Colin Corbishley

Colin Corbishley

Personal information
Full name	Colin Corbishley
Date of birth	(1939-06-13) 13 June 1939
Place of birth	Stoke-on-Trent, England
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+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Colin Corbishley (born 13 June 1939) is an English former 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. He made his debut on 17 October 1960, in a League Cup 2–2 draw with Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road. He played a further two League Cup and three Third Division matches that season. 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. 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. After leaving Sealand Road, Corbishley played for Stafford Rangers and Prescot Town.

Statistics

• Sourced from Colin Corbishley profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

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