Clive Goodyear (born 15 January 1961) is an English former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a defender. He made 232 appearances in the English Football League for Luton Town,

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and

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. Goodyear also played in the

1988 FA Cup Final The 1988 FA Cup Final was the 107th final of the FA Cup. It took place on Saturday, 14 May 1988 at Wembley Stadium and was contested between Wimbledon and Liverpool, the dominant English club side of the 1980s and newly crowned league champion ...

Life and career

He started his career at Luton Town, after five years with the Hatters moved to

, and after three seasons with Plymouth he moved to

. In the

, in which Wimbledon famously upset Liverpool 1–0, Goodyear was adjudged to have fouled John Aldridge, which gave Liverpool a controversial penalty. Aldridge took it, but Wimbledon goalkeeper Dave Beasant saved it. Although being named in the squad for that Cup Final, he was not a regular in the side and only made 26 appearances in three years and was sold to

, where he spent one season. He finished his career in Hong Kong with Ernest Borel. After sustaining a major knee injury he began studying physiotherapy and returned to Luton Town as a physiotherapist in 1993. He was then a physio at

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and Chester City.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goodyear, Clive 1961 births Living people Footballers from Lincoln, England English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Lincoln United F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Wimbledon F.C. players Brentford F.C. players Sea Bee players English Football League players Luton Town F.C. non-playing staff Cardiff City F.C. non-playing staff Chester City F.C. non-playing staff