Benjamin Lewis (born 22 June 1977) is an English

semi-professional Semi-professional sports are sports in which athletes are not participating on a full-time basis, but still receive some payment. Semi-professionals are not amateur because they receive regular payment from their team, but generally at a consid ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

from Chelmsford, Essex, who plays for

Isthmian League Division One South The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 teams ...

club

Croydon Athletic Croydon Athletic Football Club was an English football club based in Thornton Heath in the London Borough of Croydon, London, England. It was founded in 1986 and initially named as Wandsworth & Norwood until 1990. The club progressed through ...

Football career

Lewis formerly played professionally for both Southend United and Colchester United, Ben Lewis at Colchester
/ref> before knee problems arose and ended his professional career. Following this, he has played for non-League teams

Grays Athletic Grays Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Grays, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Parkside in nearby Aveley. History The club was established as Grays Juniors in 1890, before merging with former S ...

Ford United Redbridge Football Club is an English association football club based in Barkingside in the London Borough of Redbridge. Prior to July 2004 the club was known as Ford United F.C. The change of name was chosen to help associate the club within ...

, Chelmsford City,

Heybridge Swifts Heybridge Swifts Football Club is a football club based in Heybridge, near Maldon, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Scraley Road. History The club was established in 1880 as Heybridge Football Club. After joining t ...

, Welling United,

Bishop's Stortford Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town in Hertfordshire, England, just west of the M11 motorway on the county boundary with Essex, north-east of central London, and by rail from Liverpool Street station. Stortford had an estimated po ...

and

Maidstone United Maidstone United Football Club is a professional football club based in Maidstone, Kent, England. The team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league system. The current club filled the void left by the ol ...

. Lewis made his debut for Margate in a pre-season friendly against

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

on 17 July 2009 in which he also made his first appearance as captain for the club. He then joined

in December 2009.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Ben 1977 births Living people Footballers from Chelmsford Men's association football defenders English men's footballers Colchester United F.C. players Southend United F.C. players Heybridge Swifts F.C. players Chelmsford City F.C. players Grays Athletic F.C. players Redbridge F.C. players Bishop's Stortford F.C. players St Albans City F.C. players Welling United F.C. players Maidstone United F.C. players Margate F.C. players Croydon Athletic F.C. players Thamesmead Town F.C. players Brentwood Town F.C. players English Football League players