| Frank Clarke RIP on 17:33 - Jun 3 with 4602 views | terryb |
I never forget his run down the right wing & pass towards Rodney at Villa Park in 1968. Keith Bradley got to the ball first to score the greatest own goal in history. Division One here we come!
I've always sworn that we lost to C****a in the FA Cup 6th round in 1970 due to the Norwich thug, Duncan Forbes, injuring Frank on the Tuesday causing him to miss the game.
RIP Frank. Condolences to his family & friends. |  | |  |
| Frank Clarke RIP on 18:18 - Jun 3 with 4499 views | colinallcars |
I really liked him. RIP. |  | | |
| Frank Clarke RIP on 18:21 - Jun 3 with 4486 views | onlyrinmoray |
| Frank Clarke RIP on 17:33 - Jun 3 by terryb |
I never forget his run down the right wing & pass towards Rodney at Villa Park in 1968. Keith Bradley got to the ball first to score the greatest own goal in history. Division One here we come!
I've always sworn that we lost to C****a in the FA Cup 6th round in 1970 due to the Norwich thug, Duncan Forbes, injuring Frank on the Tuesday causing him to miss the game.
RIP Frank. Condolences to his family & friends. |
What a memory you have Terry I was at the Villa game and I can’t remember any thing about it except that we won through an own goal
I remember Frank he was a good player don’t think he was here long Another one lost too soon RIP Frank |  | | |
| Frank Clarke RIP on 18:30 - Jun 3 with 4472 views | CliveWilsonSaid |
| Frank Clarke RIP on 17:33 - Jun 3 by terryb |
I never forget his run down the right wing & pass towards Rodney at Villa Park in 1968. Keith Bradley got to the ball first to score the greatest own goal in history. Division One here we come!
I've always sworn that we lost to C****a in the FA Cup 6th round in 1970 due to the Norwich thug, Duncan Forbes, injuring Frank on the Tuesday causing him to miss the game.
RIP Frank. Condolences to his family & friends. |
I just did a search about this and found this on the qprreport website.
https://qprreport.proboards.com/thread/13479/years-ago-today-qprs-greatest?page=
I love this photo. Not from that game though I don't think. If you click on it you get to see it without all the writing over the top.
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| Frank Clarke RIP on 18:40 - Jun 3 with 4425 views | dmm |
I remember him quite well. He seemed to me to be quite a quiet player who could 'go missing' a bit but I might be misremembering that. He certainly scored a good few goals for us at a very important time for the club. |  | | |
| Frank Clarke RIP on 19:19 - Jun 3 with 4337 views | qpr_1968 |
rip frank.....player i watched when i first started supporting the r's. | |
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| Frank Clarke RIP on 19:31 - Jun 3 with 4291 views | stevec |
RIP Frank Clarke and thanks for being part of the entertainment in a great era for the club. |  | | |
| Frank Clarke RIP on 19:33 - Jun 3 with 4286 views | dixiedean |
I remember him as a very hardworking player- did a lot of shutting down and chasing back which forwards didn’t do back then . RIP Frank | | | |
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| Frank Clarke RIP on 19:34 - Jun 3 with 4283 views | Michael_Hunt |
I may be wrong but I believe he scored the R/s first ever top flight goal? (1 - 1, v Leicester).
RIP Frank [Post edited 3 Jun 2022 19:35]
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| Frank Clarke RIP on 19:40 - Jun 3 with 4262 views | dmm |
| Frank Clarke RIP on 19:34 - Jun 3 by Michael_Hunt |
I may be wrong but I believe he scored the R/s first ever top flight goal? (1 - 1, v Leicester).
RIP Frank [Post edited 3 Jun 2022 19:35]
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Just checked my Macey and it was Les Allen who scored our first top division goal in that game. Clarke scored his first of the season in the fourth game of the season v Wolves at home in a 2-2 draw. | | | |
| Frank Clarke RIP on 19:53 - Jun 3 with 4230 views | stowmarketrange |
I missed him playing for us by a few months,but RIP Frank and condolences to his family and friends. |  | | |
| Frank Clarke RIP on 21:30 - Jun 3 with 4072 views | Sonofpugwash |
Yeah,was at that game.Fair play to Villa,they played Cliff Richards' "Congatulations" over the tannoy at the end.
