Hughie Clifford

Hugh Clifford

Hugh Clifford in Stoke team photo
Personal information
Full name	Hugh Clifford[1]
Date of birth	(1873-04-08)8 April 1873[1]
Place of birth	Carfin, Scotland[1]
Date of death	3 October 1929(1929-10-03) (aged 56)[1]
Place of death	Lanarkshire, Scotland[2]
Position(s)	Half-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1887	Carfin Shamrock
1888	Hibernian
1887	Carfin Shamrock
1890–1892	Stoke	30	(2)
1892–1893	Celtic	7	(0)
1893	Stoke	1	(0)
1893	Carfin Shamrock
1894–1895	Motherwell	2	(0)
1895	Manchester City	4	(1)
1896	Carfin Rovers
International career
1891[3]	Football Alliance XI	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hugh "Hughie" Clifford (8 April 1873 – 1929) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Hibernian, Stoke, Celtic, Motherwell, Liverpool and Manchester City.^[2][4]

Career

Clifford started his career Carfin Shamrock before joining Hibernian in 1887.^[2] In 1890 he moved south and joined Football Alliance side Stoke with whom he helped win the title.^[2] 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.^[2] 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.^[2] He then went on to play for Motherwell, and spent the 1895–96 season with Manchester City.^[2]

Career statistics

Source:^[1]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Glasgow Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hibernian	1888–89[5]	—	—		1	0	—		1	0
Stoke	1890–91[1]	Football Alliance	17	1	3	0	—		20	1
	1891–92[1]	The Football League	13	1	0	0	—		13	1
Celtic	1891–92[6]	Scottish Football League	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	1892–93[6]	Scottish Football League	6	0	1	0	2	0	9	0
Stoke	1893–94[1]	First Division	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
Manchester City	1895–96[1]	Second Division	4	1	0	0	—		4	1
Career Total			42	3	5	0	2	0	49	3

Honours

with Stoke

• Football Alliance champions: 1890–91

References

1. Hughie Clifford at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
2. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
3. Football Alliance v Football League, 20 April 1891, 11v11.com
4. Lugton, Alan (1999). The Making of Hibernian: vol. 1. John Donald Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0-85976-509-1.
5. "[Hibernian player] Clifford, Hugh". FitbaStats. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
6. "[Celtic player] Clifford, Hughie". FitbaStats. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

External links

• Hugh Clifford at The Celtic Wiki