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| caption = Playing for [[An Riocht GAC|An Ríocht]] in Páirc Esler, Newry on 26 October 2007
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|11|13|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|11|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Newry]], [[County Down]], Northern Ireland
| birth_place = [[Newry]], Northern Ireland
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| originalteam = [[An Riocht GAC|An Ríocht GAA Club]], [[Kilkeel]], [[County Down]]
| originalteam = [[An Ríocht GAC|An Ríocht GAA Club]], [[Kilkeel]], [[County Down]]
| draftpick = 40th overall, [[2006 AFL Draft#Rookie Draft|2006 Rookie Draft]]
| draftpick = 40th overall, [[2006 AFL Draft#Rookie Draft|2006 Rookie Draft]]
| height = 181 cm
| height = 181 cm
| weight = 84 kg
| weight = 84 kg
| position = Half back
| position = Half back
| statsend = [[2014 AFL season|2014]]
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'''Martin "Marty" Clarke''' ({{lang-ga|Máirtín Ó Cléirigh}}; born 13 November 1987) is a Gaelic genius and former [[Australian rules football]]er from Cranfield Point who played for the [[Collingwood Football Club]] in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL) from 2007 to 2009 and again from 2012 to 2014.
'''Martin "Marty" Clarke''' ({{langx|ga|Máirtín Ó Cléirigh}}; born 13 November 1987) is a Gaelic and former [[Australian rules football]]er who played for the [[Collingwood Football Club]] in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL) from 2007 to 2009 and again from 2012 to 2014.


==Underage==
==Underage==
Clarke was an outstanding underage [[Gaelic football]] talent. He starred for [[Down GAA]] Minors,<ref>[http://www.downgaa.net]</ref> helping them to the 2005 [[All-Ireland Minor Football Championship]] and also played a large part in bringing his school (St Louis, Kilkeel), to 2 [[MacRory Cup]] finals in 2005 and 2006, and also to a MacLarnon Cup and an All Ireland Colleges 'B' title in as many years. He was part of the Down under-21 team that won an Ulster Championship in 2005. Clarke scored 3 goals and 20 points in an under 14 club game and 18 points in a schools game. He played senior football at local club level with An Ríocht as a [[centre half forward]]. {{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
Clarke was an outstanding underage [[Gaelic football]] talent. He starred for [[Down GAA]] Minors,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.downgaa.net/ |title=Home |website=downgaa.net}}</ref> helping them to the 2005 [[All-Ireland Minor Football Championship]] and also played a large part in bringing his school (St Louis, Kilkeel), to 2 [[MacRory Cup]] finals in 2005 and 2006, and also to a MacLarnon Cup and an All Ireland Colleges 'B' title in as many years. He was part of the Down under-21 team that won an Ulster Championship in 2005. Clarke scored 3 goals and 20 points in an under 14 club game and 18 points in a schools game. He played senior football at local club level with An Ríocht as a [[centre half forward]]. {{citation needed|date=May 2014}}


==AFL career==
==AFL career==
He was first alerted to AFL scouts in the 2005 [[MacRory Cup]] final, at which the Australian U17 [[international rules football]] team was present. He was invited to an AFL training camp in July 2006. He impressed scouts even more and on 22 August 2006 signed a contract with [[Collingwood Football Club]], becoming the first ever truly international rookie for the club. In October 2007, when Clarke returned home from Australia for a three-week holiday and during that time helped his local club An Ríocht GAC lift its first ever Down Division One league title, defeating [[Kilcoo GAC|Kilcoo]] in the final. Clarke scored 2–1 in the final, which was played under lights in Pairc Esler, Newry on 26 October 2007. In 2008 Clarke lined out for An Ríocht. Clarke was dubbed by Collingwood assistant coach [[Guy McKenna]] as "the Irish equivalent of [[Nathan Buckley]]".<ref name="collingwood"/>
He was first alerted to AFL scouts in the 2005 [[MacRory Cup]] final, at which the Australian U17 [[international rules football]] team was present. He was invited to an AFL training camp in July 2006. He impressed scouts even more and on 22 August 2006 signed a contract with [[Collingwood Football Club]], becoming the first ever truly international rookie for the club. In October 2007, when Clarke returned home from Australia for a three-week holiday and during that time helped his local club An Ríocht GAC lift its first ever Down Division One league title, defeating [[Kilcoo GAC|Kilcoo]] in the final. Clarke scored 2–1 in the final, which was played under lights in Pairc Esler, Newry on 26 October 2007. In 2008 Clarke lined out for An Ríocht. Clarke was dubbed by Collingwood assistant coach [[Guy McKenna]] as "the Irish equivalent of [[Nathan Buckley]]".<ref name="collingwood"/>


