G.O.A.T. - Yeovil

John Clancy with Stuart Housley

John Patrick Clancy was born on the 5th of July 1949, in Perivale, England.  A hardworking inside forward, John was a part of the youth set up at Spurs during the 1960s, after signing for the club early on in that decade. He would spend a number of years at Spurs where he would predominantly play for the various youth teams that Spurs had at that time. After leaving Spurs the Perivale born forward who had great stamina during his playing days,  joined Bristol City before then playing for Bradford Park Avenue, Yeovil Town in 1969 where he became a legend. He spent over ten years there playing 516 games and scoring 37 goals and finally Sherborne Town.

 

 
The start of the 1969 season had seen new manager Mike Hughes make some astute signings, including John Clancy and Stuart Housley, two wingers who went on to terrorise defenders and make a total of 866 appearances, scoring a total of 137 goals. John was a left winger who could certainly cross a ball, usually to Dickie Plumb.

In the 1974-75 season, which saw Yeovil finish in 3rd place in the Southern League, he had a testimonial year which culminated with a match against Stoke City. Peter Shilton and Geoff Hurst were among five international players on view that day in front of a crowd that exceeded 5,000 and ended in a 2-2 draw. John was voted Yeovil's greatest ever player in the Football League's FL125 vote, receiving 62% of all votes.