Alan Combe
Alan Combe (born 3 April 1974) is a Scottish professional football player and coach. Born in Edinburgh, Combe played as a goalkeeper for Cowdenbeath, St Mirren, Dundee United, Bradford City and Kilmarnock. He has also worked as a goalkeeping coach for Alloa Athletic, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian and Cove Rangers.
 Combe playing for Kilmarnock | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan Combe[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Cove Rangers (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kelty Hearts | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1993 | Cowdenbeath | 18 | (0) |
| 1993–1998 | St Mirren | 124 | (0) |
| 1998–2003 | Dundee United | 73 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Bradford City (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Bradford City | 21 | (0) |
| 2004–2011 | Kilmarnock | 149 | (0) |
| 2011 | Clyde (trial) | 1 | (0) |
| 2011 | Hamilton Academical (trial) | 1 | (0) |
| 2012 | Greenock Morton | 10 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Heart of Midlothian | 0 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Hibernian | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 413 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 2005 | Scotland B | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:36, 3 September 2012 (UTC) | |||
Career
Combe was Kilmarnock's regular goalkeeper until he suffered a serious hip injury early in the 2009–10 season.[2] He was released by Kilmarnock on 31 January 2011.[3]
Combe joined Alloa Athletic in August 2011 as a goalkeeping coach.[4] In November 2011, Combe played for Clyde against Annan Athletic and kept a clean sheet.[5] He went on trial with Hamilton Academical in December 2011, making his debut on 27 December 2011.[6]
In March 2012, Combe signed a deal with Greenock Morton[7] that was due to run until the end of the 2012–13 season. He left Morton in September 2012 to Join Hearts, primarily as a goalkeeping coach.[8] Combe retained his playing registration during spells with Hearts and Hibernian, but did not appear in a first team match for either club.
International
Combe was named in the senior Scotland squad on a few occasions but was not capped. Combe did however appear for the Scotland B team in 2005, playing in the second half of a 2–0 victory against Poland B.
Coaching career
While playing for Morton, Combe worked as a goalkeeping coach at Alloa Athletic.[9]Combe was released from his contract with Morton in 2012 to become a goalkeeping coach at Hearts, although he retained his playing registration in case of emergency.[8][10] After being released by Hearts in 2014, in July Combe joined boyhood club Hibernian as a player-coach.[11] He left Hibernian during the 2020 close season.[12] Combe joined Cove Rangers as a goalkeeping coach in September 2020.[13]
Personal life
Combe is the great nephew of Bobby Combe, who played for Hibs and Scotland in the 1940s and 1950s.[14]
Career statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Scotland | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1992–93 | Cowdenbeath | Scottish First Division | 18 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 18 | 0 | ||
| 1993–94 | St Mirren | 16 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 16 | 0 | |||
| 1994–95 | 21 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 1995–96 | 21 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 1996–97 | 36 | 0 | N/A | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||
| 1997–98 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 1998–99 | Dundee United | Scottish Premier League | 10 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1999–2000 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | 23 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| England | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 2001–02 | Bradford City (loan) | Football League First Division | 16 | 0 | - | - | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | Dundee United | Scottish Premier League | 5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| England | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 2003–04 | Bradford City | Football League First Division | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 22 | 0 | |
| Scotland | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 2004–05 | Kilmarnock | Scottish Premier League | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 2005–06 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Total | Scotland | 251 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | England | 120 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 371 | 28 | 31 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
References
- "Alan Combe". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- "Killie to lose Combe for 10 weeks". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- "Danny Invincibile & Alan Combe released by Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- "Alan Combe joins Alloa as goalkeeping coach". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- "Clyde 0–0 Annan Athletic". BBC. 12 November 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- "Accies 0 Livingston 1". Hamilton Academical F.C. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012.
- "New signing". Greenock Morton F.C. 13 February 2012. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- "Hearts: Alan Combe becomes keeper coach after Morton exit". BBC Sport. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- Mitchell, Jonathan (28 May 2012). "Ton keeper to continue coaching". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- "Player News – Alan Combe". Greenock Morton F.C. 1 September 2012. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- "Hibernian bring in Andy Holden as new assistant coach". BBC Sport. BBC.
- Delaney, James (15 June 2020). "Hibs hoping to add new goalkeeping coach as Jack Ross looks to recruit former member of Sunderland backroom staff". Edinburgh Live. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- Fowler, Craig (21 September 2020). "Former Hibs coach Alan Combe gets new role with Cove Rangers". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- "ALAN COMBE ON HIS GREAT UNCLE AND THE SCOTTISH CUP WIN". Hibernian FC. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
External links
- Alan Combe at Soccerbase
