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Billy Clifford (born 18 October 1992) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Boreham Wood. ==Career== Born in Slough, Clifford came through the Chelsea academy, having been homeless since his pre-teens. After he turned professional in 2010, Clifford started living under a roof. He played in Chelsea's pre-season friendly away to Ajax, and on 18 October he joined the first team for an away Champions League game against Spartak Moscow, where he was an unused substitute. Clifford signed a new four-year contract for Chelsea in September 2011.〔 On 19 March 2012, Clifford made headlines when he, along with Jacob Mellis, setting off a smoke grenade and causing a full-scale evacuation at the club's Cobham training ground. The pair escaped with a fine after admitting he brought the grenade – understood to be from a paintball expedition – into Chelsea's Cobham training headquarters. The pair were suspended after the incident on 2 March, though Mellis was sacked. On 11 January 2013, he joined Colchester United on a one-month loan deal, before making his debut for the U's the very next day as they fell to a 2–1 home defeat to Scunthorpe; a club-record ninth successive defeat.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20919024 )〕 Having been joined in Essex by his Chelsea team mate Sam Walker, also on loan,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21019040 )〕 Billy started the remaining four games of his initial loan spell as the U's fortunes began to turn. On 12 February after a 1–0 win at home to Preston North End,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21311481 )〕 the loan deal was extended until the end of the season with U's boss Joe Dunne describing Billy as "tenacious, has great technial ability, his heart is big and it's a chance to get out and play which he has taken."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.colchester.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=309223 )〕 A fortnight later he bagged his first goal for the U's in a 2–0 win at home to Yeovil Town,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21502171 )〕 before assisting Jabo Ibehre to open the scoring in another 2–0 win at Stevenage to claw the U's out of the bottom four.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21556699 )〕 He made his final appearance for the club on the final day of the 2012–13 season, helping the club secure a 2–0 away victory at Carlisle United to guarantee League One safety.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22229103 )〕 On 10 July 2013, Clifford joined Football League Championship side Yeovil Town on a six-month loan deal. He made his debut for Yeovil as in their Football League Cup first round victory over Southend United, on 6 August 2013. On 25 August 2013, Clifford returned to Chelsea after failing to break into the Yeovil first team. On 30 January 2014, Clifford was loaned for the rest of the season to Belgian club Royal Antwerp, then managed by former Chelsea striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink. On 7 August 2014, Clifford agreed to cancel his contract with Chelsea by mutual consent to seek regular football. On 8 August 2014, Walsall signed the midfielder on a six-month contract. The next day, Clifford made his debut for the club, where he came on as substitute for James Baxendale in the 70th minute, in a 1–1 draw against Port Vale. Clifford made thirteen league appearances for the Saddlers before leaving the club on 9 January 2015 at the end of his contract. On 15 July 2015, Clifford joined Boreham Wood after a successful trial. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Billy Clifford (footballer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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