Clive Stafford

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Clive Stafford
Personal information
Full name Clive Andrew Stafford
Date of birth (1963-04-04) 4 April 1963 (age 58)
Place of birth Ipswich, England
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Coplestonians
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1985 Coplestonians
1985–1988 Achilles
1988–1989 Diss Town
1989–1990 Colchester United 33 (0)
1989–1990 → Exeter City (loan) 2 (1)
1990–1992 Bury Town
1992–1998 Sudbury Town
1998–1999 Felixstowe Port & Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Clive Stafford (born 4 April 1963) is an English former professional footballer.

Career[]

Born in Ipswich, Stafford joined local amateur club Coplestonians in his teens, where he spent eight years, before joining Achilles in 1985.[1] Three years later he signed for Diss Town. Working in the insurance industry at the time, following trials with Ipswich Town in January 1989,[1] he turned professional after signing for Colchester United on 5 March.[2] However, after just over a year at Colchester, including a loan spell at Exeter City and a trial at West Brom, he returned to non-League football with Bury Town.

In 1992, he signed for Sudbury Town, where he played alongside several other ex-Colchester players in a team that reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time in the club's history.[3] In 1998, he joined Felixstowe Port & Town, ending his playing career at the end of the season.[1]

Stafford later served as reserve team manager at Woodbridge Town, and currently coaches at Coplestonians. He has also appeared in friendly matches for Suffolk County Cricket Club.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Clive's fairytale move to professional football East Anglian Daily Times, 18 November 2010
  2. ^ Player profile - Clive Stafford Archived 7 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine Colchester United Archive Database
  3. ^ Football: FA Cup Countdown: Powling's paupers can cash in The Independent, 15 November 1996
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