After failing to break into the first team at Nottingham Forest, Collis was invited down by Gary Johnson for a trial match at Yeovil Town and signed the same month on a free transfer.

In January 2010, Collis joined back up with Gary Johnson and signed a short-term deal for Football League Championship side Bristol City to take him to the end of the season.

He was then released after his loan move to Northampton Town when Peterborough invested in Exeter City Keeper Paul Jones.

"Goalkeeper Steve Collis was drafted in on Thursday as a replacement for Ben Smith who has departed the club in a bid to find regular football closer to home.

Sources:[6][7] At the end of his playing career he became a player/goalkeeping coach with Rochdale where he spent 5 years before officially hanging up his boots in 2018 upon his departure.