Clive Walker (born 25 June 1957) is an English retired

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. His playing career spanned some 1,000 league and cup games for Chelsea,

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and

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before enjoying a renaissance in the

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with

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and

Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1887, ...

Playing career

Chelsea

Walker was born in

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, England. He was an old-fashioned winger with pace who used to terrorise full backs on a weekly basis. He began his career with Chelsea, playing in the same side as the likes of

Ray Wilkins Raymond Colin Wilkins (14 September 1956 – 4 April 2018) was an English football player and coach. Born into a footballing family with his father and three brothers involved in the game, Wilkins played as a midfielder. He began his career a ...

. He first broke into the Chelsea team during the 1977–78 season, but they were in the

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for most of his time there. He nonetheless played a big role in several key matches for the club in this period. He put in

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performances against European champions

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in the

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in 1978 and 1982 as the Blues pulled off two famous upsets; he scored twice in a 4–2 win in 1978 and set up a late clincher for

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in a 2–0 win in 1982. With Chelsea facing relegation to the Third Division in 1982–83, and with it potential financial meltdown, Walker also scored a late winner against fellow strugglers

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in the penultimate game of the season to ensure the club's survival. In 1979, Chelsea sent him on loan to the

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of the

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Sunderland

Walker left Chelsea at the end of the 1983–84 season following a contract dispute, and signed for Sunderland. He returned to haunt his old side the following season in the League Cup, when the teams were drawn together in the semi-finals. In the second leg at

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, Walker inspired Sunderland to a 3–2 win, giving them a 5–2 aggregate lead, which provoked a near-riot; at one point a Chelsea fan entered the pitch and chased Walker. In the

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, however, Sunderland lost 1–0 to

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, with Walker missing a

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when he hit his shot against the post.

Coaching career

After retiring from professional football, Walker became player-manager of

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. He currently works as an analyst for the radio station

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and is a co-director of Sporting Experience with

Jason Cundy Jason Victor Cundy (born 12 November 1969) is an English former professional footballer and radio broadcaster for talkSPORT. As a player, he was a centre-back, who notably played in the Premier League for Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur. He also ...

. He also makes appearances on

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Records

Walker currently holds the record for the oldest player to play for his last club, Cheltenham Town.

Honours

Woking *

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: 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97 Cheltenham Town *

: 1997–98 *

: 1998–99

References

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NASL stats
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