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Clive Stafford

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Clive Stafford
Personal information
Full name Clive Andrew Stafford[1]
Date of birth (1963-04-04) 4 April 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Ipswich, England[1]
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Coplestonians
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1985 Coplestonians
1985–1988 Achilles
1988–1989 Diss Town
1989–1990 Colchester United 33 (0)
1989–1990Exeter City (loan) 2 (1)
1990–1992 Bury Town
1992–1998 Sudbury Town
1998–1999 Felixstowe Port & Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Clive Stafford (born 4 April 1963) is an English former professional footballer.

Career

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Born in Ipswich, Stafford joined local amateur club Coplestonians in his teens, where he spent eight years, before joining Achilles in 1985.[3] Three years later he signed for Diss Town. Working in the insurance industry at the time, following trials with Ipswich Town in January 1989,[3] he turned professional after signing for Colchester United on 5 March.[4] However, after just over a year at Colchester, including a loan spell at Exeter City and a trial at West Brom, he returned to non-League football with Bury Town.

In 1992, he signed for Sudbury Town, where he played alongside several other ex-Colchester players in a team that reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time in the club's history.[5] In 1998, he joined Felixstowe Port & Town, ending his playing career at the end of the season.[3]

Stafford later served as reserve team manager at Woodbridge Town, and currently coaches at Coplestonians. He has also appeared in friendly matches for Suffolk County Cricket Club.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Clive Stafford". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  2. ^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1990). Rothmans football yearbook, 1990-91. Queen Anne Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-356-17911-7.
  3. ^ a b c d Clive's fairytale move to professional football East Anglian Daily Times, 18 November 2010
  4. ^ Player profile - Clive Stafford Archived 7 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine Colchester United Archive Database
  5. ^ Football: FA Cup Countdown: Powling's paupers can cash in The Independent, 15 November 1996