Colin Corbishley

Colin Corbishley
Personal information
Full name Colin Corbishley[1]
Date of birth (1939-06-13)13 June 1939[1]
Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Date of death 28 May 2015(2015-05-28) (aged 75)[2]
Place of death Halton, Cheshire, England[2]
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1962 Port Vale 11 (0)
1962–1965 Chester 83 (11)
Stafford Rangers
Prescot Town
Total 94+ (11+)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.

Playing career

Corbishley joined Port Vale as an amateur in June 1959 and signed as a professional in October of that year.[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]

Statistics

Source:[3]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Port Vale 1960–61 Third Division 30003060
1961–62 Third Division 80000080
Total 1100030140
Chester 1962–63 Fourth Division 3431030383
1963–64 Fourth Division 4172011448
1964–65 Fourth Division 81001091
Total 831130519112
Career Total 9411308110512

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 68. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. 1 2 "Colin Corbishley". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Colin Corbishley at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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