Colin Mackleworth

Colin Mackleworth

Personal information
Date of birth	24 March 1947 (1947-03-24) (age 64)
Place of birth	Bow, London, England
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1962–67	West Ham United	3	(0)
1967–1971	Leicester City	6	(0)
1971–?	Kettering Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 August 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Colin Mackleworth (born 24 March 1947 in Bow, London) is a former footballer who played for West Ham United and Leicester City as a goalkeeper.

Football career

Mackleworth joined West Ham United in 1962 as an apprentice. He played in West Ham's Youth Cup winning side of 1963 making his first-team debut in December 1966 in a 4-0 home win against Blackpool. Serving as understudy to regular goalkeeper, Jim Standen, he made only three appearances; his last being in a famous Manchester United 6-1 victory at Upton Park in which Manchester United won the 1966-67 Football League trophy.^[1][2] He left West Ham in November 1967 and joined Leicester City. Mackleworth failed to make an impact at Leicester and was understudy to Peter Shilton. Making only six appearances he joined Kettering Town.

After football

After he left professional football he joined the police force serving at Bow police station where he was often on duty at West Ham's ground, Upton Park.^[3][4]

References

1. ^ Barham, Albert. "Manchester United take championship home to Old Trafford". www.guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/1967/may/08/fromthearchive. Retrieved 27 August 2011. 
2. ^ "Colin Mackleworth". www.westhamstats.info. http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=425&united=Colin_Mackleworth. Retrieved 29 August 2011. 
3. ^ Hogg, Tony (1995). West Ham United Who's Who. London: Independent UK Sports publications. pp. 120. ISBN 1-899429-01-8. 
4. ^ "Where are they now?". www.where-are-they-now.co.uk. http://www.where-are-they-now.co.uk/west-ham-united/m.php. Retrieved 29 August 2011. 

External links

• At Neil Brown

Persondata
Name	Mackleworth, Colin
Alternative names
Short description	Professional footballer
Date of birth	24 March 1947
Place of birth	Bow, London, England
Date of death
Place of death