John Clark (footballer, born 1964)

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John Clark
Personal information
Full name John Brown Clark [1]
Date of birth (1964-09-22) 22 September 1964 (age 58) [2]
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland [2]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1976–1982 Dundee United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1982–1994 Dundee United 242 (19)
1994 Stoke City 17 (0)
1994–1996 Falkirk 48 (10)
1996–1997 Dunfermline Athletic 19 (2)
1996 Ross County 1 (1)
1996 Ayr United 1 (0)
1997–1999 Berwick Rangers 26 (2)
Total354(34)
Managerial career
2001–2004 Gala Fairydean
2004–2005 Whitehill Welfare
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Brown Clark (born 22 September 1964) is a Scottish former footballer. He is best known for his achievements in a lengthy playing career with Dundee United. He top scored for them in the run to the 1987 UEFA Cup Final in which he scored in the defeat in the final. Among his four goals in that run was one against FC Barcelona at Camp Nou in the quarter-final. [2] [3]

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He also played for Stoke City, Falkirk, Dunfermline Athletic, Ross County, Ayr United and Berwick Rangers.

Career

Dundee United

Clark was born in Edinburgh and joined Dundee United in 1976 and began to play for the reserves as a forward where he scored over 100 goals. [3] He made his debut in the 1982–83.

His best season was 1986–87 where he featured prominently at centre half. He was their top scorer on the way to the 1987 UEFA Cup Final with a goal against each of Universitatea Craiova, Hajduk Split and FC Barcelona at the Camp Nou. He also scored in the second leg of the final at Tannadice Park as United lost 2–1 to IFK Göteborg. [3] [4] [5]

That same season United also lost the 1987 Scottish Cup Final to St Mirren as they also did the season after to Celtic. Clark remained a regular in the Tannadice defence for the late 1980s and early 1990s making 330 appearances scoring 37 goals.

Stoke City

He moved to English club Stoke City in January 1994. [3] Clark started his Stoke against Barnsley in a 3–0 defeat. [2] He ended the 1993–94 season with 12 appearances. [2] In 1994–95 Clark played in six matches and scored his only goal for Stoke which came in a 2–0 victory over Cesena in the Anglo-Italian Cup. [2] When Lou Macari replaced Joe Jordan as manager in September 1994 Clark returned to Scotland.

Later career

Clark next joined Falkirk before transferring part way through his second season to Dunfermline. He had short spells also playing for Ayr United, Ross County and Berwick Rangers. He became Assistant Manager at Berwick.

Clark then dropped out of senior football with Gala Fairydean where he became player-manager. He became manager of Whitehill Welfare in 2004.

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOther [A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dundee United 1982–83 Scottish Premier Division 1010100030
1983–84 Scottish Premier Division101305030211
1984–85 Scottish Premier Division103103310156
1985–86 Scottish Premier Division111000020131
1986–87 Scottish Premier Division3036010104477
1987–88 Scottish Premier Division283800032395
1988–89 Scottish Premier Division202403030302
1989–90 Scottish Premier Division291412032384
1990–91 Scottish Premier Division182620010254
1991–92 Scottish Premier Division341231000392
1992–93 Scottish Premier Division372130000412
1993–94 Scottish Premier Division140003221193
Total2421936323629933037
Stoke City 1993–94 First Division 120000000120
1994–95 First Division5000001161
Total170000011181
Career Total25919363236301034838
A.  ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup and UEFA Cup.

Honours

Dundee United

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References

  1. ↑ "John Clark". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN   1-874287-39-2.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "John Clark". Dundee United F.C. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  4. ↑ Winton, Richard (20 May 2020). "On This Day: Dundee United reach Uefa Cup final in 1987". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  5. ↑ Strachan, Graeme (20 May 2022). "Dundee United photos found in attic show amazing Uefa Cup final scenes at Tannadice". The Courier. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
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