| Colin Foster | |
| Fullname: | Colin John Foster |
| Birth Date: | 1964 7, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Chislehurst, Kent, England |
| Position: | Central defender |
| Youthclubs1: | Elmstead |
| Years1: | 1982–1987 |
| Years2: | 1987–1989 |
| Years3: | 1989–1994 |
| Years4: | 1994 |
| Years5: | 1994–1997 |
| Years6: | 1997 |
| Years7: | 1997–1998 |
| Clubs4: | → Notts County (loan) |
| Clubs6: | → Cambridge United (loan) |
| Clubs7: | Cambridge United |
| Caps1: | 178 |
| Caps2: | 72 |
| Caps3: | 93 |
| Caps4: | 9 |
| Caps5: | 66 |
| Caps6: | 7 |
| Totalcaps: | 425 |
| Caps7: | 27 |
| Goals1: | 10 |
| Goals2: | 5 |
| Goals3: | 4 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 8 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Totalgoals: | 55 |
Colin Foster (born 16 July 1964) is an English retired football defender.
Starting out at non-League club Elmstead,[1] Foster made his league debut for Leyton Orient in January 1982 whilst still an apprentice. He moved to Nottingham Forest, for a fee of £50,000 in May 1987, making 72 league appearances under manager, Brian Clough.In September 1989, he became manager Lou Macari's second and most expensive signing for West Ham United for £750,000. Never a regular player under Macari, he became so under new manager Billy Bonds in a team which won promotion from the second division in season 1990-91. Foster's time at West Ham is most often associated with scoring a spectacular mid-air volley in an FA Cup Quarter-final versus Everton in March 1991. Everton were in the upper reaches of the First Division (then the top tier) while West Ham were a second-tier side. West Ham won the match 2-1 http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=5&ham=3743&united=11_Mar_1991 before being knocked out in the semi-finals by Foster's old club Nottingham Forest.Three seasons broken by regular injury followed and after a projected £400,000 move back to Nottingham Forest fell through, when Foster could not agree terms, he remained at West Ham on a weekly contract. A loan to Notts County followed before he eventually moved, for a fee of £100,000, to Watford in March 1994.[2]