Alan Combe

Alan Combe (born 3 April 1974) is a Scottish professional football player and coach. Born in Edinburgh, Combe played as a goalkeeper for Cowdenbeath, St Mirren, Dundee United, Bradford City and Kilmarnock. He has also worked as a goalkeeping coach for Alloa Athletic, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian and Cove Rangers.

Alan Combe
Combe playing for Kilmarnock
Personal information
Full name Alan Combe[1]
Date of birth (1974-04-03) 3 April 1974
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Club information
Current team
 Cove Rangers (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
Kelty Hearts
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 Cowdenbeath 18 (0)
1993–1998 St Mirren 124 (0)
1998–2003 Dundee United 73 (0)
2002 → Bradford City (loan) 16 (0)
2003–2004 Bradford City 21 (0)
2004–2011 Kilmarnock 149 (0)
2011 Clyde (trial) 1 (0)
2011 Hamilton Academical (trial) 1 (0)
2012 Greenock Morton 10 (0)
2012–2014 Heart of Midlothian 0 (0)
2014–2015 Hibernian 0 (0)
Total 413 (0)
National team
2005 Scotland B 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:36, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Career

Combe was Kilmarnock's regular goalkeeper until he suffered a serious hip injury early in the 2009–10 season.[2] He was released by Kilmarnock on 31 January 2011.[3]

Combe joined Alloa Athletic in August 2011 as a goalkeeping coach.[4] In November 2011, Combe played for Clyde against Annan Athletic and kept a clean sheet.[5] He went on trial with Hamilton Academical in December 2011, making his debut on 27 December 2011.[6]

In March 2012, Combe signed a deal with Greenock Morton[7] that was due to run until the end of the 2012–13 season. He left Morton in September 2012 to Join Hearts, primarily as a goalkeeping coach.[8] Combe retained his playing registration during spells with Hearts and Hibernian, but did not appear in a first team match for either club.

International

Combe was named in the senior Scotland squad on a few occasions but was not capped. Combe did however appear for the Scotland B team in 2005, playing in the second half of a 2–0 victory against Poland B.

Coaching career

While playing for Morton, Combe worked as a goalkeeping coach at Alloa Athletic.[9]Combe was released from his contract with Morton in 2012 to become a goalkeeping coach at Hearts, although he retained his playing registration in case of emergency.[8][10] After being released by Hearts in 2014, in July Combe joined boyhood club Hibernian as a player-coach.[11] He left Hibernian during the 2020 close season.[12] Combe joined Cove Rangers as a goalkeeping coach in September 2020.[13]

Personal life

Combe is the great nephew of Bobby Combe, who played for Hibs and Scotland in the 1940s and 1950s.[14]

Career statistics
Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Scotland League Scottish Cup League Cup Total
1992–93CowdenbeathScottish First Division180N/AN/A180
1993–94St Mirren160N/AN/A160
1994–95210N/AN/A210
1995–96210N/AN/A210
1996–97360N/A20380
1997–983001020330
1998–99Dundee UnitedScottish Premier League100--100
1999–20003504040430
2000–01230-30260
England League FA Cup League Cup Total
2001–02Bradford City (loan)Football League First Division160--160
2002–03Dundee UnitedScottish Premier League50-1060
England League FA Cup League Cup Total
2003–04Bradford CityFootball League First Division21010-220
Scotland League Scottish Cup League Cup Total
2004–05KilmarnockScottish Premier League3203020370
2005–063201020350
2006–071100020130
2007–083701020400
2008–093402030390
Total Scotland 2511522319410
Total England 12013914000
Career total 3712831423410

References
  1. "Alan Combe". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  2. "Killie to lose Combe for 10 weeks". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  3. "Danny Invincibile & Alan Combe released by Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  4. "Alan Combe joins Alloa as goalkeeping coach". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  5. "Clyde 0–0 Annan Athletic". BBC. 12 November 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  6. "Accies 0 Livingston 1". Hamilton Academical F.C. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012.
  7. "New signing". Greenock Morton F.C. 13 February 2012. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  8. "Hearts: Alan Combe becomes keeper coach after Morton exit". BBC Sport. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  9. Mitchell, Jonathan (28 May 2012). "Ton keeper to continue coaching". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  10. "Player News – Alan Combe". Greenock Morton F.C. 1 September 2012. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  11. "Hibernian bring in Andy Holden as new assistant coach". BBC Sport. BBC.
  12. Delaney, James (15 June 2020). "Hibs hoping to add new goalkeeping coach as Jack Ross looks to recruit former member of Sunderland backroom staff". Edinburgh Live. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  13. Fowler, Craig (21 September 2020). "Former Hibs coach Alan Combe gets new role with Cove Rangers". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  14. "ALAN COMBE ON HIS GREAT UNCLE AND THE SCOTTISH CUP WIN". Hibernian FC. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

See also
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