Ray Clemence

Ray Clemence
MBE

Ray Clemence (1981)
Personal information
Full name	Raymond Neal Clemence
Date of birth	(1948-08-05) 5 August 1948 (age 68)
Place of birth	Skegness, Lincolnshire, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Notts County
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1967	Scunthorpe United	48	(0)
1967–1981	Liverpool	470	(0)
1981–1988	Tottenham Hotspur	240	(0)
Total		758	(0)
National team
	England Under-23	4	(0)
1972–1983	England	61	(0)
Teams managed
1992–1993	Tottenham Hotspur (joint with Doug Livermore)
1994–1996	Barnet
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Raymond Neal "Ray" Clemence, MBE (born 5 August 1948) is a former England international football goalkeeper and was part of the Liverpool team of the 1970s. As a player, he won every major trophy in England and Europe with the exception of the Cup Winners' Cup. He is one of only 18 players to have made over 1,000 career appearances. He currently acts as Head of the FA Development Team, overseeing the development made by players in the England Youth teams from under-16 to 21 level, having previously been part of the England Senior team back room staff.

Born in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England, Clemence made his debut for Scunthorpe United in 1966 and made 48 appearances in what was then called Division 3.

Clemence was signed by Liverpool manager Bill Shankly on 24 June 1967 from Scunthorpe United for a fee of £18,000, he made his debut and kept his first clean-sheet in a League Cup third round tie at Anfield on 25 September 1968,Swansea Town were the visitors and were beaten 2–0. He was nurtured through the reserve side over the next two years, with the occasional senior appearance, until 1970, at which point he became the club's first choice goalkeeper.

In 1971 Liverpool reached the FA Cup Final, where Clemence played well but was powerless to prevent Arsenal scoring twice in extra time to peg back Liverpool's lead and win the game 2–1. However, there would be joy for Clemence two seasons later when Liverpool won both the League title and UEFA Cup, with Clemence saving a penalty in the final of the latter against Borussia Mönchengladbach. The penalty save meant that Liverpool took a 3–0 lead to Germany with them rather than a 3–1, Gladbach won 2–0 on their home soil and if Jupp Heynckes had beaten Clem from the spot the tie would have finished 3–3 on aggregate with the Germans winning on the away goals rule. 1973–74 season saw Liverpool claim yet more silverware winning the F.A Cup at a canter with a comprehensive 3–0 victory over Newcastle United.