John Wark

John Wark (born 4 August 1957) is a Scottish former footballer who spent most of his playing time with Ipswich Town.

John Wark

Wark in 2006
Personal information
Full name	John Wark
Date of birth	(1957-08-04) 4 August 1957
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
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

In 2006 Wark gained the final place in the poll 100 Players Who Shook the Kop, conducted by the liverpoolfc.tv website. 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". 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. In the same year, Wark was one of four Ipswich Town players to be inducted into the club's Hall of Fame.

Ipswich Town

• FA Cup: 1977–78
• UEFA Cup: 1980–81
• Football League Second Division: 1991–92

Liverpool

• Football League First Division: 1983–84, 1985–86
• FA Charity Shield: 1986 (shared)

Individual

• 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

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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

Appearances and goals by national team and year

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.

List of international goals scored by John Wark

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

General

• Wark, John (February 2009). Wark On – The Autobiography of John Wark. Know the Score Books. ISBN 978-1-84818-511-1.

Specific