

Introduction
Alan Combe (born 3 April 1974) is a Scottish professional football goalkeeper and coach. Born in Edinburgh, Combe played for Cowdenbeath, St Mirren, Dundee United, Bradford City and Kilmarnock. He has also worked as a goalkeeping coach for Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian.
Career
Combe was Kilmarnock's regular goalkeeper until he suffered a serious hip injury early in the 2009–10 season. He was released by Kilmarnock on 31 January 2011.
Combe joined Alloa Athletic in August 2011 as a goalkeeping coach. In November 2011, Combe played for Clyde against Annan Athletic and kept a clean sheet. He went on trial with Hamilton Academical in December 2011, making his debut on 27 December 2011.
In March 2012, Combe signed a deal with Greenock Morton until the end of the 2012–13 season. He continued as a player for Morton while working as a goalkeeping coach at Alloa.
Combe was released from his contract with Morton to become a goalkeeping coach at Hearts, although he retained his playing registration in case of emergency. After being released by Hearts in 2014, in July Combe joined boyhood club Hibernian as a player-coach.
International
Combe was named in the senior Scotland squad on a few occasions but was not capped. Combe did however appear for the Scotland B team in 2005, playing in the second half of a 2–0 victory against Poland B.
Personal life
Combe is the great nephew of Bobby Combe, who played for Hibs and Scotland in the 1940s and 1950s.
Career statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Scotland | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1992–93 | Cowdenbeath | Scottish First Division | 18 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 18 | 0 | ||
| 1993–94 | St Mirren | 16 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 16 | 0 | |||
| 1994–95 | 21 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 1995–96 | 21 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 1996–97 | 36 | 0 | N/A | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||
| 1997–98 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 1998–99 | Dundee United | Scottish Premier League | 10 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1999–2000 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | 23 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| England | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 2001–02 | Bradford City (loan) | Football League First Division | 16 | 0 | - | - | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | Dundee United | Scottish Premier League | 5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| England | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 2003–04 | Bradford City | Football League First Division | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 22 | 0 | |
| Scotland | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 2004–05 | Kilmarnock | Scottish Premier League | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 2005–06 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Total | Scotland | 251 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | England | 120 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 371 | 28 | 31 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||