Graham Lancashire

Infobox Football biography
playername = Graham Lancashire


fullname = Graham Lancashire
nickname =
height = height|ft=5|in=10
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1972|10|19
cityofbirth = Blackpool
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Retired
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position = Forward
youthyears = 1989-90
youthclubs = Burnley
years = 1990–1994
1992
1994
1994–1996
1996
1996–1997
1997–2001
2001–2003
clubs = Burnley
→ Halifax Town (loan)
→ Chester City (loan)
Preston North End
→ Wigan Athletic (loan)
Wigan Athletic
Rochdale
Hednesford Town
caps(goals) = 31 0 (8)
2 0 0 (0)
11 0 (7)
23 0 (2)
40 0 (3)
26 0 (9)
83 0 (23)

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nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 4 January 2008
Graham Lancashire (born 19 October 1972, Blackpool) was a former professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent most of his career in the north-west of England.

Playing career

Lancashire progressed through the youth ranks with Burnley, who he made his Football League debut for in the 1990–91 season shortly before he signed professional terms with the Clarets. The following season saw him net eight goals as Burnley won the Division Four championship, but he made just four more league appearances for them after this.

He spent time on loan with Halifax Town in 1992–93 and then had a memorable temporary spell with Chester City in the closing stages of the following season. He scored seven times in 11 appearances to help clinch promotion for the Blues, including a last-gasp winner against promotion rivals Preston North End in April 1994. Lancashire was recalled to Burnley shortly before the season ended and was an unused substitute in their play-off final victory over Stockport County at Wembley Stadium.

Lancashire moved to Preston for £55,000 in December 1994, but was to make just six appearances when the club won the Division Three title the following season. In August 1996 he was transferred for £35,000 to Wigan Athletic, where he had played on loan the previous season. Lancashire was once more involved in another Division Three promotion campaign, as despite injury problems he found the net nine times in Wigan’s championship season and struck up a prolific partnership with Graeme Jones [ [http://www.wafc.co.uk/history/index.htm Wigan Athletic History] ] . However, once more his opportunities would be limited after promotion and he joined Rochdale for £40,000 in October 1997. He played at Spotland for four years before leaving at the end of the 2000–01 season. This marked the end of Lancashire’s professional career, as he joined non-league side Hednesford Town.

Since ending his playing days, Lancashire has been involved in organising football-related events for the organisation SpeedMark [Cite news
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Honours

Burnley

• Football League Division Four Champions: 1991–92 (25 apps, 8 goals)

• Football League Division Two promotion as play-off winners: 1993–94 (unused sub in play-off final)

Chester City

• Football League Division Three runners-up: 1993–94 (11 apps, 7 goals)

Preston North End

• Football League Division Three champions: 1995–96 (6 apps, 2 goals)

Wigan Athletic

• Football League Division Three champions: 1996–97 (24 apps, 9 goals)

External links

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* [http://www.claretsmad.co.uk/news/loadfeat.asp?cid=ED35&id=324937 Burnley career stats]

References

ources

*cite book | first=Chas | last=Sumner| coauthors= | title=On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City F.C. 1885-1997 | publisher=Yore Publications | location= | year=1997 | editor= | id=ISBN 1-874427-52-6