Lee Butler (footballer)

Lee Butler
Personal information
Full name Lee Simon Butler[1]
Date of birth (1966-05-30) 30 May 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1985–1986 Harworth Colliery
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 Lincoln City 30 (0)
1986–1987 → Boston United (loan) 2 (0)
1987–1991 Aston Villa 8 (0)
1991 → Hull City (loan) 4 (0)
1991–1996 Barnsley 120 (0)
1996 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 2 (0)
1996–1998 Wigan Athletic 63 (0)
1998–1999 Dunfermline Athletic 35 (0)
1999–2002 Halifax Town 93 (0)
2002 Doncaster Rovers 10 (0)
2002–2003 Halifax Town 37 (0)
2003–2005 Alfreton Town 88 (0)
2005–2008 Halifax Town 3 (0)
Total 495 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lee Simon Butler (born 30 May 1966) is an English retired footballer, who was most recently goalkeeping coach at Wrexham.

The highest level of football he played was at Aston Villa, although he found his first-team appearances limited there behind first choice goalkeeper Nigel Spink.

He joined Doncaster Rovers' coaching staff in 2008 under manager, Sean O'Driscoll, remaining until dismissed by Paul Dickov in the Summer of 2013 [3] He then joined Bradford City in July 2013.[4] In June 2016, he left Bradford to assume a similar role at Bolton Wanderers, leaving alongside manager Phil Parkinson.[5] On 2 November 2019 Butler once again followed Parkinson, and became Sunderland's goalkeeping coach[6] before departing with immediate effect on 12 July 2021 to take up a similar role at Wrexham AFC.[7]

On June 24, 2022, Butler announced his retirement from coaching.

  1. ^ "Lee Butler". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ^ Simon Parker (8 July 2013). "Bradford City sign goalkeeper coach". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  4. ^ Simon Parker (8 July 2013). "Doncaster axe left a sour taste, admits new Bantams goalkeeping coach Lee Butler". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Club Statement". Bradford City A.F.C. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Club Statement: Lee Butler".
  7. ^ Hunter, James (12 July 2021). "Sunderland searching for new goalkeeping coach after Lee Butler departs". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 12 July 2021.