Tommy Lee (footballer)

Tommy Lee

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Edward Lee
Date of birth	3 January 1986 (1986-01-03)
Place of birth	Oakworth, Keighley, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	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)
2007–2008	Macclesfield Town	52	(0)
2008	→ Rochdale (loan)	11	(0)
2008–	Chesterfield	110	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 3 April 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Thomas Edward "Tommy" Lee (born 3 January 1986 in Oakworth, Keighley, West Yorkshire) is an English football goalkeeper, who plays for Chesterfield.

Manchester United FC

Lee came 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 FC

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 on a save from Chelsea striker Salomon Kalou, he continued to keep until he was awarded a Red Card and subsequently sent off after a foul on Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko. This sending off reduced Macclesfield to 10 men and signalled the beginning of the 6–1 rout of Macclesfield by the Premier League Champions.

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.

Chesterfield FC

In September 2008, Lee was attacked during a night out in Sheffield. He required surgery after he broke his jaw during the attack. After returning to action, Lee became a fans 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 Tommy was offered and signed a 2 year extension, keeping him at the B2net until June 2013. Tommy has been a firm favourite with the Chesterfield fans, his popularity easily notable as the goalkeeper picked up the fans voted Player of the Year Award two years running.

Tommy played every minute of the Spireites' championship season 2010/11 but was injured against Bury in September 2011. 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 1 table.

His theme song among the Chesterfield fans is sung to the refrain of Brown Girl in the Ring by Boney M with the words changed to "Tommy Lee, Tommy Lee, Tommy Tommy Lee. He's got long hair but we don't care. Tommy Tommy Lee."

In January 2012 Lee won Man of the match in both legs of the JPT Northern Final helping Chesterfield to a 3 - 1 win and their 1st trip to the new Wembley Stadium,

Honours

Chesterfield FC

• Football League 2 winner 2010/11

External links

• Tommy Lee career stats at Soccerbase