Clive Walker
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 May 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Oxford, England | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1984 | Chelsea | 198 | (60) |
| 1979 | → Fort Lauderdale Strikers (loan) | 22 | (9) |
| 1984–1986 | Sunderland | 50 | (10) |
| 1986–1987 | Queens Park Rangers | 21 | (1) |
| 1987–1990 | Fulham | 109 | (29) |
| 1990–1993 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 106 | (8) |
| 1993–1997 | Woking | 203 | (91) |
| 1997–1999 | Cheltenham Town | 56 | (13) |
| Total | 743 | (212) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Clive Walker (born 26 May 1957 in Oxford, England) is an English retired footballer. His playing career spanned some 1,000 league and cup games for Chelsea, Sunderland, Fulham and Brighton before enjoying a renaissance in the Conference with Woking and Cheltenham Town.
Walker was an old-fashioned winger with pace who used to terrorise full backs on a weekly basis. He began his career with Chelsea, playing in the same side as the likes of Ray Wilkins. He first broke into the Chelsea team during the 1977–78 season, but they were in the Second Division for most of his time there. He nonetheless played a big role in several key matches for the club in this period.
He put in Man of the Match performances against European champions Liverpool in the FA Cup in 1978 and 1982 as the Blues pulled off two famous upsets; he scored twice in a 4–2 win in 1978 and set up a late clincher for Colin Lee in a 2–0 win in 1982. With Chelsea facing relegation to the Third Division in 1982–83, and with it potential financial meltdown, Walker also scored a late winner against fellow strugglers Bolton Wanderers in the penultimate game of the season to ensure the club's survival. In 1979, Chelsea sent him on loan to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League.
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