No New Deal Yet

Peter Clarke feels he may have played his last game for his beloved Blues, after last night outing for the rezzies. Clarke who is out of contract in the Summer, has yet to be approached by the club regarding a new deal.

Clarkey says: "I don't know what the plans are for me at the end of the season. As things stand, that was my last game for Everton. It's disappointing. I've spent 12 years at this club. No one wants to leave a club such as Everton - and neither do I. There's disappointment there, but you can't let your disappointment rule you. You have to bounce back and fight on - and wherever the next step may be for me, I'll take it and hopefully everything will go well for me." (28/04/04)

Back You Come Son

Clarkey is heading back up the M6, after Coventry boss Eric Black, decided not to extend the young defenders loan period. Clarkey will be heading back to a four game ban, after a few misdemeanors whilst at the Midlands club.

Eric Black says: "I'd like to thank Peter for his valuable contribution during his time with Coventry City. Unfortunately we have a number of injuries in our squad at present and feel that we may need to use our remaining loan options elsewhere." (16/03/04)

Staying Put

Coventry boss Eric Black has assured Peter Clarke, that he will be staying at Coventry, despite his dismissal on Tuesday night. He put Clarkey's sending off down to enthusiasm, and added he would like the England Under 21 International, to stay till the end of the season.

Black says : "I have looked at the sending off again and the more I look at it the more disappointed I am because Peter has come through but he has played the ball and the other player has not played the ball. So my understanding was that if he had been booked, fair enough, but not to send Robinson off when he sent Peter off was a harsh decision. Peter was enthusiastic and maybe a little naive, but if he goes then both have to go. I like Peter and I like what I have seen so far because he has a great attitude and is a great boy to have about, so I will try to keep him. Obviously he is going to miss three games but he has contributed since he has been here and that's what you ask for from a loan player. I will speak to Everton and I know Peter would be delighted to stay, but we need to see if Everton will be happy to extend his stay. I think he has affected us positively and I would like to continue to have him here because I think he can contribute until the end of the season." (05/03/04)

Clarkey May Be Back

Peter Clarke may find his loan period at Coventry not extended due to his remarkable three minute sending off the other night. Coventry officials are asking the referee from the evening to review the challenge, to see if he had been a bit harsh on handing Clarkey a straight red. Amazingly this is not the quickest sending off ever, as that honour belongs to Irish League Legend Bertie O'Shea, who inside six seconds was sent off for his local side after refusing to help remove the cow dung from his home pitch.

Clarkey says: "I know I will be OK to play on Saturday but I don’t know when the suspension will kick in and it could affect the loan spell which is not ideal at all. Things had been going fairly well because we had won two games and kept two clean sheets and if it suited both parties then a second month would probably have been agreed for me. But with a suspension looming the board and manager have got a decision to make, like can they afford to have a player on loan who is going to be missing for three games? Hopefully, if the referee can look at the decision again, that won’t be the case. If he feels he was a touch hasty then maybe there won’t be a suspension."(04/03/04)

Sky Blues Boss Eric Black says: "We will have to assess that. I think he has done well for us so far and it is really unfortunate that it has happened."(04/03/04)

Clarkey Off

Peter Clarke was sent off after only three minutes last night, for Coventry City in their 1-0 win away to Cardiff in their Division One match. Clarkey was dismissed as early as the third minute, after an ugly challenge on the Cardiff player John Robinson. Despite being down to ten men for all of the game, the Sky Blues grabbed a second half goal, to gain maximum points and spare Clarkey's blushes. (03/03/04)

Head To Head

Two of Everton's farmed out youngster's will go head to head this weekend, when Peter Clarke's Coventry, play host to Leon Osman's Derby County.

Clarkey says: "I know Ossie quite well, we've played together for probably eight or nine years now. I'll probably speak to him before the game and tell him to have a late night and plenty to drink on Friday night so hopefully he won't be on top form. He's not the biggest of lads but he's skilful, a tough tackler, very tenacious and he'll give you everything he's got. He's probably not the strongest in the air but he's been doing quite well which is good from his point of view, but hopefully he won't do quite so well on Saturday." (26/02/04)

Out Again

Clarkey must now believe his future is away from Everton. If he can't get into the team now he never will do. He starts a months loan to Coventry and goes into their squad on Saturday to play Norwich. Good Luck Clarkey.

