Colin Tartt
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Colin Tartt | ||
| Date of birth | 23 November 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Alsager College | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1977 | Port Vale | 175 | (7) |
| 1977–1981 | Chesterfield | 186 | (7) |
| 1981–1985 | Port Vale | 117 | (9) |
| Total | 478 | (23) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Colin Tartt (born 23 November 1950) is an English former footballer. A midfielder, he made 478 league appearances in a 13-year career in the Football League.
A qualified teacher, he began his career with Port Vale in 1972. He spent five years at the club, before being sold on to Chesterfield for £15,000 in March 1977. He helped the club to lift the Anglo-Scottish Cup in 1981, before he returned to Port Vale for a £15,000 fee in November of that year. He spent four years with the "Valiants", helping the club to achieve promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1982–83. He later returned to teaching and played non-league football for Shepshed Charterhouse and Matlock Town.
Tartt qualified as a teacher at Alsager College, before he joined Port Vale, initially on trial, in June 1972. His made his debut as a substitute in a 7–0 drubbing by Rotherham United at Millmoor on 26 August 1972, and made his first full debut on 26 September in a 4–0 defeat to Bournemouth at Dean Court. Tartt impressed, despite the embarrassing score-lines (goalkeeper Alan Boswell was held responsible) and became a regular in the side, making 32 appearances in 1972–73, as the "Valiants" missed out on promotion out of the Third Division by four points. He had to be pulled away by the police from Wrexham's Arfon Griffiths on the full-time whistle of Vale's 1–0 win at Vale Park on 1 October 1973, in what was described as an 'ugly' game. Tarrt played a total of 45 games in 1973–74, retaining his first team place as manager Gordon Lee departed in January, and was replaced by Roy Sproson. He played 38 games in 1974–75, as Vale again finished four points short of the promotion places. He scored his first senior goal on 13 September 1975, in a 3–3 draw with Southend United at Roots Hall, and went on to become something of a regular scorer in 1975–76, hitting five goals in 48 games. Tarrt scored four goals in 31 appearances in 1976–77, before he was sold to Chesterfield for £15,000 in March 1977.
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