Alexander Clark (born 28 October 1956) is a Scottish professional

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who manages Scottish Lowland Football League club Albion Rovers.

Career

Clark played for several clubs in his playing career including his home town club Airdrieonians, Rangers, Heart of Midlothian (Hearts) and

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. His longest and most successful spells were those at Tynecastle and Broomfield. In 1982, Clark won the Scottish PFA Players' Player of the Year award. In 1984, Clark went on to win the

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with Rangers in a 3–2 victory over

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. He has managed several clubs, including Partick Thistle, Hamilton Academical, Hearts (twice, once as caretaker), St Johnstone and Berwick Rangers. His work with

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previously included TV commentary, where he was the regular summariser to main commentator

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. In 2005, Clark was appointed as a striker coach at

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. He left the club in May 2009, along with manager Jimmy Calderwood and assistant Jimmy Nicholl. In January 2010 he joined Kilmarnock as first team coach, working under the same management team until the end of the 2009–10 season. Clark was a sports performance lecturer at Cumbernauld College after leaving Kilmarnock. Clark was appointed Queen of the South's assistant manager to Allan Johnston on 14 May 2012. Johnston and Clark signed a one-year contract extension on 13 April 2013, but then moved onto Kilmarnock as that club's new management team in June 2013. Clark left Kilmarnock in May 2014 and was appointed assistant manager to Darren Young at Albion Rovers in June 2014. At the end of the 2014–15 season, Clark departed Albion Rovers and was once again re-united with Allan Johnston, this time as assistant manager of

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club Dunfermline Athletic. Johnston and Clark departed the ''Pars'' during January 2019 and returned to

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club Queens for a second spell on 5 May 2019, after the departure of Gary Naysmith. Johnston and Clark joined on a two-year contract and their first game in-charge came in the

play-off first-leg versus Montrose. On 16 April 2021, Johnston and Clark signed a contract extension to remain the Doonhamers management team until May 2023. On 13 February 2022, Johnston and Clark departed the Doonhamers by mutual consent ''(4 wins in 24 matches)'' as the

club languished in the automatic relegation place in the

. On 25 November 2022, Clark was appointed manager of Lowland League side East Stirlingshire. This was to be Clark's first managerial position since he departed Berwick Rangers in 2005. On 28 March 2023, Clark would leave East Stirlingshire and was named the new manager of

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club Albion Rovers.

Personal life

Sandy Clark is the father of Nicky Clark, who has also played for Rangers.

Managerial record

* Statistics from Partick Thistle unavailable.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Sandy 1956 births Living people Scottish football managers Scottish men's footballers Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players Rangers F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. managers St Johnstone F.C. managers Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. non-playing staff Heart of Midlothian F.C. managers West Ham United F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. managers Berwick Rangers F.C. managers Footballers from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire Aberdeen F.C. non-playing staff Scottish Premier League managers Scottish Football League players English Football League players Men's association football forwards Scottish Football League managers Scottish football coaches Albion Rovers F.C. managers Scottish Professional Football League managers