30-11-08: What Is My Name?

• From the clues below, can you guess what my name is?

• I was born in England during a 1950's summer and began my football career at the age of 18 for the club where I was born.
• When I was 20, I began playing for Brian Clough.
• My England career started at the age of 22, with much political issue.
• At international level, competition for my preferred position came from a Leeds United captain and also from a great Liverpool FC right-sided player.

• I won my second European medal with my club by helping to beat Hamburg in Madrid
• I made my World Cup debut in a qualifier against Norway
• Even though I was in the England squad that got knocked out of the second group stage of the World Cup Finals; I never kicked a competitive ball
• A £250,000 transfer to a London club saw my England career back on track with six consecutive caps between 1984 and 1985

• I scored my first international goal in a World Cup qualifier that saw England score eight past Turkey with no reply
• I travelled to my second World Cup, but once again never kicked a competitive ball
• I scored my second of only two international goals against Yugoslavia in a European Cup qualifier
• I won the League Cup before a £250,000 transfer to a Manchester based club, where I became one of the first signings by my new manager

• My 30th and final international cap was against Columbia in a Rous Cup game
• My next move was to a Sheffield based club on a free transfer—unfortunatly, I missed their Cup Final victory over Manchester United
• I helped my new club to a seventh place finish in the Premiership, captaining some of the games
• We also made it to an FA Cup and League Cup final; but we lost on both occasions, to a team I used to play for

• My next transfer saw me become the player-manager of a club, north of Sheffield
• A year later, I moved on and became the assistant manager at a North-eastern club. Working under an old team mate, we managed to establish the club in the Premiership
• Even though I retired from football in 1994, I played two games during the 1994-95 season, when the club was faced with a serious injury crisis
• I left my assistant managers post when I was 45 and have not been employed in football since

• What is my name?

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