Billy Clifford (footballer)

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Billy Clifford
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Clifford warming-up for Chelsea in 2010
Personal information
Full name Billy Clifford[1]
Date of birth (1992-10-18) 18 October 1992 (age 31)[2]
Place of birth Slough, England
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Boreham Wood
Number 20
Youth career
1999–2010 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Chelsea 0 (0)
2013 → Colchester United (loan) 18 (1)
2013 → Yeovil Town (loan) 0 (0)
2014 → Royal Antwerp (loan) 4 (0)
2014–2015 Walsall 13 (0)
2015– Boreham Wood 20 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:20, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

Billy Clifford (born 18 October 1992) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Boreham Wood.

Career

Born in Slough, Clifford came through the Chelsea academy, having signed with them at the age of 8.[4] He turned professional in 2010. He played in Chelsea's pre-season friendly away to Ajax, and on 18 October he joined the first team for an away Champions League game against Spartak Moscow, where he was an unused substitute.[5] Clifford signed a new four-year contract for Chelsea in September 2011.[2] On 19 March 2012, Clifford made headlines when he, along with Jacob Mellis, setting off a smoke grenade and causing a full-scale evacuation at the club's Cobham training ground. The pair escaped with a fine after admitting he brought the grenade – understood to be from a paintball expedition – into Chelsea's Cobham training headquarters.[6] The pair were suspended after the incident on 2 March, though Mellis was sacked.[7]

On 11 January 2013, he joined Colchester United on a one-month loan deal, before making his debut for the U's the very next day as they fell to a 2–1 home defeat to Scunthorpe; a club-record ninth successive defeat.[8] Having been joined in Essex by his Chelsea team mate Sam Walker, also on loan,[9] Billy started the remaining four games of his initial loan spell as the U's fortunes began to turn.

On 12 February after a 1–0 win at home to Preston North End,[10] the loan deal was extended until the end of the season[11] with U's boss Joe Dunne describing Billy as "tenacious, has great technial ability, his heart is big and it's a chance to get out and play which he has taken."[12]

A fortnight later he bagged his first goal for the U's in a 2–0 win at home to Yeovil Town,[13] before assisting Jabo Ibehre to open the scoring in another 2–0 win at Stevenage to claw the U's out of the bottom four.[14] He made his final appearance for the club on the final day of the 2012–13 season, helping the club secure a 2–0 away victory at Carlisle United to guarantee League One safety.[15]

On 10 July 2013, Clifford joined Football League Championship side Yeovil Town on a six-month loan deal.[16] He made his debut for Yeovil as in their Football League Cup first round victory over Southend United, on 6 August 2013.[17] On 25 August 2013, Clifford returned to Chelsea after failing to break into the Yeovil first team.[18]

On 30 January 2014, Clifford was loaned for the rest of the season to Belgian club Royal Antwerp, then managed by former Chelsea striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.[19]

On 7 August 2014, Clifford agreed to cancel his contract with Chelsea by mutual consent to seek regular football.[20] On 8 August 2014, Walsall signed the midfielder on a six-month contract.[21] The next day, Clifford made his debut for the club, where he came on as substitute for James Baxendale in the 70th minute, in a 1–1 draw against Port Vale.[22] Clifford made thirteen league appearances for the Saddlers before leaving the club on 9 January 2015 at the end of his contract.[23]

On 15 July 2015, Clifford joined Boreham Wood after a successful trial.[24]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 March 2016.
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chelsea 2010–11[25] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011–12[26] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012–13[27] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013–14[28] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Colchester United (loan) 2012–13[27] League One 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1
Yeovil Town (loan) 2013–14[28] Championship 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
Royal Antwerp (loan) 2013–14[29] Belgian Second Division 4 0 0 0 — — 4 0
Walsall 2014–15[30] League One 13 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 16 0
Boreham Wood 2015–16[31] National League 20 1 2 0 — 0 0 22 1
Career total 55 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 51 2

References

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