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Cliff Myers
Personal information
Full name Clifford William Myers[1]
Date of birth (1946-09-23)23 September 1946
Place of birth Southwark, England
Date of death 8 February 2019(2019-02-08) (aged 72)[1]
Place of death Lindos, Greece[1]
Position(s) Utility player
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1967 Charlton Athletic 18 (2)
1967–1968 Brentford 10 (0)
1968–1973 Yeovil Town 328 (49)
1973–1975 Torquay United 86 (12)
1975–1976 Weymouth
Taunton Town
Salisbury
Minehead
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Clifford William Myers (23 September 1946 – 8 February 2019) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Torquay United, Charlton Athletic and Brentford as a utility player.[2] He went on to have a long career in non-League football and is regarded as a cult hero amongst the supporters of Yeovil Town, for whom he made 329 appearances.[3]

Personal life

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Myers' son and grandson (Chris and Spencer respectively) both became footballers.[4] Myers began running a Torquay-based contract cleaning company in the late 1970s and moved to Rhodes in 1991.[5][6] He owned the Sunburnt Arms bar in Lindos.[6]

Honours

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Yeovil Town

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1967–68[8] Fourth Division 10 0 2 2 1 0 13 2
Career total 10 0 2 2 1 0 13 2

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Cliff Myers". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  2. ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 114. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  3. ^ "Player Archive". THE TERRAS. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Spencer Myers follows family footsteps as footballer". Torquay Herald Express. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Cliff Myers". Torquay United. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  6. ^ a b "The Big Interview – Cliff Myers" (PDF). Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Yeovil Town Story Part 30". Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  8. ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 389. ISBN 0951526200.


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