Lee Steele

Football player infobox
playername = Lee Steele


fullname = Lee Steele
nickname = Steelo
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1973|12|12|mf=y
cityofbirth = Liverpool
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Northwich Victoria
clubnumber = 9
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = ?–1996
1996–1997
1997–2000
2000–2002
2002–2004
2004–2006
2006–2007
2007–
clubs = Bootle
Northwich Victoria
Shrewsbury Town
Brighton & Hove Albion
Oxford United
Leyton Orient
Chester City
Northwich Victoria
caps(goals) =
051 (21)
115 (38)
060 (11)
025 0(4)
077 (24)
020 0(1)
018 (11)
pcupdate = 12:20, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Lee Steele (born in Liverpool on December 7, 1973) is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Northwich Victoria whom he joined from Chester City in July 2007.

His other former clubs include Leyton Orient, Oxford United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Shrewsbury Town. At Brighton, Steele had a successful spell and contributed to the club's back to back promotions, winning the League Two championship in 2000-01 and League One in 2001-02.

Steele joined Orient in 2004, where he wore the #10 shirt. He was a fan favourite at Matchroom Stadium, with chants of "Steelo!" regularly heard round the ground. He scored a hatrick away at Lincoln in a 4-3 victory in October 2004. He also scored the final goal for Orient in the 2005-06 season against Oxford in the last minute to achieve promotion for the East London side in a 3-2 win and confirm his former club's relegation to the Nationwide Conference.

In the 2006-07 season Steele lost his place in Orient's first team due to Martin Ling preferring a combination of Gary Alexander and Jabo Ibehre upfront.

Steele eventually decided to travel back to the North West and join Chester City in October 2006, initially on loan. The move was made permanent in January 2007 but Steele was told in July 2007 that he was available for transfer after failing to settle at the club. His most memorable game for Chester was in an FA Cup second round tie at Bury on December 2 2006, when he appeared as a half-time substitute, scored twice and was sent off for two bookings - the latter when celebrating his second goal. Unfortunately, Steele only managed one other goal in his time with the Blues.

He signed for Northwich Victoria on a 2 year deal, where fans will be hoping he can repeat his excellent form of his first spell prior to playing in the Football League. He originally joined the club from Bootle in March 1996 [cite book | author=Steve Whitney | title=The Ultimate Book of Non League Players: 1997-98 | year=1997| pages= p.284 |id=ISBN 0-9531258-0-7] , just two months before he played at Wembley Stadium in the final of the FA Trophy against Macclesfield Town.

Honours

* Division Two champions: 2001-02 (Brighton)
* Division Three champions 2000-01 (Brighton); promotion as third-placed team 2005-06 (Leyton Orient)
* FA Trophy runners-up 1995-96 (Northwich Victoria)

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External links

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