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CLARKE HITS THE HIGH NOTES AT LAST

by
The LeaguePaper Team
5 November 2017

Match Verdict

LEON Clarke has rarely maximised his talents during an itinerant career taking in 17 clubs, 11 loans spells and various brushes with the game’s authorities. This, then, must represent the zenith of that journey.
Even before he had rattled home a hat-trick, even before he’d put United ahead with a wonderful dinked finish, the 32-year-old was man of the match. Tireless, aggressive, a bully who was alive to every halfchance, Clarke turned in a complete striker’s performance that is testament to both his own new-found maturity and the belief instilled in him b...

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