Cliff Carr

Cliff Carr
Personal information
Full name Clifford Paul Carr[1]
Date of birth (1964-06-19) 19 June 1964[1]
Place of birth London Borough of Hackney, England[1]
Playing position 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

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fulham 1982–83 Second Division 6100100071
1983–84 Second Division 414205000484
1984–85 Second Division 384103100425
1985–86 Second Division 354104120425
1986–87 Third Division 251000020271
Total 14514401324016616
Stoke City 1987–88 Second Division 410203040500
1988–89 Second Division 411301010461
1989–90 Second Division 220100020250
1990–91 Third Division 200001010220
Total 12416050801431
Shrewsbury Town 1991–92 Third Division 1100110022
Total 1100110022
Mansfield Town 1991–92 Fourth Division 200000020220
Total 200000020220
Chesterfield 1992–93 Third Division 421204050531
1993–94 Third Division 230104010290
Total 651308060821
Career Total 3551713027320041520
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Full Members Cup and Football League Trophy.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 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.
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