Colin Clish

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Colin Clish
Personal information
Full name Colin Clish
Date of birth (1944-01-14) 14 January 1944 (age 79)
Place of birth Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham, England
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
Newcastle United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1961–1963 Newcastle United 20 (0)
1963–1968 Rotherham United 128 (4)
1968–1971 Doncaster Rovers 100 (4)
1971–197? Gainsborough Trinity
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Colin Clish (born 14 January 1944) is a former footballer who played as a left back for Newcastle United, Rotherham United and Doncaster Rovers. [1]

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As well as playing football, Clish was a cricketer, playing as a batsman for Durham Colts and Durham County Juniors in 1961 and 1962. [2]

Before his senior career, he played for Chester-le-Street Schools and Durham County Schools under 15s in 1957–59 alongside Alan Suddick and Norman Hunter. [3] [4]

Senior club career

Newcastle United

He started his football career playing for Newcastle United in the English Second Division, his debut was at left back in a 2–2 draw at Sheffield United in the League Cup on 2 October 1961. [5]

Clish captained the club's Youth Cup winning team in 1962. [6] During his time at the club he played in 23 League and Cup matches. [5]

Rotherham United

Clish signed for fellow 2nd Division side Rotherham United in December 1963, [7] for £5,000. [6]

Doncaster Rovers

As part of a deal including several players swapping teams, he moved to English Division 4 club Doncaster Rovers in February 1968. His debut was in a 2–0 home victory against Brentford on 10 February 1968. [7] In that April he scored both goals in a 2–2 draw with Bradford City. [8]

The following year he played a significant part in Doncaster's title winning season as they gained promotion to Division 3. In August 1969 he broke his leg in a game at Shrewsbury Town which put him out till that December. [8] He was never quite the same player after this. [7]

After a total of 111 League and Cup appearances, and 4 goals, Doncaster released Clish at the end of the 1971–72 season, with him going on to play for Gainsborough Trinity for a while. [7]

Honours

Newcastle United

Doncaster Rovers

Personal life

Following football, Clish worked for British Transport Police being based at Doncaster Station, retiring in 2003. [7] [9]

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