Colin Lyman
Personal information
Full name Colin Chad Lyman[1]
Date of birth (1914-03-09)9 March 1914[1]
Place of birth Northampton, England[1]
Date of death 9 May 1986(1986-05-09) (aged 72)[1]
Place of death Cambridge, England[1]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Rushden Town
West Bromwich Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1933 Southend United 1 (0)
1935–1937 Northampton Town 85 (29)
1937–1945 Tottenham Hotspur 47 (10)
1946 Port Vale 11 (1)
1946–1947 Nottingham Forest 23 (9)
1947–1948 Notts County 21 (5)
1948–1950 Nuneaton Borough 37 (21)
Long Eaton Town
British Timken
Total 224 (75)
Managerial career
1948–1950 Nuneaton Borough (player-manager)
Long Eaton Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Colin Chad Lyman (9 March 1914 – 9 May 1986) was an English footballer who played as a forward.[3] He scored 54 goals in 188 league games in the Football League playing for West Bromwich Albion, Southend United, Northampton Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Port Vale, Nottingham Forest, and Notts County. He went on to serve Nuneaton Borough as player-manager from August 1948 to December 1950.

Playing career

Lyman played for Rushden Town and West Bromwich Albion, before playing one Third Division South game at Roots Hall for Southend United in 1933. He moved on to league rivals Northampton Town, turning professional at the club in 1935.[4] He scored 29 goals in 86 league games at the County Ground in 1934–35, 1935–36, and 1936–37. He then moved up to the Second Division with Tottenham Hotspur for a £3,000 fee.[4] He spent the 1937–38 and 1938–39 seasons at White Hart Lane, and scored 11 goals in 54 league and cup matches.[5] He also guested for Partick Thistle, Leicester City, Notts County, Chesterfield, Derby County, Coventry City and Port Vale during World War II.[6][1] Having played four games for the Vale as a guest in 1946, he signed permanently for the club in May 1946 for a 'fairly substantial fee'. He played 11 Third Division South games for the club in 1946–47, scoring at The Old Recreation Ground in a 1–1 draw with Northampton Town.[1] After putting in a transfer request, he was sold on to Nottingham Forest in October 1946 for a 'substantial sum' above what the Vale had paid for him.[1] He scored nine goals in 23 Second Division appearances for Billy Walker's Forest in the rest of the 1946–47 season. After leaving the City Ground, he moved on to rivals Notts County. He scored five goals in 21 Third Division South games for the "Magpies" in 1947–48, before leaving Meadow Lane.

Management career

Lyman was appointed as player-manager at Birmingham Combination club Nuneaton Borough on 2 August 1948.[4] He brought 24-year old Walsall forward Jimmy Campbell, as well as Arsenal inside-forward David Metzger and Notts County goalkeeper Harold Orgill.[4] He led the club to lift the Birmingham Senior Cup and a second-place league finish to Bedworth Town, with Lyman contributing 18 goals from 35 games.[4] He strengthened the squad by signing 23-year old outside-left Alan Daley from Mansfield Town.[4] They finished third in the 1949–50 season and reached the third round of the FA Cup for the first time in the club's history, beating Bedworth Town, Moira United, Atherstone Town, Gresley Rovers, Wellington Town, King's Lynn and Mossley, before they were eliminated by Exeter City.[4] Speaking at the end of season dinner he declared that: "I know my directors are keen to see first-class football in Nuneaton the same as myself, but there is a long way to go yet. There are other clubs with the same idea, but if we get the support, I think in a few years first class football will be seen in Nuneaton."[4] In an attempt to overcome champions Bedworth Town, he signed their inside-left Jim McKeown, who was regarded as one of the division's finest players.[4] He also brought in Ralph Dulson at inside-right, who had helped Linby Colliery to the Central Alliance title.[4] The front three was completed with the arrival of Latvia international Eddie Freimanis from Northampton Town.[4] Lyman resigned in December 1950 so as to take up another job.[4] He went on to serve Long Eaton Town as player-manager and played for British Timken.[1]

Career statistics

Source:[7][8]

Club Season Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Southend United 1933–34 Third Division South 100010
Northampton Town 1934–35 Third Division South 17800178
1935–36 Third Division South 29810308
1936–37 Third Division South 3011103111
1937–38 Third Division South 920092
Total 8529208729
Tottenham Hotspur 1937–38 Second Division 24441285
1938–39 Second Division 22620246
1945–46 002020
Total 4610815411
Port Vale 1946–47 Third Division South 11100111
Nottingham Forest 1945–46 Second Division 239412710
Notts County 1947–48 Third Division South 21500215
Nuneaton Borough 1948–49 Birmingham Combination 2615933518
1949–50 Birmingham Combination 9511106
1950–51 Birmingham Combination 210021
Total 37211044725
Career total 2247524624881

Honours

Nuneaton Borough

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 179. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ↑ "Northampton Town. Good defence". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xii – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records. soccerdata. p. 162. ISBN 1-899468-63-3.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Nuneaton Borough 1945-1958 – Part 1" (PDF). .fromtowntotown.org.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  5. ↑ Tottenham Hotspur F.C A-Z of players Retrieved 29 November 2012 Archived 5 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Colin Lyman - The Thistle Archive". thethistlearchive.wikidot.com. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  7. ↑ Colin Lyman at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  8. ↑ "Nuneaton Borough 1949-1950" (PDF). fromtowntotown.org.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
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