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promotion plaice
November 15, 2020, 3:48pm

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Didn't realise he was born in Skegness.

A shrewd signing by Shankly when he was Liverpool boss signing him from Scunny for £18,000

61 senior England caps, would have been more if Shilton hadn't been around at the time.

R.I.P.


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Announced today.   After illness (details not reported).  Very sad.

He was born in Skegness or Boston I think.
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Announced today.   After illness (details not reported).  Very sad.

He was born in Skegness or Boston I think.


My wife went to school with him in Skeggy, very sad news, no age at all. Prostate


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November 15, 2020, 4:02pm

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Great rivalry between him and Shilts. Definitely one of the England greats.


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Town put seven past him, on a Tuesday night.

One of the great keepers of all time.

RIP
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November 15, 2020, 4:24pm

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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.


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RIP Ray Clemence


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Town put seven past him, on a Tuesday night.

One of the great keepers of all time.

RIP


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?


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Remember in the 1979 cup match, when we sang “Scunthorpe reject” to him as he came out after half time to the Anfield Road end goal. He gave us a wave and had a good laugh.
Brilliant goalie
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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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