| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Colin John Methven[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1955-12-10)10 December 1955 (age 69) | ||
| Place of birth | India | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1974 | Leven Royals | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1979 | East Fife | 154 | (15) |
| 1979–1986 | Wigan Athletic | 296 | (21) |
| 1986–1990 | Blackpool | 175 | (11) |
| 1990–1991 | →Carlisle United (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 1990–1993 | Walsall | 97 | (3) |
| 1993–1994 | Barrow | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 741 | (50) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Colin John Methven (born 10 December 1955) is a Scottish former professionalfootballer.
Acentre-half, Methven began his career withEast Fife in 1974, whilst also working as a mineworker. He went on to make 154 league appearances and score fifteen goals in five years, before joiningWigan Athletic in September 1979 for a fee of £30,000.
Methven remained atSpringfield Park for seven years, making close to 300 appearances for the club and scoring 21 goals. He was part of the team that won theFreight Rover Trophy in 1985.[3] He was the club's captain whenBlackpool came in for his services in 1986 for £20,000.
He made his debut for the Seasiders on the opening day of the1986–87 season in a goalless draw withChesterfield atBloomfield Road and became a virtual ever-present for the next four years.
Methven was a "footballing" centre-half who enjoyed going up for attacking corners, as evidenced by his 50 career league goals, and he was voted Player of the Year for two consecutive years by Blackpool's fans, who were angry when he was sold toWalsall in November 1990 after an earlier loan spell atCarlisle. In his early days of his short spell as Blackpool manager,Graham Carr declared that Methven was "neither fast enough nor good enough forFourth Division football".[4]
In the final game of the1990–91 season, on 11 May 1991, Methven helped Walsall to a 2–0 win at Blackpool, denying the hosts automatic promotion toDivision Three.
In 1998, Wigan Athletic fans voted Methven as the club's Best Football League Player of All-Time.[5]
Methven finished his career withBarrow in 1994.