Billy Clark (footballer, born 1967)

William Raymond Clark (born 19 May 1967) is a former professional footballer and a current youth team coach with Bath City.

Billy Clark

Personal information
Full name	William Raymond Clark[1]
Date of birth	(1967-05-19) 19 May 1967 (age 57)[1]
Place of birth	Christchurch, England[1]
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s)	Defender[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1987	AFC Bournemouth	4	(0)
1987–1997	Bristol Rovers	248	(14)
1991	→Bath City (loan)	3	(0)
1997	→ Cheltenham Town (loan)
1997–1999	Exeter City	41	(3)
1999–2001	Forest Green Rovers	75	(6)
2001–2003	Newport County
2003–2005	Weston-super-Mare
2005–2007	Clevedon Town
2007	Weston-super-Mare	10	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

Later, 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 subsequently retired from professional football. He was a youth coach with Bristol Rovers before moving on to perform the same role with Bath City FC in 2009.^[3]

External links

• Billy Clark at Soccerbase