Clive Baker is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Norwich City

Norwich City F.C.

Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...

, Barnsley

Barnsley F.C.

Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...

 and Coventry City

Coventry City F.C.

Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...

 in the Football League

The Football League

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 and for Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town F.C.

Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....

 in the Premier League.

Baker was born in North Walsham

North Walsham

North Walsham is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England in the North Norfolk district.-Demographics:The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 11,998. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North...

, Norfolk

Norfolk

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. He began his career at Norwich City in July 1977 appearing 14 times in his 7 years at the club. From Norwich he moved to Barnsley where he again played for seven years, this time racking up 291 appearances and twice winning the club's Player of the Year award. He was transferred to Coventry City in August 1991, and a year later, without having appeared for Coventry's Football League team, he moved to his final club, Ipswich Town. He retired from professional football in the 1994–95 season as one of only a few to play for both Ipswich Town and Norwich City. After his retirement from football he moved into a job in the insurance

Insurance

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 industry in London.

Baker was for thirteen years in the same school class at Sheringham Primary School and then at Paston School as controversial British Ambassador Craig Murray. The two were friends. They were also in thesame class at Paston as Stephen Fry.

Baker captained England schoolboys at both cricket and football. Norwich City were uncertain whether to sign him as a goalkeeper or midfielder. He currently plays in goal for The Football Ramble 5 - A - Side team. In 2011 clive came out of retirement & made his debut in goal for PSV Mindblowin in Chantry Monday 5's league, earning the MOM award on his debut

External links

• League stats at Neil Brown's site
• Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk