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Lee Askham
Personal information
Full name Lee Raymond Askham[1][2]
Date of birth (1990-02-25) 25 February 1990 (age 34)[2]
Place of birth Killamarsh, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
000?–2006 Killamarsh Dynamos
2006–2008 Sheffield United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Chesterfield 1 (0)
2009Garforth Town (loan)
2009–2010 Guiseley
International career
2005 England U16 1 (0)
2006 England U17 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:31, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Lee Raymond Askham (born 25 February 1990) is an English footballer who played for Chesterfield in League Two during the 2008–09 season.

Career

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Club career

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Beginning as an apprentice at Sheffield United, Askham was released in May 2008, and had a trial at Manchester United in September of the same year. He signed for Chesterfield three months later on a one-month contract,[3] which was extended to the end of the season in January 2009.[4] He was sent out on loan to Garforth Town in March 2009, but returned to Chesterfield in May. He made his Chesterfield debut on 2 May 2009, coming on as a 70th-minute substitute for Scott Boden in a 2–0 home defeat by Bradford City.[5] However, after just six months with the Spireites, he was released.[6]

Askham joined Northern Premier League Premier Division club Guiseley in September 2009.[7]

International career

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Askham represented England at under-17 level.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Lee Askham". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
  3. ^ "Spireites sign free agent Askham". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  4. ^ "Askham's Spireites stay extended". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 26 January 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  5. ^ "Chesterfield 0-2 Bradford". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2 May 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  6. ^ "Spireites quartet offered deals". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 6 May 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  7. ^ a b "Singh fully cleared to play". Non-League Daily. 28 September 2009. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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