Zac Clarke

**Last statistical update: 00:59, 27 November 2022 (UTC)**

**Zac Clarke** is a footballer who played for **Hashtag United** (men).

Clarke appeared in the first season of the Hashtag Academy, he had been invited to join on 25 November 2016 having previously applied. He reached episode three before departing the process. Afterwards, Clarke joined up with the Hashtag United Sunday team - initially known as West Oviedo - from the 2017–18 campaign; he featured in each campaign up until 2020–21, featuring 55 times and scoring 6 goals in that spell. On 13 May 2018, Clarke participated in a friendly match against Newquay, as he was selected to start an eventual 3–2 defeat. A second first-team appearance arrived soon after in a loss to a University of Reading XI.

2018–19
At the beginning of 2018–19, as HTU moved into non-league football, Clarke was put into the senior squad for the club's upcoming pre-season. Jay Devereux would select him in three matches across July 2018, as he played in winless matches versus Swindon Supermarine, Royal Holloway Old Boys (starter) and Tilbury.

2019–20
Despite not featuring competitively across 2018–19, Clarke again played for *The Tags* in the pre-season of 2019–20. He would come off the bench at Cropston Road against Anstey Nomads and at The Gore against Burnham, with HTU coming away with a win and a defeat respectively.

### Post-HTU

St Lawrence
Although he featured on-and-off for Hashtag United Sunday, Clarke would not return to the first-team set-up of the club as he joined St Lawrence. He wouldn't appear for their senior team either, though did make one appearance for their reserves in the Sevenoaks and District League - Division Four.

Kemsing United
During the 2019–20 campaign, Clarke headed to fellow Sevenoaks and District League - Premier Division side Kemsing United. He made 5 appearances in his first season with them, notably scoring in a 3–2 loss away to ex-club St Lawrence on 19 October 2019. He also netted 3 times in 6 games for their reserves in Division Two. By the conclusion of the 2021–22 season, Clarke had played 39 times and scored 11 goals for the reserves, having also taken his first-team tally to 11 matches; predominantly across Division One and Division Three, after both sides were relegated in prior seasons.

## Personal Life

Clarke became engaged to girlfriend Lucinda Howes in October 2022. They have one son, Tommy (b. 2017).

## HTU Statistics

Breakdown

'*Other Cups' includes competitions like the FA Trophy, the FA Vase and friendly tournaments. See also: HTUwiki:DataIssues.*

Appearances (7)
* \*indicates date is that of the video upload.

Newquay  v  Hashtag United

University of Reading XI  v  Hashtag United

Swindon Supermarine  v  Hashtag United

Royal Holloway Old Boys  v  Hashtag United

Tilbury  v  Hashtag United

Anstey Nomads  v  Hashtag United

Burnham  v  Hashtag United

## References

1. ↑ "my birthday today!!" , 8 January 2010.
2. ↑ "Match Report" , 11 April 2013.
3. ↑ "Amazing day playing at Selhurst park" , 16 May 2017.
4. ↑ "Absolutely buzzing to have received this email this morning!" , 25 November 2016.
5. ↑ "Zac Clarke player stats" .
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 "Zac Clarke player stats" .
7. ↑ "SHE SAID YES" , 24 June 2022.
8. ↑ "That bonding moment" , 21 May 2017.
9. ↑ "Tommy with his first hole in one" , 4 April 2021.