Peter Clark (footballer, born 1979)

Peter Clark
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-12-10) 10 December 1979
Place of birth Romford, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Position Defender
Youth career
1996–1998 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Carlisle United 79 (1)
2000–2003 Stockport County 72 (3)
2002 → Mansfield Town (loan) 4 (0)
2003–2004 Northampton Town 6 (0)
Total 161 (4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Clark (born 10 December 1979) is an English retired professional footballer who made over 150 league appearances as a defender.

Career

Born in Romford, Clark began his career as an apprentice at Arsenal,[2] but he never made a league appearance for the Gunners.[3] He signed for Carlisle United in 1998, making 79 league appearances.[4] He appeared in the famous Jimmy Glass game against Plymouth Argyle, in which the goalkeeper scored in the 94th minute to keep Carlisle United in the Football League.[5] He then signed for Stockport County, where he made 72 league appearances.[6] While at Stockport, Clark spent time on loan at Mansfield Town, where he made 4 league appearances.[7] Clark transferred from Stockport to Northampton Town for a undislosed fee in summer 2003.[8] He spent one season at Northampton Town, where he made 6 league appearances, before retiring due to injury.[9]

References

  1. ^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2003). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2003–04. London: Headline. p. 537. ISBN 978-0-7553-1228-3.
  2. ^ "Former Arsenal trainees, from about 1994". Arseweb. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  3. ^ "ARSENAL : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  4. ^ "CARLISLE UNITED : 1946/47 - 2003/04 & 2005/06 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  5. ^ Metcalf, Rupert (10 May 1999). "Carlisle raise a Glass to survival - Carlisle United 2 Plymouth Argyle 1". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  6. ^ "STOCKPORT COUNTY : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  7. ^ "MANSFIELD TOWN : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  8. ^ "Cobblers grab Reid". 3 June 2003. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  9. ^ "NORTHAMPTON TOWN : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 25 March 2009.


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