Clive Whitehead

Clive Whitehead
Personal information
Full name	Clive Robert Whitehead
Date of birth	24 November 1955 (age 67)
Place of birth	Northfield, Birmingham, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Utility player
Youth career
1973	Bristol City
Senior career*
Years	Team
1973–1981	Bristol City
1981–1987	West Bromwich Albion
1986	→ Wolves (loan)
1987–1989	Portsmouth
1989–1990	Exeter City
1990–1991	Yeovil Town
Managerial career
1990–1991	Yeovil Town (player-manager)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Last updated November 13, 2023

Clive Robert Whitehead (born 24 November 1955) is an English former footballer.

Life and career

Whitehead was born in Northfield, Birmingham. He played for Bordesley Green Boys and Northfield Juniors during his youth and had a trial with Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1971. In March 1973 he joined Bristol City and turned professional with the club five months later. He scored the winning goal to help the club to achieve promotion from the Second Division in 1975–76. Whitehead was transferred to West Bromwich Albion in November 1981, for a fee of £100,000, and made his debut for his new club away at Tottenham Hotspur in a First Division match. During the 1985–86 season he was loaned to Albion's local rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers. He joined Portsmouth on a free transfer in July 1987 and remained with the club until another free transfer to Exeter City in July 1989. A move to Yeovil Town followed in October 1990, with Whitehead taking up the role of player-manager, but he was dismissed from the position in April 1991. He then worked as an academy coach and scout at his former club Bristol City and flirted with the idea of becoming the clubs first ever Community Officer, and later as a football agent and referee's assessor.^[2]

Whitehead's older brother Alan also played professional football.^[3]

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References

↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 384. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
↑ Matthews, Tony (2005). The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion. Breedon Books. pp. 242–243. ISBN 1-85983-474-4.
↑ Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.

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[1] Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 384. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.

[2] Matthews, Tony (2005). The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion. Breedon Books. pp. 242–243. ISBN 1-85983-474-4.

[3] Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.

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