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Colin Nixon (born 8 September 1978, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a footballer from Northern Ireland who plays for Bangor. Nixon is the son of Hugh and Alice Nixon, and has five siblings. Colin has played for Glentoran for all of his professional career. He has mainly played at right back but can also play centre back. He is a Glentoran supporter, and a fan's favourite. 'Nicky' is Glentoran's record appearance holder with over 700 appearances, the 700th coming in November 2010 against Portadown at Shamrock Park. Colin Nixon is now the current captain for Eddie Patterson's Glentoran after the shock departure of Paul Leeman, who recently joined Crusaders after being released due to financial problems at the Oval. Nixon works under a manager (Eddie Patterson) who he has played alongside, he knows very well and will have been delighted to be appointed as the Captain of Glentoran Nixon's team mate Sean Ward is the vice-captain of Glentoran, he steps up when Nixon is injured, suspended or unavailable to play. Colin Nixon and his vice captain both play alongside each other in their defensive roles and are both Glentoran fan favourites and have both rejected moves to Linfield in their careers. At the end of the 2012/13 Danske Bank Premiership season, Nixon was informed that he would not have his contract renewed. In his last game at The Oval, after making 792 appearances and scoring on 87 occasions - Nicky added one to each of those stats, replacing Jay Magee in the second half and scoring a spectacular acrobatic equaliser after 88 minutes to the delight of every fan in attendance. Nixon received a standing ovation before, during and after the game as the Glentoran fans paid tribute to a true club legend. Colin Nixon came on for Glentoran in his final match, the 2013 Irish Cup Final which Glentoran won 3-1. He lifted the cup alongside goalkeeper Elliott Morris who was Glentoran Captain for the day. ==Honours== ;Glentoran *IFA Premiership (4): 1998–99, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2008–09 *Irish Cup (6): 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004 2013 *Irish League Cup (5): 2001,2003, 2005, 2007, 2010 *County Antrim Shield (7): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2011 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colin Nixon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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