Clive Walker (footballer, born 1945)

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]

Clive Walker
Personal information
Full name David Clive Allan Walker
Date of birth (1945-10-24) 24 October 1945
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

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. Clive Walker at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's 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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