"I'd been with them as a schoolboy and thought I'd done well but they released me," Clinton says in todays Evening Mail.
"I was devastated. It hit me hard, I was at an all-time low because it was my club. I was ready to give up football, I really was.
"I've never ever played against Spurs so I cannot wait for Saturday. I suppose I will have extra motivation for the game, hopefully I can show them what they might have missed.
"The crowd's going to be packed in again and the atmosphere will be great. We've got to do the business for them."
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