Colin Nish

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This article is about the Scottish footballer. For the Australian rules footballer, see Colin Nish (Australian footballer).

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Colin Nish
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Nish playing for Hibernian in 2011
Personal information
Full name Colin John Nish[1]
Date of birth (1981-03-07) 7 March 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
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Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Cowdenbeath (player-manager)
Number 9
Youth career
1997–1999 Dunfermline Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 Dunfermline Athletic 22 (0)
2000 → Alloa Athletic (loan) 13 (5)
2000–2001 → Alloa Athletic (loan) 10 (3)
2002–2003 → Clyde (loan) 15 (5)
2003–2008 Kilmarnock 145 (40)
2008–2011 Hibernian 98 (22)
2011–2013 Hartlepool United 19 (4)
2012–2013 → Dundee (loan) 24 (2)
2013–2015 Dumbarton 53 (8)
2015– Cowdenbeath 10 (4)
Managerial career
2015– Cowdenbeath
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 March 2015

Colin Nish (born 7 March 1981) is a Scottish footballer who is currently the player-manager of Cowdenbeath.

Nish has also previously played for Dunfermline Athletic, Alloa Athletic, Clyde, Kilmarnock, Hibernian, Hartlepool United, Dundee and Dumbarton.

Early life

Nish grew up in Musselburgh and was a fan of his local side Hibernian as a child.[2]

Playing career

Dunfermline Athletic

Nish started his career with Dunfermline, where he made his debut in the 1998–99 season. He had two subsequent loan spells with Alloa[3] and one at Clyde.

Kilmarnock

Nish joined Kilmarnock in 2003 after being released by Dunfermline.[4] He initially signed a six-month deal which ran until Christmas 2003, at which point he agreed a new 18-month contract.[5] He initially struggled at Kilmarnock where fans were often critical of him after a poor start. This included missing an open goal in a league match against Hearts from six yards out with the goalkeeper Craig Gordon stranded. After the departure of Kris Boyd, however, he began to find form for the club.

Hibernian

In October 2007 Nish rejected Kilmarnock's offer of a new contract which meant that he was able to talk to other clubs from January 2008 with a view to a Bosman transfer in the summer. Nish signed a pre-contract with boyhood heroes Hibernian and the next day the clubs agreed a deal to immediately transfer Nish.[6] He made his debut for Hibs on 9 February 2008 in a 1–1 draw away to Dundee United.[7] He then scored his first goal for Hibs ten minutes into his home debut against Gretna.[8]

Towards the end of the 2009–10 season, Nish described the Hibs supporters as "moaners" following an Edinburgh derby defeat.[2] He soon apologised for those remarks, calling for unity between players and fans ahead of an important match against Motherwell.[2] Nish scored a hat-trick in the first half of that game, yet Hibs only managed a 6–6 draw in the highest scoring SPL game in league history.[9] Nish then scored both goals in a 2–0 win at Tannadice that secured a UEFA Europa League place for Hibs.

Early in the 2010–11 season, however, Nish was again a target for stick from the Hibs support, with manager Colin Calderwood expressing his sympathy for the player.[10] Nish was allowed to train with Chinese Super League club Tianjin Teda during January 2011, but Nish decided to stay with Hibs.[11] The signings of Akpo Sodje and Ricardo Vaz Tê pushed Nish out of the Hibs first team, and he was advised in April 2011 that his contract would not be renewed.[11][12]

Hartlepool United

Nish signed for Hartlepool United, on a free transfer, on 27 June 2011.[13] He missed a penalty in Hartlepool's League Cup first round penalty shootout loss to Sheffield United.[citation needed] Nish scored his first goal for Hartlepool in a 1–1 draw with Walsall on 13 August 2011.[citation needed] He then scored two goals in a 3–0 victory against Bury in September.[14] Nish sustained an injury against Charlton in October that prevented him from playing for two months, during which time Hartlepool changed manager.[14] He fell out of favour under new manager Neale Cooper.[15]

His former club Kilmarnock tried to sign Nish on loan in August 2012, after Paul Heffernan suffered an injury, but were unable to raise sufficient finance.[15][16] Dundee signed Nish on loan until January 2013.[17] He scored two goals for a struggling Dundee side during the initial loan spell, which was extended to the end of the 2012–13 season.[18] Hartlepool announced on 7 May 2013 that his contract would not be renewed for the 2013–14 season.[19]

Dumbarton

Nish signed for Scottish Championship club Dumbarton in August 2013.[20] As well as playing for the first team he will manage the Dumbarton under-19 team.[20] Nish scored one goal and created another in his debut appearance for Dumbarton, in a 3–1 win against Morton on 24 August.[21] On 26 June 2014 Nish signed a new one-year deal with the Sons following a productive second half to the season which included the goal which took the Sons to their first Scottish Cup Quarter final in over 30 years.[22] He left Dumbarton in January 2015, after missing out on the club's vacant assistant manager job.[23]

Cowdenbeath

Nish joined Scottish Championship side Cowdenbeath in January 2015 on an 18 month deal following his release from Dumbarton.[24]

Managerial career

On 2 June 2015, Nish was named as the new player/manager of Scottish League One side Cowdenbeath, following the resignation of Jimmy Nicholl.[25]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 10 January 2016.[25]
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Cowdenbeath 2 June 2015 Present 24 8 4 12 33.33

See also

References

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  3. ↑ More to follow as Nish moves, BBC Sport, 27 October 2000
  4. ↑ Killie snap up Hardie, BBC Sport, 7 July 2003
  5. ↑ Nish signs new Killie deal, BBC Sport, 18 December 2003
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  22. ↑ Dumbarton FC
  23. ↑ Dumbarton FC
  24. ↑ Cowdenbeath FC
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