He went on to play for Halifax Town, from where he spent short loans at Gainsborough Trinity and Frickley Athletic, and Darlington before signing for Bradford City in 2006.
He remained with The Bantams until 2010 before joining Maltese Premier League side Hibernians; during a three-year spell in Malta Clarke also played for Msida Saint-Joseph and Marsaxlokk.
[10][11] His loan deal lasted two games because of an injury caused by driving before he returned to Bradford,[9] for whom he made his league debut on 5 December 2006.
[14][15] He made his first prolonged run of games in the Bradford team until he suffered a medial ligament injury in training, which allowed loan defender TJ Moncur to make his debut and play throughout February and March 2008.
[17] He started the following season, helping Bradford to two clean sheets in their first three league games, before he suffered another injury, after half-an-hour of a 3–2 defeat to Aldershot Town.
"[22] In the following game, Clarke scored City's equalising goal, but they fell to a 4–1 defeat to AFC Bournemouth, which prompted McCall to offer to resign if the side did not reach the play-offs.