Clive Platt

Clive Platt

Personal information
Full name	Clive Linton Platt
Date of birth	(1977-10-27) 27 October 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth	Wolverhampton, England
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1999	Walsall	32	(4)
1999	→ Rochdale (loan)	6	(3)
1999–2003	Rochdale	163	(27)
2003–2004	Notts County	19	(3)
2004–2005	Peterborough United	37	(6)
2005–2007	Milton Keynes Dons	102	(27)
2007–2010	Colchester United	125	(25)
2010–2012	Coventry City	67	(7)
2012–2014	Northampton Town	47	(6)
2014	Bury	19	(2)
Total		617	(110)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Clive Linton Platt (born 27 October 1977) is an English former professional footballer. A forward, he made 617 appearances in the Football League, including 169 for Rochdale.

In his 19-year-long playing career, Platt also played for Walsall, Notts County, Peterborough United, Milton Keynes Dons, Colchester United, Coventry City, Northampton Town and Bury.

Club career

Walsall

Platt was born in Wolverhampton and began his playing career with Walsall as an apprentice in 1995. A spell of just 32 games over four years saw him loaned to Rochdale in 1999.

Rochdale

The loan secured him a permanent move to Rochdale for a fee of £100,000 – then a club record. Platt made 169 league appearances and scored 30 goals for the club.

Notts County

In 2003, Platt signed a monthly deal with Notts County, where he scored just three times despite being a first-team regular. An indifferent year at Peterborough United followed, where Platt scored six times.

Milton Keynes Dons

Platt joined relegation-threatened Milton Keynes Dons in January 2005 and scored vital goals to help save the Dons from relegation under the guidance of Danny Wilson. However, the 2005–06 season was not much better for MK Dons, as they fought relegation again. Platt had a relatively fruitless campaign, but a good run of form towards the end of the season saw him finish second in the League One Player of the Month award for May and almost save the Dons from relegation.

The 2006–07 season saw MK Dons fighting for promotion from League Two. This turned out to be Platt's best season in terms of strike-rate, with him finding the net 18 times before suffering an injury that caused him to miss the first leg of a play-off tie against Shrewsbury Town and have an indifferent second leg.

Colchester United

In July 2007, Platt was sold to Championship side Colchester United for £300,000 – six times Colchester's previous transfer record. ^[1] Before the transfer, Colchester had recently lost star goal-scorers Chris Iwelumo and Jamie Cureton to Charlton Athletic and Norwich City respectively.

In the 2007–08 season, Platt was paired up front with Kevin Lisbie and scored eight goals. In the 2008–09 season, however, he had many different strike partners, including Steven Gillespie, Mark Yeates, Scott Vernon and Jermaine Easter, and he notched 10 goals. In the 2009–10 season, he was once again paired up front with Kevin Lisbie, and he scored two goals on the opening day of the season.

Coventry City

Platt joined Coventry City on 29 July 2010. He made his first league appearance in a 2–0 victory against Portsmouth on 7 August. He also scored against Leicester City, Bristol City and Ipswich Town. On 5 November 2011, Platt scored his 100th professional league goal, aged 34, against Southampton. The match ended in a 4–2 win for Southampton. ^[2]

Northampton Town

On 25 May 2012, Platt signed for Northampton Town, where he rejoined former manager Aidy Boothroyd. He scored his first goal for the club in the league cup second round match against Wolverhampton Wanderers. ^[3] On 9 Jan 2014, it was announced that his contract had been terminated by mutual consent. ^[4] This came just three weeks after Boothroyd's dismissal as manager.

Bury

On 24 January 2014, he signed a contract with Bury until the end of the 2013–14 season. Shakers manager David Flitcroft had recruited Platt on the same day that he managed to bring in Rochdale's Andrew Tutte and Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro of Tranmere Rovers.

