Darren Collins

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Darren Collins

Full name	Darren Collins
Date of birth	May 24, 1967 (1967-05-24) (age 41)
Place of birth	Winchester, England
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
198?-1989 1989-1991 1991-1994 1994-2000 2000-2002 2002 2002-2003 2003 2003-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007	Petersfield Town Northampton Town Aylesbury United Rushden & Diamonds Kettering Town Cambridge City Tamworth Grantham Town Nuneaton Borough Cogenhoe United Wellingborough Town	0? (?) 51 (9) 0? (?) 0286 (153) 22 (0) 0? (?) 06 (0) 0? (?) 0? (?) 0? (?) 0? (?)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Darren Collins (born May 24, 1967 in Winchester, England) is a former professional (and latterly semi-professional) footballer.

He started his career with Petersfield Town F.C. before signing for Northampton Town ^[1]in January 1989. He made 40 appearances, plus another 9 as substitute, scoring 9 goals. During the 1990/91 season he moved to Aylesbury United, then Enfield before signing for Rushden & Diamonds in 1994. In 6 years at Nene Park he became the clubs record goalscorer with 153 goals^[2].He joined Kettering in November 2000 for a £25,000 fee (equalling the club's record) and skippered them to the Southern League title. He joined Cambridge City in June 2002, transferred to Tamworth in December 2002 and, after helping them to promotion to the Conference, switched to Grantham Town in August 2003. He played briefly for Nuneaton Borough, had two years at Cogenhoe United before finishing his career at Wellingborough Town^[3]. Even in his 40th year Collins was still a prolific goalscorer^[4] before finally hanging up his boots in May 2007.

[edit] References

^ Northampton playerbase
^ >Sky Sports Football Year Book 2004-5, Rollin G & Rollin J Headline (London) ISBN 0 7553 1310 0
^ Collins latest stats
^ 22 in 2006/7: Northampton Chronicle and Echo Friday 6th April 2007