Clark played for several clubs in his playing career including his home town club
Airdrieonians,
Rangers,
Heart of Midlothian (Hearts) and
West Ham United. His longest and most successful spells were those at
Tynecastle and
Broomfield. In 1982, Clark won the
Scottish PFA Players' Player of the Year award. In 1984, Clark went on to win the
Scottish League Cup final with Rangers in a 3–2 victory over
Celtic. He has managed several clubs, including
Partick Thistle,
Hamilton Academical, Hearts (twice, once as caretaker),
St Johnstone and
Berwick Rangers. His work with
BBC Scotland previously included TV commentary, where he was the regular summariser to main commentator
Rob MacLean. In 2005, Clark was appointed as a
striker coach at
Aberdeen. He left the club in May 2009, along with manager
Jimmy Calderwood and assistant
Jimmy Nicholl. In January 2010 he joined Kilmarnock as first team coach, working under the same management team until the end of the 2009–10 season. Clark was a sports performance lecturer at Cumbernauld College after leaving Kilmarnock. Clark was appointed
Queen of the South's assistant manager to
Allan Johnston on 14 May 2012. Johnston and Clark signed a one-year contract extension on 13 April 2013, but then moved onto Kilmarnock as that club's new management team in June 2013. Clark left Kilmarnock in May 2014 and was appointed assistant manager to
Darren Young at
Albion Rovers in June 2014. At the end of the
2014–15 season, Clark departed
Albion Rovers and was once again re-united with Allan Johnston, this time as assistant manager of
Scottish Championship club
Dunfermline Athletic. Johnston and Clark departed the
Pars during January 2019 and returned to
Dumfries club Queens for a second spell on 5 May 2019, after the departure of
Gary Naysmith. Johnston and Clark joined on a two-year contract and their first game in-charge came in the
Scottish Championship play-off
first-leg versus
Montrose. On 16 April 2021, Johnston and Clark signed a contract extension to remain the Doonhamers management team until May 2023. On 13 February 2022, Johnston and Clark departed the Doonhamers by mutual consent
(4 wins in 24 matches) as the
Dumfries club languished in the automatic relegation place in the
Scottish Championship. On 25 November 2022, Clark was appointed manager of
Lowland League side
East Stirlingshire. This was to be Clark's first managerial position since he departed
Berwick Rangers in 2005. On 28 March 2023, Clark would leave East Stirlingshire and was named the new manager of
Scottish League Two club
Albion Rovers. ==Personal life==