Footballers who have played league football for both PNE and Swindon
A-K
889) Marlon Broomes
PNE 69 apps; 0 goals
Robins 12 apps; 1 goal
PNE debut 26/08/2002 v Gillingham (A) – Drawn 1-1
997) Leon Clarke
PNE 6 apps; 1 goal
Robins 2 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 01/02/2011 v Barnsley (A) – Lost 0-2
755) Stephen Finney
PNE 6 apps; 1 goal
Robins 73 apps; 18 goals
PNE debut 14/01/1992 v Hull (H) – Lost 2-3
671) Simon Gibson
PNE 42 apps; 5 goals
Robins 31 apps; 3 goals
PNE debut 15/12/1984 v Brentford (H) – Drawn 1-1
417) Arthur Hetherington
PNE 53 apps 3 goals
Robins 65 apps; 13 goals
PNE debut 12/01/1935 v Barnsley (H) – Drawn 0-0
1037) Lee Holmes
PNE 2 apps; 0 goals
Robins 13 app; 2 goals
PNE debut 13/08/2012 v Huddersfield (H) – Won 2-0
1018) Jake Jervis
PNE 5 apps; 2 goals
Robins 11 apps; 3 goals
PNE debut 02/01/2012 v Rochdale (H) – Drawn 1-1
648) John Kelly
PNE 130 apps; 27 goals
Robins 7 apps; 1 goal
PNE debut 10/08/1981 v Bristol City (A) – Drawn 0-0
Player Profile – Leon Clarke
Leon Marvin Clarke was born in Wolverhampton on 10 February 1985, a product of Wolves youth academy, where he worked his way up to making his first team debut in a League Cup win over Darlington on 23 September 2003. After a loan period at Kidderminster in Spring 2004, he made his breakthrough into the Wolves first team in the 2004/05 season, and made 31 appearances, scoring 8 times.
During the 2005/06 season his fortunes were mixed, as he benefited from injuries to others in the early part of the season, before slipping down the pecking order later in the season, after new players were signed. He went out on loan twice; first to QPR, then to Plymouth.
He played regularly in the first half of the 2006/07 season but, in January he was transfer-listed when manager Mick McCarthy.
On 15 January 2007, then Sheffield Wednesday manager Brian Laws signed Clarke for an undisclosed fee. However, only two months later Clarke went on loan to League One promotion chasing side Oldham without even making a starting appearance for Wednesday. Clarke proceeded to score his first goal against Doncaster in a 4–0 victory on 11 March 2007. In total, Clarke played five games and scored three goals for Oldham. After returning to Hillsborough, he was immediately placed in the first team and scored on his first start in a 2–1 victory against Cardiff. After only one goal and one start in the early stages of the 2007/08 season, he was sent on loan to Southend. On his debut he scored one goal and setting up two others in a 3–0 victory against Gillingham.
Clarke scored the first of Wednesday's two goals in the end of the season 2008/09 relegation battle against Crystal Palace, which could have seen either team relegated from the Championship on 2 May 2010. However in celebrating the goal, he kicked the advertising boarding, dislocating his toe and forcing the striker to be carried off the pitch and subsequently substituted. The game finished 2–2, which saw Wednesday relegated to League One. Three days later it was announced he would not be offered a new contract.
Clarke signed for QPR on 21 May 2010 on a 2 year contract, with manager Neil Warnock After struggling to keep a first-team place at QPR he was loaned to Preston on 28 January 2011 until the end of the season. Clarke scored his only goal for Preston on 15 February 2011 against Watford. On the 19 August 2011 QPR confirmed that Clarke's contract had been terminated by mutual consent.
Clarke signed for Swindon on 19 August 2011 on a two-year contract, dropping from the Premier League to League Two to link up with Swindon boss Paolo Di Canio. Clarke went on to make 2 appearances for Swindon in the League against Oxford United and Shrewsbury Town.
After a 3-1 loss to Southampton Clarke was involved in an altercation with Claudio Donatelli, the Swindon fitness coach. Di Canio intervened; the manager and player were shown on television cameras arguing and being separated by coaching staff. Swindon Town chairman Jeremy Wray later confirmed that the club would be looking to offload Clarke on loan as a result of the incident and Di Canio himself stated that Clarke would never play for Swindon whilst he (Di Canio) is manager.
On 9 September 2011, Clarke joined League One club Chesterfield on a three-month loan, scoring on his debut. He subsequently scored on his home debut, followed by a hat-trick against Carlisle, making that five goals in his first three games for the Spireites. He also scored on his return to Sheffield Wednesday but despite this ended up on the losing side as Chesterfield fell to a 3-1 loss.
On 1 January 2012, Clarke signed for Charlton as part of a swap deal in exchange for Paul Benson. Clarke played his first game for Charlton on 2 January 2012, coming on as a substitute against Brentford in a 2-0 win.
On 17 March 2012, Clarke signed for Crawley on loan until the end of the season