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FRANK CLARK

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Born:       9th September 1943
Birthplace: Durham
Height:     ?`?" (1??cm)
Weight:     ??st. ?lb (??kg)
Pos:        Defender
Record:	    Year  Club           Games Goals 

Career summary:

  • Born 9th September 1943 in Durham.
  • Wins the Amateur Cup with Crook Town in 1961.
  • Joins Newcastle in 1963, going on to make 388 League appearances for them.
  • Wins the Second Division Championship in 1965.
  • Wins the Fairs Cup in 1969.
  • Joins Nottingham Forest on a free transfer in 1975, going on to make 166 appearances for them.
  • Wins the League Championship and the League Cup in 1978.
  • Wins the European Cup and the League Cup again in 1979.
  • Becomes the manager of Leyton Orient in 1983.
  • Becomes the Managing Director of Leyton Orient in 1991.
  • Becomes the manager of Nottingham Forest in 1993 and wins promotion to the Premier League at the first attempt.
  • Reaches quarter-finals of UEFA Cup in 1995/6.
  • Resigns as manager on 19th December 1996 after failing to win any game since the opening day of the season.
  • Accepts the job at Manchester City on the 30th of December 1996, as their 5th manager that year (Ball, Hartford, Coppell, Neal).
  • Sacked as City manager on February 18th 1998, and Joe Royle is installed as manager the same day. Clark was informed by the sacking when he was listening to the radio on his way to the training ground.

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