Arran Lee-Barrett

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Arran Lee-Barrett
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Personal information
Full name Arran Lee-Barrett
Date of birth 28 February 1984 (1984-02-28) (age 24)
Place of birth    Ipswich, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Hartlepool United
Number 21
Youth clubs
2001-2003 Norwich City
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2003-2005
2005-2007
2007
2007-		 Cardiff City
Weymouth
Coventry City
Hartlepool United		 01 (0)
19 (0)
00 (0)
010 (0)   
National team2
2006 England C 01 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 22:55, 17 August 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 18:17, 16 September 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Arran Lee-Barrett (born 28 February 1984 in Ipswich, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Hartlepool United. Lee-Barrett signed for Hartlepool in May 2007 from Coventry City. [1]

When he was 8 Arran joined his local club Whitton Sports Centre and took the position of goalkeeper[2] . Shortly after he was offered a place at Ipswich Town’s academy where he played alongside England international Darren Bent[2] .

After leaving Ipswich he was offered an apprenticeship at Fulham and Norwich, he choose Norwich as he preferred the atmosphere there[2] . However, he failed to break into the reserve team and was second choice reserve keeper behind future England international Robert Green[2]. He was released by Norwich.

After a trial at Chelsea, Arran was offered a one-year contract with Cardiff after impressing during a trial[3] and was coached by George Wood. He spent most of his time at Cardiff as third choice keeper, mainly playing for the reserves. While playing for the reserves Arran helped Cardiff win the Pontins Holiday Combination.[4] Cardiff manager Lenny Lawrence decided to release the young keeper believing that he was better off getting games[5] [2] .

Torquay, Doncaster and Shrewsbury all showed an interest in Lee-Barrett[2]. Although he trained with Torquay[6] , he moved to Weymouth due to the offer of first team football[7][2]. He made 19 league appearances and 2 appearances in the FA Cup, helping Weymouth to win the Nationwide Conference South[7] . While at Weymouth Lee-Barrett was selected for the England National Game team, which consisted of England’s best non-league players and made his debut for them against Holland in November 2006.[8]

In January 2007, Arran signed for Coventry City on loan as emergency cover for Luke Steele due to the injury of other Coventry keeper Andy Marshall[7]. After his loan spell he signed permanently after being offered a temporary contract[9]. However at the end of the season he was not offered a new contract and was released after failing to break into the first team. After releasing Lee Barrett, Coventry City manager Iain Dowie revealed that he was impressed with his “attitude and professionalism” and wished him all the best. [10]

Shortly after Lee-Barrett was signed by Hartlepool after been recommended by Hartlepool’s goalkeeping coach George Wood who had previously coached him at Cardiff. [11] For his first season at Hartlepool he was given the number 21 shirt. [12] On his debut Lee-Barrett performed well against Newcastle, making some impressive saves and keeping a clean sheet in the half that he played. [13][14]

After playing Harlepool's first game of the season, a 2-1 loss to Luton, he found himself unceremoniously dropped, with Danny Wilson picking Jan Budtz over him for the Pools next fixtures.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Pools Sign Ex Coventry Keeper", Vital Hartlepool, 2007-05-22. Retrieved on 2007-05-22. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Arran Lee-Barrett Interview 2006-2007", theterras.co.uk, Weymouth FC Official Site. Retrieved on 2007-07-19. 
  3. ^ "Bluebirds to Sign Young Keeper?", Sky Sports News, 2003-03-20. Retrieved on 2007-07-19. 
  4. ^ "Reserves secure Pontins Holiday Combination", Cardiff City Online, Cardiff City fansite, 2005-04-05. Retrieved on 2007-07-19. 
  5. ^ "Cardiff Release Eleven", Sky Sports News, 2005-05-19. Retrieved on 2007-07-19. 
  6. ^ "Gulls Look at Keeper", Sky Sports News, 2005-03-09. Retrieved on 2007-07-19. 
  7. ^ a b c "Sky Blues look to sign loan 'keeper", Cardiff City Official Site, 2007-01-11. Retrieved on 2007-07-19. 
  8. ^ "Latest NGXI Squad", thefa.com, The Football Association Official Site, 2007-01-11. Retrieved on 2007-07-19. 
  9. ^ "Two In For Sky Blues", Sky Sports News, 2007-01-31. Retrieved on 2007-07-19. 
  10. ^ "Trio To Exit Coventry", Sky Sports News, 2007-04-13. Retrieved on 2007-07-19. 
  11. ^ "Turner Pleased To Welcome New Keeper", Hartlepool United - Official Site, 2007-01-11. Retrieved on 2007-05-22. 
  12. ^ "New Squad Numbers Released", Hartlepool United- Official Site, 2007-07-17. Retrieved on 2007-07-19. 
  13. ^ "Keeper's job is up for grabs", The Northern Echo, 2007-07-19. Retrieved on 2007-07-19. 
  14. ^ "Owen and Ameobia Secure Magpies Win", Hartlepool United - Official Site, 2007-01-11. Retrieved on 2007-07-17. 

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