24 Facts About Colin Nish

Colin John Nish was born on 7 March 1981 and is a Scottish former football player, coach and manager.

Whilst playing for Cowdenbeath, Colin Nish was appointed player-manager of the Fife club.

Colin Nish grew up in Musselburgh and was a fan of Hibernian.

Colin Nish had two subsequent loan spells with Alloa and a loan spell at Clyde.

Colin Nish joined Kilmarnock in 2003 after being released by Dunfermline.

Colin Nish initially signed a six-month deal which ran until Christmas 2003, at which point he agreed a new 18-month contract.

In October 2007 Colin Nish rejected Kilmarnock's offer of a new contract which meant that he was able to talk to other clubs from January 2008, with a view to a Bosman transfer in the summer.

Colin Nish signed a pre-contract with boyhood heroes Hibernian and the next day the two clubs agreed a deal to transfer Colin Nish immediately.

Colin Nish scored his first goal for Hibernian ten minutes into his home debut against Gretna at Easter Road.

Colin Nish soon apologised for those remarks, calling for unity between players and supporters ahead of an important match against Motherwell.

Colin Nish was allowed to train with Chinese Super League club Tianjin Teda during January 2011, but Colin Nish then decided to stay at Easter Road.

Colin Nish signed for Hartlepool United on a free transfer on 27 June 2011.

Colin Nish missed a penalty in Hartlepool's League Cup first round penalty shoot-out defeat to Sheffield United.

Colin Nish sustained an injury against Charlton in October 2011 that prevented him from playing for two months, during which time Hartlepool appointed a new manager.

Colin Nish did not feature often under the club's new manager Neale Cooper, a former player of Aberdeen and Rangers.

Colin Nish signed for Scottish Championship club Dumbarton in August 2013.

On 26 June 2014 Colin Nish signed a new one-year deal with the Sons following a productive second half to the season which included the goal which took the Sons to their first Scottish Cup quarter final in over 30 years.

Colin Nish joined Scottish Championship club Cowdenbeath in January 2015 on an 18-month contract following his release from Dumbarton.

On 2 June 2015, Colin Nish was named as the new player-manager of Scottish League One club Cowdenbeath, following the resignation of Jimmy Nicholl.

Colin Nish's tenure lasted only one season however, with the club suffering their second successive relegation, this time to Scottish League Two.

Colin Nish's contract was terminated in May 2016, less than a year after his appointment.

Colin Nish then took a position coaching youth players at Hibernian.

Colin Nish subsequently left the club when his contract ended in May 2023.

In September 2023, Colin Nish was found guilty of assaulting his former partner.