Editing Ray Clemence (section)

== International career ==
Clemence was a regular for [[England national football team|England]] between 1972 and 1983, making his debut and keeping his first clean-sheet in the 1–0 [[1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5|World Cup qualifier]] win over [[Wales national football team|Wales]] at [[Ninian Park]] on 15 November 1972.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mason |first1=Peter |title=Ray Clemence obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/nov/16/ray-clemence-obituary |website=The Guardian |date=16 November 2020 |publisher=Guardian News & Media Limited |access-date=16 November 2020}}</ref> England failed to qualify for [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]]s in 1974 and 1978. Clemence was part of the squad that qualified for [[UEFA Euro 1980]] but the team failed to qualify from Group 2. In 1982, he was in the squad for the [[1982 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]], but again England did not progress beyond the quarter-final stage.

Clemence [[List of England national football team captains|captained]] England once — the first keeper to do so since [[Frank Swift]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Former England, Liverpool goalkeeper Clemence dies at 72 |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/37608743/former-england-liverpool-goalkeeper-clemence-dies-72 |website=espn.com |date=15 November 2020 |publisher=ESPN Enterprises |access-date=15 November 2020}}</ref> The game in question was a 1981 friendly with [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] at Wembley, although Clemence couldn't prevent the Brazilians from scoring as England lost 1–0.

Because of injury to his left knee, Clemence was retired from international football with 61 England caps in a 12-year international career. The presence of another goalkeeper, [[Peter Shilton]], meant that the England management struggled to decide which keeper was the best, and ended up alternating their selection. Shilton ended up as first choice keeper for the rest of the 1980s, playing in two more World Cups and attaining a record 125 caps.<ref>{{cite web |title=WHEN PETER SHILTON SET ENGLAND RECORD AGAINST DENMARK |url=http://www.thefa.com/news/2014/feb/02/peter-shilton-reaches-caps-record |website=TheFA.com |publisher=The FA}}</ref>