Lee Frost (footballer)

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Lee Frost
Personal information
Full name Lee Adrian Frost [1]
Date of birth (1957-12-04) 4 December 1957 (age 65)
Place of birth Woking, England
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1976–1978 Chelsea
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1978–1980 Chelsea 17 (5)
1978 → Brentford (loan) 6 (0)
1980 → MYPA (loan) 12 (3)
1980–1981 Brentford 15 (3)
Addlestone & Weybridge Town
1984–1985 Crawley Town 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lee Adrian Frost (born 4 December 1957) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Chelsea and Brentford.

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Career

Chelsea

A winger, Frost began his career in the youth system at Second Division club Chelsea, [2] signing his first professional contract in July 1976. [3] He had to wait until 15 April 1978 to make his first team debut, which came with a start in a 2–0 First Division defeat to Aston Villa. [2] Chelsea's relegation at the end of the 1978–79 season opened up a place in the team and he made his first appearance of 1979–80 on 20 October 1979. [4] He scored his first senior goal as 10-man Chelsea beat Cardiff City 2–1. [4] Frost made a name for himself on his following appearance, scoring a hat-trick in a win over Orient on 10 November and following up with another goal in a 2–1 victory over West Ham United. [2] He made semi-regular appearances through to March 1980 and finished the 1979–80 season with five goals in 12 appearances. [2]

Frost made his first appearance of the 1980–81 season on 3 September 1980, with a start in a 1–1 League Cup second round second leg draw with Cardiff City. [2] It proved to be his final appearance for the club and he departed in December 1980, having made 18 appearances and scored five goals during just under two-and-a-half years in the first team squad at Stamford Bridge. [2]

Brentford (loan)

Frost joined newly promoted Third Division club Brentford on a one-month loan in October 1978. [5] He made six appearances without scoring before his loan expired. [5]

MYPA (loan)

Frost moved to Finland to join 1. Divisioona club MYPA on loan during the 1980 season. [6] He scored three goals for the club.

Brentford (permanent transfer)

Frost and Chelsea teammate Gary Johnson joined Brentford permanently in a £15,000 deal in December 1980. [5] Frost scored three goals in 15 appearances before being released at the end of the 1980–81 season. [5]

Non-league football

After his release from Brentford, Frost dropped into non-league football and appeared for Southern League clubs Addlestone & Weybridge Town and Crawley Town. [5] [7]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chelsea 1977–78 [8] First Division 100000—10
1978–79 [8] 300000—30
1979–80 [8] Second Division 1050000—105
1980–81 [8] 000010—10
Total1450010—155
Brentford (loan) 1978–79 [9] Third Division 60———60
Brentford 1980–81 [9] Third Division153———153
Brentford total213———213
Crawley Town 1984–85 [7] Southern League Premier Division2000—1 [lower-alpha 1] 030
Career total378001010398
  1. ↑ 1 appearance in Southern League Cup

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References

  1. ↑ "Lee Frost". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Lee Frost – Chelsea Player Profile". Stamford-Bridge.com The History of Chelsea FC. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Seventies. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. pp. 289–290. ISBN   978-1906796709.
  4. 1 2 "Cardiff City v Chelsea – 20/10/1979". Stamford-Bridge.com The History of Chelsea FC. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 61. ISBN   978-0955294914.
  6. ↑ "Vanhat kuvat – Frost ja Wilkins". Keskilaakso. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  7. 1 2 "The Statistics – 1984/85". Crawley Town Football Club History. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Lee Frost". 11v11.com. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  9. 1 2 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 395–396. ISBN   0951526200.
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