John Clark (footballer, born 1964)

John Clark
Personal information
Full name	John Brown Clark^[1]
Date of birth	(1964-09-22) 22 September 1964^[1]
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland^[1]
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
1976–1978	Dundee United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1981–1994	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)
Total		354	(34)
Teams managed
2001–2004	Gala Fairydean
2004–2005	Whitehill Welfare
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

John Brown Clark (born 22 September 1964) is a Scottish former footballer who played for Dundee United, Stoke City, Falkirk, Dunfermline Athletic, Ross County, Ayr United and Berwick Rangers. He scored for the club in the 1987 UEFA Cup Final, but was unable to prevent their defeat to IFK Göteborg of Sweden in that game.^[1]^[2]

Career

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.^[2] He made his debut in the 1982–83 and the 1986–87 season, Clark was covering for Paul Hegarty at centre half for a good part of the season, earning a starting role for much of the UEFA Cup run, and scored four goals on the way to the 1987 UEFA Cup Final, including the decisive header in the Camp Nou and his strike in the final at Tannadice as Dundee United lost 2–1 to Swedish side IFK Göteborg.^[2] Clark remained a regular in the Tannadice defence for the last 1980s and early 1990s and after making 330 appearances for Dundee United scoring 37 goals he moved on English club Stoke City in January 1994.^[2]

Clark made a poor start to his Stoke career as he struggled in his debut against Barnsley in a 3–0 defeat.^[1] His performances in 1993–94 didn't improve a great deal and he ended the season with 12 appearances.^[1] 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.^[1] When Lou Macari replaced Joe Jordan as manager in September 1994 Clark returned to Scotland with Falkirk, later playing for Dunfermline before winding up his senior career with Berwick Rangers. Clark then moved into lower league football with Gala Fairydean where he became player-manager, before becoming manager with Whitehill Welfare in 2004.

Career statistics

Sourced from The English National Football Archive

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[A]		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dundee United	1982–83	Scottish Premier Division	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
	1983–84	Scottish Premier Division	10	1	3	0	5	0	3	0	21	1
	1984–85	Scottish Premier Division	10	3	1	0	3	3	1	0	15	6
	1985–86	Scottish Premier Division	11	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	1
	1986–87	Scottish Premier Division	30	3	6	0	1	0	10	4	47	7
	1987–88	Scottish Premier Division	28	3	8	0	0	0	3	2	39	5
	1988–89	Scottish Premier Division	20	2	4	0	3	0	3	0	30	2
	1989–90	Scottish Premier Division	29	1	4	1	2	0	3	2	38	4
	1990–91	Scottish Premier Division	18	2	6	2	0	0	1	0	25	4
	1991–92	Scottish Premier Division	34	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	39	2
	1992–93	Scottish Premier Division	37	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	41	2
	1993–94	Scottish Premier Division	14	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	19	3
	Total		242	19	36	3	23	6	29	9	330	37
Stoke City	1993–94	First Division	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
	1994–95	First Division	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	1
	Total		17	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	18	1
Career Total			259	19	36	3	23	6	30	10	348	38

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup and UEFA Cup.

Honours

Dundee United

Scottish Cup runner-up: 1986–87, 1987–88, 1990–91
UEFA Cup runner-up: 1986–87

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
1 2 3 4 "John Clark". Dundee United F.C. Retrieved 20 April 2013.

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