Colin Corbishley
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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Colin Corbishley[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 13 June 1939[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Stoke-on-Trent, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 28 May 2015 (aged 75)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Halton, Cheshire, England[2] | ||
| Position(s) | 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 | |||
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
References
- Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 68. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
- "Colin Corbishley". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- Colin Corbishley at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)