Simon Clark (English footballer)

Playing career Clark started his career as a junior with Lincoln City followed by spells in local non league football with Boston Town, Holbeach United and King's Lynn, Hendon. He left Hendon with Paul Fairclough signing him for Stevenage Borough, Clark making his debut in the 2-0 Isthmian League victory at Dulwich Hamlet on 15 January 1994. At the age of 27 Clark returned to professional football with a move to Peterborough United. After three years and 136 appearances at the club he moved on to Leyton Orient. At Orient he made 118 appearances over a three-year period. One of his most impressive performances was a hat trick against Doncaster Rover during his first season at the Os in 1997. He went on to be a vital part of the Orient defence and along with Dean Smith and Stuart Hicks. Clark spent the next two seasons (64 appearances) at Colchester United. He captained the side and coached the club's under 17 team. ==Management & coaching career==

After leaving Colchester he spent three years in Singapore as player coach and then player manager for Woodlands Wellington. While in Singapore Clark obtained the Asian Federation A licence as a coach, following up by obtaining the English FA, UEFA A qualification on his return to Europe. Simon returned to the UK in 2005 and joined King's Lynn as a player His first game in charge saw a 3–0 home victory over Darlington on 5 September 2009 but was followed by three defeats against league leaders Bournemouth, Notts County and Shrewsbury Town. Chris Sutton replaced him as manager on 28 September 2009. Clark took the 3–0 home defeat to Notts County on the following day before leaving the club by mutual consent. Clark was sacked in September 2018 due to 1 win in 6. On 6 March 2019, Clark was appointed as Lead Youth Development Phase coach for Northampton Town. In this position, he was going to oversee the development of players in the Northampton Town Academy from the age of 13 to 16. ==Honours==

Club ;Leyton Orient • Football League Division Three Playoff Runner-up (1): 1998–99 ==References==