Colin Corbishley

Colin Corbishley
Personal information
Full name	Colin Corbishley
Date of birth	13 June 1939
Place of birth	Stoke-on-Trent, England
Date of death	28 May 2015 (aged 75)
Place of death	Halton, Cheshire, England
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1959–1962	Port Vale
1962–1965	Chester
	Stafford Rangers
	Prescot Town
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

Career

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

Source:^[3]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 68. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
^ ^a ^b "Colin Corbishley". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
^ Colin Corbishley at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

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]
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