Cliff Carr

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Cliff Carr
Personal information
Full name Clifford Paul Carr[1]
Date of birth (1964-06-19) 19 June 1964 (age 57)[1]
Place of birth London Borough of Hackney, England[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1980–1982 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1987 Fulham 145 (14)
1987–1991 Stoke City 124 (1)
1991–1992 Shrewsbury Town 1 (1)
1992 Telford United
1992 Mansfield Town 20 (0)
1992–1994 Chesterfield 65 (1)
– Telford United
Total 355 (17)
National team
1985 England U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Clifford Paul "Cliff" Carr (born 19 July 1964) was a footballer who played in The Football League for Chesterfield, Fulham, Mansfield Town, Shrewsbury Town and Stoke City.[1][2]

Career[]

Carr was born in Hackney and started his career at Fulham's youth team and broke into the first team at Craven Cottage in 1982.[1] He went on to be captain for the "Cottagers" and made over 150 first team games for the West London club and earned an England U21 cap in 1985. Fulham were relegated to the third tier in 1985–86 and after almost slipping to a second consecutive relegation Carr joined Stoke City for a fee of £45,000 in August 1987.[1] He had a poor start to his Stoke career under Mick Mills and there was much speculation that he be quickly leaving but he improved in his performances and claimed the left back position and became a popular player with the Victoria Ground support. He played 50 times in 1987–88 and 46 times in 1988–89 during which time he scored his only goal for the "Potters" which came in a 4–0 win over Hull City on 13 November 1988.[1] Injury prevented from playing in the first three months of the 1989–90 as Stoke ended up being relegated to the Third Division.[1] The 1990–91 was an awful one for Stoke as they finished in their lowest ever league position, Carr making 22 appearances.[1] In total he made 143 appearances for Stoke scoring once before being released by new manager Lou Macari.[1]

After a brief spell at non-league Shrewsbury Town where he scored twice in two matches for the "Shrews" he played for non-league Telford United before joining Mansfield Town.[1] He played 22 matches for the "Stags" in the 1991–92 helping them gain promotion to the Third Division and then joined their local rivals Chesterfield.[1] Carr spent two seasons at Saltergate making 82 appearances scoring once. He then returned to Telford United where he ended his career.[1]

Career statistics[]

Source:[3]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fulham 1982–83 Second Division 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1
1983–84 Second Division 41 4 2 0 5 0 0 0 48 4
1984–85 Second Division 38 4 1 0 3 1 0 0 42 5
1985–86 Second Division 35 4 1 0 4 1 2 0 42 5
1986–87 Third Division 25 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 27 1
Total 145 14 4 0 13 2 4 0 166 16
Stoke City 1987–88 Second Division 41 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 50 0
1988–89 Second Division 41 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 46 1
1989–90 Second Division 22 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 25 0
1990–91 Third Division 20 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 22 0
Total 124 1 6 0 5 0 8 0 143 1
Shrewsbury Town 1991–92 Third Division 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2
Mansfield Town 1991–92 Fourth Division 20 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22 0
Chesterfield 1992–93 Third Division 42 1 2 0 4 0 5 0 53 1
1993–94 Third Division 23 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 29 0
Total 65 1 3 0 8 0 6 0 82 1
Career Total 355 17 13 0 27 3 20 0 415 20
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Full Members Cup and Football League Trophy.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
  2. ^ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  3. ^ Cliff Carr at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

External links[]

  • Cliff Carr at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
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