 Lines playing for Bristol Rovers in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher John Lines[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 November 1985[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Bristol, England[3] | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Roman Glass St George | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2002 | Bitton | ||
| 2002–2004 | Bristol Rovers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2011 | Bristol Rovers | 168 | (21) |
| 2011–2013 | Sheffield Wednesday | 47 | (3) |
| 2013 | → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Port Vale | 61 | (3) |
| 2015 | → Bristol Rovers (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2015–2019 | Bristol Rovers | 138 | (9) |
| 2019–2021 | Northampton Town | 35 | (3) |
| 2021–2022 | Stevenage | 51 | (3) |
| 2022–2024 | Bath City | 44 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Yate Town (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2024– | Roman Glass St George | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:17, 28 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Christopher John Lines (born 30 November 1985) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hellenic League Premier Division club Roman Glass St George.
Lines turned professional at Bristol Rovers and made his first-team debut in January 2006. He played in the 2007 Football League Trophy final defeat. He was an unused substitute in the League Two play-off final victory before becoming a first team regular from the 2007–08 season. He was sold on to Sheffield Wednesday for £50,000 in August 2011 and was a key first-team player as the "Owls" won promotion to the Championship at the end of the 2011–12 campaign. However, he lost his first-team place the following season and was loaned out to Milton Keynes Dons in January 2013.
He signed with Port Vale in July 2013. A key first-team player in the 2013–14 season, he lost his first-team place. He returned to Bristol Rovers on loan in March 2015, helping Rovers to win promotion out of the Conference Premier via the play-offs before rejoining Rovers permanently in the summer. He helped Rovers to achieve a second successive promotion in the 2015–16 campaign and left the club in May 2019 for the second time; then he joined Northampton Town. He helped Northampton to win promotion out of League Two via the play-offs in 2020 and then moved on to Stevenage for an 18-month stay in January 2021. He dropped into non-League football to play for Bath City in June 2022 and left the club in 2024 following a spell on loan at Yate Town. He joined Roman Glass St George in July 2024.
- ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Northampton Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 46. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ a b Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 253. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
- ^ "FootballSquads - Port Vale - 2014/2015". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2021.[permanent dead link]