Colin Bailie
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Colin James Bailie[1] | ||
Date of birth | 31 March 1964 | ||
Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
Position(s) | Full back / Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Swindon Town | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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.[2]
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.[3] 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[2] 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,[4] 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.[5][6]
References
- ^ a b "Player Profile Colin Bailie". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
- ^ a b "Colin Bailie". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
- ^ "All of Bailie's matches in the 1981-1982 season". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
- ^ Maul, Rob (5 June 2005). "Caught in Time: Reading break Football League record, October 1985". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
- ^ Flatman, Barry (17 February 2008). "Caught in Time: Cambridge United's rise under John Beck, 1990". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
- ^ Bennett, Andrew (18 April 2009). "Hello... Goodbye". Cambridge United F.C. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
External links
- League stats at Neil Brown's site
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Association footballers from Belfast
- Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland
- Swindon Town F.C. players
- Reading F.C. players
- Cambridge United F.C. players
- English Football League players
- British police officers
- Eynesbury Rovers F.C. players
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Northern Ireland association football biography stubs