Jack Lester
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jack William Lester | ||
| Date of birth | 8 October 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker/Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Nottingham Forest (Under 18s Coach) |
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| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1994 | Grimsby Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–2000 | Grimsby Town | 133 | (17) |
| 1996 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2000–2003 | Nottingham Forest | 99 | (21) |
| 2003–2004 | Sheffield United | 44 | (12) |
| 2004–2007 | Nottingham Forest | 76 | (12) |
| 2007–2013 | Chesterfield | 197 | (83) |
| 2014 | Gateshead | 8 | (2) |
| Total | 568 | (148) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2014– | Nottingham Forest (U18s) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:30, 18 April 2014 (UTC). |
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Jack William Lester (born 8 October 1975) is an English former professional footballer and U18's coach of Football League Championship side Nottingham Forest.
As a player Sheffield born Lester played as a forward from 1994 to 2014. He came through the youth ranks at Grimsby Town where he moved into the first team in 1994. He became a first team regular and was part of the squad that was victorious in the Football League Trophy and Football League Second Division play-offs during the 1997–98 season. He played at Blundell Park until midway through the 1999–2000 campaign when he was sold to Town's First Division relegation rivals Nottingham Forest. He spent three years as a first team regular for Forest before switching to Sheffield United in 2003. Lester returned to Forest after only spending a year with The Blades. Lester remained at the City Ground for another three seasons before joining Chesterfield in 2007. After six years at Chesterfield, Lester retired on 27 April 2013. On 3 February 2014, Lester came out of retirement and joined Gateshead on a non-contract basis. In his final ever appearance as a player he scored at Wembley Stadium in Gateshead's Football Conference play-off final defeat.
Lester started his career with Grimsby Town and signed his first professional contract in 1994. He was nurtured into a first team role at Grimsby by manager Alan Buckley and his assistant John Cockerill. After a brief loan spell with Doncaster Rovers in which he played 11 games (5 in the starting lineup) and scored one goal, Lester became a regular at Blundell Park. During his time there he formed notable strike partnerships with Clive Mendonca, Steve Livingstone, Lee Ashcroft and Jamie Forrester. It was during the 1997–1998 season that he had arguably his best season with Grimsby. He was a regular fixture in the first team and helped the club succeed in an impressive double final win at Wembley Stadium. The Mariners defeated Bournemouth in the Football League Trophy (although Lester was suspended for the final) before beating Northampton Town in the Division Two Play Off Final a few weeks later. Lester stayed with Grimsby until midway through the 1999–2000 season when he was controversially sold just after the turn of the millennium. He made 133 league appearances and scored 17 league goals in his time with The Mariners, and is still a popular figure at the club.
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