Lee Collins (footballer, born 1974)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lee Collins[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 February 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Bellshill, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1993 | Possil United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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) |
| Total | 223 | (10) | |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Lee Collins (born 3 February 1974 in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire) is a Scottish professional football player.
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, with the Seasiders in his first season with the club.
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.[2]
Collins returned to Scotland in 2004 with Stenhousemuir. He remained with the club for two years.
Collins is the father of tennis player Ali Collins.
Honours
Swindon Town
- Division Two champions: 1995-96
Blackpool
- Division Three play-off winners: 2000-01
- LDV Vans Trophy winner 2001-02
References
- Specific
- ↑ "Lee Collins". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ↑ Gillatt, Peter (30 November 2009). Blackpool FC on This Day: History, Facts and Figures from Every Day of the Year. Pitch Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-905411-50-2.
- General
- Lee Collins at Soccerbase
- Lee Collins career at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database