| Darrell James Clarke (born 16 December 1977) is an English professional football manager and former player who played and managed in the English Football League.
A box-to-box midfielder, Clarke began his career with Mansfield Town in 1995, where he spent the first six years of his career, making 173 league and cup appearances. In 2001, he transferred to Hartlepool United, where he spent another six years, making a further 136 appearances. He was sent out on loan to Stockport County, Port Vale, and Rochdale in the final years of his spell. In 2007, he left the professional game to sign for Salisbury City before taking up the management position at the club in 2010. He led the club to promotion into the Conference Premier from the Southern League with two play-off final victories in three seasons.
He was appointed manager of Bristol Rovers in March 2014 but could not prevent the club from dropping out of the English Football League. However, one year later, Clarke successfully guided Bristol Rovers back into the Football League after winning the 2015 Conference Premier play-off final and then went on to take the club into League One with promotion out of League Two in 2015–16. At the time of his departure in December 2018, he was the fourth-longest serving manager in the EFL. He was appointed manager at Walsall in May 2019 and left the club in February 2021 to manage League Two rivals Port Vale. He led the club to promotion with victory in the 2022 play-off final before being sacked in April 2023. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article |
|  Salisbury City | 10/13 | | Conf.South 11/12 | 19 | | FA Cup 11/12 | 5 | | | Bristol Rovers Asst | 13/14 | | | Bristol Rovers | 14/18 | | League Two 13/14 | 8 | | Conf.Nat 14/15 | 16 | | FA Cup 14/15 | 1 | | League Two 15/16 | 46 | | League Cup 15/16 | 1 | | J.Paint Trophy 15/16 | 2 | | FA Cup 15/16 | 1 | | League One 16/17 | 46 | | League Cup 16/17 | 2 | | EFL Trophy 16/17 | 3 | | FA Cup 16/17 | 3 | | League One 17/18 | 46 | | League Cup 17/18 | 3 | | EFL Trophy 17/18 | 3 | | FA Cup 17/18 | 1 | | League One 18/19 | 21 | | EFL Trophy 18/19 | 4 | | League Cup 18/19 | 2 | | FA Cup 18/19 | 2 | | | Walsall FC | 19/21 | | League Two 19/20 | 38 | | League Cup 19/20 | 1 | | EFL Trophy 19/20 | 5 | | FA Cup 19/20 | 3 | | League Cup 20/21 | 1 | | EFL Trophy 20/21 | 3 | | League Two 20/21 | 26 | | FA Cup 20/21 | 1 | | | Port Vale | 21/23 | | League Two 20/21 | 18 | | League Cup 21/22 | 1 | | FA Cup 21/22 | 3 | | EFL Trophy 21/22 | 4 | | League Two 21/22 | 49 | | League Cup 22/23 | 1 | | League One 22/23 | 42 | | EFL Trophy 22/23 | 5 | | FA Cup 22/23 | 1 | | | Cheltenham Town | 23/24 | | League One 23/24 | 37 | | EFL Trophy 23/24 | 2 | | FA Cup 23/24 | 1 | | | Barnsley | 24/25 | | League Cup 24/25 | 3 | | League One 24/25 | 36 | | EFL Trophy 24/25 | 3 | | FA Cup 24/25 | 2 | | | Bristol Rovers | 25 | | League Cup 25/26 | 1 | | League Two 25/26 | 20 | | EFL Trophy 25/26 | 4 | | FA Cup 25/26 | 2 |
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