Nobby Clark (footballer)

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Nobby Clark
Personal information
Full name Robert Clark
Date of birth (1950-04-12) 12 April 1950 (age 73)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Sighthill Amateurs
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1969–1975 Partick Thistle 97 (1)
1975–1984 Queen of the South 276 (6)
Total373(7)
Managerial career
1984–1986 Queen of the South
1986–1987 Stranraer
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert"Nobby"Clark (born 12 April 1950) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played for Partick Thistle and then served Queen of the South as both player and manager.

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Playing career

With Partick Thistle, Clark scored a single goal in a 1–1 draw against Rangers. He played in the club's 1972 UEFA Cup campaign. [1] He was inducted into the club's 'Hall of Fame' in 2009 for his part in the 1971 Scottish League Cup Final-winning campaign, when all players who contributed to that victory were recognised. In total Clark played 154 games for Partick Thistle (including Scottish Football League, Scottish Cup, League Cup, Glasgow Cup and UEFA Cup fixtures). [2]

As a defensive cornerstone from 1975 until 1984, Clark made 276 league appearances and scored six goals for Queen of the South, [3] (340 first team appearances in all, placing him fourteenth in ranking of games played in their history). [1] Jimmy Robertson was later interviewed by the club, and named Clark as being one of the best players that he played alongside at Palmerston Park. [4]

Managerial and coaching career

Clark went on to be the manager of Queen of the South when he stopped playing at the end of the 1983-84 season for two years. It was during this time that he signed Tommy Bryce for the Dumfries club. [5] Clark is the only person to gain promotion with Queens as a player and then go on to repeat the feat as manager. [1]

Clark left to manage Stranraer at the start of the 1986-87 season. He was in charge at Stair Park until November 1987, when he was replaced as manager by "Sanny" McAnespie. [6] [7]

In 2001 Clark, joined Motherwell as a youth coach and first team opposition scout. He served managers Eric Black, Terry Butcher, Maurice Malpas, Mark McGhee and Jim Gannon before leaving to join up with McGhee at Aberdeen in 2009, and continued to work at the club carrying out first team opposition reports for managers Craig Brown and Derek McInnes over the next decade.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Legends - Nobby Clark, Queen of the South FC, August 2009
  2. ↑ Players C, Partick Thistle History Archive
  3. ↑ Nobby Clark at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  4. ↑ Jimmy Robertson interview and career profile
  5. ↑ Tommy Bryce interview and career profile
  6. ↑ "Stairparkonline.co.uk".
  7. ↑ "History – Stranraer FC".
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