Colin Hendry

Edward Colin James Hendry (born 7 December 1965) is a Scottish professional football coach and former player. Hendry, who played as a defender, started his career with Dundee in 1983, and had spells at Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Rangers, Coventry City, Bolton Wanderers, and Blackpool. He was part of the Blackburn squad that won the English Premiership in 1995 and the Rangers squad that won the Scottish domestic treble in 1998–99. He has had management stints at Blackpool and Clyde.

Colin Hendry
Hendry playing for Scotland at Euro 1996
Personal information
Full name Edward Colin James Hendry[1]
Date of birth (1965-12-07) 7 December 1965[2]
Place of birth Keith,[2] Scotland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1982 Keith
1982–1983 Islavale
1983–1987 Dundee 41 (2)
1987–1989 Blackburn Rovers 102 (22)
1989–1991 Manchester City 63 (5)
1991–1998 Blackburn Rovers 235 (12)
1998–2000 Rangers 22 (0)
2000–2001 Coventry City 11 (0)
2000–2001 → Bolton Wanderers (loan) 9 (1)
2001–2003 Bolton Wanderers 16 (2)
2002 → Preston North End (loan) 2 (0)
2002–2003 → Blackpool (loan) 14 (0)
Total 515 (44)
National team
1993–2001 Scotland 51 (3)
Teams managed
2004–2005 Blackpool
2007–2008 Clyde
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Hendry first played for his local semi-professional club, Highland League outfit Keith, and Islavale, a North Scottish Junior club. He began his full-time professional career in 1983 with Dundee. During his early career, Hendry played mainly as a striker. In 1987 he was transferred to Blackburn Rovers, where he was converted into a defender. One of his first appearances came in the Full Members Cup final, where he scored the only goal in the 1–0 Wembley win over Charlton Athletic.

He played over 100 games for Blackburn before joining Manchester City in 1989, where he was named Player of the Year in the 1989–90 season. His days at City were numbered, however, after he fell out of manager Peter Reid's plans when Reid took over in November 1990 on the departure of Howard Kendall to Everton.

He was re-signed for Blackburn by Kenny Dalglish in November 1991 for a fee of £700,000[4] and helped them to great success including promotion from the Second Division and winning the FA Premier League. In 1998, he got a move back to Scotland to play with Rangers where he was signed by manager Dick Advocaat for £4 million. However, despite winning the domestic treble in his first season, his time there was relatively unhappy with Advocaat claiming that Hendry was "not his type of player". After his spell at Rangers, Hendry also played for Coventry City and Bolton Wanderers, as well as Preston North End and Blackpool on loan, before retiring from playing football.

Overall, Hendry played more than 500 league games and scored more than 40 goals in a playing career spanning 20 years.

In November 2018, Hendry played a league game for Blackburn Sunday League side Moorgate F.C.[5]

International career
Hendry (blue, number five) playing for Scotland against Netherlands at Villa Park during Euro 1996

Hendry managed to win 51 caps for Scotland despite the fact that he was a latecomer to the international scene, not making his debut until he was 27. He captained Scotland in the 1998 World Cup. His last Scotland appearance, on 28 March 2001, saw Hendry score two goals in a 4–0 win over San Marino.[6] His international career was ended as he was subsequently banned for six matches for elbowing San Marino substitute Nicola Albani later in that game.[6]

Coaching career

Hendry landed his first managerial job in June 2004 when he was appointed manager of his former club Blackpool, but was dismissed by the club in November 2005 following a poor run of results.

In September 2006 Hendry joined Boston United as assistant manager, and in June 2007 he became manager of Scottish side Clyde.[7] Hendry lost his first three games in charge. He picked up his first victory in a Scottish Challenge Cup tie against fellow Scottish First Division side Queen of the South in August 2007. His best run was a six-game undefeated streak from November 2007 to December 2007. His final game in charge of Clyde was a Scottish Cup fourth-round match, which Clyde lost 1–0 to Dundee United.[8] Hendry resigned as manager of Clyde on 18 January 2008,[8]

In June 2012, Hendry re-joined Blackburn Rovers, initially as first team coach.[9] He later became assistant manager of the club's under-21 team.

