{"id":1438,"date":"2021-08-10T16:17:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T15:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gateshead-fc.com\/?post_type=players&#038;p=1438"},"modified":"2022-06-02T17:44:50","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T16:44:50","slug":"ben-clark","status":"publish","type":"players","link":"https:\/\/gateshead-fc.com\/players\/ben-clark\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Clark re-joined the club as Academy Coach &amp; Gateshead FC Foundation&#8217;s Community Officer in March 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The defender spent six years with The Heed as a player, racking up 280 appearances and going on to captain the club in the 2014 Conference Play-Off Final at Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>He spent a brief period as the club&#8217;s first-team manager from January 2019 until April 2019, guiding his side to a ninth-placed finish in the Vanarama National League before an enforced points deduction.<\/p>\n<p>The club&#8217;s under 19 side completed a league and cup double during the 2021\/22 season under Clark&#8217;s guidance, lifting both the National League U19 Alliance Division I and League Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Clark took on a full time role as Gateshead FC Foundation&#8217;s Community Officer in June 2022.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy alignnone size-medium wp-image-1495\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\" src=\"https:\/\/gateshead-fc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/gateshead-fc\/assets\/images\/loading.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gateshead-fc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_9858CW-600x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1495\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\" src=\"https:\/\/gateshead-fc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_9858CW-600x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2413,"template":"","class_list":["post-1438","players","type-players","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ben Clark - Gateshead FC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gateshead-fc.com\/players\/ben-clark\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ben Clark - Gateshead FC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ben Clark re-joined the club as Academy Coach &amp; 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