Clive Platt

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. 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.

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. On 9 Jan 2014, it was announced that his contract had been terminated my mutual consent. 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.

Career statistics

As of 2014/2015 season.

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Walsall	1996–97	Division Two	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	1997–98	Division Two	20	1	1	0	2	1	4	0	27	2
	1998–99	Division Two	7	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	10	1
	Total		28	2	1	0	3	1	7	0	39	3
Rochdale	1999-2000	Division Three	41	9	3	1	0	0	4	0	48	10
	2000–01	Division Three	43	8	1	1	2	1	1	0	47	10
	2001–02	Division Three	44	7	3	0	2	0	1	1	50	8
	2002–03	Division Three	42	6	6	3	1	0	0	0	49	9
	Total		170	30	13	5	5	1	6	1	194	37
Notts County	2003–04	Division Two	19	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	25	6
Peterborough United	2003–04	Division Two	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	2
	2004–05	League One	19	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	21	4
	Total		37	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	39	6
Milton Keynes Dons	2004–05	League One	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	3
	2005–06	League One	40	6	4	2	1	0	0	0	45	8
	2006–07	League Two	43	18	3	0	2	0	0	0	48	18
	Total		103	27	7	2	3	0	0	0	113	29
Colchester United	2007–08	Championship	41	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	42	8
	2008–09	League One	43	10	1	0	2	0	2	0	48	10
	2009–10	League One	41	7	2	1	1	0	1	1	45	9
	Total		125	25	3	1	4	0	3	1	135	27
Coventry City	2010–11	Championship	34	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	37	3
	2011–12	Championship	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	4
	Total		67	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	70	7
Northampton Town	2012–13	League Two	37	5	2	1	2	1	0	0	42	7
	2013–14	League Two	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	1
	Total		48	6	3	1	2	1	0	0	54	8
Bury	2013–14	League Two	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	2
	2014–15	League Two	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	2
Career total			616	108	33	12	22	3	16	2	687	125

Honours

• Milton Keynes Dons Player of the Year: 2006–07

External links

• Clive Platt at Soccerbase
• Profile at UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database