Clarke was developed through Collingwood's [[Victorian Football League|VFL]] affiliate the [[Williamstown Football Club]], where he played a number of games semi-professionally as a rookie before debuting at AFL level. It was there that he made a name for himself as a quick midfielder with an ability to accumulate a high number of possessions. He was not only able to adapt extremely well to the oval ball, but brought across some Gaelic football skills which made publicity, particularly his ability to toe poke the oval ball off the ground into his hands.<ref name="collingwood">[http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=5586&newsId=45179 Profile], collingwoodfc.com.au; accessed 7 May 2014.</ref>
Clarke was developed through Collingwood's [[Victorian Football League|VFL]] affiliate the [[Williamstown Football Club]], where he played a number of games semi-professionally as a rookie before debuting at AFL level. It was there that he made a name for himself as a quick midfielder with an ability to accumulate a high number of possessions. He was not only able to adapt extremely well to the oval ball, but brought across some Gaelic football skills which made publicity, particularly his ability to toe poke the oval ball off the ground into his hands.<ref name="collingwood">[http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=5586&newsId=45179 Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706103438/http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=5586&newsId=45179 |date=6 July 2011 }}, collingwoodfc.com.au; accessed 7 May 2014.</ref>


On one such occasion, he was able to do so at full speed in wet conditions while being closely pursued by an opponent which was featured on [[Before the Game]]. On 16 February 2007 he made his AFL debut in a preseason game against [[Sydney Swans]] at the [[North Sydney Oval]]. He had an outstanding game<ref>[http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2007/02/16/1171405443373.html Profile], realfooty.theage.com.au; accessed 7 May 2014.</ref> which led Pies assistant coach Gavin Brown to say<blockquote>"He was probably the stand-out player from the point of view that he had never played a game of Aussie Rules before ... It just showed that he has an enormous amount of will and want, and he had put in a lot of hard work. It was fantastic for him today – a good step.<ref name="irishnews">[http://www.irishnews.com/access/breakingnews/story.asp?j=218175722&p=zy8y76453&n=218176553&x=], irishnews.com; accessed 7 May 2014</ref></blockquote>
On one such occasion, he was able to do so at full speed in wet conditions while being closely pursued by an opponent which was featured on ''[[Before the Game]]''. On 16 February 2007 he made his AFL debut in a preseason game against [[Sydney Swans]] at the [[North Sydney Oval]]. He had an outstanding game<ref>[http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2007/02/16/1171405443373.html Profile], ''[[the Age]]'' accessed 7 May 2014.</ref> which led Pies assistant coach Gavin Brown to say<blockquote>"He was probably the stand-out player from the point of view that he had never played a game of Aussie Rules before ... It just showed that he has an enormous amount of will and want, and he had put in a lot of hard work. It was fantastic for him today – a good step.<ref name="irishnews">http://www.irishnews.com/access/breakingnews/story.asp?j=218175722&p=zy8y76453&n=218176553&x= , [[The Irish News]]; accessed 7 May 2014</ref></blockquote>


Clarke made his debut in a premiership season game on Saturday, 23 June 2007, also against the Swans. Again, his game was outstanding, with 20 possessions in front of a crowd of 64,222 at Sydney's [[Telstra Stadium]].<ref>[http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,21958122%255E19742,00.html Profile], heraldsun.news.com.au; accessed 7 March 2014.</ref> His second game came in [[2007 AFL season#Round 13|Round 13]] against Hawthorn on 1 July 2007. In another promising display, Clarke picked up nineteen possessions and three goals, playing on former brownlow medallist [[Shane Crawford]] in a sell out crowd in front of 50,248 at Melbourne's [[Telstra Dome]]. His three-goal onground performance earned him a nomination in the NAB [[AFL Rising Star]] award in just his second game. Clarke started 2008 in a run of poor form which saw him dropped from the Collingwood side to play the Brisbane Lions. He didn't return for several weeks later and combined with a run of injuries did not recapture his 2007 form. Clarke was ruled out of representing Ireland in the [[2008 International Rules Series]] due to an ankle injury.<ref name="aflrleague"/>
Clarke made his debut in a premiership season game on 23 June 2007, also against the Swans. Again, his game was outstanding, with 20 possessions in front of a crowd of 64,222 at Sydney's [[Stadium Australia]].<ref>[http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,21958122%255E19742,00.html Profile] ''[[Herald Sun]]'' accessed 7 March 2014.</ref> His second game came in [[2007 AFL season#Round 13|Round 13]] against [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] on 1 July 2007. In another promising display, Clarke picked up nineteen possessions and three goals, playing on former brownlow medallist [[Shane Crawford]] in a sell out crowd in front of 50,248 at Melbourne's [[Docklands Stadium]]. His three-goal onground performance earned him a nomination in the [[AFL Rising Star]] award in just his second game. Clarke started 2008 in a run of poor form which saw him dropped from the Collingwood side to play the [[Brisbane Lions]]. He didn't return for several weeks later and combined with a run of injuries did not recapture his 2007 form. Clarke was ruled out of representing Ireland in the [[2008 International Rules Series]] due to an ankle injury.<ref name="aflrleague"/>


