Clive Stafford

Clive Stafford (born 4 April 1963) is an English former professional footballer.

Career Born in Ipswich, Stafford joined local amateur club Coplestonians in his teens, where he spent eight years, before joining Achilles in 1985. Three years later he signed for Diss Town. Working in the insurance industry at the time, following trials with Ipswich Town in January 1989, However, after just over a year at Colchester, including a loan spell at Exeter City and a trial at West Brom, he returned to non-League football with Bury Town.

In 1992, he signed for Sudbury Town, where he played alongside several other ex-Colchester players in a team that reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time in the club's history. In 1998, he joined Felixstowe Port & Town, ending his playing career at the end of the season.

Stafford later served as reserve team manager at Woodbridge Town, and currently coaches at Coplestonians. He has also appeared in friendly matches for Suffolk County Cricket Club.