Lee Bullock
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| Lee Bullock | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Lee Bullock | |
| Date of birth | 22 May 1981 | |
| Place of birth | Thornaby-on-Tees, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Bradford City | |
| Number | 32 | |
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| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1998–2004 2004 2004–2005 2005–2008 2007 2007 2008 2008– |
York City → Cardiff City (loan) Cardiff City Hartlepool United → Mansfield Town (loan) → Bury (loan) → Bradford City (loan) Bradford City |
171 (24) 10 (3) 21 (3) 57 (5) 5 (0) 8 (0) 5 (0) 7 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Lee Bullock (born 22 May 1981 in Thornaby-on-Tees, England) is an English footballer, who plays for Bradford City. He started his career with York City, with whom he played 171 league games and scored 24 goals, before he moved to Division One side Cardiff City in 2004 after a loan spell. He spent just one season with Cardiff before he returned to north east England with Hartlepool United. He won promotion from League Two with Hartlepool, but after he lost his place in the side, he had loan spells with Mansfield Town, Bury and Bradford City, before signing permanently for Bradford in January 2008.
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[edit] Career
[edit] York City
Bullock started his career with York City in August 1998, making his debut on 5 December 1998 in a 2–1 FA Cup defeat to Wrexham.[1] He signed a new two-year contract by the end of the 1998–99 season, which he finished with the young player of the year award.[2] He made 17 starts during his first full season and played 24 league games in total, but never managed more than six succssive appearances.[3][4] His season had been ended early because of an ankle injury he picked up in a reserve game,[5] but he extended his contract during the summer to three years, keeping him at Bootham Crescent until at least 2003.[6] His first goal came nearly two years after his debut when he scored a header in a 3–1 victory over Halifax Town at The Shay on 24 October 2000.[7] He scored another three goals that season, including another goal against Halifax Town in a 2–1 relegation battle on 14 April 2001.[8] In the 2001–02 season, he more than doubled the number of goals to nine. He underwent an ankle operation in April 2002,[9] which ended his season early after playing 40 games.[10] He scored another seven the following season, but at the end of the season, he was one of just eight players to be kept on at the club, because of financial problems.[11] Once again he scored seven goals in 2003–04. His form earned him interest from other clubs, including Cardiff City.[12]
[edit] Cardiff City
Bullock had a trial with Cardiff City in February 2004,[13] before he signed on loan until the end of the season the following month.[14] He scored three goals in ten games during his loan spell, including one on his debut in a 3–2 defeat to Reading,[15] and in a 1–1 draw with Ipswich Town on the final day of the season.[16] Bullock's form linked him with a move to Ipswich Town in June 2004,[17] but he joined Cardiff City later that month on a permanent deal, which would make York £100,000 if he made 25 appearances for Cardiff.[18]
He scored five goals, including two in the League Cup in 2004–05 but he was released during the summer having made just eight league starts. Bullock joined Hartlepool United from Cardiff City on a free transfer in June 2005.[19]
[edit] Hartlepool United
Bullock made his Hartlepool debut on the opening day of the 2005–06 season in a 2–0 loss to Bradford City, before he scored three days later in a 1–1 draw with Bournemouth.[20] He scored four goals in his first season, but missed two months from November to January 2006 because of a thigh strain and then a hand injury.[21] He had his lowest scoring season in 2006–07 netting just twice, but helped Hartlepool to promotion from League Two.
Bullock signed for Mansfield Town on an initial one-month loan on 30 August 2007 in order to get regular first-team football. He returned to Hartlepool in September 2007.[22] He signed for Bury on a month's loan in October 2007.[23] This loan was extended for a second month in November 2007,[24] but he returned to Hartlepool in December after he turned down a permanent deal with Bury.[25]
[edit] Bradford City
He joined Bradford City on a month's loan in December, which started in January 2008.[26] He made his Bradford debut in a 2–0 victory against Accrington Stanley on 1 January 2008.[27] Three games into his loan spell at Bradford, he was transfer listed by Hartlepool United.[28] Bradford were unbeaten during Bullock's five game loan period, winning three and drawing two, and they signed Bullock on an 18-month contract before the end of the transfer window.[29] His first goal for Bradford was the side's third in a 3–2 victory over Rotherham United on 26 February 2008.[30] Bullock played for a month with a groin injury, and after playing 12 consecutive games since he first joined Bradford, he was rested for a game at Chester City on 12 March 2008 before undergoing a hernia operation,[31] which kept him out for the rest of the 2007–08 season.
