Neil Hood

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Neil Hood
Personal information
Full name	Neil Hood
Date of birth	June 30, 1950 (1950-06-30) (age 57)
Place of birth	Scotland
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
	Annbank United
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1969-1971 1971-1972 1972-1975 1975-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982	Ayr United Queen of the South Hamilton Academical Clyde Stranraer Clyde Career	021 00(7) 025 0(13) 104 0(44) 151 0(69) 029 0(10) 015 00(2) 345 (145)
Teams managed
1980-1981	Stranraer
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Neil Hood (born 30 June 1950), is a former Scottish football striker.

Hood began his career with Ayr United, before moving to Queen of the South for a season. He scored 52 goals for Hamilton Academical between 1972 and 1975, before he moved to Clyde.

Hood was a huge fans favourite, scoring 80 goals in in 171 games in his first spell at the club. He joined Stranraer in 1980, and was their manager for the 1980-1981 season. This proved to be unsuccessful, and rejoined Clyde as a player in 1981, helping the club to win the Scottish Second Division. Hood didn't play enough games in the season to win a championship medal at the time, but he was presented with one twenty-six years later, in May 2008^[1]

Hood now works in the Hospitality department on matchdays at Clyde. He is regarded as one of their finest players, having played 187 games with the club in two spells, scoring 83 goals.

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