==Return to Ireland==
==Return to Ireland==
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Clarke announced his retirement from AFL on 24 September 2009, citing his desire to return home and to play Gaelic football, which he said had prompted him to decline the offer of another three-year contract in Australia and that ''"I could easily have stayed. But I think this is what I want to do more. I am more passionate about playing for Down than playing for Collingwood."''<ref>[http://www.irishnews.com/articles/597/5776/2009/10/6/629310_396031075101There821.html Profile], irishnews.com; accessed 7 May 2014.</ref>
Clarke announced his retirement from AFL on 24 September 2009, citing his desire to return home and to play Gaelic football, which he said had prompted him to decline the offer of another three-year contract in Australia and that ''"I could easily have stayed. But I think this is what I want to do more. I am more passionate about playing for Down than playing for Collingwood."''<ref>[http://www.irishnews.com/articles/597/5776/2009/10/6/629310_396031075101There821.html Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173649/http://www.irishnews.com/articles/597/5776/2009/10/6/629310_396031075101There821.html |date=3 March 2016 }}, irishnews.com; accessed 7 May 2014.</ref>


In the 2010 season, Clarke succeeded in establishing himself in the Down senior team. [[Down GAA|Down]] made it to the National League Div 2 final but were beaten by [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] in [[Croke Park]]. His poor form in the early stages improved as Down reached the Ulster championship semi-final and recovered from defeat in this game to successfully make their way through the qualifiers. In the [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]] quarter-finals they recorded a surprise win over [[Kerry GAA|Kerry]] before narrowly overcoming [[Kildare GAA|Kildare]] in the semi-finals setting up and All Ireland final meeting with [[Cork GAA|Cork]] Downs first since 1994. In the end however Down ended up on the losing end of a 0–16 to 0–15 scoreline, Clarke ended the game scoring 0–03.<ref name="aflrleague">{{AFL Tables|M/Martin_Clarke}}</ref>
In the 2010 season, Clarke succeeded in establishing himself in the Down senior team. [[Down GAA|Down]] made it to the National League Div 2 final but were beaten by [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] in [[Croke Park]]. His poor form in the early stages improved as Down reached the Ulster championship semi-final and recovered from defeat in this game to successfully make their way through the qualifiers. In the [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]] quarter-finals they recorded a surprise win over [[Kerry GAA|Kerry]] before narrowly overcoming [[Kildare GAA|Kildare]] in the semi-finals setting up and All Ireland final meeting with [[Cork GAA|Cork]] Downs first since 1994. In the end however Down ended up on the losing end of a 0–16 to 0–15 scoreline, Clarke ended the game scoring 0–03.<ref name="aflrleague">{{AFL Tables|M/Martin_Clarke}}</ref>
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* [[Ulster Under-21 Football Championship]] (1): 2005
* [[Ulster Under-21 Football Championship]] (1): 2005
* [[All-Ireland Minor Football Championship]] (1): 2005
* [[All-Ireland Minor Football Championship]] (1): 2005
* [[2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]] Runner-Up


;Awards
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On 10 October 2011, Clarke was traded from {{AFL GWS}} to {{AFL Col}} in the 2011 AFL Draft, marking his return to the AFL. Clarke opted not to play in the [[International Rules Series]] between Ireland and Australia, instead completing the start of preseason training with his new team.<ref name="aflrleague"/>
On 10 October 2011, Clarke was traded from {{AFL GWS}} to {{AFL Col}} in the 2011 AFL Draft, marking his return to the AFL. Clarke opted not to play in the [[International Rules Series]] between Ireland and Australia, instead completing the start of preseason training with his new team.<ref name="aflrleague"/>