[edit] Personal life
Born in Thornaby-on-Tees,[32] Bullock is a Middlesbrough supporter and attended the club's Carling Cup final appearance in 2004 when they defeated Bolton Wanderers 2–1.[33]
[edit] References
- ^ Lee Bullock. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-09-30.
- ^ "Maine chance of survival", Evening Press, 1999-05-03. Retrieved on 2007-09-30.
- ^ "Lee aims to end goal drought", Evening Press, 2000-10-13. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
- ^ York 1999/2000 player appearances. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
- ^ "Bullock out for season", Evening Press, 2000-04-13. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
- ^ "Young stars sign up for Minstermen", Evening Press, 2000-07-20. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
- ^ "Halifax 1-3 York", BBC Sport, 2000-10-24. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
- ^ "York 2-1 Halifax", BBC Sport, 2001-04-14. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
- ^ "City pair going under the knife", Evening Press, 2002-04-01. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
- ^ York 2001/2002 player appearances. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
- ^ "Eight players leave York", BBC Sport, 2003-05-15. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
- ^ "Cardiff ponder Bullock move", BBC Sport, 2004-02-12. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
- ^ "Bullock training with Cardiff", Evening Press, 2002-02-10. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
- ^ "Cardiff seal Bullock deal", BBC Sport, 2004-03-09. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
- ^ "Cardiff 2-3 Reading", BBC Sport, 2004-03-16. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
- ^ "Ipswich 1-1 Cardiff", BBC Sport, 2004-05-09. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
- ^ "Ipswich linked to Bullock", BBC Sport, 2004-06-01. Retrieved on 2007-09-30.
- ^ "Bullock seals Cardiff move", BBC Sport, 2004-06-29. Retrieved on 2007-09-30.
- ^ "Hartlepool sign Bluebird Bullock", BBC Sport, 2005-06-30. Retrieved on 2007-09-30.
- ^ "Bullock's beauty", Hartlepool Mail, 2005-08-10. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
- ^ "Bully's bootin' down door for a break", Hartlepool Mail, 2006-01-27. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
- ^ "Bury swoop for Pools midfielder", BBC Sport, 2007-10-05. Retrieved on 2007-10-05.
- ^ "Bullock extends loan deal at Bury", BBC Sport, 2007-11-08. Retrieved on 2007-11-08.
- ^ "Bury miss out on Bullock signing", BBC Sport, 2007-12-18. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
- ^ "Bradford move for Pools' Bullock", BBC Sport, 2007-12-31. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
- ^ Parker, Simon. "McCall joy after completing revenge mission", Telegraph & Argus, 2008-01-01. Retrieved on 2008-01-01.
- ^ "Hartlepool transfer-list quartet", BBC Sport, 2008-01-23. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
- ^ "Bradford sign Bullock from Pools", BBC Sport, 2008-01-30. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
- ^ Parker, Simon. "City heroes are wing kings", Telegraph & Argus, 2008-02-27. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
- ^ Parker, Simon. "Middle men praised as Bully set for op", Telegraph & Argus, 2008-03-12. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
- ^ "'I am happy I made the move, the performances will come and then everything will fall into place, but it is just taking a bit longer than expected.'", Hartlepool Mail, 2005-10-21. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
- ^ "Boro boss Steve has offered me managerial advice", Evening Press, 2004-03-04. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
[edit] External links
- Lee Bullock career stats at Soccerbase
- Bullock's Official Hartlepool United F.C. profile
- Vital Hartlepool Profile: Lee Bullock
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Bullock, Lee |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Footballer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 22 May 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockton-on-Tees, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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