Ronnie Clayton

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MCMC1875 Blackburn lad One club man Club captain England captain Still watching Rovers Gives ground tours .

FourLaneBlue - Ronnie Clayton is such a Rovers legend that he really should be in. Leaving him out would be like leaving out Crompton, Douglas or Shearer.

bazza - The Claytons lived in Penwortham near Preston. Both Ken and Ronnie were given a trial by Rovers. There is some story that Mr Clayton, their father, insisted that both brothers were trialled and if Rovers wanted one, they had to take the other as well. How true this is I don't know. What I DO know is that Ronnie was being given a trial and he was playing right-half in front of David Gray. My dad was watching this trial and David Gray was constantly shouting instructions to teenager Ronnie. My dad shouted "David, leave the lad alone and let him play his own game." A chap came up to him to thank him. It was Mr Clayton, Ronnie's father. Both Ronnie and Ken played for Rovers as wing halves for a short time but Ken faded and Ronnie progressed to captain Rovers and England.

Duff's Minder - 1st Clayton - captaining England in the 60's says it all

bob fleming - Ronnie Clayton get's my first vote. Captain of England. 'Nuff said. I'll leave those who saw him play to wax lyrical about him. Really nice fella as well.

speedie - Hopefully Ronnie Clayton has one spot sewn up already. There should be no discussion as to why he should not be in the side. End of story.

billy - When Ronnie Clayton started playing for us I think he was 17 years old, but he made such an impression, like Colin Hendry did in later years, he was being called a future England player right from the start, Duncan Edwards was the newspapers favourite, obvious, he played for Man Utd, and he was good, but not better than Ronnie, they both played attractive fair football, far better to watch than later England 'greats' such as Stiles, Robson, and Batty, who had to have a new rule brought in for their tackles, not from the back and not two footed, as if they ever listened. But there is not much you can say, thats not already been said about Ronnie, brilliant in attack or defence, read a good game, and geed up the team when he was captain, even wrote a book on he's football stories.

mazarini - Clayton because of the influence he had on one of the most fondly remembered periods of Rovers history in the 50's and 60's which even now is more favourably compared with the Rovers team of the 1990's.