At the end of the 2014 season, Clarke was delisted by Collingwood<ref>{{cite web|first=Stephen|last=Rielly|title=Pies delist three|url=http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/2014-09-04/pies-delist-three|work=Collingwoodfc.com.au|publisher=[[BigPond]]|date=4 September 2014}}</ref> and might return to play Gaelic Football with [[Down GAA|County Down]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/northern-ireland/29029795|title=Martin Clarke yet to commit future to Down after AFL return|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=2 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/sport/afl/news/2014/9/marty-clarke-caolan-mooney-and-peter-yagmoor-leave-collingwood/|title=Marty Clarke and Caolan Mooney return to Ireland, Peter Yagmoor's delisted|publisher=[[2MMM|Triple M]]|date=4 September 2014}}</ref>
At the end of the 2014 season, Clarke was delisted by Collingwood<ref>{{cite web|first=Stephen|last=Rielly|title=Pies delist three|url=http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/2014-09-04/pies-delist-three|work=Collingwoodfc.com.au|publisher=[[BigPond]]|date=4 September 2014|access-date=4 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908123624/http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/2014-09-04/pies-delist-three|archive-date=8 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and might return to play Gaelic Football with [[Down GAA|County Down]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/northern-ireland/29029795|title=Martin Clarke yet to commit future to Down after AFL return|work=[[BBC Sport]]|date=2 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/sport/afl/news/2014/9/marty-clarke-caolan-mooney-and-peter-yagmoor-leave-collingwood/|title=Marty Clarke and Caolan Mooney return to Ireland, Peter Yagmoor's delisted|publisher=[[Triple M Sydney|Triple M]]|date=4 September 2014|access-date=4 September 2014|archive-date=11 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211015412/http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/sport/afl/news/2014/9/marty-clarke-caolan-mooney-and-peter-yagmoor-leave-collingwood/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Media work==
Clarke has appeared on the [[BBC]]'s championship coverage.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/Type/Football/Article/Index/314178|title=Mickey Harte will be on TV punditry duty this afternoon|date=15 November 2020|quote=Harte will join fellow club and countyman Peter Canavan, former Armagh ace Oisin McConville and Down's Marty Clarke for coverage of the second Ulster SFC semi-final between Down and Cavan on BBC2 at 1pm.}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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Latest revision as of 18:14, 3 December 2024

For those of a similar name, including footballers, see Martin Clark (disambiguation).

Martin Clarke
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-11-13) 13 November 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Newry, Northern Ireland
Original team(s) An Ríocht GAA Club, Kilkeel, County Down
Draft 40th overall, 2006 Rookie Draft
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Position(s) Half back
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2007–09; 2012–14 Collingwood 73 (19)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2014.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Martin "Marty" Clarke (Irish: Máirtín Ó Cléirigh; born 13 November 1987) is a Gaelic and former Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 2007 to 2009 and again from 2012 to 2014.

Underage

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Clarke was an outstanding underage Gaelic football talent. He starred for Down GAA Minors,[1] helping them to the 2005 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship and also played a large part in bringing his school (St Louis, Kilkeel), to 2 MacRory Cup finals in 2005 and 2006, and also to a MacLarnon Cup and an All Ireland Colleges 'B' title in as many years. He was part of the Down under-21 team that won an Ulster Championship in 2005. Clarke scored 3 goals and 20 points in an under 14 club game and 18 points in a schools game. He played senior football at local club level with An Ríocht as a centre half forward. [citation needed]

AFL career

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He was first alerted to AFL scouts in the 2005 MacRory Cup final, at which the Australian U17 international rules football team was present. He was invited to an AFL training camp in July 2006. He impressed scouts even more and on 22 August 2006 signed a contract with Collingwood Football Club, becoming the first ever truly international rookie for the club. In October 2007, when Clarke returned home from Australia for a three-week holiday and during that time helped his local club An Ríocht GAC lift its first ever Down Division One league title, defeating Kilcoo in the final. Clarke scored 2–1 in the final, which was played under lights in Pairc Esler, Newry on 26 October 2007. In 2008 Clarke lined out for An Ríocht. Clarke was dubbed by Collingwood assistant coach Guy McKenna as "the Irish equivalent of Nathan Buckley".[2]

Clarke was developed through Collingwood's VFL affiliate the Williamstown Football Club, where he played a number of games semi-professionally as a rookie before debuting at AFL level. It was there that he made a name for himself as a quick midfielder with an ability to accumulate a high number of possessions. He was not only able to adapt extremely well to the oval ball, but brought across some Gaelic football skills which made publicity, particularly his ability to toe poke the oval ball off the ground into his hands.[2]

On one such occasion, he was able to do so at full speed in wet conditions while being closely pursued by an opponent which was featured on Before the Game. On 16 February 2007 he made his AFL debut in a preseason game against Sydney Swans at the North Sydney Oval. He had an outstanding game[3] which led Pies assistant coach Gavin Brown to say

