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MARTIN CLAMP
Born: 31 January 1948
Came from: Coventry City Went to: Nuneaton Borough
First game: 06 December 1969 Last game: 07 February 1970
Appearances: 9 (9/0) Goals: 0
Goalkeeper Clamp joined Argyle from Coventry City, having not made a first team appearance for his hometown club. He had a short spell in the team during his first season at Home Park and went on to play for Nuneaton Borough and Kettering Town.
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From Martin Clamp in Canada on 23/12/2017 ...
After reviewing your page I would like to refresh your information direct from the horse's mouth!
I did in fact play one game for the Coventry City first team. It was the Winston Churchill Remembrance Trophy played on March 19th 1967 against West Ham United. Playing on that team was R Moore, M Peters, G Hurst, J Sissons and P Brabrook. The goalkeeper that day was A Dickie, later signed by Jimmy Hill for Coventry.
West Ham were managed by Ron Greenwood. The final score was 3-3 and West Ham finally won on penalties 9-8. Playing in that game made me eligible to be invited to become a legend at Coventry City, which as a local boy made me very proud.
Also having played a few games for the first team at Plymouth I am a member of their Legends group which also gives me great pleasure.
The most incredible experience I had playing for the Argyle was the televised game on Match of the Day, Luton Town v Plymouth Argyle, introduced by David Coleman and commentated by Kenneth Wostenholme.
This was on January 17th 1970 with Plymouth winning 2-0, Mike Bickle and Derek Rickard scoring. On the losing team was Malcolm MacDonald, later transferred to Newcastle United for one hundred thousand pounds.
After leaving Plymouth I signed for Kettering Town who at that time was managed by BIG Ron Atkinson, before his days managing Manchester United. My career finished at Bedworth Town in England but I did play for numerous teams here in Canada before retiring at the age of 37.
I find it quite uplifting that as I am approaching my 70th birthday I can still remember so much of my career and find also that people like yourself are still so interested.
APPEARANCE DETAILS [reselect competitions]
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