Colin Bailie

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Colin Bailie
Personal information
Full name Colin James Bailie [1]
Date of birth (1964-03-31) 31 March 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2]
Position(s) Full back, midfielder
Youth career
Swindon Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1982–1985 Swindon Town 107 (4)
1985–1988 Reading 84 (1)
1988–1992 Cambridge United 119 (3)
– Eynesbury Rovers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Colin James Bailie (born 31 March 1964) is a former professional footballer, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, who played in the Football League for Swindon Town, Reading and Cambridge United. [3]

Bailie began his career at Swindon Town, where he turned professional in 1982. He made his debut in the Third Division 5–0 defeat at Oxford United on 7 April 1982, playing as a full back. [4] He made 121 appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring 4 goals, before a move to Reading in 1985 for a fee of £22,500. [1] While at Elm Park, he played a further 84 league games [3] and played at Wembley as Reading reached the final of the Full Members Cup in 1988. Cambridge United paid £25,000 for his services in 1988, [5] and when John Beck took over as manager in 1990, he converted Bailie to a midfielder, a position he played in as the club went on a run of successive promotions and FA Cup quarter-final appearances. In 1992, Bailie claimed he had lost his appetite for football and was quitting the game; he had a brief spell in non-league football with Eynesbury Rovers before moving to Cumbria to become a police officer. [6] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Player Profile Colin Bailie". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  2. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 306. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. 1 2 "Colin Bailie". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  4. ↑ "All of Bailie's matches in the 1981-1982 season". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  5. ↑ Maul, Rob (5 June 2005). "Caught in Time: Reading break Football League record, October 1985". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  6. ↑ Flatman, Barry (17 February 2008). "Caught in Time: Cambridge United's rise under John Beck, 1990". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  7. ↑ Bennett, Andrew (18 April 2009). "Hello... Goodbye". Cambridge United F.C. Retrieved 9 November 2009.


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