Clive Platt
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2012}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Clive Platt
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Clive Linton Platt
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|10|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Wolverhampton, England
| height =
| position = Striker
| years1 = 1995–1999 | clubs1 = Walsall | caps1 = 32 | goals1 = 4
| years2 = 1999 | clubs2 = → Rochdale (loan) | caps2 = 6 | goals2 = 3
| years3 = 1999–2003 | clubs3 = Rochdale | caps3 = 163 | goals3 = 27
| years4 = 2003–2004 | clubs4 = Notts County | caps4 = 19 | goals4 = 3
| years5 = 2004–2005 | clubs5 = Peterborough United | caps5 = 37 | goals5 = 6
| years6 = 2005–2007 | clubs6 = Milton Keynes Dons | caps6 = 102 | goals6 = 27
| years7 = 2007–2010 | clubs7 = Colchester United | caps7 = 125 | goals7 = 25
| years8 = 2010–2012 | clubs8 = Coventry City | caps8 = 67 | goals8 = 7
| years9 = 2012–2014 | clubs9 = Northampton Town | caps9 = 47 | goals9 = 6
| years10 = 2014 | clubs10 = Bury | caps10 = 19 | goals10 = 2
| totalcaps = 617 | totalgoals = 110
}}
Clive Linton Platt (born 27 October 1977) is an English former professional footballer. A forward, he made 617 appearances in the Football League, including 169 for Rochdale.
In his 19-year-long playing career, Platt also played for Walsall, Notts County, Peterborough United, Milton Keynes Dons, Colchester United, Coventry City, Northampton Town and Bury.
Club career
=Walsall=
=Rochdale=
The loan secured him a permanent move to Rochdale for a fee of £100,000 – then a club record. Platt made 169 league appearances and scored 30 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.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/colchester_united/6250222.stm|title=Colchester sign Platt and Yeates|publisher=News.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=30 October 2014}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/15504341|title=BBC Sport - Coventry 2-4 Southampton|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=30 October 2014}}
=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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18213911|title=BBC Sport - Coventry striker Clive Platt to sign for Northampton|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=30 October 2014}} On 9 Jan 2014, it was announced that his contract had been terminated by mutual consent.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25685863|title=BBC Sport - Northampton release Clive Platt, sign Matty Blair and Sean McGinty|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=30 October 2014}} 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.buryfc.co.uk/news/article/clive-platt-retires-2049613.aspx |title=Persistent injury problem leads to retirement for Clive Platt |publisher=Bury F.C. |date=29 October 2014 |accessdate=29 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030010300/https://buryfc.co.uk/news/article/clive-platt-retires-2049613.aspx |archive-date=30 October 2014}}
Career statistics
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Honours
- Milton Keynes Dons Player of the Year: 2006–07{{Cite web |url=https://www.mkdons.com/news/2020/june/gallery-player-of-the-year-winners/ |title=Gallery: Player of the Year winners |publisher=Milton Keynes Dons |date=26 June 2020 |accessdate=26 June 2020 |archive-date=18 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118230958/https://www.mkdons.com/news/2020/june/gallery-player-of-the-year-winners/ |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
- {{Soccerbase}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070331232247/http://www.uptheposh.com/people/877/ Profile]}} at {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070205233152/http://www.uptheposh.com/ UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database]}}
{{Milton Keynes Dons F.C. Player of the Year}}
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Category:Footballers from Wolverhampton
Category:English men's footballers
Category:English Football League players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Rochdale A.F.C. players
Category:Notts County F.C. players
Category:Peterborough United F.C. players
Category:Milton Keynes Dons F.C. players
Category:Colchester United F.C. players
Category:Coventry City F.C. players