Football Speakers

Former Leeds Utd goal scoring legend during the Don Revie era.



Allan Clarke was signed by Don Revie for a British record fee of £165,000 from relegated Leicester in 1969 to build on the strength of Revie´s first championship-winning squad.

"Who put the ball in the Arsenal net?" is the question: in May 1972, the answer was most definitely "Allan Allan Clarke", his powerful header being the only score in the FA Cup Final.

Clarke was a strong and skilful player and his tally of just 19 caps for England. He linked up with Mick Jones to form the most formidable front line of the early 1970s, and with the addition of "Hot-shot" Lorimer´s goals, he provided the powerhouse that drove Leeds on to win so many games.

With his best years as a player behind him, he joined Barnsley as player-manager in 1978 and his efforts in leading them to promotion stood him in good stead when Leeds came looking for somebody to reinvigorate an aging side in 1980.

Now Allan is avaliable as a speaker at events all across the country