Billy McClure

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Billy McClure
Personal information
Date of birth (1958-01-04) 4 January 1958 (age 67)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1974–1977 Liverpool Reserves 8 (2)
1977–1978 Persepolis 4 (1)
1979–1983 Mount Wellington 80 (29)
1983–1988 Papatoetoe 100 (23)
1988–1997 Mount Wellington
International career
1981–1986 New Zealand 30 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William James S. M. McClure (born 4 January 1958) is a former footballer who represented New Zealand.

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Club career

He played for Liverpool F.C. Reserves from 1974 to 1977. [1]

In 1977, he became the first foreign player in Iranian Takht-e-Jamshid Professional Soccer League. [2] He made 2 appearances for Tehran's giants Persepolis F.C. and scored one goal. However, he had difficulty making it to the starting lineups so he moved back to England. [3] [4] He moved to New Zealand in 1979 and played for Mount Wellington in New Zealand from 1979 to 1997 with some years in between for Papatoetoe FC. [3] [5]

International career

McClure made his full All Whites debut in a 0–0 draw with India on 1 September 1981. [6] Including friendlies he played 45 times for the All Whites, [3] of which 30 appearances were official A-internationals in which he scored 5 goals, [7] [8] earning his final cap in a 2–1 win over Fiji on 19 September 1986. [6]

He was a member of the All Whites at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain . [5] [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Liverpool All Time Season Acrchive". Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
  2. ↑ "بازیكنان خارجی در فوتبال ایران". Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "New Zealand Players' Careers". RSSSF . Retrieved 6 March 2009.
  4. ↑ "Magiran | روزنامه شرق (1385/06/16): از پسر متدین لیورپول تا کارگر شاکی پرسپولیس".
  5. 1 2 NZ 1982 World Cup Archived 12 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  6. 1 2 "A-International Lineups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  7. ↑ "A-International Appearances – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  8. ↑ "A-International Scorers – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  9. ↑ "FIFA World Cup, Spain 1982 – Team = New Zealand". FIFA. Archived from the original on 18 November 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009.

Billy McClure – FIFA competition record (archived)

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