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Aidan Collins
Personal information
Full name Aidan Arthur Collins
Date of birth (1986-10-18) 18 October 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Chelmsford, England
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Ipswich Town 4 (0)
2006 → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 5 (1)
2006 → Stockport County (loan) 3 (0)
2007 Cambridge United 11 (0)
2007–2008 Chelmsford City
2008–2009 Maldon & Tiptree
Total 23 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aidan Arthur Collins (born 18 October 1986) is an English retired footballer who played as a defender. He made over 25 appearances in the Football League and the Conference National League.

Club career

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Collins began his career at Ipswich and made his debut against Derby County 4–1 in May 2003.[1] He collected a winners medal when Ipswich won the FA Youth Cup in April 2005 and made four league and cup appearances for the first-team in the 2005–06 season[2] before joining Wycombe Wanderers on loan in January 2006.[3] He made five appearances for Wycombe, scoring once, and then joined Stockport County on loan in March 2006,[4] where he started two games before being recalled by Ipswich a month later.[5] He has one England U18 cap.

Collins was not offered a new contract at Ipswich at the end of the 2005–06 season and joined Cambridge United in January 2007 for one month on a non-contract basis.[6] He started three games for Cambridge and agreed a contract until the end of the 2006–07 season[7] with manager Jimmy Quinn saying, "He's a fantastic addition to the team..."[7] In March 2007, he appeared with his brother, Jordan Collins in Cambridge's club-record 7–0 win over Weymouth, the first pair of siblings to appear for the club since November 1995.[8][9] At the end of the season, he retired from the game due to injury[10] but later joined Chelmsford City F.C. in August 2007.[11] Assistant-manager Glenn Pennyfather said of him, "Aidan is a fantastic signing. He is young, strong, good in the air in both boxes and reads the game well with excellent distribution."[11]

Personal life

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Collins has an undergraduate degree from Goldsmiths, University of London, and a Masters and PhD from the University of York in history. His book, 'Financial Failure in Early Modern England' has been published by Boydell and Brewer Press. [12]

Career statistics

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Source:[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ipswich Town 2002–03 First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
2003–04 First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004–05 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005–06 Championship 3 0 0 0 1 0 — 4 0
Total 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 2005–06 League Two 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Stockport County (loan) 2005–06 League Two 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Cambridge United 2006–07 Conference National 11 0 0 0 — 0 0 11 0
Career total 23 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 1

Honours

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Ipswich Town

References

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  1. ^ "Games played by Aidan Collins in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
  2. ^ "Games played by Aidan Collins in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
  3. ^ "Collins set for spell at Wycombe". BBC Sport. 12 January 2006. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
  4. ^ "Stockport poised to land Collins". BBC Sport. 14 March 2006. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
  5. ^ "Collins ends Stockport loan spell". BBC Sport. 20 April 2006. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
  6. ^ "Cambridge sign defender Collins". BBC Sport. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
  7. ^ a b "Collins extends stay at Cambridge". BBC Sport. 22 February 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
  8. ^ "Cambridge 7-0 Weymouth". BBC Sport. 31 March 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
  9. ^ Bennett, Andrew (3 April 2007). "U's 7 (seven) - 0 Weymouth: In heaven, everything in fine". Cambridge United FC. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
  10. ^ "Castle goes". Non League Daily. 3 May 2007. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2008.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ a b "Players commit to strong-looking City". Non League Daily. 2 August 2007. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2008.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. ^ "Buy a Domain Name - World's Best Domains For Sale".
  13. ^ "Aidan Collins profile". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Town Win Youth Cup!". TWTD. 23 April 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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