Lee Bullock

Football player infobox
playername = Lee Bullock


fullname = Lee Bullock
nickname =
height = height|ft=6|in=0
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|5|22|df=y
cityofbirth = Thornaby-on-Tees
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Bradford City
clubnumber = 8
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1998–2004
2004
2004–2005
2005–2008
2007
2007
2008
2008–
clubs = York City
→ Cardiff City (loan)
Cardiff City
Hartlepool United
→ Mansfield Town (loan)
→ Bury (loan)
→ Bradford City (loan)
Bradford City
caps(goals) = 171 (24)
010 0(3)
021 0(3)
057 0(5)
005 0(0)
008 0(0)
005 0(0)
015 0(3)
nationalyears =
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pcupdate = 20:53, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
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Lee Bullock (born 22 May 1981 in Thornaby-on-Tees, England) is an English footballer, who plays for Bradford City. He started his career with York City, with whom he played 171 league games and scored 24 goals, before he moved to Division One side Cardiff City in 2004 after a loan spell. He spent just one season with Cardiff before he returned to north east England with Hartlepool United. He won promotion from League Two with Hartlepool, but after he lost his place in the side, he had loan spells with Mansfield Town, Bury and Bradford City, before signing permanently for Bradford in January 2008.

Career

York City

Bullock started his career with York City in August 1998, making his debut on 5 December 1998 in a 2–1 FA Cup defeat to Wrexham.cite web
title = Lee Bullock
url = http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=15687
publisher = Soccerbase
accessdate = 2007-09-30] He signed a new two-year contract by the end of the 1998–99 season, which he finished with the young player of the year award.cite news
title = Maine chance of survival
url = http://archive.thisisyork.co.uk/1999/5/3/323228.html
publisher = Evening Press
date = 1999-05-03
accessdate = 2007-09-30] He made 17 starts during his first full season and played 24 league games in total, but never managed more than six succssive appearances. [cite news
url=http://archive.thisisyork.co.uk/2000/10/13/311341.html
title=Lee aims to end goal drought
date=2000-10-13
accessdate=2008-04-17
publisher=Evening Press] [cite web
url=http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?seasonid=129&teamid=2910
title=York 1999/2000 player appearances
accessdate=2008-04-17
publisher=Soccerbase] His season had been ended early because of an ankle injury he picked up in a reserve game, [cite news
url=http://archive.thisisyork.co.uk/2000/4/13/317399.html
title=Bullock out for season
date=2000-04-13
accessdate=2008-04-17
publisher=Evening Press] but he extended his contract during the summer to three years, keeping him at Bootham Crescent until at least 2003. [cite news
url=http://archive.thisisyork.co.uk/2000/7/20/314611.html
title=Young stars sign up for Minstermen
date=2000-07-20
accessdate=2008-04-17
publisher=Evening Press] His first goal came nearly two years after his debut when he scored a header in a 3–1 victory over Halifax Town at The Shay on 24 October 2000. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/986796.stm
title=Halifax 1-3 York
date=2000-10-24
accessdate=2008-04-16
publisher=BBC Sport] He scored another three goals that season, including another goal against Halifax Town in a 2–1 relegation battle on 14 April 2001. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/1274432.stm
title=York 2-1 Halifax
date=2001-04-14
accessdate=2008-04-16
publisher=BBC Sport] In the 2001–02 season, he more than doubled the number of goals to nine. He underwent an ankle operation in April 2002, [cite news
url=http://archive.thisisyork.co.uk/2002/4/1/288055.html
title=City pair going under the knife
date=2002-04-01
accessdate=2008-04-17
publisher=Evening Press] which ended his season early after playing 40 games. [cite web
url=http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?seasonid=131&teamid=2910
title=York 2001/2002 player appearances
accessdate=2008-04-17
publisher=Soccerbase] He scored another seven the following season, but at the end of the season, he was one of just eight players to be kept on at the club, because of financial problems. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/york_city/3031349.stm
title=Eight players leave York
date=2003-05-15
accessdate=2008-04-16
publisher=BBC Sport] Once again he scored seven goals in 2003–04. His form earned him interest from other clubs, including Cardiff City. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/3476143.stm
title=Cardiff ponder Bullock move
date=2004-02-12
accessdate=2008-04-16
publisher=BBC Sport]

Cardiff City

Bullock had a trial with Cardiff City in February 2004, [cite news
url=http://archive.thisisyork.co.uk/2004/2/10/252063.html
title=Bullock training with Cardiff
date=2002-02-10
accessdate=2008-04-17
publisher=Evening Press] before he signed on loan until the end of the season the following month. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/3544365.stm
title=Cardiff seal Bullock deal
date=2004-03-09
accessdate=2008-04-16
publisher=BBC Sport] He scored three goals in ten games during his loan spell, including one on his debut in a 3–2 defeat to Reading, [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3507684.stm
title=Cardiff 2-3 Reading
date=2004-03-16
accessdate=2008-04-16
publisher=BBC Sport] and in a 1–1 draw with Ipswich Town on the final day of the season. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3676111.stm
title=Ipswich 1-1 Cardiff
date=2004-05-09
accessdate=2008-04-16
publisher=BBC Sport] Bullock's form linked him with a move to Ipswich Town in June 2004,cite news
title = Ipswich linked to Bullock
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/york_city/3729097.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2004-06-01
accessdate = 2007-09-30] but he joined Cardiff City later that month on a permanent deal, which would make York £100,000 if he made 25 appearances for Cardiff.cite news
title = Bullock seals Cardiff move
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/3830181.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2004-06-29
accessdate = 2007-09-30]

