Clifford Paul Carr (born 19 July 1964) was a

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who played in

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for

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and

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

Career

Carr was born in Hackney and started his career at

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's youth team and broke into the first team at

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in 1982. He went on to be captain for the "Cottagers" and made over 150 first team games for the West London club and earned an

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cap in 1985. Fulham were relegated to the third tier in 1985–86 and after almost slipping to a second consecutive relegation Carr joined

for a fee of £45,000 in August 1987. He had a poor start to his Stoke career under

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and there was much speculation that he be quickly leaving but he improved in his performances and claimed the left back position and became a popular player with the

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support. He played 50 times in 1987–88 and 46 times in 1988–89 during which time he scored his only goal for the "Potters" which came in a 4–0 win over

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on 13 November 1988. Injury prevented from playing in the first three months of the 1989–90 as Stoke ended up being relegated to the Third Division. The 1990–91 was an awful one for Stoke as they finished in their lowest ever league position, Carr making 22 appearances. In total he made 143 appearances for Stoke scoring once before being released by new manager

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. After a brief spell at non-league

where he scored twice in two matches for the "Shrews" he played for non-league Telford United before joining

. He played 22 matches for the "Stags" in the 1991–92 helping them gain promotion to the Third Division and then joined their local rivals

. Carr spent two seasons at

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making 82 appearances scoring once. He then returned to Telford United where he ended his career.

Career statistics

Source: :A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the

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and

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carr, Cliff English men's footballers England men's under-21 international footballers Stoke City F.C. players Telford United F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players Shrewsbury Town F.C. players Fulham F.C. players English Football League players 1964 births Living people Men's association football defenders Footballers from the London Borough of Hackney