Simon Jonathan Collins (born 16 December 1973) is an English former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

, born in

Pontefract Pontefract is a historic market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, east of Wakefield and south of Castleford. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one of the towns in the City of Wake ...

, Yorkshire, who made 200 appearances in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

playing as a defender for

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The team have played home games at the Kirklees Stadium since moving from Leeds Road in 1994. The ...

Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the team are competing in League One, the third tier of English football. They have played at Home Park, ...

Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Town Football Club was an English professional association football, football club based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, that was liquidation, wound-up after a High Court of Justice, High Court ruling on 16 September 2020. Initially kno ...

and

Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of English football. The club plays its home games at the New Meadow, having mo ...

. He was manager of

Bradford Park Avenue Bradford (Park Avenue) Association Football Club is an association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The team compete in , at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The name derived from their former hom ...

, having previously been in charge at

Tadcaster Albion Tadcaster Albion Association Football Club is an association football club in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England. Formed in 1892, their ground is situated behind the John Smith's brewery in Tadcaster, thus the reason for their nickname "The Br ...

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and Stocksbridge Park Steels. Collins currently manages

alongside Michael Morton.

Career

Collins started his career as a trainee at

, spending time on loan to

Halifax Town FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in and play at the Shay. They replaced Halifax Town A.F.C., which went into administration in the 2007–08 season. ...

before joining

in 1997. He appeared in the famous

Jimmy Glass James Robert Glass (born 1 August 1973) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is chiefly remembered for scoring the last-minute goal which kept Carlisle United in the Football League in 1999, while on loa ...

game, in which

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

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scored in the 94th minute to save his club from

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from

. After leaving Argyle in 1999 he played for

and

in the league, and then for

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clubs

Frickley Athletic Frickley Athletic Football Club is a football club based in South Elmsall, West Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Westfield Lane. History Although the club itself claims it was formed in 1910, the team was activ ...

, Belper Town,

, Grantham Town,

, and Stocksbridge Park Steels. He then went into coaching, and managed Ossett Town from 2007 to 2009 before taking over as manager of Stocksbridge Park Steels in September 2009. Collins left Stocksbridge in March 2010, just six months after joining, before being appointed new

manager in May 2010, following the end of the 2009–10 season. His younger brother Sam also became a professional footballer; the brothers played alongside each other for Huddersfield Town.

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at Footballdatabase {{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Simon 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Pontefract English footballers Association football defenders Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Halifax Town A.F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Macclesfield Town F.C. players Shrewsbury Town F.C. players Frickley Athletic F.C. players Belper Town F.C. players Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players Grantham Town F.C. players Ossett Town F.C. players Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C. players English Football League players English football managers Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C. managers Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. managers Ossett Town F.C. managers