Lee Elam

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Lee Elam
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Elam playing for Northwich Victoria in 2009
Personal information
Full name Lee Patrick George Elam [1]
Date of birth (1976-09-24) 24 September 1976 (age 46)
Place of birth Bradford, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2002 Southport 104 (15)
2002–2003 Morecambe 40 (13)
2003 Halifax Town 15 (2)
2003–2004 Yeovil Town 12 (1)
2004Chester City (loan) 4 (0)
2004 Hornchurch 13 (2)
2004 Burton Albion 1 (0)
2004–2005 Morecambe 23 (5)
2005 Crawley Town 5 (0)
2005–2007 Weymouth 23 (2)
2007–2008 Exeter City 40 (9)
2008–2009 Altrincham 21 (0)
2009–2010 Northwich Victoria 41 (0)
2010 Bradford Park Avenue 4 (1)
2010–2011 Stalybridge Celtic 29 (3)
2011–2013 Harrogate Town 45 (4)
2013 Bradford Park Avenue
2013 Workington
2013–???? Albion Sports
International career
2002–2003 England Semi-Pro 4 (0)
Managerial career
2019–2022 Eccleshill United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:03, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Lee Patrick George Elam (born 24 September 1976) is an English former professional footballer.

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Career

Elam was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire and began his footballing career in 1998 with Conference National side Southport. During his four years with the team, he played in 104 first team games in which he scored 15 goals.

After leaving Southport at the end of the 2001–02 season, Elam joined fellow Conference side Morecambe. During the 2002–03 season Elam made 40 appearances for the Shrimps, scoring 13 goals.

After only one season at Morecambe, Elam joined conference side Halifax Town for the beginning of the 2003–04 season. On 31 October 2003 after only 15 appearances for the Shaymen, Elam moved to League Two side Yeovil Town. Elam made only 12 appearances for the Glovers before moving on loan to then Conference side Chester City for the remainder of the 2003–04 season, acting as a bit-part player as the side sealed the Football Conference title.

At the beginning of the 2004–05 season, Elam signed with now defunct Conference South side Hornchurch. After only six months Elam signed with conference side Burton Albion on 5 November 2004. Elam made only one appearance during the month of November for the Brewers before moving back to Morecambe for the remainder of the season.

Elam began the 2005–06 season with Conference side Crawley Town where he made five appearances before moving on 27 September 2005 to Conference South side Weymouth. Weymouth finished the 2005–06 season as Conference South champions and were promoted to the Conference National.

Elam made 23 appearances for Weymouth during the 2006–07 season before the entire first team was transfer listed on 10 January 2007 after the club decided to cut their financial costs. [2] He was picked up on a free transfer by neighbouring Conference side Exeter City on 15 January 2007. [3] His first match for Exeter was against his former club Weymouth, in which he scored a hat-trick. He was released by the club in May 2008 and subsequently trained with York City in July. [4] [5] He played for York in a 1–1 draw against Leeds United in a pre-season friendly and earned the chance to play again against Middlesbrough. [6] York manager Colin Walker was unable to offer Elam a contract, but failed to rule out signing him eventually. [7] He later confirmed that Elam would not sign for the club. [8] He eventually joined Altrincham on a part-time basis, where he would coach youngsters. [9]

In January 2009, Elam requested to leave Altrincham and joined Northwich Victoria on non-contract terms. [10] He made his debut in a 2–1 defeat to Histon. [11]

In 2010, Elam left Northwich Victoria having made 41 appearances for the side, scoring no goals, and joined Stalybridge Celtic.

Elam's Stalybridge career, as with Northwich, lasted only one season; appearing 29 times and scoring three goals for the club, he moved on in summer 2011 to Harrogate Town, where he made his debut on 16 August 2011 in a 3–2 loss to Stalybridge at Bower Fold. In 2013 he had brief spells at Bradford Part Avenue and Workington, [12] [13] before signing for Albion Sports.

Coaching career

After working worked as a youth coach at Bradford City, Elam he was appointed manager of Eccleshill United in May 2019. [14] He resigned as Eccleshill manager in June 2022. [15]

Career statistics

As of 21 January 2007.
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Southport 1998–0282 (22)151 (2)0--4087 (24)15
All82 (22)151 (2)0--4087 (24)15
Morecambe 2002–03 37 (3)1331--4044 (3)14
All37 (3)1331--4044 (3)14
Halifax Town 200314 (1)2----1015 (1)2
All14 (1)2----1015 (1)2
Yeovil Town 2003–04 6 (6)1------6 (6)1
All6 (6)1------6 (6)1
Chester City (loan)20041 (3)0------1 (3)0
All1 (3)0------1 (3)0
Hornchurch 2004??------??
All??------??
Burton Albion 200410------10
All10------10
Morecambe 2004–05 18 (5)3----1019 (5)3
All18 (5)3----1019 (5)3
Crawley Town 20054 (1)0------4 (1)0
All4 (1)0------4 (1)0
Weymouth 2005–0723230----262
All23230----262
Exeter City 2007 5(12)6------5 (12)6
All
Career totals187 (41)397 (2)1--100204 (43)40

Source: Soccerbase

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  12. Swain staying at Bradford Park Avenue but Forrest and Elam head out the exit door Telegraph and Argus, 30 August 2013
  13. Skrill North News The Alty Files, 17 September 2013
  14. Lee Elam appointed new Eccleshill United boss Telegraph & Argus, 22 May 2019
  15. Elam resigns at Eccleshill Non-League Yorkshire, 10 June 2022