Adrian Clifton

Adrian Lewis Clifton (born 12 December 1988) is an Montserratian footballer who plays as a forward.

Club Career

Isthmian League

Clifton started his career in the youth ranks of Arsenal, developing with the club from the ages of 11 to 15, followed by spells with Norwich City and West Ham United. He served three prison sentences as a youngster before heading into non-league football. During his last prison sentence he featured on Ian Wright's TV show Football Behind Bars.

The midfielder joined Isthmian League Division One North side Romford ahead of the 2011–12 season, having impressed in a pre-season trial. After a short stint playing in the non-pyramid TTFF League for Yalova, Clifton returned and scored on his debut in the FA Cup. Unable to reproduce the form he displayed in the summer, he left the club at the end of the season.

Clifton joined Waltham Forest in August 2012, and took the captain's armband and while featuring regularly for the first team. In April 2013, Clifton left Waltham Forest to join East Thurrock United. Having declined several offers from teams in the Isthmian Division One North, he finally left in order to climb the ranks to the Isthmian Premier Division. His final game for Forest saw him score a hat-trick against Ilford.

National League

Clifton featured nine times for East Thurrock United in the final month of the season, recording seven wins and two draws. However, in May 2015 he was snapped up by National League South side Maidenhead United, who had been previously watching the midfielder.

He helped Maidenhead lift their first Berks & Bucks Senior Cup in four years, scoring in the 4–0 final win over Aylesbury United. After two seasons at York Road, Clifton became Lee Bradbury's first signing at Havant & Waterlooville, joining in the summer of 2015 on a two-year contract.

After suffering an injury that ruled him out for four months, Clifton joined Isthmian League Premier Division side S