Roy Clarke (soccer player)

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Roy Clarke
Personnel
Surname Royston James Clarke
birthday June 1, 1925
place of birth Newport ,  Wales
date of death March 13, 2006
Place of death Sale ,  England
position Winger
Juniors
Years station
0000-1942 Albion Rovers
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1942-1947 Cardiff City 39 (11)
1947-1958 Manchester City 349 (73)
1958-1959 Stockport County 25 0(5)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1948-1956 Wales 22 0(5)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1963-1964 Northwich Victoria
1 Only league games are given.

Royston James Clarke (born June 1, 1925 in Newport , † March 13, 2006 in Sale ) was a Welsh football player who played for Cardiff City , Manchester City , Stockport County and the Welsh national team as a winger .

Clarke worked as a miner and went into amateur football. He signed a contract with Cardiff City in 1942 and became a professional footballer after the war . After he achieved promotion to Division Three (South) with Cardiff City in 1946/47 , he signed a contract with the second division club Manchester City in May 1947. Cardiff received £ 12,000 as a transfer fee .

Clarke was a regular for decades and completed a total of 349 games. In 1958, Clarke moved to Stockport County and was later briefly manager of Northwich Victoria . After retiring as a professional footballer, he ran a sports shop and then returned to Manchester City, where he ran a social club for nearly 25 years. He died in 2006 after a long illness of Alzheimer's .

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personal data
SURNAME Clarke, Roy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clarke, Royston James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION welsh football player
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Newport , Wales
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 2006
Place of death Sale , England