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Colin West Personal information Full name Colin West Date of birth 13 November 1962 Place of birth Wallsend, England Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Playing position Forward Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1981–1985 Sunderland 102 (21) 1985–1986 Watford 45 (20) 1986–1987 Rangers 10 (2) 1987–1989 Sheffield Wednesday 45 (8) 1989–1992 West Bromwich Albion 73 (22) 1992 → Port Vale (loan) 5 (1) 1992–1993 Swansea City 33 (12) 1993–1998 Leyton Orient 142 (42) 1998 → Northampton Town (loan) 2 (0) 1997–1998 → Rushden & Diamonds (loan) 2 (3) 1998–1999 Rushden & Diamonds 6 (6) 1999–2000 Northwich Victoria 1 (0) 2000–2001 Hartlepool United 1 (0) Total 467 (137) Teams managed 2002 Hartlepool United (caretaker) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Coin West (born 13 November 1962 in Wallsend) was an English footballer who played for numerous clubs, most notably Sunderland and Leyton Orient. In all he scored 126 goals in 448 games in the Football League,[1] as well as numerous appearances in the Scottish Football League and at non-league level.
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Playing career
West made his debut for Sunderland on 20 April 1981 against West Bromwich Albion in a 2–1 defeat at The Hawthorns.[2] Overall from 1981 until 1985, he made 102 league appearances scoring 21 goals at his time with the club.[3] He then joined Watford for £115,000 in 1985 where he came to score 20 goals in 45 appearances, but moved to Rangers in 1986 for a £180,000 fee. During his short spell at Rangers, he managed to make just ten appearances, scoring two goals.[1] Another club in England followed this as he transferred to Sheffield Wednesday for £150,000 in 1987. He made 45 appearances at Wednesday, scoring eight goals.[1]
West Bromwich Albion signed him in 1989, and he went on to make 73 league appearances, with 22 goals at his stay in the West Midlands. Not highly rated at the Hawthorns,[4] he joined Port Vale on loan in 1992, making five appearances and scoring one goal.[5] He then moved to Swansea City in Wales in 1992, and again had a season long spell at the club. West scored 12 goals and made 33 appearances for the Swans before moving to Leyton Orient.[1] Leyton Orient proved to be his longest serving club as he played for them from 1993 to 1998 making 142 appearances, and scoring 42 goals.[1] He also had a short loan spell at Northampton Town while at Orient, where he made just two appearances without scoring.[1] Towards the end of his footballing career he made brief appearances for Rushden & Diamonds and Northwich Victoria before retiring at Hartlepool United, where he made just a single appearance.
Coaching career
When West joined Hartlepool United in 1999 he was appointed as assistant manager to Chris Turner. The pair helped the club avoid falling into the Conference when they arrived, reached the Third Division playoffs in three successive seasons, though they never made it past the semi-finals.[6]
When Turner left the club to take over as manager of Sheffield Wednesday in November 2002, West briefly took charge of the first team on a caretaker basis.[7] After a win and a draw, West left to team up with Turner Hillsborough[8] and later followed him to Stockport County, the pair left in December 2005.[9]
He then spent time as reverse team coach at Millwall, being appointed assistant caretaker-manager to Richard Shaw after Willie Donachie was dismissed.[10] He later took up the Reserve coach position at Southend United in December 2008.[11] Three months later, with Turner back in charge at Pools on a caretaker basis, West left the position at Southend to return to Hartlepool as assistant coach.[12] He left Hartlepool again in June 2010 after the club chose not to renew his contract.
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Stats". Neil Brown stat site. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/colinwest.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
- ^ "West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Sunderland". The Stat Cat. http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Imatchdets/IMD1145.asp. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
- ^ "Colin West". The Stat Cat. http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Mplayers/MPG852.asp. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
- ^ "Never again...". BBC Sport. 1 April 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/2902411.stm. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 305. ISBN 0952915200. http://www.amazon.ca/Port-Vale-Personalities-Jeff-Kent/dp/0952915200.
- ^ "Colin West". inthemadcrowd.co.uk. http://www.inthemadcrowd.co.uk/cgi-bin/itmc_view_person.asp?oid=924. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
- ^ "West stays in charge at Pool". BBC Sport. 14 November 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hartlepool_united/2471925.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
- ^ "West moves to Owls". BBC Sport. 21 November 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_wed/2499317.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
- ^ "Manager Turner leaves Stockport". BBC Sport. 27 December 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stockport/4562506.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
- ^ "Lions not rushing to appoint boss". BBC Sport. 9 October 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/millwall/7036340.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
- ^ "West joins Southend coaching team". BBC Sport. 17 December 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southend_utd/7788323.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
- ^ "Pools appoint West as assistant". BBC Sport. 11 February 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hartlepool_united/7884133.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
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