Sandy Clark

Sandy Clark
Personal information
Full name	Alexander Clark
Date of birth	28 October 1956 (1956-10-28) (age 55)
Place of birth	Airdrie, Scotland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1974-1982	Airdrie	234	(92)
1982-1983	West Ham United	26	(7)
1983-1984	Rangers	62	(21)
1984-1989	Hearts	136	(35)
1989-1990	Partick Thistle	3	(0)
1990	Dunfermline Athletic	4	(0)
Teams managed
1989-1990	Partick Thistle
1993-1994	Hearts
1996-1998	Hamilton Academical
1998-2001	St Johnstone
2004-2005	Berwick Rangers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Alexander "Sandy" Clark (born 28 October 1956 in Airdrie) is a former professional football player and currently a pundit for BBC Scotland. He was a centre forward.

He played for several clubs in his playing career including Rangers, Hearts, home town Airdrieonians and West Ham United. His longest and most successful spells were those at Tynecastle and Broomfield. He has also managed several clubs, including Partick Thistle, Hamilton Academical, Hearts (twice, once as caretaker), St. Johnstone and Berwick Rangers. In 1982, Clark won the Scottish PFA Players' Player of the Year award.

His work with BBC Scotland previously included TV Commentary, where he was the regular summariser to main commentator Rob MacLean.

Clark was until recently striker coach at Aberdeen but left the club in May 2009 along with manager Jimmy Calderwood and assistant Jimmy Nicholl. In January 2010 he joined Kilmarnock F.C. as first team coach, working under the same management team.

Sandy Clark is the father of Nicky Clark of Dumfries club Queen of the South.^[1]

References

^ "Two more signings" 19 Jul 2011 www.qosfc.com

External links

SPFA Players' Player of the Year

1978: Johnstone
1979: Hegarty
1980: Provan
1981: McGhee
1982: Clark
1983: Nicholas
1984: Miller
1985: Duffy
1986: Gough
1987: McClair
1988: McStay
1989: Snelders
1990: Bett
1991: Elliott
1992: McCoist
1993: Goram
1994: Hateley
1995: Laudrup
1996: Gascoigne
1997: Di Canio
1998: McNamara
1999: Larsson
2000: Viduka
2001: Larsson
2002: Amoruso
2003: Ferguson
2004: Sutton
2005: Hartson / Ricksen
2006: Maloney
2007: Nakamura
2008: McGeady
2009: Brown
2010: Davis
2011: Izaguirre

Partick Thistle F.C. – managers

Easton (1903–29)
Turner (1929–47)
Meiklejohn (1947–59)
Thornton (1959–68)
Symon (1968–70)
McParland (1970–74)
Auld (1974–80)
Cormack (1980–83)
Rooney (1983–86)
Auld (1986)
Johnstone (1986–87)
Lamont (1987–88)
Lambie (1988–89)
Clark (1989–90)
Lambie (1990–95)
MacLeod (1995–97)
McVeigh (1997–98)
Bryce (1998–99)
Lambie (1999–03)
Collins (2003)
Britton & Whyte (2003–05)
Campbell (2005–07)
Bone (caretaker) (2007)
McCall (2007–11)
McNamara (caretaker) (2011–)

Heart of Midlothian F.C. – managers

Fairley (1901–03)
Waugh (1903–08)
McGhee (1908–09)
J. McCartney (1910–19)
W. McCartney (1919–35)
Pratt (1935–37)
Moss (1937–40)
McLean (1941–51)
Walker (1951–66)
Harvey (1966–70)
Seith (1970–74)
Hagart (1974–77)
Ormond (1977–80)
Moncur (1980–81)
Ford (1981)
MacDonald (1982–90)
Jardine (1986–88)
Jordan (1990–93)
Clark (1993–94)
McLean (1994–95)
Jefferies (1995–2000)
Houston (2000)
Levein (2000–04)
Houston (2004)
Robertson (2004–05)
Burley (2005)
McGlynn (2005)
Rix (2005–06)
Ivanauskas (2006)
Malofeyev (2006)
Ivanauskas (2006–07)
Korobochka & Frail (2007–08)
Frail (2008)
László (2008–10)
Jefferies (2010–11)
Sérgio (2011–)

Hamilton Academical F.C. – managers

Raisbeck (1914–22)
Buchanon (1922–23)
Duncan (1923–25)
McAndrew (1925–46)
McStay (1946–51)
Wylie (1951–53)
Cox (1953–56)
Lowe (1956–59)
Paton (1959–68)
Crines (1968–69)
Lamont (1969)
Ewing (1969–70)
Shearer (1970–71)
Simpson (1971–72)
Lamont (1972)
Smith (1972–78)
McParland (1978–81)
Blackley (1981–83)
Auld (1983–84)
Lambie (1984–88)
Dempsey (1988–89)
G. Miller (1989)
Lambie (1989–90)
G. Miller (1990)
McLaren (1990–92)
Munro (1992–96)
Clark (1996–99)
C. Miller (1990–00)
Dawson (2000–02)
Hillcoat (2002–03)
Maitland (2003–05)
Reid (2005–present)

St. Johnstone F.C. – managers

Grant (1919–20)
Buchan (1920–22)
Taylor (1922–31)
Muirhead (1931–36)
Rutherford (1936–47)
Crapnell (1947–53)
Pattillo (1953–58)
Brown (1958–67)
Ormond (1967–73)
Stewart (1973–76)
Storrie (1976–78)
Stuart (1978–80)
Rennie (1980–85)
Gibson (1985–87)
Totten (1987–92)
McClelland (1992–93)
Sturrock (1993–98)
Clark (1998–01)
Stark (2001–2004)
Connolly (2004–05)
Coyle (2005–07)
McInnes (2007–11)
Lomas (2011–)

Berwick Rangers F.C. – managers

Ancell (1950–52)
Thompson (1952–53)
Kerr (1953–54)
McLennan (1957–60)
McIntosh (1960–63)
Spence (1963–66)
Wallace (1966–69)
Melrose (1969–75)
Galbraith (1975)
Haig (1975–76)
Smith (1976–80)
Connor (1980–82)
McSherry (1982–83)
Tait (1983–87)
Thomson (1987–88)
Jefferies (1988–90)
Callachan (1990–92)
Crease (1992–94)
Hendrie (1994–96)
Ross (1996)
Thomson (1996–97)
Smith (1997–04)
Clark (2004–05)
Coughlin (2005–07)
Renwick (2007–08)
McGonigal (2008)
Crease (2008–11)
Little (2011–)

Persondata
Name	Clark, Sandy
Alternative names
Short description	Scottish footballer
Date of birth	28 October 1956
Place of birth	Airdrie, Scotland
Date of death
Place of death