Lee Collins (footballer, born 1974)

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Lee Collins
Personal information
Full name Lee Collins [1]
Date of birth (1974-02-03) 3 February 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1992–1993 Possil United, Celtic Boys Club, Partick Thistle.
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1995 Albion Rovers 45 (1)
1995–2000 Swindon Town 64 (2)
2000–2003 Blackpool 66 (2)
2003 → Morecambe (loan) 6 (0)
2003–2004 Morecambe 12 (1)
2004–2006 Stenhousemuir 30 (4)
Total223(10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lee Collins (born 3 February 1974 in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire) is a Scottish former professional footballer.

Collins began his professional career in his native land with Albion Rovers. After two years, 45 league appearances, and one goal for the club, he moved south of the border to join English club Swindon Town. He remained at the County Ground for five years, making 64 appearances and scoring two goals. He won the Division Two championship with them in 1995–96.

In 2000, Steve McMahon, Collins' former manager at Swindon, signed him for Blackpool. Collins remained at Bloomfield Road for three years, making 66 appearances and scoring two goals. He won promotion via the Division Three play-offs in his first season with the club. In 2002 he started the final as Blackpool won the 2001–02 Football League Trophy. [2]

In 2003, he was loaned to non-league Morecambe, and he went on to make the move permanent after negotiating a pay-off deal with Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston. [3]

Collins returned to Scotland in 2004 with Stenhousemuir. He remained with the club for two years.

Honours

Swindon Town

Blackpool

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References

Specific

  1. ↑ "Lee Collins". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Seasiders relish return to scene of past success". The Independent. London. 25 March 2002. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. ↑ Gillatt, Peter (30 November 2009). Blackpool FC on This Day: History, Facts and Figures from Every Day of the Year. Pitch Publishing Ltd. ISBN   978-1-905411-50-4.
  4. ↑ Fletcher, Paul (24 March 2002). "Blackpool lift LDV Vans Trophy". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 March 2024.

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