Background
Jones was born in Swansea and first played League football for Billy McCandless" Swansea Town (later Swansea City) in 1952, appearing only 25 times as a winger for the club before being called into the Welsh national side.
Jones was born in Swansea and first played League football for Billy McCandless" Swansea Town (later Swansea City) in 1952, appearing only 25 times as a winger for the club before being called into the Welsh national side.
This page refers to the Welsh football player. Swansea and Wales He played 59 times in all for Wales, scoring 16 goals. Tottenham He was bought by in 1958.
On the day of his debut game he arrived by public transport and walked through the main gate together with all the Spurs supporters of the day.
Henceforth he became a key part in the double-winning side of 1960-1961. Foreign a while Jones couldn"t strike his best at Spurs.
Then he broke a legal Following recovery, he proved he was worth every penny of his £35,000 fee.
Juventus were reported to have offered Spurs £100,000 for this brilliant player, whom most critics rated the finest winger in the country. Manager Bill Nicholson, who had paid Swansea £35,000 for Jones in February 1958, rejected the offer, calling Jones "priceless".
After Tottenham Jones finally moved on from White Hart Lane in 1968 in order to take up a position with Fulham for two seasons and, afterwards, played for King"s Lynn. After retiring from football he went on to teach PE and successfully managed the School football team at Highbury Grove School in North London.
Jones came from a great footballing family.
Clifford William Jones (born 7 February 1935) is a Welsh former football international, who was capped 59 times for Wales and was a crucial member of Tottenham Hotspur"s 1960-1961 Double-winning side, being widely considered at the time as the best left winger in the world.