Derek Bell (footballer)

Derek Bell
Personal information
Full name Derek Martin Bell
Date of birth (1956-10-30) 30 October 1956
Place of birth Wyberton, England
Playing position Forward
Youth career
Derby County
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1979 Halifax Town 112 (21)
1975Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 5 (1)
1979–1980 Barnsley 46 (20)
1980–1983 Lincoln City 83 (33)
1983–1984 Chesterfield 17 (3)
1984–1985 Scunthorpe United 22 (7)
Total 285 (85)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Derek Martin Bell (born 30 October 1956 in Wyberton, Lincolnshire) was an English footballer who played for Lincoln City football club.

An apprentice with Derby County, he started his professional career with Halifax Town. Bell had a brief loan with Sheffield Wednesday before moving to Barnsley. After one season at Oakwell he was signed by Lincoln City for a record fee of £34,000. In his first season with the Imps, he scored 20 goals in 46 games. At the beginning of his second season he broke his leg, which then leg to a succession of injury problems.

Bell left Lincoln City in 1983, moving to Chesterfield for £8,500. He then drifted through lower league football with (amongst others) Boston United, Spalding United and Lincoln United.


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