Lee Ridley (footballer)

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Lee Ridley
Ridley playing for Grimsby Town in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-12-05) 5 December 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Scunthorpe, England
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Winterton Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2007 Scunthorpe United 100 (3)
2007–2010 Cheltenham Town 61 (1)
2007–2008 → Darlington (loan) 6 (0)
2008 → Lincoln City (loan) 15 (0)
2010–2011 Grimsby Town 39 (0)
2011–2013 Gainsborough Trinity 9 (0)
2012–2013 → Worksop Town (loan) 13 (0)
2013 → Grantham Town (loan) 2 (0)
2013–2014 Grantham Town 9 (0)
2014–2021 Bottesford Town 24 (0)
2021– Winterton Rangers
Total 275 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:30, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Lee Ridley (born 5 December 1981) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back and manages Winterton Rangers.

He has previously played professionally for Scunthorpe United, Cheltenham Town, Darlington, Lincoln City and Grimsby Town before moving into non-league football with Gainsborough Trinity, Worksop Town, Grantham Town and Bottesford Town.

Career[edit]

Scunthorpe United[edit]

Born in Scunthorpe, Lee started his career with Scunthorpe United as a young child and went on to make 117 appearances in all competitions scoring three goals between 2000 and 2007. Despite being offered a new 2-year contract by Scunthorpe after their promotion to the Championship in 2007, he opted to stay in League One.

Cheltenham Town[edit]

He joined Cheltenham Town signing a three-year deal at Whaddon Road. Possibly deciding that he will get a greater regularity of first team football after making only 20 appearances in his final year at Scunthorpe. On 22 November 2007 he joined Darlington on a one-month loan deal. He then joined Lincoln City on a one-month loan deal on 4 January 2008.

He was released by the club along with 7 other players in May 2010.[1]

Grimsby Town[edit]

He signed a two-year contract with Grimsby Town on 24 June 2010 as a direct replacement for the departed Joe Widdowson. Ridley was the favoured left back at the club throughout his first season with the club, but during the 2011–12 season he lost his way in the side down to the signing of Jamie Green and coupled with several injury problems this would eventually see him have his contract mutually terminated on 25 November 2011.

Non-league[edit]

On 5 December 2011 he signed with Conference North side Gainsborough Trinity.[2]

In November 2012, he joined Worksop Town on a one-month loan deal.[3] The loan deal was extended to the end of the season however he returned to Trinity in February where after a weeks loan with Grantham Town he joined the club permanently.[4] He joined Bottesford Town for the 2014–2015 season.

Personal life[edit]

Outside of his football career Lee now works at Scunthorpe United's charity arm, Scunthorpe United Community Sport & Education Trust.

Honours[edit]

  • Scunthorpe United Player of the season 2001, 2003

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Cheltenham Town release eight players". BBC Sport. 11 May 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  2. ^ "BlueSq Premier Latest news on the new Blue Square Premier, North and South season". Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Ridley on loan to Tigers".
  4. ^ "Ridley Coup for Gingerbreads". 25 February 2013.

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