Lee Martin (footballer born February 1968)
Martin in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lee Andrew Martin | ||
| Date of birth | 5 February 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Hyde, Cheshire, England | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1982–1988 | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1994 | Manchester United | 73 | (2) |
| 1994–1996 | Celtic | 19 | (0) |
| 1996–1998 | Bristol Rovers | 25 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Glossop North End | ||
| 2005–2006 | Bangor City | 8 | (1) |
| 2006–2008 | NEWI Cefn Druids | 9 | (0) |
| Total | 127 | (1) | |
| National team | |||
| 1989 | England U21 | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Lee Andrew Martin (born 5 February 1968) is an English former football left back. He played with Manchester United, Celtic and Bristol Rovers, among others. He represented his country at under 21 level.
Martin started his career in the Manchester United youth system. In 1990, he scored the only goal in the FA Cup final replay against Crystal Palace. This was one of just two goals Martin scored in his entire United career. The other goal, his first, came 16 months earlier in the 3–1 defeat of West Ham at Upton Park.
His debut came on 9 May 1988 as a substitute in a 2–1 home league win over Wimbledon and he made his breakthrough at left back the following season following the departure of Arthur Albiston. By the time of his first United goal, in a 3–1 win at West Ham United in the league of 21 January 1989, he was a regular feature in the United squad.
He played in 32 out of 38 league games in the cup winning 1989–90 campaign, but managed just 14 league games the following season as Clayton Blackmore established himself as United's regular left-back, with Denis Irwin joining as a right-back, and Martin struggled against a back injury.
However, he did not make the squad for the side that won the European Cup Winners Cup a year later. The arrival of Paul Parker that summer increased the competition for full-back places.
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