Retirement

Platt retired from football in October 2014 due to persistent injury problems. ^[5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Walsall	1995–96 [6]	Second Division	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
	1996–97 [7]	Second Division	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	1997–98 [8]	Second Division	20	1	1	0	2	1	4 [lower-alpha 1]	0	27	2
	1998–99 [9]	Second Division	7	1	0	0	0	0	3 [lower-alpha 1]	0	10	1
	Total		32	4	1	0	3	1	7	0	43	5
Rochdale	1999–2000 [10] [lower-alpha 2]	Third Division	41	9	3	1	0	0	4 [lower-alpha 1]	0	48	10
	2000–01 [11]	Third Division	43	8	1	1	2	1	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	47	10
	2001–02 [12] [lower-alpha 3]	Third Division	43	7	3	0	2	0	2 [lower-alpha 4]	1	50	8
	2002–03 [14]	Third Division	42	6	6	3	1	0	0	0	49	9
	Total		169	30	13	5	5	1	7	1	194	37
Notts County	2003–04 [15]	Second Division	19	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	25	6
Peterborough United	2003–04 [15]	Second Division	18	2	—		—		—		18	2
	2004–05 [16]	League One	19	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	21	4
	Total		37	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	39	6
Milton Keynes Dons	2004–05 [16]	League One	20	3	—		—		—		20	3
	2005–06 [17]	League One	40	6	4	2	1	0	0	0	45	8
	2006–07 [18]	League Two	42	18	3	0	2	0	1 [lower-alpha 5]	0	48	18
	Total		102	27	7	2	3	0	1	0	113	29
Colchester United	2007–08 [19]	Championship	41	8	0	0	1	0	—		42	8
	2008–09 [20]	League One	43	10	1	0	2	0	2 [lower-alpha 1]	0	48	10
	2009–10 [21]	League One	41	7	2	1	1	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	1	45	9
	Total		125	25	3	1	4	0	3	1	135	27
Coventry City	2010–11 [22]	Championship	34	3	2	0	1	0	—		37	3
	2011–12 [23]	Championship	33	4	0	0	0	0	—		33	4
	Total		67	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	70	7
Northampton Town	2012–13 [24]	League Two	36	5	2	1	2	1	2 [lower-alpha 6]	0	42	7
	2013–14 [25]	League Two	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	1
	Total		47	6	3	1	2	1	2	0	54	8
Bury	2013–14 [25]	League Two	17	2	—		—		—		17	2
	2014–15 [26]	League Two	2	0	—		0	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		19	2	—		0	0	0	0	19	2
Career total			617	110	33	12	22	3	20	2	692	125

1. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
2. Figures include six league appearances and three goals while on loan from Walsall.
3. The 27 April 2002 match against Rushden & Diamonds, listed by Soccerbase as a regular-season league match, was in fact the first leg of the play-off semifinal. ^[13]
4. One appearance in Football League Trophy, one in Third Division play-offs
5. Appearance in League Two play-offs
6. One appearance in Football League Trophy, one in League Two play-offs

Honours

• Milton Keynes Dons Player of the Year: 2006–07 ^[27]

References

1. "Colchester sign Platt and Yeates". News.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
2. "BBC Sport - Coventry 2-4 Southampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
3. "BBC Sport - Coventry striker Clive Platt to sign for Northampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
4. "BBC Sport - Northampton release Clive Platt, sign Matty Blair and Sean McGinty". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
5. "Persistent injury problem leads to retirement for Clive Platt". Bury F.C. 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
6. Sewell, Albert, ed. (1996). News of the World Football Annual 1996–97. Invincible Press. p. 359. ISBN   978-0-00-218737-4.
7. "Games played by Clive Platt in 1996/1997". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
8. "Games played by Clive Platt in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
9. "Games played by Clive Platt in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
10. "Games played by Clive Platt in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
11. "Games played by Clive Platt in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
12. "Games played by Clive Platt in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
13. "Clive Platt: Club stats: Rochdale". 11v11.com. Association of Football Statisticians. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
14. "Games played by Clive Platt in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
15. "Games played by Clive Platt in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
16. "Games played by Clive Platt in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
17. "Games played by Clive Platt in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
18. "Games played by Clive Platt in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
19. "Games played by Clive Platt in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
20. "Games played by Clive Platt in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
21. "Games played by Clive Platt in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
22. "Games played by Clive Platt in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
23. "Games played by Clive Platt in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
24. "Games played by Clive Platt in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
25. "Games played by Clive Platt in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
26. "Games played by Clive Platt in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
27. "Gallery: Player of the Year winners". Milton Keynes Dons. 26 June 2020. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

External links

• Clive Platt at Soccerbase
• Profile at UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database