Neil Hood
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 June 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Annbank United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1971 | Ayr United | 21 | (7) |
| 1971–1972 | Queen of the South | 25 | (13) |
| 1972–1975 | Hamilton Academical | 104 | (44) |
| 1975–1980 | Clyde | 151 | (69) |
| 1980–1981 | Stranraer | 29 | (10) |
| 1981–1982 | Clyde | 15 | (2) |
| Total | 345 | (145) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1980–1981 | Stranraer | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Neil Hood (born 30 June 1950), is a former Scottish footballer who played as a striker.
Hood started his career with Ayr United, before moving to Queen of the South in Dumfries.
In the three years between 1972 and 1975, Hood scored 52 goals for Hamilton Academical before he moved to Clyde.
Hood scored 80 goals in 171 games in his first spell at the Bully Wee, which included a Second Division Championship win in the club's centenary year. Hood then joined Stranraer as manager for season 1980–81 season. This proved to be unsuccessful, and he rejoined Clyde as a player in 1981, helping them to win another Second Division title, but he never received a medal back then. He was eventually presented with one 26 years later by the club in May 2008[1][2][note 1] Hood played 187 games with the club in two spells, scoring 83 goals. Hood was voted as Clyde's all-time cult hero in a Football Focus poll in 2004.[3]
Honours
[edit]- Clyde
- Individual
- QOSFC Supporters' Player of the Year: 1971–72[5]
- Clyde FC Hall of Fame: Inducted, 2012[2][5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ On the May 13, 2008 article, it said Hood never played enough league games to win a medal. On his Hall of Fame profile, it said Hood and teammate Davie Rae had both played 14 times. Rae had started more games than Hood so Rae was awarded the last medal back then.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Golf Day - Medal Winner Clyde FC - Retrieved 22 May 2008
- ^ a b c "Neil Hood, Hall of Fame". Clyde FC. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ Clyde's cult hero BBC Sport - Retrieved 26 June 2008
- ^ "Past Masters #2 - Neil Hood". Clyde FC. 8 June 2003. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Neil knew McNeill wasn't too big for the Bully Wee". Sunday Post. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2021 – via PressReader.
- Living people
- 1950 births
- Scottish men's footballers
- Ayr United F.C. players
- Queen of the South F.C. players
- Clyde F.C. players
- Hamilton Academical F.C. players
- Stranraer F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish football managers
- Stranraer F.C. managers
- Scottish Football League managers
- Annbank United F.C. players
- Men's association football forwards