David Alan Clarke was an English footballer who played predominantly at left back but also in midfield. Clarke began his career
as an apprentice with Notts County, a club his father had appeared for in the 1960s. On October 6 1982 he made his debut for
the Magpies as a goalscoring substitute in a Football League Cup tie away to Aston Villa and went on to 16 appearances that
season in the then First Division of the Football League.