Ray Clemence:  Goalkeeper  Nickname:  Date of Birth:  05.08.1948  Squad number:  With the Reds:  1967-1981  Height:  Weight:  Bought from:   Scunthorpe  Signed for LFC:  Ј18000 - 24.06.1967  Debut:  25th September 1968 v Swansea Town (H) League Cup win 2-0 (Aged 20)  Debut goal:  1st team league games:  470  1st team league goals:  Total 1st team games:  665  Total 1st team goals:  Contract expiry:  in May 1981 transferred to Tottenham Hotspur for 300,000 pounds  International caps:  61 (56 as Liverpool) England  International goals:  International debut:  15.11.1972 vs. Wales  Characteristics:  Former clubs:   Scunthorpe United, Tottenham Hotspur, Barnet (manager)  Birth Place:  Skegness, Lincolnshire, England  Honours:  5 Division One Championships 72/73, 75/76, 76/77, 78/79, 79/80, 1 FA Cup 73/74, 3 European Cup 76/77, 77/78, 80/81, 2 UEFA Cup 72/73, 75/76, 5 Charity Shield 74, 76, 77 (shared), 79, 80, 1 European Super Cup 77, 1 Central League Championships 68-69  Personal Honours: MBE  Fact:  Clemence kept an incredible 335 clean sheets in 665 appearances for the Reds  Website:

  Total LFC games/goals

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  Appearances in all competitions

  Goals in all competitions

  Update 15.06.2007

  Total LFC club games/goals for Reserves

  Notes:

  The statistics of matches and goals at the top is included in the table by the conducted player of a reserve in a seasons 1969-70, not completely.

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  1972 v Wales; 1973 v Wales; 1974 v East Germany, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia,
Czechoslovakia, Portugal; 1975 v West Germany, Cyprus, Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Portugal; 1976 v Wales (twice), Northern Ireland, Scotland, Brazil, Finland, Republic of Ireland, Finland, Italy; 1977 v Holland, Luxembourg, Scotland, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Italy; 1978 v West Germany, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Denmark, Republic of Ireland; 1979 v Northern Ireland (twice), Scotland, Bulgaria, Austria (sub), Denmark, Bulgaria; 1980 v Republic of Ireland, Argentina, Wales, Scotland, Belgium, Spain, Romania; 1981 v Spain, Brazil, Switzerland, Hungary. (56)




  Skegness-born Ray Clemence made 48 appearances for Scunthorpe before being plucked from the relative obscurity of Division Three by Bill Shankly for around 15,000 pounds. Clemence understudied Tommy Lawrence for two seasons before forcing his way into the first team in 1969-70. The following season he established a regular place and began a run in senior football that saw him become one of the top two English goalkeepers. He won four Under-23 caps, and made his full debut in 1974, going on to win over 60 caps, a total that would have been far greater but for the presence of Peter Shilton. In 1970-71, when Clemence missed only one game, Liverpool equalled their own record of conceding only 24 League goals in a 42-match season. In 1978-9, Clemence was ever-present as Liverpool conceded the astonishingly low figure of 16 goals. It was only one goal more than Preston had conceded in the League's inaugural season of 1888-9 from a 20-match programme. Clemence's positional sense and dependability was one of the major reasons for Liverpool's many triumphs in the 1970s and he was one of five players who appeared in the Reds1 first three European Cup Finals. He gained an FA Cup runners-up medal in 1971, and a winners' medal in 1974. After his transfer to Spurs in August 1981 for 300,000 pounds — while still at the top of his profession — Clemence won another FA Cup winners' medal and took his total League appearances to over 650. Clemence retired from playing in April 1988 and became Spun' reserve-team coach the following June.

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