"He was probably the stand-out player from the point of view that he had never played a game of Aussie Rules before ... It just showed that he has an enormous amount of will and want, and he had put in a lot of hard work. It was fantastic for him today – a good step.[4]

Clarke made his debut in a premiership season game on 23 June 2007, also against the Swans. Again, his game was outstanding, with 20 possessions in front of a crowd of 64,222 at Sydney's Stadium Australia.[5] His second game came in Round 13 against Hawthorn on 1 July 2007. In another promising display, Clarke picked up nineteen possessions and three goals, playing on former brownlow medallist Shane Crawford in a sell out crowd in front of 50,248 at Melbourne's Docklands Stadium. His three-goal onground performance earned him a nomination in the AFL Rising Star award in just his second game. Clarke started 2008 in a run of poor form which saw him dropped from the Collingwood side to play the Brisbane Lions. He didn't return for several weeks later and combined with a run of injuries did not recapture his 2007 form. Clarke was ruled out of representing Ireland in the 2008 International Rules Series due to an ankle injury.[6]

Return to Ireland

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Martin Clarke
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Centre forward
Born (1987-11-13) 13 November 1987 (age 37)
County Down, Northern Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nickname Marty
Club(s)
Years Club
2004-
 An Ríocht
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 1
All Stars 1

Clarke announced his retirement from AFL on 24 September 2009, citing his desire to return home and to play Gaelic football, which he said had prompted him to decline the offer of another three-year contract in Australia and that "I could easily have stayed. But I think this is what I want to do more. I am more passionate about playing for Down than playing for Collingwood."[7]

In the 2010 season, Clarke succeeded in establishing himself in the Down senior team. Down made it to the National League Div 2 final but were beaten by Armagh in Croke Park. His poor form in the early stages improved as Down reached the Ulster championship semi-final and recovered from defeat in this game to successfully make their way through the qualifiers. In the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-finals they recorded a surprise win over Kerry before narrowly overcoming Kildare in the semi-finals setting up and All Ireland final meeting with Cork Downs first since 1994. In the end however Down ended up on the losing end of a 0–16 to 0–15 scoreline, Clarke ended the game scoring 0–03.[6]

Honours

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County
Awards
  • All Star (1): 2010
  • Irish News All Star (1): 2010
  • Irish News All Star Football of The Year (1): 2010
  • Vodafone Player of The Month August (1): 2010
  • Ulster Colleges All Stars (2): 2005, 2006
Club
  • Down Football League Division 2 (1): 2009
  • Down Football League Division 1 (1): 2007
  • Down Minor B Football Championship (1): (2004)
School
  • All-Ireland B Colleges Football Championship (1): 2004
  • MacLarnon Cup (1): 2004

Return to AFL

[edit]

On 10 October 2011, Clarke was traded from Greater Western Sydney to Collingwood in the 2011 AFL Draft, marking his return to the AFL. Clarke opted not to play in the International Rules Series between Ireland and Australia, instead completing the start of preseason training with his new team.[6]

At the end of the 2014 season, Clarke was delisted by Collingwood[8] and might return to play Gaelic Football with County Down.[9][10]

Media work

[edit]

Clarke has appeared on the BBC's championship coverage.[11]

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ "Home". downgaa.net.
  2. ^ a b Profile Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, collingwoodfc.com.au; accessed 7 May 2014.
  3. ^ Profile, the Age accessed 7 May 2014.
  4. ^ http://www.irishnews.com/access/breakingnews/story.asp?j=218175722&p=zy8y76453&n=218176553&x= , The Irish News; accessed 7 May 2014
  5. ^ Profile Herald Sun accessed 7 March 2014.
  6. ^ a b c Martin Clarke's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  7. ^ Profile Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, irishnews.com; accessed 7 May 2014.
  8. ^ Rielly, Stephen (4 September 2014). "Pies delist three". Collingwoodfc.com.au. BigPond. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  9. ^ "Martin Clarke yet to commit future to Down after AFL return". BBC Sport. 2 September 2014.
  10. ^ "Marty Clarke and Caolan Mooney return to Ireland, Peter Yagmoor's delisted". Triple M. 4 September 2014. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  11. ^ "Mickey Harte will be on TV punditry duty this afternoon". 15 November 2020. Harte will join fellow club and countyman Peter Canavan, former Armagh ace Oisin McConville and Down's Marty Clarke for coverage of the second Ulster SFC semi-final between Down and Cavan on BBC2 at 1pm.
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