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See also: Darren Collins (athlete)
Darren Collins 
Personal information Full name Darren Collins Date of birth 24 May 1967 Place of birth Winchester, England Playing position Striker Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 198?-1989 Petersfield Town 12 (0) 1989-1991 Northampton Town 51 (9) 1991-1994 Aylesbury United ? (?) 1994-2000 Rushden & Diamonds 286 (153) 2000-2002 Kettering Town 22 (0) 2002 Cambridge City ? (?) 2002-2003 Tamworth 6 (0) 2003 Grantham Town ? (?) 2003-2005 Nuneaton Borough 100 (97) 2005-2006 Cogenhoe United 85 (31) 2006-2007 Wellingborough Town 46 (50) 2010-present Brackley Town 1 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Darren Collins (born 24 May 1967 in Winchester, England) is a former professional (and latterly semi-professional) footballer. He is now assistant manager,and player, of non-league club Brackley Town.
He started his career with Petersfield Town before signing for Northampton Town [1] in January 1989. He made 40 appearances, plus another 9 as substitute, scoring 9 goals. During the 1990–91 season he moved to Aylesbury United, then Enfield before signing for Rushden & Diamonds in 1994. In 6 years at Nene Park he became the clubs record goalscorer with 153 goals.[2] He joined Kettering in November 2000 for a £25,000 fee (equalling the club's record) and skippered them to the Southern League title. He joined Cambridge City in June 2002, transferred to Tamworth in December 2002 and, after helping them to promotion to the Conference, switched to Grantham Town in August 2003. He played briefly for Nuneaton Borough, had two years at Cogenhoe United before finishing his career at Wellingborough Town.[3] Even in his 40th year Collins was still a prolific goalscorer,[4] before finally hanging up his boots in May 2007.
References
- ^ Northampton playerbase
- ^ Sky Sports Football Year Book 2004-5, Rollin G & Rollin J Headline (London) ISBN 0-7553-1310-0
- ^ Collins latest stats
- ^ 22 in 2006/7: Northampton Chronicle and Echo Friday 6 April 2007
External links
Categories:- 1967 births
- Living people
- English footballers
- Petersfield Town F.C. players
- Northampton Town F.C. players
- Aylesbury United F.C. players
- Enfield F.C. players
- Rushden & Diamonds F.C. players
- Kettering Town F.C. players
- Cambridge City F.C. players
- Tamworth F.C. players
- Grantham Town F.C. players
- Nuneaton Town F.C. players
- Cogenhoe United F.C. players
- Wellingborough Town F.C. players
- Association football forwards
- People from Winchester
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