 Lee-Barrett in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1984-02-28)28 February 1984 (age 41) | ||
| Place of birth | Ipswich, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–2000 | Ipswich Town | ||
| 2000–2002 | Norwich City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2003 | Norwich City | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | →Chelmsford City (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Cardiff City | 0 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Weymouth | 19 | (0) |
| 2007 | Coventry City | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Hartlepool United | 55 | (0) |
| 2009–2013 | Ipswich Town | 38 | (0) |
| 2013 | Millwall | 0 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 113 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 2006 | England C | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Arran Lee-Barrett (born 28 February 1984) is an English former professionalfootballer who played as agoalkeeper.
He made his senior debut forCardiff City in 2004. After two years at Cardiff he signed forWeymouth where he spent another two years before joiningCoventry City in 2007. He did not make an appearance for Coventry, joiningHartlepool United following the end of his short-term contract. He spent two seasons at Hartlepool before joiningIpswich Town in 2009. He spent four years at Ipswich. Following his release from Ipswich he had short spells atMillwall atBolton Wanderers during the 2013–14 season.
When he was 10, Lee-Barrett joined his local club Whitton Sports Centre and took the position of goalkeeper.[2] Shortly after he was offered a place atIpswich Town's academy where he played alongside later-England internationalDarren Bent.[2]
After leaving Ipswich he was offered an apprenticeship atFulham andNorwich, he chose Norwich as he preferred the atmosphere there.[2] However, he failed to break into the reserve team and was second choice reserve keeper behind futureEngland internationalRobert Green.[2] In February 2003, Lee-Barrett joinedChelmsford City on loan, making two appearances, one in the league and one in theSouthern League Cup.[3] He was released by Norwich at the end of the2002–03 season and had a trial atChelsea.
He was offered a one-year contract with Cardiff after impressing during a trial and was coached byGeorge Wood.[4] He spent most of his time at Cardiff as third choice keeper, mainly playing for the reserves. While playing for the reserves Lee-Barrett helped Cardiff win the Pontins Holiday Combination.[5] Cardiff managerLennie Lawrence decided to release the young keeper believing that he was better off getting games.[2][6]
Torquay,Doncaster andShrewsbury all showed an interest in Lee-Barrett.[2] Although he trained with Torquay,[7] he moved toWeymouth due to the offer of first team football.[2][8] He made 19 league appearances and 2 appearances in the FA Cup, helping Weymouth to win theNationwide Conference South.[8]
In January 2007, Lee-Barrett signed forCoventry City on loan as emergency cover forLuke Steele due to the injury of other Coventry keeperAndy Marshall.[8] 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 managerIain 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 being 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 againstNewcastle, 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 toLuton Town, he was dropped, withDanny Wilson pickingJan Budtz over him for the Pools next fixtures. He was released from his contract on 6 May 2009 after being deemed surplus to requirements.[15]
On 21 August 2009, it was announced that Lee-Barrett had signed for the Championship teamIpswich Town, on a short-term deal.[16] This came a day afterShane Supple had retired from the game aged 22. Lee-Barrett covered first-choice goalkeeperRichard Wright and was included in the squad that travelled toWest Brom the next day.[17] He made his debut for Ipswich on 29 November againstCardiff City, coming off the bench in the 25th minute for the injuredRichard Wright. Ipswich won the game 2–1. Following that game, Ipswich enquired into the possibility of bringing in a keeper on loan to replace Wright, despite the loan window not being open. This request was denied, leaving Lee-Barrett and Ian McLoughlin, the youth team goalkeeper, as the only two goalkeepers on professional contracts at the club. Ipswich's next game was away at Bristol City where Lee-Barrett kept a clean sheet. In January 2010, Lee-Barrett was rewarded with a new 18-month contract at Ipswich.[18] He was offered a further contract extension in April 2011.[19]
On 16 August 2013, he made the move toMillwall covering forStephen Bywater andAndy Marshall afterDavid Forde had picked up an injury. He did not make a first team appearance whilst with the Lions but did act as an unused substitute forSteve Lomas' team.[20]
On 24 October 2013, he signed a short-term contract withBolton Wanderers to provide competition forAndy Lonergan after bothÁdám Bogdán andJay Lynch had been ruled out of action with knee and back injuries respectively.[21] He linked up again with his former managerLennie Lawrence, an assistant manager toDougie Freedman at Bolton. He later signed a contract extension until the end of the season. Following the conclusion of the season, Bolton Wanderers offered Lee-Barrett a new one-year deal but on 1 July, Bolton confirmed that he had left the club.[22]
While at Weymouth Lee-Barrett was selected for theEngland National Game team, which consisted of England's best non-league players and made his debut for them against the Netherlands in November 2006.[23]
Since retiring from professional football Lee-Barrett resides in Suffolk with his wife and two children. Lee-Barrett is the cousin of Liam Barrett who also played in Ipswich Town's youth team and who now runs U.S Sports Scholarships, a company that helps place student-athletes at American universities.[24][25]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cardiff City | 2003–04[26] | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004–05[27] | First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Weymouth | 2005–06[28] | Conference South | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006–07[29] | Conference Premier | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Coventry City | 2006–07[29] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Hartlepool United | 2007–08[30] | League One | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 2008–09[31] | League One | 37 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
| Total | 55 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 0 | ||
| Ipswich Town | 2009–10[32] | Championship | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
| 2010–11[33] | Championship | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12[34] | Championship | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13[35] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Millwall | 2013–14[36] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Bolton Wanderers | 2013–14[36] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 113 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 129 | 0 | ||
