Lee Molyneaux

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Lee Molyneaux
Personal information
Full name Lee Alexander Molyneaux [1]
Date of birth (1983-01-16) 16 January 1983 (age 41) [1]
Place of birth Portsmouth, England [1]
Position(s) Defender [1]
Team information
Current team
 Locks Heath
Youth career
Portsmouth
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2003 Portsmouth 0 (0)
2003 Derry City 6 (0)
2004 Weymouth 1 (0)
2004 Selsey
2004–2005 Oxford United 16 (0)
2005–2006 Basingstoke Town
2006–2008 Cirencester Town
2008–2009 Forest Green Rovers 4 (0)
2009–2010 Clevedon Town
2010 Gloucester City 8 (0)
2011–2015 Gosport Borough 83 (2)
2015–2019 Havant & Waterlooville 58 (1)
2017 → Gosport Borough (loan) 3 (0)
2019–2020 Gosport Borough 2 (0)
2020–2021 AFC Portchester 4 (0)
2021–2022 Baffins Milton Rovers 33 (0)
2022 Horndean 2 (0)
2022– Locks Heath 1 (0)
Managerial career
2019–2020 Gosport Borough
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:47, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

Lee Alexander Molyneaux (born 16 January 1983) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Locks Heath. He is the former manager of Gosport Borough.

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His former clubs include Portsmouth, Derry City of the League of Ireland, [2] Weymouth, Selsey, Oxford United, Basingstoke Town, Cirencester Town and Forest Green Rovers.

Career

Molyneaux came through the ranks at Portsmouth, 2 years in the Academy and 1 year as a professional Lee, along with many other players was released the year that Portsmouth were promoted to the Premier League. He joined Derry City in Northern Ireland before returning to the UK, joining Weymouth during Christmas 2003, [3] making his debut on 1 January 2004 in a local derby against Dorchester Town. After appearing for Selsey during second half of the season, [4] Oxford United manager Graham Rix signed him on a 1-year contract for the 2004–05 season after impressing in pre-season matches and training. It ended in November 2005 when a new manager came in. [5] He then moved to Basingstoke Town, [6] and from there Cirencester Town in 2006. [7]

In July 2008, he joined Forest Green Rovers in the Conference National. [8] He had previously featured for the club's reserve team squad while studying for a degree at Hartpury College. He was released by Forest Green in December 2008.

He then signed for Clevedon Town in January 2009. He then moved to Gloucester City before leaving in 2010.

In the summer of 2011, Molyneaux joined Gosport Borough, at the time in the Southern League Division One South & West winning back to back promotions and leading them out at Wembley in the FA Trophy Cup Final.

Molyneaux moved to Havant & Waterlooville for the 2015–16 season, making eighteen league appearances as the club were relegated from the National League South. In November 2017, having helped Havant earn again back to back promotion getting them to the National League, he rejoined Gosport, now struggling in the Southern League Premier Division, on a month's loan. [9] He made his second début for Gosport in a 1–0 victory over Dunstable Town, their first win of the season.

On 8 June 2021, Molyneaux returned to playing, joining Wessex League side Baffins Milton Rovers. [10]

In October 2022, Molyneaux joined Hampshire Premier League side Locks Heath having started the season with Horndean. [11]

Managerial career

After acting as a player-coach at Havant & Waterlooville for the 2018–19 season, [12] he was appointed the manager of Gosport Borough in May 2019. [13] In June 2020, he stepped down from his role as Gosport manager. [14] He started the following season as assistant manager at AFC Portchester. [15]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Lee Molyneaux". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Keely snaps up duo". BBC. 21 August 2003. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "PROMOTION HOPES HINGE ON NEW SIGNINGS". Dorset Echo. 5 January 2004. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Finishing failure for YMCA". West Sussex County Times. 5 March 2004. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Football: MOLYNEAUX IS OUT THE DOOR". Oxford Mail. 15 November 2005. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "Optimistic outlook". Southern Daily Echo. 3 January 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "No win in four games for Centurions". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. 31 August 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "Harvey set to sign defender Molyneaux". Gloucester Citizen. 24 July 2008. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "Lee's loan brings him back to Gosport". Gosport Borough FC. 8 June 2021. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  10. ↑ "Baffins Sign Lee Molyneaux". Baffins Milton Rovers F.C. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "Former Gosport Borough boss Lee Molyneaux makes losing Hampshire Premier League debut for Locks Heath as 10-man Harvest triumph". portsmouth.co.uk. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  12. ↑ "Molyneaux takes up a player-coach role at Hawks". The News. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  13. ↑ "Lee Molyneaux appointed new Gosport Borough manager". The News. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  14. ↑ "Shaun Gale takes over at Gosport Borough". nonleaguedaily.com. 10 June 2020. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  15. ↑ "Former Gosport Borough and Hawks double promotion winner Lee Molyneaux targeting more success after swapping Baffins for Horndean". portsmouth.co.uk. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
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