Hoggy notches up 500 games

Hogarth became the second member of the current Guiseley first team squad to notch 500 games for the club - the other being his defensive partner Peter Atkinson.

It has been the consistency of this pair on which Guiseley have based a lot of their success over the years.

It was back in the 1990-91 season that Hogarth was a leading player in the Guisley squad which forged the future of the club by winning promotion as champions from the then Weekly Wynner League to what was then the HFS Loans League.

Hogarth's crowning moment was however the FA Vase triumph of 1990-91 when he strode proudly out at Wembley ahead of his team.

The side produced a never-to-be -forgotten 4-4 draw with Gresley Rovers at Wembley and Hogarth fianlly got his hands on the silverware when the re-play took place at Bramall Lane and his side won 3-1.

Guiseley became the first team from Yorkshire to win the Vase. The final had special meaning for Hogarth as he was presented to Sir Stanley Matthews who had been the soccer hero of his father Christopher when he lived on the Fylde coast.

Guiseley followed that up with a return to Wembley the following season - when they lost to Wimborne Town - and have since established themswelves as one of the leading clubs in the UniBond Northern Premier League.

International caps

During Hogarth's time as a Guiseley player he has also won two international caps with the England semi-professional side against Wales and Holland in 1994-5, twice played in the first round proper of the FA Cup - against Carlisle United at Bradford City's Valley Parade ground and Chester City at Macclesfield's Moss Rose ground - and played in a heartbreaking FA Trophy semi-final against Runcorn when the then Conference side took the tie with a disputed goal in injury time of extra-time.

Hogarth's standards have rarely slipped and he has never looked out of place when Guiseley have taken on more illustrious opponents from the Vauxhall Conference.

Raised in Bradford Hogarth, 34, first joined Guiseley in 1988 after playing for Otley Town, Crag Road United and Thackley and then had a spell with Harrogate Town before re-joining Guiseley in 1990.

It is remarkable that he has been able to notch up 500 games for the club as he also had a short spell with Lancaster City.

An engineer by trade he now works for the Royal Mail.

He went to Salt Grammar School at the same time as Worcestershire and England cricketer Richard Illingworth.

Hogarth admits that the early influences in his career were Crag Road manager Steve Knight, Bolton Woods manager Billy Barnes and Thackley manager Jim Mackay.

Managers' comments

His current manager Bobby Davison says of him: 'Colin has played 500 games for Guiseley now and out of them he has probably had ten bad ones that is he consistent the man is.

He is probably the first name on my team sheet every week.

He moans a lot but he is a joy to work with. He does the job in hand.

I have only worked with him as a manger for the past year but he has been a model professional as far as I am concerned.'

The manager who shared probably Hogarth's best moments as a Guiseley player is Gordon Rayner.

Hogarth was his captain when Guiseley played at Wembley in the FA Vase final and then won the Vase beating Gresley Rovers in a re-play at Sheffield United's Bramall Lane ground.

Rayner said of Hogarth: 'He is a credit to the game. Any youngster coming into the game should look up to Colin and think that that is what they should be aiming at.

He has won virtually everything you can win in the amateur game.

Hoggy is well known for his moaning but it is just the way he motivates other players around him to reach the level he has reached. It is always for the benefit of the team.

Hoggy is a born winner and here's to his next 500 games.'

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