Jamie Clarke

Grimsby Town Only a few weeks after the end of the 2006–07 season, Clarke was the first new face in at Grimsby Town for the 2007–08 campaign. Manager Alan Buckley brought him in as the club's new right back, to cater for the vacant spot left by retiring and long serving legend John McDermott. Despite this, Clarke was also deployed in midfield during his first season. He managed to make an appearance at Wembley Stadium for the club, as they lost 2–0 to Milton Keynes Dons in the Final of the Football League Trophy. In the 2008–09 season, Buckley signed Robbie Stockdale as the club's first choice right back, giving Clarke an uphill struggle to claim a place in the team. His adopted midfield role was his main role throughout the season. However, when Buckley was sacked, his replacement Mike Newell opted to bring in fresh faces in both defence and midfield, making several players come ahead of Clarke in the pecking order. Clarke eventually would only be called upon in the event of illness or injury. At the end of the season, Newell commented on BBC Radio Humberside that Clarke as well as fellow utility player Danny Boshell may still be offered a fresh deal, and Clarke put pen to paper to sign a fresh one-year deal a week later. On 13 January 2010, new manager Neil Woods told Clarke, along with Danny Boshell, Matthew Heywood and Barry Conlon that they were free to leave the club in the January transfer window. Clarke was released by the club on 2 February 2010, along with Boshell and Heywood.

York City A few hours after his release from Grimsby, Clarke signed for Conference Premier team York City on a contract until the end of the 2009–10 season. He made his debut in a 2–1 defeat to Barrow in the FA Trophy quarter-final on 2 March 2010.

Gainsborough Trinity and Guiseley Clarke went on trial with newly relegated Conference Premier team Darlington in July 2010 and he played in a 3–0 pre-season friendly defeat to Carlisle United. He then had a trial with Gateshead in August. Following a trial with St Johnstone of the Scottish Premier League, Clarke eventually signed for Conference North team Gainsborough Trinity in August 2010. Clarke was released in May 2011.

On 6 July 2011 he signed for fellow Conference North side Guiseley, going on to make 55 appearances including defeat in the 2011–12 Conference North play-off semi finals.

Career break In December 2012 he announced his departure from the club by revealing he had accepted a job to become a coach at a football academy in Chang Mai in Thailand.

Return to Football After a short spell with Scottish Junior club Broughty Athletic, Clarke signed for Scottish League Two club Arbroath in July 2015. After being released by Arbroath, Clarke joined Montrose in January 2016. In July 2016, Montrose announced that he had left the club due to work commitments.

Coaching career Clarke previously spent time coaching at the Traidhos Football Academy in Chiang Mai, Thailand. After his short stint in Scotland with both Montrose and Arbroath Clarke accepted a position to become a football coach once again for a football development project linking Thai footballers to English football teams, in Bangkok, Thailand.

Clarke joined Traill International School as head coach until March 2021 before leaving to join Thai Amateur team FCBangSaoTong (Formerly known as QonQuest FC ) as head coach where he has been tasked to help the team qualify for the Thai League 3 competition.

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