Considered by most football experts of the day as the best winger in Europe, Cliff Jones was vital to the Spurs 1960-61 double winning team that also went on to lift the FA Cup in 1962 and the European Cup Winners Cup in 1963.
Born: 7 February 1935 – Swansea, Wales Position: Left & Right Winger
Club Career: Years Team Apps Gls 1952-1958 Swansea Town 168 47 1958-1968 Tottenham Hotspur 318 135 1968-1970 Fulham 25 2
International Career: 1954-1969 Wales 59 16
Career Profile:
Lightning fast, full of trickery and as brave as they come he became the embodiment of Bill Nicholson’s mantra that “Winning wasn’t enough, it had to be done with a certain style”.
When Tottenham Hotspur first staged a European Cup match against Polish champions Gornik Zabrze in 1961, the Welshman scored a perfect hat-trick — left-foot, right-foot, header, all inside 12 minutes.
Playing 59 times for Wales Cliff appeared in the 1958 World Cup and was part of the Welsh team that beat England 2 – 1 at Ninian Park in 1955 and claims that the winner he scored was his best ever goal.
Time Vault Soccer doffs it’s cap to this Tottenham Hostpur legend with a representation of the double winning 1960 – 61 season. A season that saw Cliff contribute 19 goals in 37 appearances for his club and 3 goals in 4 for his country.
Time Vault Soccer Profile:
Position: Midfield/Attack (Left, Right) Rating: 2 Star Skill Stats: ATTACK 6 DEFEND 3 Special:
Electrifying Pace (Tactical skill): When you play Cliff Jones in attack, your opponent must choose the last player in one of their defending moves (If any) and move that player to a new defending move.
Season Stats: Year Team App Gls Hons 1960–1961 Tottenham Hotspur 37 (4) 19 (3) Div1, FAC
Strategy Tip: A true game changer. Cliff Jones is capable of spoiling your opponents defensive plans. When deployed as the shooting card he boosts your attack whilst simultaneously weakening your opponent’s defence at a critical moment. Equally useful for strategically moving your opponents defence around and hindering their card play. A true strategic thinker’s card.
Features in: “Debut 60’s v 70’s – Card No: 40/64”
Figures in (Italics) = stats for their National side.
Great to see Cliff Jones in the game.He is still active at White Hart Lane a great player
Cliff Jones, a true great of the game. Indeed he still hosts matches at Tottenham’s home games. His autobiography was published in 2016 “It’s a wonderful life“. We thoroughly recommend it as good football read.
The Spurs 60-61 team were magnificent and Cliff Jones was vital to them. We doff our caps to the great man!