Cliff Sear

Reginald Clifford Sear (22 September 1936 – 8 July 2000) was a Welsh football left back who played for Manchester City between 1956 and 1967.

He was captain of the Welsh under 23 team, for which he made two appearances, and also won one cap for Wales in a game against England in November 1962.

During much of his time at the club, Sear was the trusted right-hand man to Alan Oakes, who had coincidentally been a teammate at Manchester City.

Other players to emerge from Sear's youth system and enjoy successful league careers include Brian Croft, twins Paul and Ron Futcher, Chris Lightfoot, Robbie Painter, Mike Williams and Colin Woodthorpe.

After leaving Chester in acrimonious circumstances in 1987,[3] Sear joined arch-rivals Wrexham and helped revamp the club's youth policy.