Kenneth Henry Clements Note that the url is that of the site's front page; as it is a Flash-based site, a link to the specific page cannot be supplied. (born 9 April 1955 in Middleton,

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) is an English former

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who played as a defender in

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for Manchester City, in two spells, between 1971 and 1979 and between 1985 and 1988,

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, Bury and Shrewsbury Town, and was briefly

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club

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. He made 282 appearances for Manchester City in all competitions, scoring twice. He was an unused substitute when Manchester City won the 1976 Football League Cup Final. After retiring from football, Clements opened a

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in the

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area, and resumed his interest in painting. He now works as a

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for Manchester property tycoon Aneel Mussarat at MCR Property Ltd in Rusholme, Manchester, UK.

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