Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Brown Clark | ||
Date of birth | (1964-09-22) 22 September 1964 (age 59) | ||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1976β1982 | Dundee United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1982β1994 | Dundee United | 242 | (19) |
1994 | Stoke City | 17 | (0) |
1994β1996 | Falkirk | 48 | (10) |
1996β1997 | Dunfermline Athletic | 19 | (2) |
1996 | Ross County | 1 | (1) |
1996 | Ayr United | 1 | (0) |
1997β1999 | Berwick Rangers | 26 | (2) |
Total | 354 | (34) | |
Managerial career | |||
2001β2004 | Gala Fairydean | ||
2004β2005 | 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: runββto theββ1987 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.
He also played for Stoke City, Falkirk, Dunfermline Athletic, Ross County, Ayr United and Berwick Rangers.
Careerβ»
Dundee Unitedβ»
Clark was born in Edinburgh and joined Dundee United in 1976 and beganββto play for the reserves as a forward where he scored over 100 goals. He made his debut in the 1982β83.
His best season was 1986β87 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 2β1 to IFK GΓΆteborg.
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 Cityβ»
He moved to English club Stoke City in January 1994. Clark started his Stoke against Barnsley in a 3β0 defeat. He ended the 1993β94 season with 12 appearances. In 1994β95 Clark played in six matches and scored his only goal for Stoke which came in a 2β0 victory over Cesena in the Anglo-Italian Cup. When Lou Macari replaced Joe Jordan as manager in September 1994 Clark returned to Scotland.
Later careerβ»
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 statisticsβ»
- Sourced from John Clark at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dundee United | 1982β83 | Scottish Premier Division | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
1983β84 | Scottish Premier Division | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
1984β85 | Scottish Premier Division | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | |
1985β86 | Scottish Premier Division | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
1986β87 | Scottish Premier Division | 30 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 47 | 7 | |
1987β88 | Scottish Premier Division | 28 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 5 | |
1988β89 | Scottish Premier Division | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 2 | |
1989β90 | Scottish Premier Division | 29 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 4 | |
1990β91 | Scottish Premier Division | 18 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | |
1991β92 | Scottish Premier Division | 34 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2 | |
1992β93 | Scottish Premier Division | 37 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2 | |
1993β94 | 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 | 1993β94 | First Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
1994β95 | 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.
Honoursβ»
- Dundee United
Referencesβ»
- ^ "John Clark". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era β A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
- ^ "John Clark". Dundee United F.C. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ Winton, Richard (20 May 2020). "On This Day: Dundee United reach Uefa Cup final in 1987". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ 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.
External linksβ»
- John Clark at Post War English & Scottish Football League AβZ Player's Transfer Database
- John Clark at Soccerbase
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Edinburgh
- Scottish men's footballers
- Scottish Football League players
- English Football League players
- Dundee United F.C. players
- Stoke City F.C. players
- Falkirk F.C. players
- Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players
- Ross County F.C. players
- Berwick Rangers F.C. players
- Gala Fairydean Rovers F.C. players
- Ayr United F.C. players
- Scottish football managers
- Men's association football central defenders
- Gala Fairydean Rovers F.C. managers