John Clarke (Gaelic footballer)

John Clarke
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Full Forward/Half Back
Born	County Down, Northern Ireland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
1999-Present	An Riocht
Club titles
Down titles	2
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2001-2011	Down
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	1
All-Irelands	1
NFL	0

John Clarke is a Gaelic footballer from County Down, Northern Ireland. He plays for the Down senior inter-county football team and with his local club An Riocht,Kilkeel GAA.

He started at full forward and scored a point in the 2010 All-Ireland Football Final where Down were defeated 0-15 to 0-16 by Cork.^[1] He is the older brother of Martin Clarke .

Club

Clarke back to back Down Minor Football Championships 2000 2001. In 2006 he helped An Riocht to a Division 2 title in the 2007 he helped them to the club's first ever Division 1 title beating Kilcoo. However in 2008 the club lost there title and went back to Division 2. 2009 he collected his second Division 2 title beating Ballyholland Harps 1-14 to 2-08.

Honours

2 Down Minor Championship 2000 2001
1 Down Division 1 Football League 2007
2 Down Division 2 Football League 2006 2009
1 Ulster Minor Football Championship 1999
1 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship 1999
1 Dr McKenna Cup 2008

References

↑ "All-Ireland SFC Final: Cork 0-16 0-15 Down". BBC Sport. 2010-09-19. Retrieved 2010-10-27.

Down – 1999 All-Ireland Minor Football Champions (3rd title)

1 J. Sloan 2 J. Clarke 3 B. Grant 4 M. Doran 5 B. Kearney 6 L. Doyle (c) 7 C. Murtagh 8 L. Sloan 9 B. Coulter 10 D. McGrady 11 M. Walsh 12 R. Murtagh 13 P.J. McAlinden 14 J. Fegan 15 R. Sexton

Down – 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 B. McVeigh
2 D. McCartan
3 D. Gordon
4 D. Rafferty
5 D. Rooney
6 K. McKernan
7 C. Garvey
8 P. Fitzpatrick
9 K. King
10 D. Hughes
11 M. Poland
12 B. Coulter (c)
13 P. McComiskey
14 J. Clarke
15 M. Clarke

Sub used: 25 C. Maginn for J. Clarke; 20 B. MacArdle for D. Rafferty; 29 A. Brannigan for K. King; 30 C. Laverty for M. Poland; 27 R. Murtagh for P. McComiskey

Subs not used: D. Alder; A .Carr; J. Colgan; L. Howard; D. O'Hagan; M. Doran; A. Rodgers; R. Sexton; J. Browne; G. McArdle; K. Anderson; A. McArdle; P. Devlin; K. Duffin; L. Lennon; C. Murdock

Manager: J. McCartan

Backroom team: B. McIver; P. Tally; J. Johnston

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