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George Clark

Biography

George started playing aged 14 with Battlefield and after one season in the juveniles he was signed by junior team Rovers. After spending five seasons there he impressed the Arbroath committee enough to be signed up at Gayfield in the summer of 1898. He established himself as our first choice left back with Dave Cargill moving forward to play as a half back, and in just his first season at Gayfield he was selected to represent Forfarshire. At the start of the 1899-00 he was appointed vice captain to Johin Carrie, with whom he had formed a formidable partnership which…Read moreRead less
George started playing aged 14 with Battlefield and after one season in the juveniles he was signed by junior team Rovers. After spending five seasons there he impressed the Arbroath committee enough to be signed up at Gayfield in the summer of 1898.

He established himself as our first choice left back with Dave Cargill moving forward to play as a half back, and in just his first season at Gayfield he was selected to represent Forfarshire. At the start of the 1899-00 he was appointed vice captain to Johin Carrie, with whom he had formed a formidable partnership which would continue up until Carrie's injury in September 1903 saw him retire.

George was the regular penalty taker for the team throughout his time at Gayfield, due to his superb left foot and he was also referred to as having an excellent kick, a clean header and a fearless tackle, all attributes which saw him viewed as the best left back in the North of Scotland throughout his playing career. He was extremely loyal to the club, turning down many offers from England over the years to stay and on 21st August 1907, after 9 seasons and over 270 competitive appearances, his benefit match was played against Hibs at Gayfield.

Sadly the 1907-08 season was George’s tenth and last, and he left the club that summer before joining Montrose on 3rd September 1908. In his second season at Links Park, he was appointed captain.

Statistics

Apps
151
Goals
20
Yellow cards
-
Red cards
-
Goals/game
0.13
Minutes
13,620
Seasons
5
SeasonAppsGoalsYellow cardsRed cards
1902-0325400
1901-0233300
1900-0129700
1899-0033500
1898-9931100

Club spells

First Spell

Joined: 1 Jul 1898 · Left: 30 May 1908

Other clubs played for

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceMost recent appearanceApps
Selection Committee20 Aug 18989 May 1903151

Timeline

  1. Born

    Arbroath

  2. Signed

  8. Recorded contract end

  9. Died

    Arbroath

Appearances (151)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
9 May 1903 Victoria Utd 2–2 Arbroath Northern League1902-03 D
29 Apr 1903 Arbroath 0–3 Dundee Dundee Charity Cup1902-03 L
4 Apr 1903 Arbroath 3–3 Aberdeen (Old) Northern League1902-03 D
14 Feb 1903 Orion 4–3 Arbroath Northern League1902-03 L
7 Feb 1903 Arbroath 2–2 Lochgelly Utd Northern League1902-03 D
24 Jan 1903 Arbroath 1–3 Montrose Forfarshire Cup1902-03 L
17 Jan 1903 Arbroath 1–3 Kilmarnock Scottish Cup1902-03 L
27 Dec 1902 Arbroath 1–3 Forfar Northern League1902-03 L
20 Dec 1902 Dundee 'A' 3–1 Arbroath Northern League1902-03 L
6 Dec 1902 Arbroath 6–1 Lochee Utd Northern League1902-03 W
29 Nov 1902 Stenhousemuir 6–0 Arbroath Scottish Qualifying Cup1902-03 L
22 Nov 1902 Arbroath 1–1 Stenhousemuir Scottish Qualifying Cup1902-03 D
15 Nov 1902 Arbroath 2–0 Montrose Northern League1902-03 W
8 Nov 1902 Arbroath 2–0 Dundee Wands Northern League1902-03 W
1 Nov 1902 Arbroath 5–0 Caledonian Scottish Qualifying Cup1902-03 W
25 Oct 1902 Forfar 2–3 Arbroath Northern League1902-03 W
18 Oct 1902 Arbroath 2–1 Camelon [1] Scottish Qualifying Cup1902-03 W
11 Oct 1902 Dundee Wands 0–1 Arbroath Scottish Qualifying Cup1902-03 W
27 Sep 1902 Lochee Utd 1–2 Arbroath Northern League1902-03 W
20 Sep 1902 Arbroath 1–1 Dundee 'A' Northern League1902-03 D
13 Sep 1902 Arbroath 1–1 Orion Northern League1902-03 D
6 Sep 1902 Arbroath 7–2 Lochee Utd Scottish Qualifying Cup1902-03 W
30 Aug 1902 Lochgelly Utd 1–1 Arbroath Northern League1902-03 D
23 Aug 1902 St Johnstone 5–0 Arbroath Northern League1902-03 L
16 Aug 1902 Arbroath 2–4 Victoria Utd Northern League1902-03 L
10 May 1902 Orion 4–4 Arbroath Northern League1901-02 D
3 May 1902 Dundee 'A' 3–0 Arbroath Northern League1901-02 L
23 Apr 1902 Arbroath 1–1 Dundee Dundee Charity Cup1901-02 D
12 Apr 1902 Arbroath 0–1 Aberdeen (Old) Northern League1901-02 L
5 Apr 1902 Arbroath 3–7 Raith Rovers Northern League1901-02 L

Goals scored (20)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResultMinute
14 Feb 1903 Orion 4–3 Arbroath Northern League1902-03 L 80′ (pen.)
22 Nov 1902 Arbroath 1–1 Stenhousemuir Scottish Qualifying Cup1902-03 D 5′ (pen.)
20 Sep 1902 Arbroath 1–1 Dundee 'A' Northern League1902-03 D 25′ (pen.)
6 Sep 1902 Arbroath 7–2 Lochee Utd Scottish Qualifying Cup1902-03 W ? (pen.)
28 Dec 1901 Arbroath 3–2 Kilwinning Egl. Scottish Cup1901-02 W ? (pen.)
30 Nov 1901 Arbroath 1–1 Stenhousemuir Scottish Qualifying Cup1901-02 D 81′ (pen.)
5 Oct 1901 Arbroath 8–2 Dunblane Scottish Qualifying Cup1901-02 W ? (pen.)
23 Feb 1901 Arbroath 3–4 Dundee Forfarshire Cup1900-01 L 39′ (pen.)
23 Feb 1901 Arbroath 3–4 Dundee Forfarshire Cup1900-01 L 80′ (pen.)
15 Dec 1900 Arbroath 4–3 Fair City Northern League1900-01 W 89′
10 Nov 1900 Forfar 1–2 Arbroath Northern League1900-01 W 75′ (pen.)
20 Oct 1900 Arbroath 10–0 Montrose Northern League1900-01 W 77′ (pen.)
6 Oct 1900 Arbroath 6–2 Lochee Utd Northern League1900-01 W ? (pen.)
6 Oct 1900 Arbroath 6–2 Lochee Utd Northern League1900-01 W ? (pen.)
16 Dec 1899Neutral venue Galston 5–2 Arbroath Scottish Qualifying Cup1899-00 L 25′ (pen.)
9 Dec 1899 Arbroath 5–0 Montrose Forfarshire Cup1899-00 W 8′ (pen.)
28 Oct 1899 Forfar 0–3 Arbroath Scottish Qualifying Cup1899-00 W 80′ (pen.)
14 Oct 1899 Arbroath 2–2 Dunblane Scottish Qualifying Cup1899-00 D ? (pen.)
19 Aug 1899 Orion 2–2 Arbroath Northern League1899-00 D ? (pen.)
11 Mar 1899Neutral venue Dundee Wands 2–4 Arbroath Forfarshire Cup1898-99 W 2′ (pen.)