Lee Alexander Barrow (born 1 May 1973) is an English former professional

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who played in

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for

Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to: People * Scarborough (surname) * Earl of Scarbrough Places Australia * Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth * Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong * Scarborough, Queensland, su ...

and

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nicknamed ...

. He became

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club Heather St John's in 2013.

Playing career

Barrow began his career as an apprentice with

Notts County Notts County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nottingham, England. The team participate in the National League (division), National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Founded on the 2 ...

, turning professional in July 1991, though in August 1992 he moved to

having not yet made his league debut. After only 11 games for Scarborough, Barrow moved to

in February 1993, soon establishing himself as a first-team regular. In September 1997, he moved to

League of Wales The Cymru Premier, known as the JD Cymru Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the national football league of Wales. It has both professional and semi-professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. Prior to 200 ...

side Barry Town for a fee of £7,500, very quickly becoming a firm favourite amongst the Barry supporters. In the 2000 close-season, after 3 very successful seasons at Barry where he played in Europe and won two Welsh league titles, he moved to

Aberystwyth Town Aberystwyth Town Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-Droed Tref Aberystwyth) is a Welsh semi-professional Association football, football team, currently playing in the Cymru Premier, the top tier of football in Wales. They are the only top flight men ...

remaining with the Parc Avenue side until December 2001 when he joined

Hednesford Town Hednesford Town Football Club is a football club based in Hednesford, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Keys Park. History The club was established in 1880 as a merger of the Red & Whites and Hill Top.

. He moved to

Stafford Rangers Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts. Stafford Rangers' rivals include T ...

in June 2002, but in December 2003 returned to Hednesford, making his Hednesford debut on 26 December against Stafford Rangers. He left Hednesford in July 2006, joining Leek Town. After a spell at Kidsgrove, he joined Rushall Olympic in 2007 and later Gresley of the

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in March 2011.

Honours

Hednesford Town *

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: 2003–04

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barrow, Lee 1973 births Living people People from Belper Footballers from Derbyshire English men's footballers Notts County F.C. players Scarborough F.C. players Torquay United F.C. players Barry Town United F.C. players Aberystwyth Town F.C. players Stafford Rangers F.C. players Hednesford Town F.C. players Leek Town F.C. players Kidsgrove Athletic F.C. players Rushall Olympic F.C. players Mickleover F.C. players Gresley Rovers F.C. players Heather St John's F.C. players English Football League players Cymru Premier players English football managers Men's association football defenders