Colin Bailie
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Colin James Bailie[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 31 March 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| 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.[3]
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.[4] 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[3] 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,[5] 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.[6][7]
