Clive Platt
Personal information
Full name Clive Linton Platt
Date of birth (1977-10-27) 27 October 1977
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 164 (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 618 (110)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Clive Linton Platt (born 27 October 1977) is an English former professional footballer. A forward, he has made 618 appearances in the Football League, including 164 for Rochdale.

In his 19-year-long playing career, Platt had played for Walsall, Notts County, Peterborough United, Milton Keynes Dons, Colchester United, Coventry City, Northampton Town and Bury.

Club career

Walsall

Platt was born in Wolverhampton and began his playing career with Walsall as an apprentice in 1995. A spell of just 32 games over four years saw him loaned to Rochdale in 1999

Rochdale

A loan that secured him a permanent deal to Rochdale for a fee of £100,000 – then a club record. Platt went on to make 163 appearances and score 27 goals for the club.

Notts County

In 2003, Platt signed a monthly deal with Notts County, where he scored just three times despite being a first team regular. An indifferent year at Peterborough United followed, where Platt scored six times.

Milton Keynes Dons

Platt joined relegation-threatened Milton Keynes Dons in January 2005 and scored vital goals to help save the Dons from relegation under the guidance of Danny Wilson. However, the 2005–06 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.

The 2006–07 season saw MK Dons fighting for promotion from League 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 against Shrewsbury Town and have an indifferent second leg.

Colchester United

In July 2007, Platt was sold to Championship side Colchester United for £300,000 – six times Colchester's previous transfer record.[1] Before the transfer, Colchester had recently lost star goal-scorers Chris Iwelumo and Jamie Cureton to Charlton Athletic and Norwich City respectively.

In the 2007–08 season, Platt was paired up front with Kevin Lisbie and scored eight goals. In the 2008–09 season, however, he had many different strike partners, including Steven Gillespie, Mark Yeates, Scott Vernon and Jermaine 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.

Coventry City

Platt joined Coventry 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, against Southampton. The match ended in a 4–2 win for Southampton.[2]

Northampton Town

On 25 May 2012, Platt signed for. Northampton Town, where he rejoined former manager Aidy 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 my mutual consent.[4] This came just three weeks after Boothroyd's dismissal as manager.

Bury

On 24 January 2014, he signed a contract with Bury until the end of the 2013–14 season. Shakers manager David Flitcroft had recruited Platt on the same day that he managed to bring in Rochdale's Andrew Tutte and Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro of Tranmere Rovers.

Retirement

Platt retired from football in October 2014 due to persistent injury problems.[5]

Career statistics

As of 2014/2015 season.[6][7]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Walsall 1996–97Division Two1000100020
1997–98Division Two201102140272
1998–99Division Two71000030101
Total 28 2 1 0 3 1 7 0 39 3
Rochdale 1999-2000Division Three4193100404810
2000–01Division Three4381121104710
2001–02Division Three447302011508
2002–03Division Three426631000499
Total 170 30 13 5 5 1 6 1 194 37
Notts County 2003–04Division Two193333000256
Peterborough United 2003–04Division Two182000000182
2004–05League One194101000214
Total 37 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 39 6
Milton Keynes Dons 2004–05League One203000000203
2005–06League One406421000458
2006–07League Two43183020004818
Total 103 27 7 2 3 0 0 0 113 29
Colchester United 2007–08Championship418001000428
2008–09League One43101020204810
2009–10League One417211011459
Total 125 25 3 1 4 0 3 1 135 27
Coventry City 2010–11Championship343201000373
2011–12Championship334000000334
Total 67 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 70 7
Northampton Town 2012–13League Two375212100427
2013–14League Two111100000121
Total 48 6 3 1 2 1 0 0 54 8
Bury 2013–14League Two172000000172
2014–15League Two2000000020
Total 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 2
Career total 6161083312223162687125

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Colchester sign Platt and Yeates". News.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "BBC Sport - Coventry 2-4 Southampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "BBC Sport - Coventry striker Clive Platt to sign for Northampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "BBC Sport - Northampton release Clive Platt, sign Matty Blair and Sean McGinty". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Persistent injury problem leads to retirement for Clive Platt". Bury F.C. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Clive Platt | Football Stats | No Club | Age 41 | 1995-2014 | Soccer Base". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "England - C. Platt - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "Gallery: Player of the Year winners". Milton Keynes Dons. 26 June 2020. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
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