On 12 June 2014, Hendry left Rovers.[10]

Personal life

Hendry's wife, Denise, died on 10 July 2009, aged 42. Her death is believed to have been caused by a long-term infection resulting from nine punctures to internal organs inflicted during cosmetic surgery performed by Swedish cosmetic surgeon Gustav Aniansson, at the private Broughton Park Hospital in Preston, in April 2002. Hendry has four children by his wife: Rheagan, Kyle, Callum and Niamh.[11] His son Callum is also a footballer.[12]

On 23 June 2010, Hendry was formally declared bankrupt at Blackpool County Court. It was reported that he faced a tax bill of more than £1m and owed thousands of pounds to other creditors.[13] One of the creditors was SpreadEx, a betting company.[13]

Hendry was charged with harassing and assaulting an ex-girlfriend in May 2015.[14] He subsequently pleaded guilty to a charge of harassment, while the assault charge was dropped.[15]

Career statistics

Club

[16][17]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Other Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Scotland League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
1983–84DundeePremier Division40
1984–8540
1985–86200
1986–87132
England League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
1986–87Blackburn RoversSecond Division133
1987–884412
1988–89387
1989–9070
1990–91Manchester City[18]First Division253311000294
1990–9132121303[lower-alpha 1]0402
1991–926100101[lower-alpha 1]283
1991–92Blackburn RoversSecond Division304
1992–93Premier League411—
1993–94220—
1994–9540420403[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]0494
1995–9633120405[lower-alpha 4]0441
1996–973512020—391
1997–983414010—391
Scotland League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
1998–99RangersPremier League20030405[lower-alpha 2]0320
1999–002000002[lower-alpha 4]040
England League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
1999–2000Coventry CityPremier League900000—90
2000–01200000—20
2000–01Bolton WanderersFirst Division22310003[lower-alpha 5]0263
2001–02Premier League300040—70
2001–02Preston North End (loan)First Division200000—20
2002–03Blackpool (loan)Second Division1400000—140
Total Scotland 6323+0+4+0+7077+2+
England 4524216+2+20+0+15+2+503+46+
Career total 51544
  1. Appearances in Full Members' Cup
  2. Appearances in UEFA Cup
  3. Appearance in Charity Shield
  4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. Appearances in English Football League play-offs

International
Scotland national team[19]
YearAppsGoals
199331
199460
199550
199690
199750
1998100
199960
200050
200122
Total513

International goals
Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.[20]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.17 November 1993National Stadium, Ta' Qali Malta2–02–01994 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.28 March 2001Hampden Park, Glasgow San Marino1–04–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.2–0

Honours

Blackburn Rovers

Rangers

Individual

See also

References
  1. A Record of Post-war Scottish League Players 1946/47 to 2017/18. 7. John Litster and Scottish Football Historian magazine. 2018.
  2. "Colin Hendry". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. "Colin Hendry: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  4. "Boom and bust the Blackburn way". BBC News. 13 May 1999.
  5. "Moorgate new signing @BraveheartCH #dadsarmy". Twitter. @FcMorgate. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  6. Forsyth, Roddy (26 April 2001). "FIFA ban Hendry for six matches". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  7. "Hendry appointed new Clyde boss". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 June 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  8. "Hendry resigns as Clyde manager". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 January 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  9. "Colin Hendry eyes Blackburn Rovers defensive improvement". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  10. "Hendry Leaves Rovers". Blackburn Rovers. Blackburn Rovers. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  11. "Colin Hendry's wife Denise dies". The Daily Telegraph. London: Telegraph Media Group. 10 July 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  12. "Colin Hendry's son Callum can make his name at St Johnstone". The Courier. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  13. "Colin Hendry is declared bankrupt". BBC News. 23 June 2010.
  14. "Colin Hendry charged with assaulting ex-girlfriend". BBC News. BBC. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  15. "Colin Hendry admits harassing former girlfriend". BBC News. BBC. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  16. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. Colin Hendry at Soccerbase
  18. Colin Hendry, BlueMoon
  19. National Football Teams profile
  20. SFA profile
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