Tommy Lee (footballer)

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Tommy Lee
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Lee playing for Chesterfield in 2011
Personal information
Full name Thomas Edward Lee[1]
Date of birth (1986-01-03) 3 January 1986 (age 38)[1]
Place of birth Keighley, England
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Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Chesterfield
Number 1
Youth career
2002–2004 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Manchester United 0 (0)
2006 → Macclesfield Town (loan) 11 (0)
2006–2008 Macclesfield Town 52 (0)
2008 → Rochdale (loan) 11 (0)
2008– Chesterfield 301 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:02, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Thomas Edward "Tommy" Lee (born 3 January 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for League One club Chesterfield. He began his professional career with Manchester United, but he was unable to break into the first team and was loaned to Macclesfield Town in 2006. He joined Macclesfield permanently later that year, spending two years there before first joining Rochdale on loan and then Chesterfield on a permanent basis.

Career

Manchester United

Born in Keighley, West Yorkshire,[1] Playing for local team Oakworth Juniors, Lee then went to Manchester United as a junior player in 2002. In 2005, he helped United's reserve team win the quadruple. In the 2005–06 season he was loaned to Macclesfield Town for what was originally going to be a month, but was extended to three months.

Macclesfield Town

Lee made his league debut away at Oxford United. During his loan period, Macclesfield boss Brian Horton told the Macclesfield Express: "Tommy has been excellent since joining us in January. I spoke to Tony Coton, United's goalkeeping coach, and Sir Alex Ferguson. Both were happy to extend Tommy's loan spell."

In August 2006, he signed a contract with Macclesfield, arriving on a free transfer from Manchester United.

On 6 January 2007, Lee kept goal for Macclesfield Town against English champions Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Despite suffering an injury to his arm while making a save from Salomon Kalou,[citation needed] he played on until he was sent off for a foul on Andriy Shevchenko. Macclesfield were already 2–1 down by this point, and conceded another four goals after going down to 10 men.[2]

On 22 March 2008, Lee joined Rochdale on loan from Macclesfield Town and played in Rochdale's Play Off Final appearance at Wembley Stadium against Stockport County. Lee was released by Macclesfield in May 2008, before joining Chesterfield on 1 August on a one-year contract.[3]

Chesterfield

In September 2008, Lee was attacked during a night out in Sheffield and required surgery after his jaw was broken.[4] After returning to action, Lee became a fan favourite at Saltergate.

At the end of the season, Lee won the club's Young Spireites Player of the Season award,[citation needed] before signing a two-year deal to keep him at Chesterfield until June 2011.[citation needed] In May 2011, Lee was offered and signed a two-year extension, keeping him at the club until June 2013.[citation needed] Lee has been a firm favourite with the Chesterfield fans, his popularity easily notable as the goalkeeper picked up the fan-voted Player of the Year Award two years running.[5]

Lee played every minute of the Spireites' championship-winning 2010–11 season. His fine form was rewarded as he was placed in the PFA Team of the Year for that season. In September 2011, Lee was injured in a game against Bury. The side missed him to the extent that without him they began a long series of matches without winning and slumped to the bottom of the League One table.

In January 2012, Lee was named man of the match in both legs of the Football League Trophy Northern Final, helping Chesterfield to a 3–1 win and their first trip to the new Wembley Stadium. In the final on 25 March 2012, Lee helped his team keep a clean sheet in a 2–0 win over the much fancied Swindon Town, making a crucial flying save to tip a header over the bar in the final minutes of the game.[6]

In January 2013 Lee signed a three-year contract keeping him at Chesterfield until 2016.

Tommy Lee again found himself in the League 2 PFA Team of the Year, on the same day he kept a clean sheet against Burton Albion to take the Spireites back to League 1 on 27 April 2014.

On 22 July 2015, Lee signed a two year contract extension, keeping him at the club until 2018. On 2 January 2016, Lee made his 300th league appearance for the Spireites in a 7-1 victory at home against Shrewsbury Town.

Career statistics

As of match played 2 January 2016.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Macclesfield Town (loan) 2005–06[7] League Two 11 0 — — 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 12 0
Macclesfield Town 2006–07[8] League Two 34 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
2007–08[9] League Two 18 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 20 0
Total 63 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 67 0
Rochdale (loan) 2007–08[9] League Two 11 0 — — 3[lower-alpha 2] 0 14 0
Chesterfield 2008–09[10] League Two 28 0 2 0 1 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 32 0
2009–10[11] League Two 42 0 1 0 1 0 3[lower-alpha 1] 0 47 0
2010–11[12] League Two 46 0 2 0 1 0 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 51 0
2011–12[13] League One 35 0 0 0 1 0 4[lower-alpha 1] 0 40 0
2012–13[14] League Two 32 0 1 0 1 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 35 0
2013–14[15] League Two 46 0 2 0 1 0 6[lower-alpha 1] 0 55 0
2014–15[16] League One 46 0 6 0 1 0 2[lower-alpha 3] 0 55 0
2015–16[17] League One 25 0 3 0 1 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 30 0
Total 300 0 17 0 8 0 20 0 345 0
Career total 372 0 19 0 9 0 24 0 427 0
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearances in League Two play-offs
  3. ↑ One appearance in Football League Trophy, one in League One play-offs

Honours

Chesterfield

References

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  5. ↑ [1], Chesterfield team profiles.
  6. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17419742
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