Cliff Carr

Clifford Paul "Cliff" Carr (born 19 July 1964) was a footballer who played in The Football League for Chesterfield, Fulham, Mansfield Town, Shrewsbury Town and Stoke City.[1][2]

Cliff Carr

Personal information
Full name	Clifford Paul Carr[1]
Date of birth	19 June 1964[1]
Place of birth	London Borough of Hackney, England[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1980–1982	Fulham
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1987	Fulham	145	(14)
1987–1991	Stoke City	124	(1)
1991–1992	Shrewsbury Town	1	(1)
1992	Telford United
1992	Mansfield Town	20	(0)
1992–1994	Chesterfield	65	(1)
–	Telford United
Total		355	(17)
National team
1985	England U21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Carr was born in Hackney and started his career at Fulham's youth team and broke into the first team at Craven Cottage in 1982.[1] He went on to be captain for the "Cottagers" and made over 150 first team games for the West London club and earned an England U21 cap in 1985. Fulham were relegated to the third tier in 1985–86 and after almost slipping to a second consecutive relegation Carr joined Stoke City for a fee of £45,000 in August 1987.[1] He had a poor start to his Stoke career under Mick Mills and there was much speculation that he be quickly leaving but he improved in his performances and claimed the left back position and became a popular player with the Victoria Ground support. He played 50 times in 1987–88 and 46 times in 1988–89 during which time he scored his only goal for the "Potters" which came in a 4–0 win over Hull City on 13 November 1988.[1] Injury prevented from playing in the first three months of the 1989–90 as Stoke ended up being relegated to the Third Division.[1] The 1990–91 was an awful one for Stoke as they finished in their lowest ever league position, Carr making 22 appearances.[1] In total he made 143 appearances for Stoke scoring once before being released by new manager Lou Macari.[1]

After a brief spell at non-league Shrewsbury Town where he scored twice in two matches for the "Shrews" he played for non-league Telford United before joining Mansfield Town.[1] He played 22 matches for the "Stags" in the 1991–92 helping them gain promotion to the Third Division and then joined their local rivals Chesterfield.[1] Carr spent two seasons at Saltergate making 82 appearances scoring once. He then returned to Telford United where he ended his career.[1]

Career statistics

Source:[3]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[A]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Fulham	1982–83	Second Division	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	1
	1983–84	Second Division	41	4	2	0	5	0	0	0	48	4
	1984–85	Second Division	38	4	1	0	3	1	0	0	42	5
	1985–86	Second Division	35	4	1	0	4	1	2	0	42	5
	1986–87	Third Division	25	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	27	1
	Total		145	14	4	0	13	2	4	0	166	16
Stoke City	1987–88	Second Division	41	0	2	0	3	0	4	0	50	0
	1988–89	Second Division	41	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	46	1
	1989–90	Second Division	22	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	25	0
	1990–91	Third Division	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	22	0
	Total		124	1	6	0	5	0	8	0	143	1
Shrewsbury Town	1991–92	Third Division	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2
Mansfield Town	1991–92	Fourth Division	20	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	22	0
Chesterfield	1992–93	Third Division	42	1	2	0	4	0	5	0	53	1
	1993–94	Third Division	23	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	29	0
	Total		65	1	3	0	8	0	6	0	82	1
Career Total			355	17	13	0	27	3	20	0	415	20

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Full Members Cup and Football League Trophy.

References

1. Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
2. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
3. Cliff Carr at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

External links

• Cliff Carr at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database