John Wark

John Wark
Wark in 2006
Personal information
Full name John Wark[1]
Date of birth (1957-08-04) 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)
International career
1977–1980 Scotland U21 9 (2)
1979–1984 Scotland 29 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Honours

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

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[2]
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[2]
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[8]
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
  1. ↑ "John Wark". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Wark, "Career statistics", pp. 171–176
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "100 PWSTK – The Definitive List". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  4. ↑ Smith, Martin (19 December 2007). "Best footballers: Shearer a hero on two fronts". Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Liverpool 1 - 1 Everton". lfchistory.net. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ SFA profile




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