Rob Lee

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Rob Lee
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Personal information
Full name Robert Martin Lee
Date of birth (1966-02-01) 1 February 1966 (age 59)
Place of birth Plaistow, London, England
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Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1992 Charlton Athletic 298 (59)
1992–2002 Newcastle United 303 (44)
2002–2003 Derby County 48 (2)
2003–2004 West Ham United 16 (0)
2004 Oldham Athletic 0 (0)
2005–2006 Wycombe Wanderers 38 (0)
Total 703 (105)
International career
1986 England U21 2 (0)
1994 England B 1 (0)
1994–1998 England 21 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Martin "Rob" Lee (born 1 February 1966 in West Ham, London) is a retired English footballer who played the majority of his career for Charlton Athletic and Newcastle United.

Club career

Charlton Athletic

Lee came through the academy of Charlton Athletic and established himself in the first team by the 1984–85 season. He rapidly became the Addicks' star player playing as a winger and helping Charlton to promotion to the First Division at the end of the 1985–86 season. He remained a regular in the top flight over the next four years until Charlton were relegated back to the Second Division at the end of the 1989–90 season.

Lee remained with Charlton for more than two years after relegation, but he was sold shortly after the start of 1992–93 season as the club needed money to finance its return to The Valley. At the time, Charlton were second in the table, and Lee moved to the league leaders, Newcastle United, for a fee of £700,000. He moved to Newcastle after their manager, Kevin Keegan, told him that Newcastle upon Tyne was closer to London than Middlesbrough, the other club interested in signing Lee,[1][2] and who were already in the Premier League.

Newcastle United

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lee made his Newcastle début as a substitute in a 1-0 win over Peterborough United. Newcastle were promoted to the Premier League at the end of the season, with Lee scoring 10 goals from 36 matches. Newcastle's first season back in the top division for four years ended well, as they finished third and qualified for the UEFA Cup. In the first round against Royal Antwerp Lee scored a hat-trick as Newcastle won 5-0 in Belgium. Lee finished the 1994–95 season with nine goals from 35 matches as Newcastle finished sixth in the table.

Manager Kevin Keegan rebuilt the side over the summer of 1995, signing stars such as David Ginola and Les Ferdinand and allowing Lee a more attacking role. He won the Premier League player of the month for November 1995 as Newcastle moved twelve points clear of Manchester United at the top of the table. Newcastle finished the season in second place, but Lee was named in the PFA Team Of The Year for the 1995-96 season.

After Keegan's shock resignation the following season, Kenny Dalglish was named manager, and he made Lee captain as Newcastle again finished runners-up to Manchester United in the Premier League. After Dalglish's sacking in 1998, Ruud Gullit was named Newcastle manager. After a good start, Gullit tried to quickly move experienced players Lee, Stuart Pearce and John Barnes out of the club, forcing them to train with the reserves.[citation needed]. For the start of the 1999-2000 season, Lee was not given a squad number by Gullit, and after Gullit had dropped Alan Shearer for the Tyne-Wear derby defeat against Sunderland, he resigned and was succeeded by the former England manager Bobby Robson.

Robson put Lee and fellow midfielder Gary Speed back in the heart of Newcastle's midfield. Lee scored in the FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea, but Newcastle lost 2-1. Lee was awarded a testimonial in 2001 for ten years' service to the club, and a crowd of 18,189 turned out as Spanish side Athletic Bilbao won 1-0 at St. James' Park. Lee's last goal for Newcastle came in a 4-3 win over Manchester United in 2001. Lee moved to Derby County for a transfer fee of £250,000 in 2002.

Later career

After a short, unsuccessful spell with Derby, which saw them relegated from the Premier League, Lee was sold to West Ham United in 2003, after scoring twice in games against Reading[3] and Ipswich Town.[4] However, he played only a handful of games for the Hammers during the 2003–04 season. Following this, he was released on a free transfer, and had trials with Oldham Athletic and Wycombe Wanderers, and was later signed full-time by the latter. He played two seasons in League Two with the Chairboys, before leaving in June 2006, following the dismissal of John Gorman as the club's manager.

