Daryl Clare

Born in the island of Jersey, Clare had moved to Grimsby as a youngster and made his league debut for Grimsby Town near the end of the 1995–96 season when he came on as a substitute at home against Sheffield United on 20 April 1996. At the time he was 17 years of age. His next appearance came a year and a half later, against Southend United, while his first start came against Carlisle United on 20 December 1997, when he was selected due to the injuries of Lee Nogan and Jack Lester. The team won that game 1–0 thanks to a goal from John McDermott. That year Clare was part of the Town side that won promotion from the Second Division via the play-offs, though he took no part in the play-off final, and played on the winning side in the Football League Trophy. He was voted as young player of the year for both Grimsby and the Republic of Ireland. During his time at Grimsby Town he had two loan spells at Northampton Town and one at Cheltenham Town. Clare joined Boston United on a free transfer in July 2001 after a trial there. He was a prolific goalscorer at Boston, scoring 24 goals in the Football Conference as he helped them to win promotion to the Football League at the end of the 2001–02 season. He was transfer-listed by the club in September 2002 after refusing to be selected for a place as a substitute, and joined Chester City six weeks later, where his 29 league goals in the 2003–04 season contributed to the club's return to the Football League. He returned to Boston in…

Clare has represented the Republic of Ireland at under-21 and B international level.

Having seen out the remainder of the 2011–12 season as a free agent following his departure from Cambridge in September 2011, Clare completed his coaching badges with The Football Association and after rejecting offers by other clubs as a player he was appointed manager of Louth Town on 18 June 2012. Clare resigned as manager of Louth Town on 29 October 2013 following several successive defeats for his side this season 2013–14. His next opportunity in management came when he was unveiled as joint boss of Boston Town for the 2016–17 season.

Clare was born on Jersey, Channel Islands.