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barralad
November 15, 2020, 5:29pm
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Green (3), Hill (3) Tees.

Sad to see his death. Poor lad never stood a chance that night!

He was a very different keeper to Peter Shilton. Shanks signed him to replace Tommy Lawrence and Clemence  spent time in the reserves waiting his chance. He was trained to be a sweeper keeper like Lawrence and like Grobellar later on,  whereas Shilts was more conventional. To be honest I always thought Ray was prone to handling mistakes but made up for that by his vision in coming out of the area for the ball.

Condolences to his family. I wonder if he had relatives still in Lincolnshire?



It's going back a bit but when Spurs played Town in the League Cup in the 90s we sat next to relatives of his who still lived in Skeggy so it's quite possible there is a Lincolnshire branch still.


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Very sad, top pro, great keeper and from what I understand from people I knew when I worked in Skegness in the early 90s a nice person too.


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RIP Ray another great leaving us.

Not sure but it could have been his debut when we put 7 last him.

https://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/2020/november/ray-clemence/


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RIP Ray.

It’s getting ridiculous the number of greats going this year.


Through the door there came familiar laughter,
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