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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Clive Linton Platt | ||
| Date of birth | (1977-10-27)27 October 1977 (age 47) | ||
| Place of birth | Wolverhampton, England | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1999 | Walsall | 32 | (4) |
| 1999 | →Rochdale (loan) | 6 | (3) |
| 1999–2003 | Rochdale | 163 | (27) |
| 2003–2004 | Notts County | 19 | (3) |
| 2004–2005 | Peterborough United | 37 | (6) |
| 2005–2007 | Milton Keynes Dons | 102 | (27) |
| 2007–2010 | Colchester United | 125 | (25) |
| 2010–2012 | Coventry City | 67 | (7) |
| 2012–2014 | Northampton Town | 47 | (6) |
| 2014 | Bury | 19 | (2) |
| Total | 617 | (110) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Clive Linton Platt (born 27 October 1977) is an English former professionalfootballer. Aforward, he made 617 appearances inthe Football League, including 169 forRochdale.
In his 19-year-long playing career, Platt also played forWalsall,Notts County,Peterborough United,Milton Keynes Dons,Colchester United,Coventry City,Northampton Town andBury.
Platt was born in Wolverhampton and began his playing career withWalsall as an apprentice in 1995. A spell of just 32 games over four years saw him loaned toRochdale in 1999.
The loan secured him a permanent move to Rochdale for a fee of £100,000 – then a club record. Platt made 169 league appearances and scored 30 goals for the club.
In 2003, Platt signed a monthly deal withNotts County, where he scored just three times despite being a first-team regular. An indifferent year atPeterborough United followed, where Platt scored six times.
Platt joined relegation-threatenedMilton Keynes Dons in January 2005 and scored vital goals to help save the Dons from relegation under the guidance ofDanny Wilson. However, the2005–06 season was not much better for MK Dons, as they fought relegation again. Platt had a relatively fruitless campaign, but a good run of form towards the end of the season saw him finish second in the League One Player of the Month award for May and almost save the Dons from relegation.
The2006–07 season saw MK Dons fighting for promotion fromLeague Two. This turned out to be Platt's best season in terms of strike-rate, with him finding the net 18 times before suffering an injury that caused him to miss the first leg of a play-off tie againstShrewsbury Town and have an indifferent second leg.
In July 2007, Platt was sold toChampionship sideColchester United for £300,000 – six times Colchester's previous transfer record.[1] Before the transfer, Colchester had recently lost star goal-scorersChris Iwelumo andJamie Cureton toCharlton Athletic andNorwich City respectively.
In the 2007–08 season, Platt was paired up front withKevin Lisbie and scored eight goals. In the 2008–09 season, however, he had many different strike partners, includingSteven Gillespie,Mark Yeates,Scott Vernon andJermaine Easter, and he notched 10 goals. In the 2009–10 season, he was once again paired up front with Kevin Lisbie, and he scored two goals on the opening day of the season.
Platt joinedCoventry City on 29 July 2010. He made his first league appearance in a 2–0 victory against Portsmouth on 7 August. He also scored against Leicester City, Bristol City and Ipswich Town.On 5 November 2011, Platt scored his 100th professional league goal, aged 34, againstSouthampton. The match ended in a 4–2 win for Southampton.[2]
On 25 May 2012, Platt signed forNorthampton Town, where he rejoined former managerAidy Boothroyd. He scored his first goal for the club in the league cup second round match against Wolverhampton Wanderers.[3] On 9 Jan 2014, it was announced that his contract had been terminated by mutual consent.[4] This came just three weeks after Boothroyd's dismissal as manager.
On 24 January 2014, he signed a contract withBury until the end of the 2013–14 season. Shakers managerDavid Flitcroft had recruited Platt on the same day that he managed to bring inRochdale'sAndrew Tutte andJean-Louis Akpa Akpro ofTranmere Rovers.
Platt retired from football in October 2014 due to persistent injury problems.[5]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Walsall | 1995–96[6] | Second Division | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 1996–97[7] | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1997–98[8] | Second Division | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4[a] | 0 | 27 | 2 | |
| 1998–99[9] | Second Division | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| Total | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 43 | 5 | ||
| Rochdale | 1999–2000[10][b] | Third Division | 41 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 48 | 10 |
| 2000–01[11] | Third Division | 43 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | 47 | 10 | |
| 2001–02[12][c] | Third Division | 43 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[d] | 1 | 50 | 8 | |
| 2002–03[14] | Third Division | 42 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 9 | |
| Total | 169 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 194 | 37 | ||
| Notts County | 2003–04[15] | Second Division | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 |
| Peterborough United | 2003–04[15] | Second Division | 18 | 2 | — | — | — | 18 | 2 | |||
| 2004–05[16] | League One | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | |
| Total | 37 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 6 | ||
| Milton Keynes Dons | 2004–05[16] | League One | 20 | 3 | — | — | — | 20 | 3 | |||
| 2005–06[17] | League One | 40 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 8 | |
| 2006–07[18] | League Two | 42 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 48 | 18 | |
| Total | 102 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 29 | ||
| Colchester United | 2007–08[19] | Championship | 41 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 42 | 8 | |
| 2008–09[20] | League One | 43 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 48 | 10 | |
| 2009–10[21] | League One | 41 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 1 | 45 | 9 | |
| Total | 125 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 135 | 27 | ||
| Coventry City | 2010–11[22] | Championship | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 37 | 3 | |
| 2011–12[23] | Championship | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 4 | ||
| Total | 67 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 7 | ||
| Northampton Town | 2012–13[24] | League Two | 36 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2[f] | 0 | 42 | 7 |
| 2013–14[25] | League Two | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
| Total | 47 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 8 | ||
| Bury | 2013–14[25] | League Two | 17 | 2 | — | — | — | 17 | 2 | |||
| 2014–15[26] | League Two | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 19 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 617 | 110 | 33 | 12 | 22 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 692 | 125 | ||
