Neil Hood

Neil Hood

Personal information
Date of birth	(1950-06-30) 30 June 1950 (age 74)
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

Clyde

• Scottish Second Division: 1977–78, 1981–82[1][2][4]

Individual

• QOSFC Supporters' Player of the Year: 1971–72[5]
• Clyde FC Hall of Fame: Inducted, 2012[2][5]

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 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

1. Golf Day - Medal Winner Clyde FC - Retrieved 22 May 2008
2. "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. "Neil knew McNeill wasn't too big for the Bully Wee". Sunday Post. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2021 – via PressReader.