Billy Clark (footballer, born 1967) explained

Billy Clark
Fullname:William Raymond Clark
Birth Date:19 May 1967
Birth Place:Christchurch, England
Height:[1]
Position:Defender
Years1:1984–1987
Years2:1987–1997
Years3:1991
Years4:1997
Years5:1997–1999
Years6:1999–2001
Years7:2001–2003
Years8:2003–2005
Years9:2005–2007
Years10:2007
Clubs3:Bath City (loan)
Clubs4:Cheltenham Town (loan)
Clubs10:Weston-super-Mare
Caps1:4
Caps2:248
Caps3:3
Caps5:41
Caps6:75
Caps10:10
Goals1:0
Goals2:14
Goals3:0
Goals5:3
Goals6:6
Goals10:0

William Raymond Clark (born 19 May 1967) is a former professional footballer and a current youth team coach with Bath City. He has four children called Charlie, Millie and Bonney and Bailey Clark.

Clark was born in Christchurch, Hampshire on the south coast of England and began his footballing career as a trainee with AFC Bournemouth. Most of his career was spent with Bristol Rovers, where he spent ten years and made 289 appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring fifteen goals.

Recently, Clark rejoined Weston-super-Mare for his second stint with the club. He captained The Seagulls from 2003 to 2005 before moving to rivals Clevedon Town. His role with Weston was a coach/player which he played defense as well as being used in a coaching capacity.

Clark has since retired from professional football with Weston-super-Mare retaining his rights. He was a youth coach with Bristol Rovers before moving on to perform the same role with Bath City FC in 2009.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Dunk, Peter . Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 . 74 . Queen Anne Press . 20 August 1987 . 978-0-3561435-4-5 . 1 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Clark takes the reins as Bath City academy coach . https://archive.today/20130505065757/http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/news/Clark-takes-reins-Bath-City-academy-coach/article-1119683-detail/article.html . dead . 5 May 2013 . This Is Somerset . 29 June 2009 .