Moysey said : We don’t have a game this weekend and by that time hopefully we’ll have Joseph Yobo back and David Weir is only a couple of weeks away to being fit. So, I felt that it was only fair that he had a chance to go out.(13/02/04)

Ready To Go

Clarkey is ready to boot the shite all over the place if he is needed.

Clarkey said:" Like I said last week, I don’t like to see any of the lads get hurt, but if that’s what it takes to give me a chance then hopefully the injury’s not too serious and I can take that chance given the opportunity.If that chance is on Saturday then brilliant. I played in the derby at Anfield a couple of seasons ago which was brilliant and we got a 1-1 draw. From now on I’m going to keep my fingers crossed and hope that come Saturday I’m going to be involved." (27/01/04)

Good To Be Back

Peter Clarke spoke for most of the regular rezzies lads, saying that it was good to be playing again, after a five week lay off to the reserve programme. Clarke who is finding his first team chances limited with the form of Unsey, Stubbsy, and still in the wings are Joey Yobo, and Davey Weir, will be delighted just to be playing again.

Clarkey says : "It’s good to be back playing again. The fact that we haven’t had a game for five weeks is very hard work. Everyone just wants to play, but unfortunately, you can’t. You want to be playing games regularly and playing well. I love the game, I love to play, but you also want to show people what you can do and get consistency and form under your belt. You always want to progress. " (15/01/04)

Clear As Mud

Davey Moyes commented today on the future of talented Everton youngster Peter Clarke.After impressing in last week Englands U21 defeat by Portugal at Goodison,Clarkey has been gaining a following of First Division Managers who are showing a keen interest in him.A host of scouts from over the country were on hand last night to see him put in another solid performance in the Reserves 3-O victory over Man. City.With stiff competition in the First Team ahead of him,teams have been alerted to his quality, and also that Moysey loaned him out to Port Vale last season.

Moysey says :"Peter has had spells on loan but that doesn't mean we are trying to offload him. I'm not keen to see any of my young players leave.The way things are at the moment, we have Alan Stubbs, Joseph Yobo, David Weir and Peter. Centre half is his position and I would have no qualms about using him there.As a manager of a football club, I have a responsibility to get footballers playing first-team matches, in a first team if at all possible, and if that means players going on loan, then so be it." (17/09/03)

Moyesy Impressed

Peter Clarke was candidate for man of the match for England U21's in the 2-1 defeat by Portugal last night.
Moyesy says: “I thought he did well last night and he did well for us pre-season. The way things are at the moment we have Alan Stubbs, David Weir, Joseph Yobo and Peter. Centre-half is his position and I would have no qualms whatsoever about using him there. He has had spells on-loan but that doesn’t mean we are trying to offload him. I am not keen to see any of our young players leave. But as a manager of a football club I have a responsibility to get footballers playing football matches, in a first team, if possible, and if that means going out on-loan then so be it. We see him play in that position for the reserves all the time and in training every day, so we know what he can do there.” (10/09/03)

Call Up

Clarkey has kept his place to face Macedonia on Friday and Portugal on Tuesday. (01/09/03)

Bad Night

Not a good night for our young centre half, Clarkey was brought off in the 3-0 defeat by Croatia. (20/08/03)

England U21's

Clarkey has been named in the England Under-21 squad to play Croatia at West Ham's Upton Park on Tuesday 19th August 2003. (17/08/03)

Clarkey To Vale?

Peter has admitted that he would rather play in a lower division rather than in the Reserves for Everton this season.

Clarkey said: "Ideally I would like to play in Everton's first team, but that might not be the case. If I wasn't in the first-team picture at Everton, playing in the first team in a lower division is better than being in the reserves. To come back to Port Vale would be good. I think going out on loan is good for any young player."(15/07/03)

Peter Clarke Last Season