Neil Hood
Personal information
Date of birth (1950-06-30) 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.

Hood scored 52 goals for Hamilton Academical between 1972 and 1975 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 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

Clyde
Individual

Notes

  1. ↑ 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 team mate Davie Rae had both played 14 times. Rae had started more games than Hood so Rae was awarded the last medal back then.

References

  1. 1 2 Golf Day - Medal Winner Clyde FC - Retrieved 22 May 2008
  2. 1 2 3 "Neil Hood, Hall of Fame". Clyde FC. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  3. ↑ Clyde's cult hero BBC Sport - Retrieved 26 June 2008
  4. ↑ "Past Masters #2 - Neil Hood". Clyde FC. 8 June 2003. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Neil knew McNeill wasn't too big for the Bully Wee". Sunday Post. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2021 – via PressReader.
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