John Wark
Scottish association football player
John Wark (born 4 August 1957) is a Scottish former footballer who spent most of his playing time with Ipswich Town.
 Wark in 2006 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Wark[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 August 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1984 | Ipswich Town | 266 | (94) |
| 1984–1988 | Liverpool | 70 | (28) |
| 1988–1990 | Ipswich Town | 89 | (23) |
| 1990–1991 | Middlesbrough | 32 | (2) |
| 1991–1997 | Ipswich Town | 154 | (18) |
| Total | 611 | (165) | |
| National team | |||
| 1977–1980 | Scotland U21 | 9 | (2) |
| 1979–1984 | Scotland | 29 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Honours change
In 2006 Wark gained the final place in the poll 100 Players Who Shook the Kop, conducted by the liverpoolfc.tv website.[3] The list was compiled as a result of a fan survey: "Over 110,000 supporters all nominated their own personal Top 10 players in order of impact made".[3] In 2007, the Professional Footballers' Association polled fans of all Football League clubs, as to "their No 1 player" as part of the "centenary celebrations of the players' union"; Wark was the choice of Ipswich fans.[4] In the same year, Wark was one of four Ipswich Town players to be inducted into the club's Hall of Fame.[5]
Ipswich Town[2]
Liverpool[2]
Individual[2]
- PFA Players' Player of the Year: 1980–81
- UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 1980–81
- Bravo Award: 1981
- PFA Team of the Year: 1980–81 Football League First Division
- Ipswich Town F.C. Player of the Year: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1993–94
- Ipswich Town Hall of Fame: Inducted 2007[7]
Career statistics change
Club change
| Club | Season | Appearances | Goals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Football League |
FA Cup | League Cup |
Other | |||
| Ipswich Town | 1974–75 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975–76 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1976–77 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| 1977–78 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1978–79 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | |
| 1979–80 | 41 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | |
| 1980–81 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 36 | |
| 1981–82 | 42 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 23 | |
| 1982–83 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 23 | |
| 1983–84 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | |
| Total | 266 | 37 | 24 | 27 | 134 | |
| Liverpool | 1983–84 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1984–85 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 27 | |
| 1985–86 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1986–87 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1987–88 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 70 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 42 | |
| Ipswich Town | 1987–88 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1988–89 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
| 1989–90 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
| Total | 89 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 25 | |
| Middlesbrough | 1990–91 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Ipswich Town | 1991–92 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 1992–93 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1993–94 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1994–95 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1995–96 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1996–97 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 154 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 20 | |
| Career total | 611 | 73 | 56 | 56 | 223 | |
International change
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1979 | 9 | 1 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1981 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1982 | 8 | 4 | |
| 1983 | 6 | 1 | |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 7 | |
- Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wark goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 May 1979 | Wembley Stadium, London, England |  England |
1–0 | 1–3 | 1978–79 British Home Championship |
| 2 | 25 March 1981 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland |  Northern Ireland |
1–1 | 1–1 | 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 28 April 1982 | Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland |
1–0 | 1–1 | 1981–82 British Home Championship |
| 4 | 15 June 1982 | Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga, Spain |  New Zealand |
2–0 | 5–2 | 1982 FIFA World Cup |
| 5 | 3–0 | |||||
| 6 | 13 October 1982 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland |  East Germany |
1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 1984 qualification |
| 7 | 30 March 1983 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland |  Switzerland |
1–2 | 2–2 | UEFA Euro 1984 qualification |
References change
- General
- Wark, John (February 2009). Wark On – The Autobiography of John Wark. Know the Score Books. ISBN 978-1-84818-511-1.
- Specific
- ↑ "John Wark". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Wark, "Career statistics", pp. 171–176
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "100 PWSTK – The Definitive List". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- ↑ Smith, Martin (19 December 2007). "Best footballers: Shearer a hero on two fronts". Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- ↑ "Four Town players in Hall of Fame". East Anglian Daily Times. 17 April 2010. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ↑ "Liverpool 1 - 1 Everton". lfchistory.net. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ↑ King, Elvin (10 August 2007). "Wark 'honoured' to be on Hall of Fame". Ipswich Star. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ↑ SFA profile
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