International career

Lee played for England between 1994 and 1998, scoring twice in 21 appearances. He was called up for the first time for a friendly against the USA in September 1994,[5] and scored on his début the following month against Romania.[6] He was in the squad for the 1998 World Cup under Glenn Hoddle,[7] and came on once as a substitute against Colombia.[8]

Post-playing career

In October 2006, Lee was interviewed for the manager position at Bournemouth,[9] but the job went to Kevin Bond. Lee was arrested in July 2007, alongside former team-mate Warren Barton, for taking a limousine[10] but was not charged.[11] He also appeared for Newcastle on the charity television show Premier League All Stars in September 2007.

In May 2008, he captained Legal & General to victory in a charity five-a-side tournament in St Albans, helping to raise £15,000 for the leukaemia charity the Anthony Nolan Trust.[12]

Currently,[when?] he works as a regular pundit for Singapore's Football Channel.[13] He is also backup commentator alongside John Burridge for TEN Sports' UEFA Champions League fixtures.[14]

Family

Lee's sons, Oliver and Elliot, are footballers with Luton Town and West Ham United respectively.[15][16]

Career Statistics

Club

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Charlton Athletic
1983–84 Second Division 11 4 0 0 0 0 — 11 4
1984–85 39 10 0 0 0 0 — 39 10
1985–86 35 8 0 0 0 0 — 35 8
1986–87 First Division 33 3 0 0 0 0 — 33 3
1987–88 23 2 0 0 0 0 — 23 2
1988–89 31 5 0 0 0 0 — 31 5
1989–90 37 1 0 0 0 0 — 37 1
1990–91 Second Division 43 13 0 0 0 0 — 43 13
1991–92 39 12 0 0 0 0 — 39 12
1992–93 First Division 7 1 0 0 0 0 — 7 1
Total 298 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 298 59
Newcastle United
1992–93[17] First Division 36 10 4 2 3 1 — 43 13
1993-94[18] Premier League 41 7 3 0 3 1 — 47 8
1994-95[19] 35 9 4 1 2 0 3 4 44 14
1995-96[20] 36 8 1 0 3 1 — 40 9
1996-97[21] 33 5 2 1 1 0 8 0 45 6
1997-98[22] 28 4 6 0 2 0 6 0 42 4
1998-99[23] 26 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 30 0
1999-00[24] 30 0 4 1 1 0 6 0 41 1
2000-01[25] 22 0 0 0 4 0 — 26 0
2001-02[26] 16 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 22 1
Total 303 44 27 5 22 3 27 4 379 56
Derby County 2001-02[27] Premier League 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2002–03[28] First Division 35 2 0 0 2 0 — 37 2
Total 48 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 48 2
West Ham United 2003–04[29] First Division 16 0 1 0 2 0 — 19 0
Total 16 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 19 0
Wycombe Wanderers 2004–05[30] League Two 7 0 0 0 0 0 — 7 0
2005–06[31] 33 0 1 0 1 0 — 35 0
Total 40 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 42 0
Career total 705 105 29 5 27 3 27 4 786 117

Honours

Club

Charlton Athletic
Newcastle United
West Ham United

International

England

Individual

References

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  1. ↑ King Kev reigns supreme, Newcastle 1992–93 promotion campaign Mirror Football, April 2010
  2. ↑ Downing has tough boots to fill if he moves – we look at some of those other north-east stars that starred in the smoke Mail Online, 6 January 2009
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  5. ↑ Lee at the centre of Newcastle's intentions: For one player this week's England call-up marked the end of a long wait for recognition The Independent, 10 September 1994
  6. ↑ New boy Lee gets England: Tottenham's Dumitrescu shows how to breach Venables' defence The Independent, 13 October 1994
  7. ↑ 1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ – England FIFA.com
  8. ↑ Match Report: Colombia – England 0:2 (0:2) FIFA.com, 26 June 1998
  9. ↑ Shepherd denies he wants to sell stake in Newcastle, The Guardian, 3 October 2006
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  13. ↑ Where are they now? Wycombe Wanderers FC, 7 May 2008
  14. ↑ WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CLASS OF 1993? The Journal, 7 April 2010 (Archived)
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