Andrew Weston (Andy) Clarke (born 22 July 1967 in Islington, London) is an English former footballer who played for Barnet, Wimbledon and Peterborough United as a striker.

[edit] Playing career

Started his career with Barnet, he was bought by Wimbledon in February 1991 for a £250,000 fee. He made nearly 200 appearances for the Crazy Gang over the next eight years, though mostly as a substitute. He had one month loan spells with Port Vale and Northampton Town in 1998 and 1999 respectively, but with a return of one goal in every ten league appearances he left for Peterborough United on a free transfer in June 1999.

Within a year he had earned his stripes at the club, his solitary goal in the 2000 Third Division play-off Final took the Posh to the Second Division for the 2000-01 season.^[1] In December 2001 he failed a random drugs test- the results being released in February the following year.^[2] Accepting his explanation that it was a 'one-off' he was given a four week ban.^[3] He quickly signed a new contract with the club^[4] and returned to the first team. He described the 2002-03 season as his "best ever".^[5] In May 2004 the 36 year old put pen to paper on a new one year contract.^[6] He remained popular throughout his time at Peterborough^[7] before being released in May 2005.^[8]

[edit] Post-retirement

After retiring he worked on a market stall in the centre of Barnet.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Profile at UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database
• Andy Clarke career stats at Soccerbase