About Allan Clarke
Born 1946. Allan Clarke is a British association football player and association football coach.
Allan John Clarke (born 31 July 1946),
Career
Early career Clarke was born in Short Heath, Willenhall, Staffordshire. He is the third of seven children. Clarke joined Walsall in 1961 as an apprentice, Clarke spent just one season at Leicester City, in which he scored the winning goal in the semi-final of the 1969 FA Cup, knocking out the team he had supported as a boy – West Bromwich Albion. He also played in the FA Cup final and was man of the match, despite Leicester City losing 1–0 to Manchester City. For the second time, Clarke had topped the British football transfer fee record. He made his debut for his country against Czechoslovakia in the heat and pressure of a World Cup first-round match. A goal down, England were awarded a penalty from which Clarke scored, and under him they won promotion to the old third Division in May 1979, with Clarke scoring 12 goals himself that season including a hat-trick against Port Vale on Boxing Day. Clarke then began to bring in new players such as Trevor Aylott and Derrick Parker and Ian Evans and Barnsley finished mid-table. Clarke was a travelling salesman for MTS Nationwide, a firm based at Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
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1963–64 Third Division
1964–65 Third Division
1965–66 Third Division
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1965–66 First Division
1966–67 First Division
1967–68 First Division
86!!45!!6!!5!!8!!7!!0!!0!!100!!57 Leicester City 1968–69 First Division
1969–70 First Division
1970–71 First Division
1971–72 First Division
1972–73 First Division
1973–74 First Division
1974–75 First Division
1975–76 First Division
1976–77 First Division
1977–78 First Division
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1978–79 Fourth Division
1979–80 Third Division
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515!!224!!66!!35!!33!!13!!33!!14!!647!!286
Honours Leicester City FA Cup runner-up: 1968–69
Leeds United Football League First Division: 1973–74 FA Cup: 1971–72; runner-up: 1969–70, 1972–73 FA Charity Shield: 1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1970–71 European Cup runner-up: 1974–75
Individual PFA Team of the Year: 1973–74 First Division
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Frequently asked questions
Who is Allan Clarke?
English footballer
When was Allan Clarke born?
Allan Clarke was born on 31 July 1946 in Willenhall.
What is Allan Clarke's occupation?
Allan Clarke is an association football player and association football coach.
What nationality is Allan Clarke?
Allan Clarke is British.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Allan Clarke (footballer)
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Allan Clarke. https://biography.guide/allan-clarke/
MLA: "Allan Clarke." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/allan-clarke/.
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