Colin Corbishley | |
Fullname: | Colin Corbishley |
Birth Date: | 13 June 1939 |
Birth Place: | Stoke-on-Trent, England |
Death Place: | Halton, Cheshire, England |
Position: | Midfielder |
Years1: | 1959–1962 |
Clubs1: | Port Vale |
Caps1: | 11 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1962–1965 |
Clubs2: | Chester |
Caps2: | 83 |
Goals2: | 11 |
Clubs3: | Stafford Rangers |
Clubs4: | Prescot Town |
Totalcaps: | 94+ |
Totalgoals: | 11+ |
Colin Corbishley (13 June 1939 – 28 May 2015) was an English footballer who played as a midfielder for Port Vale, Chester, Stafford Rangers, and Prescot Town.
Corbishley joined Port Vale as an amateur in June 1959 and signed as a professional in October.[1] He made his debut on 17 October 1960, in a League Cup 2–2 draw with Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road.[1] He played a further two League Cup and three Third Division matches that season.[1] Used as a rotation player by manager Norman Low, he featured only in eight of the last nine games of the 1961–62 season before being released from Vale Park in May 1962.[1] He moved on to Bill Lambton's Chester and scored 11 goals in 83 Fourth Division games as the "Seals" finished in the re-election zone in 1962–63 before rising to 12th and eighth place in 1963–64 and 1964–65 under new manager Peter Hauser.[1] After leaving Sealand Road, Corbishley played for Stafford Rangers and Prescot Town.[1]
Source:
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Port Vale | 1960–61 | Third Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
1961–62 | Third Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
Chester | 1962–63 | Fourth Division | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 3 | |
1963–64 | Fourth Division | 41 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 8 | ||
1964–65 | Fourth Division | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
Total | 83 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 91 | 12 | |||
Career total | 94 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 105 | 12 |