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 run to the 1987 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.
Career Dundee United Clark was born in Edinburgh and joined Dundee United in 1976 and began to play for the reserves as a forward where he scored over 100 goals. He made his debut in the 1982–83 season.
His best season was 1986–87 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 2–1 to IFK Göteborg.
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 City He moved to English club Stoke City in January 1994. Clark started his Stoke against Barnsley in a 3–0 defeat. He ended the 1993–94 season with 12 appearances. In 1994–95 Clark played in six matches and scored his only goal for Stoke which came in a 2–0 victory over Cesena in the Anglo-Italian Cup. When Lou Macari replaced Joe Jordan as manager in September 1994 Clark returned to Scotland.
Later career
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 statistics Sourced from
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsDundee United 1982–83Scottish Premier Division10101000301983–84Scottish Premier Division1013050302111984–85Scottish Premier Division1031033101561985–86Scottish Premier Division1110000201311986–87Scottish Premier Division30360101044771987–88Scottish Premier Division2838000323951988–89Scottish Premier Division2024030303021989–90Scottish Premier Division2914120323841990–91Scottish Premier Division1826200102541991–92Scottish Premier Division3412310003921992–93Scottish Premier Division3721300004121993–94Scottish Premier Division140003221193Total2421936323629933037Stoke City1993–94First Division1200000001201994–95First Division5000001161Total170000011181Career total25919363236301034838
A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup and UEFA Cup.
Honours Dundee United Scottish Cup runner-up: 1986–87, 1987–88, 1990–91 UEFA Cup runner-up: 1986–87
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