoke with whom he helped win the title. Midway through the 1891–92 season Clifford returned to Scotland and signed for Celtic in what was an "Illegal" transfer and he was suspended from English football for two years. He signed for Liverpool in May 1892 but never played a game as his transfer was "illegal" as he had already played for Celtic the previous week and the deal fell through. He returned to Stoke in 1893 and played one match in the 1893–94 season. He then went on to play for Motherwell, and spent the 1895–96 season with Manchester City.

Career statistics

Source:{{ENFA}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|FA Cup

!colspan="2"|Glasgow Cup

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hibernian

|1888–89{{cite web |title=[Hibernian player] Clifford, Hugh |url=http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/player.php?playerid=5506 |website=FitbaStats |accessdate=2 July 2019}}

|—

|colspan=2|—

10colspan=2|—10
rowspan=2|Stoke

|1890–91

|Football Alliance

|17

130colspan="2"|—201
1891–92

|The Football League

|13

100colspan="2"|—131
rowspan=2|Celtic

|1891–92{{cite web|title=[Celtic player] Clifford, Hughie|url=http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/player.php?playerid=2209|website=FitbaStats|accessdate=8 December 2017}}

|Scottish Football League

|1

0000010
1892–93

|Scottish Football League

|6

0102090
Stoke

|1893–94

|First Division

|1

000colspan="2"|—10
Manchester City

|1895–96

|Second Division

|4

100colspan="2"|—41
colspan=3|Career Total

!42

35020493

Honours

;with Stoke

References

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