Mansfield Town Born in
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, He remained with the club throughout the
2004–05 and
2005–06 seasons, and went on to make over 60 appearances in all competitions for the club, scoring once against
Lincoln City. Here, Clarke was a first team regular, in a season where the club eventually went on to lose their
Football League status, and were
relegated on the final day of the season, losing to
Wrexham. Clarke left Boston a few weeks after the end of the
2006–07 season.
Grimsby Town Only a few weeks after the end of the 2006–07 season, Clarke was the first new face in at
Grimsby Town for the
2007–08 campaign. Manager
Alan Buckley brought him in as the club's new right back, to cater for the vacant spot left by retiring and long serving legend
John McDermott. Despite this, Clarke was also deployed in midfield during his first season. He managed to make an appearance at
Wembley Stadium for the club, as they lost 2–0 to
Milton Keynes Dons in the Final of the
Football League Trophy. Clarke was released by the club on 2 February 2010, along with Boshell and Heywood.
York City A few hours after his release from Grimsby, Clarke signed for
Conference Premier team
York City on a contract until the end of the
2009–10 season.
Gainsborough Trinity and Guiseley Clarke went on trial with newly relegated Conference Premier team
Darlington in July 2010 and he played in a 3–0 pre-season
friendly defeat to
Carlisle United. He then had a trial with
Gateshead in August. Clarke was released in May 2011. On 6 July 2011 he signed for fellow Conference North side
Guiseley, going on to make 55 appearances including defeat in the 2011–12 Conference North play-off semi finals.
Career break In December 2012 he announced his departure from the club by revealing he had accepted a job to become a coach at a football academy in
Chang Mai in Thailand.
Return to Football After a short spell with
Scottish Junior club
Broughty Athletic, Clarke signed for
Scottish League Two club
Arbroath in July 2015. After being released by Arbroath, Clarke joined
Montrose in January 2016. In July 2016, Montrose announced that he had left the club due to work commitments. ==Coaching career==