Andy Clarke
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Weston Clarke | ||
| Date of birth | 22 July 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Islington, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1991 | Barnet | ||
| 1991–1999 | Wimbledon | 170 | (17) |
| 1998 | → Port Vale (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Northampton Town (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1999–2005 | Peterborough United | 230 | (57) |
| Total | 410+ | (74+) | |
| National team | |||
| England Non-League XI | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Andrew Weston Clarke (born 22 July 1967) is an English former footballer. A striker, he scored 74 goals in 410 league games in a 14-year career in the Football League.
After helping Barnet to the Conference title in 1990–91, he was signed to Wimbledon, a Football League side, at the relatively late age of 23. He played for the "Dons" in the Premier League, before being loaned out to Port Vale in 1998 and Northampton Town in 1999. He joined Peterborough United in June 1999, and scored the only goal of the Third Division play-off final in 2000. He retired in May 2005.
Clarke originally started playing Sunday League football in the Greek Community League, before he was signed to Barnet by manager Barry Fry. He scored on his debut for the "Bees" in a 5–1 defeat at Sutton United on 6 May 1989. He made a huge impression at Underhill over the next eighteen months and represented the England Non-League XI before signing for Ray Harford's Wimbledon in February 1991 for £250,000 – a record fee for a non-league player. At the end of the season, Barry Fry led the "Bees" to promotion to the Football League as champions of the Football Conference. Meanwhile, Clarke was immediately thrown into the first team at Plough Lane, playing 12 league games and scoring three goals as the "Dons" finished seventh in the First Division.
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