| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Clark | ||
| Date of birth | (1950-04-12)12 April 1950 (age 75) | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sighthill Amateurs | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1975 | Partick Thistle | 97 | (1) |
| 1975–1984 | Queen of the South | 276 | (6) |
| Total | 373 | (7) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1984–1986 | Queen of the South | ||
| 1986–1987 | Stranraer | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Robert"Nobby"Clark (born 12 April 1950) is aScottish former professionalfootballer who played forPartick Thistle and then servedQueen of the South as both player andmanager.
With Partick Thistle, Clark scored a single goal in a 1–1 draw againstRangers. He played in the club's 1972UEFA Cup campaign.[1] He was inducted into the club's 'Hall of Fame' in 2009 for his part in the1971 Scottish League Cup Final-winning campaign, when all players who contributed to that victory were recognised. In total Clark played 154 games for Partick Thistle (includingScottish Football League,Scottish Cup, League Cup,Glasgow Cup and UEFA Cup fixtures).[2]
As a defensive cornerstone from 1975 until 1984, Clark made 276 league appearances and scored six goals for Queen of the South,[3] (340 first team appearances in all, placing him fourteenth in ranking of games played in their history).[1]Jimmy Robertson was later interviewed by the club, and named Clark as being one of the best players that he played alongside atPalmerston Park.[4]
Clark went on to be the manager of Queen of the South when he stopped playing at the end of the1983-84 season for two years. It was during this time that he signedTommy Bryce for theDumfries club.[5] Clark is the only person to gain promotion withQueens as a player and then go on to repeat the feat as manager.[1]
Clark left to manageStranraer at the start of the1986-87 season. He was in charge atStair Park until November 1987, when he was replaced as manager by"Sanny" McAnespie.[6][7]
In 2001 Clark, joinedMotherwell as a youth coach and first team opposition scout. He served managersEric Black,Terry Butcher,Maurice Malpas,Mark McGhee andJim Gannon before leaving to join up with McGhee atAberdeen in 2009, and continued to work at the club carrying out first team opposition reports for managersCraig Brown andDerek McInnes over the next decade.