Clive Walker (footballer, born 1945)

Clive Walker
Personal information
Full name David Clive Allan Walker
Date of birth (1945-10-24) 24 October 1945 (age 79)
Place of birth Watford, England
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1966 Leicester City 17 (0)
1966–1969 Northampton Town 72 (1)
1969–1975 Mansfield Town 229 (8)
1975–? Chelmsford City
Gravesend & Northfleet
Managerial career
1979–1980 Northampton Town
1982–1984 Northampton Town
1992 Maidstone United
2002–2003 Dover Athletic
2005–2007 Dover Athletic
2007 Ashford Town (Kent)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Clive Allan Walker (born 24 October 1945) is an English-born former professional association footballer who played as a full back in the 1960s and 1970s.[1]

His clubs included Leicester City (for whom he played in the second leg of the 1965 Football League Cup Final), Northampton Town and Mansfield Town.[1] On two occasions Walker managed Northampton Town[2] and was manager (having been upgraded from assistant) of Maidstone United[3] in their final season as a Football League club in 1992 before their financial liquidation.

He had three spells in charge of Dover Athletic (one as caretaker), a brief spell in charge of Ashford Town (Kent)[4] and in March 2008 he was appointed as a short-term caretaker coach of Maidstone United.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Clive Walker at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  2. ^ Clive Walker management career statistics at Soccerbase
  3. ^ Bateson, Bill; Sewell, Albert (1992). News of the World Football Annual 1992/93. Harper Collins. p. 300. ISBN 0-85543-188-1.
  4. ^ Kent Messenger online: Shock as Lovell takes over as Ashford boss
  5. ^ "Clive Walker returns to Maidstone". Kent News. 3 March 2008. Archived from the original on 5 March 2008.


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