Clarke made a huge impression at Lincoln. This appeared in the April 1991 edition of Deranged Ferret!:
'The Legend Of The Lincoln Imp
One stormy day back in the mists of time, the devil experienced a particularly bad day and decided to vent his fury in as fiendish a way as he could imagine. He thought and thought and thought again until he could think no more, and eventually he hit upon a plan that made him laugh until he cried. Without further delay he put his scheme into motion, and set loose all the little demons he possessed. One of these demons was carried on the wind to the ancient city of Lincoln, where it was immediately appointed manager and renamed Allan Clarke.
The little demon immediately began to wreak as much havoc as it possibly could, and in next to no time had brought the city to its knees. A succession of brave warriors tried to remove the demon: the fearsome army from Stockport, the deadly Crewe legions, even the impressive forces of Darlington had no effect upon the imp, and it carried on its acts of destruction as determinedly as ever. There seemed no escape at all.
But the local townspeople fought tooth and nail against the ignorance of the demon and, assisted by two brave warriors named Reames and Thompson, they turned on the naughty imp and said, "Evil imp, be banished to Scunthorpe."
And it was.'
Both the April and February editions are full of Clarke-related jibes. Hard to believe he was only here for four months. I can't recall any other figure in the last 50 years who provoked such ill-feeling in so short a space of time. Liam Hearn, perhaps?