Lewis Robert Egerton Montrose (born 17 November 1988) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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. He last played for club

Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team compete in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. Formed in ...

. He has played in the

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for

Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. From the 2021–22 season, the club compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league syst ...

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Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their home ...

, Gillingham,

Oxford United Oxford United Football Club is a professional football club in the city of Oxford, England. The team plays in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The chairman is Grant Ferguson, the manager is Karl Robinson and th ...

and

York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league sys ...

Career

Montrose was born in

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, Greater Manchester. He started his career with

Manchester City Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The tw ...

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before joining

Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, ...

in their youth system. He made his

debut, as a substitute, in a 2–0

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defeat against

Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, that competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' because of ...

on 19 September 2006. He signed a professional contract with Wigan on 5 July 2007. On 27 March 2008, he was loaned out to

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club

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, although injury ended his spell at the club before he made a single competitive appearance. On 24 September 2008, Montrose was loaned out to

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club

on a one-month deal. Montrose scored his first goal for Cheltenham in their first round

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replay victory away to

Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The history of Oldham Athletic ...

on 18 November 2008. Only a couple of months later, on 6 January 2009, Montrose returned to Cheltenham on another one-month loan. On 26 February 2009, Montrose joined League Two club

for the remainder of the 2008–09 season. On 25 June 2009, Montrose was signed on a free transfer by

of League One on a two-year contract. Wycombe were

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to League Two in 2009–10, in which he made 15 appearances. He was released on 11 May 2011 having made 40 appearances and scored four goals in

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, after Wycombe won promotion back to League One by finishing in third place in League Two. He joined League Two club Gillingham on 1 July 2011, and made a goalscoring debut in the 1–0 win over

on 6 August 2011. He also scored the winning goal for Gillingham in their 1–0 home win over

on 22 October 2011, but was sent off in the same match in the 88th minute for a dangerous tackle on

Asa Hall Asa Philip Hall (born 29 November 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Torquay United. Hall turned professional with Birmingham City, but never played for their first team. He went on to play in the Fo ...

. In January 2013, he joined League Two rivals Oxford on loan until the end of

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. Montrose made his debut in a 2–1 away win at

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. Th ...

on 12 January 2013, before finishing the loan with five appearances for Oxford. Prior to this loan he had made 18 appearances for Gillingham, as they went on to win the League Two title. Montrose signed for League Two club

on a two-year contract on 28 June 2013. He made his debut as a 67th-minute substitute for

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in a 4–0 home defeat to

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in the

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of the League Cup on 6 August 2013. He was released by the club in May 2015. Montrose signed for

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club

Stockport County Stockport County Football Club are a professional association football, football club in Stockport, England, who compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, they wer ...

on 23 July 2015. On 30 May 2017, Montrose joined newly promoted

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club

AFC Fylde AFC Fylde is a professional football club based in Wesham in the Borough of Fylde, Lancashire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Mill Farm. Originally known as Kirkham & Wesham following a merger of Kirkham Town and Wes ...

on a two-year contract, with the option of a third year. In July 2020, Montrose joined

side

on a one-year deal. His deal was extended by another year at the end of the 2020-21 season, before he was released by Kidderminster following the 2021-22 season.

Career statistics

Honours

Wycombe Wanderers *

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third-place promotion:

Gillingham *Football League Two:

References

External links

Profile
at the AFC Fylde website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Montrose, Lewis 1988 births Living people Footballers from Manchester English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Manchester City F.C. players Wigan Athletic F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players Cheltenham Town F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players Gillingham F.C. players Oxford United F.C. players York City F.C. players Stockport County F.C. players AFC Fylde players Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Black British sportsmen