He scored five goals, including two in the League Cup in 2004–05 but he was released during the summer having made just eight league starts. Bullock joined Hartlepool United from Cardiff City on a free transfer in June 2005.cite news
title = Hartlepool sign Bluebird Bullock
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hartlepool_united/4637325.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2005-06-30
accessdate = 2007-09-30]

Hartlepool United

Bullock made his Hartlepool debut on the opening day of the 2005–06 season in a 2–0 loss to Bradford City, before he scored three days later in a 1–1 draw with Bournemouth. [cite news
url=http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/Bullock39s-beauty.1110336.jp
title=Bullock's beauty
date=2005-08-10
accessdate=2008-04-17
publisher=Hartlepool Mail] He scored four goals in his first season, but missed two months from November to January 2006 because of a thigh strain and then a hand injury. [cite news
url=http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/Bully39s-bootin39-down-door-for.1330949.jp
title=Bully's bootin' down door for a break
date=2006-01-27
accessdate=2008-04-17
publisher=Hartlepool Mail] He had his lowest scoring season in 2006–07 netting just twice, but helped Hartlepool to promotion from League Two.

Bullock signed for Mansfield Town on an initial one-month loan on 30 August, 2007 in order to get regular first-team football. He returned to Hartlepool in September 2007.cite news
title = Pools midfielder ends Stags stint
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hartlepool_united/7020994.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2007-09-30
accessdate = 2007-09-30] He signed for Bury on a month's loan in October 2007.cite news
title = Bury swoop for Pools midfielder
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bury/7029813.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2007-10-05
accessdate = 2007-10-05] This loan was extended for a second month in November 2007,cite news
title = Bullock extends loan deal at Bury
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bury/7084942.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2007-11-08
accessdate = 2007-11-08] but he returned to Hartlepool in December after he turned down a permanent deal with Bury. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bury/7150619.stm
title=Bury miss out on Bullock signing
date=2007-12-18
accessdate=2008-04-16
publisher=BBC Sport]

Bradford City

He joined Bradford City on a month's loan in December, which started in January 2008.cite news
title = Bradford move for Pools' Bullock
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7166119.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date =2007-12-31
accessdate = 2007-12-31] He made his Bradford debut in a 2–0 victory against Accrington Stanley on 1 January 2008. [cite news
title = McCall joy after completing revenge mission
url = http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/display.var.1936054.0..php
publisher = Telegraph & Argus
date =2008-01-01
accessdate = 2008-01-01
first=Simon
last=Parker] Three games into his loan spell at Bradford, he was transfer listed by Hartlepool United. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hartlepool_united/7204936.stm
title=Hartlepool transfer-list quartet
publisher=BBC Sport
date=2008-01-23
accessdate=2008-01-23] Bradford were unbeaten during Bullock's five game loan period, winning three and drawing two, and they signed Bullock on an 18-month contract before the end of the transfer window. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7218486.stm
title=Bradford sign Bullock from Pools
date=2008-01-30
accessdate=2008-01-30
publisher=BBC Sport] His first goal for Bradford was the side's third in a 3–2 victory over Rotherham United on 26 February 2008. [cite news
url=http://www.telegraphandargus.co.uk/display.var.2075450.0..php
title=City heroes are wing kings
date=2008-02-27
accessdate=2008-02-27
publisher=Telegraph & Argus
first=Simon
last=Parker] Bullock played for a month with a groin injury, and after playing 12 consecutive games since he first joined Bradford, he was rested for a game at Chester City on 12 March 2008 before undergoing a hernia operation, [cite news
url=http://www.telegraphandargus.co.uk/display.var.2118525.0.middle_men_praised_as_bully_set_for_op.php
title=Middle men praised as Bully set for op
date=2008-03-12
accessdate=2008-03-12
publisher=Telegraph & Argus
first=Simon
last=Parker] which kept him out for the rest of the 2007–08 season. Having played in a number of pre-season games, Bullock returned to the Bradford side on the opening day of the 2008–09 season against Notts County, which Bradford won 2–1. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7541104.stm
title=Bradford 2-1 Notts County
date=2008-08-09
accessdate=2008-08-09
publisher=BBC Sport]

Personal life

Born in Thornaby-on-Tees, [cite news
url=http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/39I-am-happy-I-made.1229726.jp
title='I am happy I made the move, the performances will come and then everything will fall into place, but it is just taking a bit longer than expected.'
date=2005-10-21
accessdate=2008-04-17
publisher=Hartlepool Mail] Bullock is a Middlesbrough supporter and attended the club's Carling Cup final appearance in 2004 when they defeated Bolton Wanderers 2–1. [cite news
url=http://archive.thisisyork.co.uk/2004/3/4/250992.html
title=Boro boss Steve has offered me managerial advice
date=2004-03-04
accessdate=2008-04-17
publisher=Evening Press]

References

External links

*soccerbase|id=15687|name=Lee Bullock
* [http://www.hartlepoolunited.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10326~10679,00.html Bullock's Official Hartlepool United F.C. profile ]
* [http://www.hartlepool.vitalfootball.co.uk/player.asp?p=380 Vital Hartlepool Profile: Lee Bullock]

Persondata
NAME = Bullock, Lee
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH = 22 May 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH = Stockton-on-Tees, England
DATE OF DEATH =
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