- Nobby Clark (footballer)
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Nobby Clark Personal information Full name Nobby Clark Date of birth 12 April 1952 Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position Defender Youth career Sighthill Amateurs Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1969–1975 Partick Thistle 97 (1) 1975–1984 Queen of the South 276 (6) Total 373 (7) Teams managed 1984–1986 Queen of the South 1986-1987 Stranraer * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Nobby Clark is a former Scottish professional footballer who played for Partick Thistle and then served Queen of the South as both player and manager.
With Partick Thistle, Clark scored a single goal in a 1-1 draw against Rangers. He played in the club's 1972 UEFA Cup campaign.[1]
As the defensive cornerstone from 1975 until 1984, Clark made 276 league appearances and scored 6 goals for Queens (340 first team appearances in all). Clark is the only person to gain promotion with Queens as a player and then go on to repeat the feat as Queens manager.[1] Jimmy Robertson was later interviewed by Queens and named Clark as being one of the best players that he played alongside at Palmerston Park.[2]
Clark went on to be the manager of Queens when he stopped playing at the end of the 1983-84 season for two years. It was during this time that Clark signed Tommy Bryce for the Dumfries club. [3]
Clark left Queens to manage Stranraer at the start of the 1986-87 season. He was in charge at Stair Park until November 1987, when he was replaced as manager by Alex "Sanny" McAnespie. [4] [5]
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Queen of the South F.C. – managers Directors (1919–21) · Dodds (1922–23) · Directors (1924–27) · Wright (1928–31) · Directors (1932–1934) · McLachlan (1935–37) · Ferguson (1937–38) · McKinnell, Sr. (1938–46) · McKinnell, Jr. (1946–61) · Farm (1961–64) · Directors (1964–65) · Shearer (1965–66) · Husband (1967–68) · Directors (1968–70) · Davis (1970–71) · Easton (1971–73) · McLean (1973–75) · Jackson (1975–78) · Hunter (1978–79) · Little (1979–80) · Herd (1980–81) · Hood (1981–82) · Busby (1982–84) · Clark (1984–86) · Jackson (1986–87) · Wilson (1987–89) · McLaren (1989–90) · McGarvey (1990–91) · MacLeod (1991–92) · Frye (1992–93) · McLaren (1993–96) · Alexander (1996–99) · Rowe & Eadie (1999–00) · Connolly (2000–04) · Scott (2004–05) · McCall (2005–07) · Chisholm (2007–10) · Brannigan (2010–11) MacPherson (2011–present)
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