Ian Clark was announced as a director of Exeter City at the start of the 2002/03 season. 

Through the match programme, Exeter City announced the appointment of Ian Clark as a club director in August 2002 following John Russell and Mike Lewis taking control of the club a few months earlier. 

Ian Clark shot to nationwide television fame when his chain of estate agent outlets in the Bristol area were the subject of a 'fly on the wall' documentary. It made riveting viewing as the cameras followed, not just lan himself, but his staff, their work and their personal lives and showed buyers and sellers of property with their very differing stories.

lan would probably admit that Estate Agents are looked upon by some people with a good deal of suspicion. However, the television series did much to dispel that myth with their own personal tales to tell, at work and at home.

It was during the series that lan was filmed at St James' Park, visiting Exeter City FC, a club that he hoped he might become more involved with in the future. He was shown on the pitch, cracking a few shots into the goal at the Cliff Bastin Stand end of the ground.

lan has realised that ambition by becoming a director of the Grecians, joining the Board last month. The 40-year old tried to buy a share of the Club three years ago, when he held discussions with the chairman Ivor Doble. Since then, lan has sold his Bristol based business, Clark & Co, the company having sponsored several matchballs and fundraising events at the Park in past seasons. He has now injected a sum of cash into the Club and become a director, but hopes to use his experience in the property market to good effect for the benefit of the City.

"I want to start buying houses and rent them out to students and players and perhaps sell one or two to get the Club financially on its feet," he explained.

lan, who now lives in Topsham, was unveiled as a new director at Exeter City's recent Open Day, which followed discussions with new owners John Russell and Mike Lewis.

"I met John and Mike and we had a really good chat and both guys were brilliant. It's about getting supporters more involved with the Club, getting the fans into the directors' box on matchdays and things like that."

Co-chairman John Russell had no doubt that lan Clark would be a great addition to the board of directors. "I think he is a great acquisition for Exeter City," he told the Express and Echo. "Not just because of the fact we can use his business acumen, but also because he does live and breathe football. He is here for all the right reasons. He is a lovely person and football-daft."

lan has made no secret of the fact that he has been an Exeter City supporter through and through, even when he was a child living in the area. He also had trials for both Exeter and Plymouth Argyle, playing a lot of football since as young as five.

"I decided to come back home from Bristol and I believe the Club has a brilliant future, I did try to get involved a few years ago and even as recently as 18 months ago, but I decided the time wasn't right."

lan was a regular visitor to St James Park, even though it entailed a journey to and from Bristol, and he also brought guests with him. But with more involvement in the City now as a director, he has fulfilled a long held dream of assisting his beloved Grecians.

There is no Companies House record of Mr Clark ever having been a director of the club.