Clive Stafford

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Clive Stafford
Personal information
Full name Clive Andrew Stafford
Date of birth (1963-04-04) 4 April 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth Ipswich, England
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Coplestonians
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1977–1985 Coplestonians
1985–1988 Achilles
1988–1989 Diss Town
1989–1990 Colchester United 33 (0)
1989–1990 → Exeter City (loan) 2 (1)
1990–1992 Bury Town
1992–1998 Sudbury Town
1998–1999 Felixstowe Port & Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Clive Stafford (born 4 April 1963) is an English former professional footballer.

Career

Born in Ipswich, Stafford joined local amateur club Coplestonians in his teens, where he spent eight years, before joining Achilles in 1985. [1] Three years later he signed for Diss Town. Working in the insurance industry at the time, following trials with Ipswich Town in January 1989, [1] he turned professional after signing for Colchester United on 5 March. [2] However, after just over a year at Colchester, including a loan spell at Exeter City and a trial at West Brom, he returned to non-League football with Bury Town.

In 1992, he signed for Sudbury Town, where he played alongside several other ex-Colchester players in a team that reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time in the club's history. [3] In 1998, he joined Felixstowe Port & Town, ending his playing career at the end of the season. [1]

Stafford later served as reserve team manager at Woodbridge Town, and currently coaches at Coplestonians. He has also appeared in friendly matches for Suffolk County Cricket Club. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Clive's fairytale move to professional football East Anglian Daily Times, 18 November 2010
  2. ↑ Player profile - Clive Stafford Archived 7 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine Colchester United Archive Database
  3. ↑ Football: FA Cup Countdown: Powling's paupers can cash in The Independent, 15 November 1996
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