- Cliff Jones (Welsh footballer)
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Cliff Jones Personal information Full name Clifford William Jones Date of birth 7 February 1935 Place of birth Swansea, Wales Playing position Winger (retired) Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1952–1958 Swansea Town 168 (47) 1958–1968 Tottenham Hotspur 318 (135) 1968–1970 Fulham 25 (2) 1970–1971 King's Lynn ? (3) 1971 Bedford Town 1971–1975 Wealdstone 1975–1976 Cambridge City 1976–1977 Leyton-Wingate 1977-1978 Boreham Wood 1978-1979 Merthyr Tydfil 1979-1980 Bangor City 21 (1) 1980-1981 Hayes 8 (1) National team 1954–1969 Wales 59 (16) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Clifford William Jones (born 7 February 1935) is a Welsh former football international, who was capped 59 times for Wales and was a crucial member of Tottenham Hotspur's 1960–61 Double-winning side and at the time was widely considered as the best left winger in the world.
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Career
Swansea and Wales
Jones was born in Swansea and first played League football for Billy McCandless' Swansea Town (later Swansea City) in 1952, appearing only 25 times as a winger for the club before being called into the Welsh national side.
Jones was part of the Wales side that beat England 2–1 at Ninian Park on 22 October 1955 and always credited the winner he scored as his best ever goal.[1]
He played in all five of Wales' games at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, and also made a total of 11 apearances for them in World Cup qualifiers between 1957 and 1968.[2] He played 59 times in all for Wales, scoring 16 goals.[3]
Tottenham
He was bought by Bill Nicholson for Tottenham Hotspur in 1958 and quickly became an indispensable part of the development of that team, figuring in the double-winning side as an attacking midfielder (scoring 15 goals in 29 games) and going on to feature in the 1962 FA Cup winning side as well as the famous 1963 Cup Winners' Cup Final against Atlético Madrid in Rotterdam in which Spurs won 5–1.
After Tottenham
Jones finally moved on from White Hart Lane in 1968 in order to take up a position with Fulham for two seasons and, afterwards, played for King's Lynn.[3]
Family
Jones came from a great footballing family. His father Ivor; uncles Shoni, Emlyn, Bryn and Bert; brother Bryn; and cousin Ken were also all players.[4] His grandson is current player Scott Neilson.[5]
Honours
- European Cup Winners Cup – 1963
References
- ^ Truegreats.com
- ^ "Cliff Jones". Player statistics. FIFA. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=51620/index.html. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ^ a b Football League career stats at Neil Brown
- ^ The Jones Boys
- ^ "Winger Neilson signs Bantams deal". BBC Sport. 2009-08-28. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/8225907.stm. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
- Jones, Cliff, Forward with Spurs (London: Stanley Paul, 1962).
Wales squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup 1 Kelsey • 2 Williams • 3 Hopkins • 4 Sullivan • 5 M. Charles • 6 Bowen (Captain) • 7 Medwin • 8 Hewitt • 9 J. Charles • 10 I. Allchurch • 11 C. Jones • 12 K. Jones • 13 Vearncombe • 14 Edwards • 15 C. Baker • 16 Crowe • 17 Leek • 18 Vernon • 19 Webster • 20 Elsworthy • 21 L. Allchurch • 22 G. Baker • Coach: Murphy
Categories:- 1935 births
- Living people
- People from Swansea
- Welsh footballers
- Wales international footballers
- Association football wingers
- The Football League players
- Swansea City A.F.C. players
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- Fulham F.C. players
- Wealdstone F.C. players
- 1958 FIFA World Cup players
- Leyton F.C. players
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