Ernest Clifford Price (13 June 1900 – 30 July 1959) was an English

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who played at

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for various clubs in the 1920s.

Football career

Price was born at

Market Bosworth Market Bosworth is a market town and civil parish in western Leicestershire, England. At the 2001 Census, it had a population of 1,906, increasing to 2,097 at the 2011 census. It is most famously near to the site of the decisive final battle of ...

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...

and, after playing as a teenager for Coalville Swifts in the

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, joined

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as a trainee in January 1917. After spending a period back with Coalville Swifts on loan, he signed as a professional in October 1920. Price spent a further two seasons with Leicester before transferring to

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in June 1922. In December 1923, Price joined

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, immediately taking over from

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in the No.10 shirt. His debut came when he replaced Henry Johnson in a 2–1 victory at

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on 22 December 1923, Saints' first away win of the season. Price was described in the local press as "an inside-left of the studious type", whose passes were usually well-judged. He immediately struck up an understanding with his left-wing partner

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before, in January, injury put Carr out of the game for the rest of the season, with Elias MacDonald replacing him. Price missed only two league matches for the remainder of the 1923–24 season, but missed the start of the following season, with new signing

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being preferred by manager

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. Price regained his place after the first six games and on his recall linked up briefly with his nephew Fred Price who had recently been signed from Leicester City, before Carr returned to the side in November. Midway through the 1925–26 season Price lost his place to Frank Matthews and at the end of the season returned to the Midlands to join

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. After two seasons with Forest, Price dropped down to non-league football in October 1928 with Loughborough Corinthians and

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Family

His nephew, Fred's brother

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was also a footballer with

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and

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Price, Cliff 1900 births 1959 deaths People from Market Bosworth Footballers from Leicestershire English men's footballers Men's association football inside forwards Coalville Swifts F.C. players Leicester City F.C. players Halifax Town A.F.C. players Southampton F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Loughborough Corinthians F.C. players Nuneaton Borough F.C. players English Football League players