Excellent signing for Widnes, I would have prefered to let Higham go. Good look Jon hope it goes well for you at the smellies. At least you have your Wembley medal to take with you

Worst kept secret since Ratchford

Good luck to him, and I'm very glad to see there's no ill feeling (yet) or pointless slagging off on here about it as well.

Tut cant you take Higham instead...

Excellent, does this mean Higham is the new favoured scape goat? Ok he can be good for one knock on a game (through trying to get up too quickly), but I don't really see that he's such a poor player as people's comments on here would indicate

Not the greatest to pull on the P&B jersey, but never gave anything but 100%, whenever he played
A good passer of a ball (i.e. to hands, not ankles/over the head), never shirked work, and ALWAYS backed up play - where he got most of his tries from.

Just a pity, some of the more blinkered speccies couldn't see this.

Cheers Clarkey, and good luck.

Bye John

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Has it really been four years since he got that contract? By heck, time's flew.

I'll be sad to see Jon go, hope he gets a good reception when he comes back, even if he is playing for the enemy.

As a side note, just gone on to the BBC Rugby League bit. Headline is:

'Clarke to join Warrington in 2012'.

Embarrassing.

A great servant and an ideal signing for a promoted club. [insert cliche about him going out on a high with a GF win here.

Thanks to Jon for the great service that you have given the Wire over the past ten years.
Good Luck at Widnes

Another howler from the BBC!!! I love it!

Great servant to the club. Always liked Clarkey. He's put in some huge performances over the years and was excellent in the CC Final last season. Cheers fella!

Good luck to him, never gave less than 100% and his versatility helped us out massively in previous seasons. Would rather he stayed than Higham.

Best of luck JC, 10 years of graft and loyalty to the P&B. Hopefully your last game will be one of the greatest occasions for the club for many years.

No surprise he opted for the Demics...all the best!

(still a terrible driver though)

Good luck Jon, I'm sure he will do very well at Widnes and help them in their development and transition in the next few years to SL. Also a tough competitor who gave 100% every week for us, committed and a hard work-man like style. Given our improvements the time is right for him to move on, as he has been in and out of the side recently. He's been here through the good times and bad, to survive for 10 years at the club he has done very well and he played some key roles especially during the Cullen era and before that. Thanks Jon, I shall miss your Curly Mop of hair also.

Great servant to the club and a good signing for Widnes.

Agree. Jon Clarke has been a great servant to this club and it's fitting that he finally won some important silverware, and maybe more to come, before he moves on. Good signing for the Comics, too.

Its always a shame to see such a long serving player leave but you cant blame him for taking the two year contract on offer at his age (especially knowing he's never likely to dislodge monaghan from hooker)

He'll do a good job for widnes though as I wish him all the best

Love him or hate him he always put in 100%. Like Briers he played in some pretty poor Warrington teams over the years and it's nice to see him get some silverware.... I'm sure hebwas gutted at missing out on Wembley in 2009.

Decent guy to chat to at the club events too.

Good Luck to Jon Clarke, been a good player for us.

Not sure what to add really. Jon has been around through bad times and really bad times alike and still never given less than 100% commitment to the cause. I am happy that his Warrington career will show almost continuous improvement throughout and that he got to play a winning Cup final in the P&B; I'd be even happier to see him play in a winning Grand Final.

Despite all the poop that has been thrown his way by a number of idiots, Jon has been the ultimate pro and the work he does off the field is incredibly important in our communities. I certainly wish him all the best at Widnes, he's probably the best signing they've made so far in terms of a solid pro to set a good example.

Bagged him a lot I know.

But good luck to the bloke either way. Will be interesting seeing him line up against us next year.

Why support Jon's Testimonial event on 20th September this will be an opportunity to say farewell to Jon and Matt King

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