Frank was a centre forward in the classic mould,a bit more direct than brother Allan
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| Frank Clarke RIP on 22:12 - Jun 3 with 3994 views | extratimeR |
A wonderful header of the ball, I think he scored that vital goal at Ipswich away? Just before the Villa game, memory a bit dodgy?
RIP Frank, one of the R's greats. | | | |
| Frank Clarke RIP on 23:05 - Jun 3 with 3936 views | MrSheen |
| Frank Clarke RIP on 17:33 - Jun 3 by terryb |
I never forget his run down the right wing & pass towards Rodney at Villa Park in 1968. Keith Bradley got to the ball first to score the greatest own goal in history. Division One here we come!
I've always sworn that we lost to C****a in the FA Cup 6th round in 1970 due to the Norwich thug, Duncan Forbes, injuring Frank on the Tuesday causing him to miss the game.
RIP Frank. Condolences to his family & friends. |
If there was a better promotion-winning own goal than Chris Carr’s at Hillsborough, I would love to have seen it, but I’ll take your word for it! [Post edited 3 Jun 2022 23:06]
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| Frank Clarke RIP on 23:26 - Jun 3 with 3894 views | LythamR |
R.I.P Frank
He had decent stats for a supporting forward, |  | | |
| Frank Clarke RIP on 08:10 - Jun 4 with 3659 views | Michael_Hunt |
| Frank Clarke RIP on 19:40 - Jun 3 by dmm |
Just checked my Macey and it was Les Allen who scored our first top division goal in that game. Clarke scored his first of the season in the fourth game of the season v Wolves at home in a 2-2 draw. |
Fair play; my memory isn’t what it was obviously. | | | |
| Frank Clarke RIP on 10:16 - Jun 4 with 3567 views | terryb |
| Frank Clarke RIP on 23:05 - Jun 3 by MrSheen |
If there was a better promotion-winning own goal than Chris Carr’s at Hillsborough, I would love to have seen it, but I’ll take your word for it! [Post edited 3 Jun 2022 23:06]
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I'm sure some other clubs share our record, but it's twice that we've won promotion with own goals!
I suppose it could be argued that we were already winning at Wednesday when Carr scored & so we might have won anyway, but at the time it definitely felt that we needed the third goal!
Two wonderful days in my time supporting Rangers & what fantastic numbers we had at both. | | | |
| Frank Clarke RIP on 10:23 - Jun 4 with 3562 views | terryb |
A further bit on the 1968 promotion concerning Frank.
With Ipswich & ourselves going for promotion, we signed Frank & Ipswich signed John O'Rourke. After we had lost in the FA Cup in 1970, Ipswich bought Clarke to replace O'Rourke in a sucessful attempt to avoid relegation. The following season O'Rourke played for us until Don Givens arrived. | | | |
| Frank Clarke RIP on 13:39 - Jun 4 with 3485 views | THEBUSH |
My memory aint what it used to be ,but i do remember Frank.
I think we played Brian Cloughs Derby County, and we beat them One nil, maybe Frank scored ?
I remember Clough was a bad loser and he called us, that lot, after the game.
RIP Frank |  | | |
| Frank Clarke RIP on 20:15 - Jun 4 with 3377 views | terryb |
| Frank Clarke RIP on 13:39 - Jun 4 by THEBUSH |
My memory aint what it used to be ,but i do remember Frank.
I think we played Brian Cloughs Derby County, and we beat them One nil, maybe Frank scored ?
I remember Clough was a bad loser and he called us, that lot, after the game.
RIP Frank |
This was another own goal for us!
Dave Mackay the scorer. Clough wasn't happy at all! | | | |
| Frank Clarke RIP on 22:18 - Jun 5 with 3206 views | zicoshoops |
| Frank Clarke RIP on 17:33 - Jun 3 by terryb |
I never forget his run down the right wing & pass towards Rodney at Villa Park in 1968. Keith Bradley got to the ball first to score the greatest own goal in history. Division One here we come!
I've always sworn that we lost to C****a in the FA Cup 6th round in 1970 due to the Norwich thug, Duncan Forbes, injuring Frank on the Tuesday causing him to miss the game.
RIP Frank. Condolences to his family & friends. |
I was there as well.
Spot on.
Villa fans were disgraceful in the Holt End.
But what celebrations when we got back to London.
Christ, it seems like yesterday.
What’s going on?
We should be told
Sort it out | | | |
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