John McCombe
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| John McCombe | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Date of birth | May 7, 1985 | |
| Place of birth | Pontefract, England | |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |
| Playing position | Centre back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Port Vale | |
| Number | -- | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Huddersfield Town | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2003–2007 2006 2007–2008 2008– |
Huddersfield Town → Torquay United (loan) Hereford United Port Vale |
14 (0) 0 (0) 27 (0) 0 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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John McCombe (born 7 May 1985 in Pontefract) is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Port Vale. He is a central defender.
His elder brother Jamie plays for Championship side Bristol City.
John McCombe joined Huddersfield Town as a trainee, making his league debut on May 3, 2003 as a late substitute for Jon Stead in the 1-1 draw at home to Oldham Athletic. He then had to wait until September 2004 for his next first team appearance.
McCombe's only appearances 2005-06 were against Blackburn Rovers in the Carling Cup, where he only played because of injuries and suspensions, against Boston United in the LDV Vans Trophy, when manager Peter Jackson rested all his first-team players and on the last game of the season against Swindon Town. In between he spent February on loan at Torquay United, but didn't appear in the first team for John Cornforth's struggling side.
On 15 March 2007 he, along with Hartlepool United's Michael Proctor, agreed to join Boston United on loan but, due to Boston's financial state, the then Boston Chairman James Rodwell was unable to sanction[1] the deals and the players returned to their clubs.
On 9 May 2007, he was released by Huddersfield, and on 4 July 2007 he signed for Hereford United.
He began the 2007-08 season as third choice centre back, but an injury to Dean Beckwith gave John his chance. He turned in a number of impressive performances, preserving Hereford's unbeaten record and scoring his first professional goal against Hartlepool United. McCombe made 29 appearances as Hereford gained promotion from League Two, but was dropped for the run-in, in favour of Karl Broadhurst. This coincided with McCombe's mistake in a match against Chester City when he conceded a penalty in the last minute for handball, which enabled Chester to draw the match 2-2. He was to make only one more appearance for the club, as a second-half substitute on the final day of the season.
On 17 May 2008 it was revealed that John wasn't going to be offered a new contract by manager/chairman Graham Turner after only one season at the club. On 29 May 2008, Port Vale announced that McCombe had agreed a two-year contract to join the Valients.[2]
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