 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.City were 1–0 ahead when Clarke went off with a calf injury which was due to keep him out for up to a month.However, after missing a Football League Trophy derby game with Leeds United, he made a quick recovery playing in City's next league game.