42 Facts About Lee Fowler

Lee Anthony Fowler was born on 10 June 1983 and is a Welsh retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Lee Fowler is currently manager of Cymru Premier side Flint Town United.

The club at the time were managed by Gordon Strachan, and Lee Fowler was amongst the Sky Blues squad for the club's final two appearances in the top flight of English football.

Lee Fowler went on to score his first senior goal in football, coming in an FA Cup tie with Cardiff City on 15 January 2003.

Lee Fowler went on to make 19 appearances in all competitions during his loan spell in West Yorkshire, and on 13 November 2003 he was released from his Coventry contract thus allowing him to join with Huddersfield on a permanent basis.

Lee Fowler would go on to make a further 19 appearances for Town following his switch, scoring no goals, but collecting a tally of 8 yellow cards, and 2 red cards during his season.

Huddersfield qualified for the play-offs, but Lee Fowler was uninvolved for the semi-final legs over Lincoln City, however Town progressed and Lee Fowler came on as an 85th-minute substitute for Jonathan Worthington in the final at the Millennium Stadium against Mansfield Town.

However the game has gone to extra time and then penalties meaning Lee Fowler would have a full 35 minutes on the field, including scoring the winning penalty that earned his club promotion to League One.

However, despite playing in 4 pre-season friendlies, as well as joining the Grimsby squad in a pre-season Army training camp, Lee Fowler was snubbed a full-time contract with boss Russell Slade signing Ciaran Toner, Paul Bolland and Jean-Paul Kamudimba Kalala to play in Lee Fowler's central midfield role.

In November 2005, after not making a single appearance so far that season, Lee Fowler joined Scarborough on loan.

Lee Fowler joined debt riddled Conference National side Scarborough on loan in November 2005, sealing Fowler's first taste of Non-League football.

Lee Fowler was brought to the club by Neil Redfearn, and would only play for The Seadogs for one season, making 25 appearances and scoring 3 goals.

Lee Fowler was one of the players who left Scarborough at the end of their final season inside the top 5 leagues in English football.

Under a year after Lee Fowler left, the club eventually went bust and became defunct.

Lee Fowler subsequently signed with Welsh outfit Newport County on a loan deal until the end of the season.

Lee Fowler moved back up a league and returned to the Conference National to sign with Jim Harvey and his Forest Green Rovers side.

On 2 June 2009, Lee Fowler turned down the chance of renewing his contract with Forest Green and signed for Kettering Town on a two-year contract.

Lee Fowler was criticised by Kettering's chairman, Imraan Ladak, for his bad attitude and alleged desire to leave the club.

However, after featuring in his last game in the league on 24 November 2009, Fowler was brought on as a substitute in the club's crucial FA Cup second round replay against Leeds United at Elland Road.

Deehan was sacked after the match by Ladak for using Lee Fowler, claiming that he did not think his side would have conceded had Lee Fowler not been in the team, and that he was only on the bench to make up the numbers, and not to be brought on to the field.

Lee Fowler had his contract with Kettering terminated by mutual consent on 27 December 2009.

Lee Fowler played only one game for Cirencester until moving on once more later that month.

Lee Fowler signed up with Southern Premier League side Halesowen Town a few days after leaving Cirencester.

In June 2010 Lee Fowler re-joined Forest Green alongside his brother, Mike.

Lee Fowler made just nine league appearances before picking up a knee injury.

Lee Fowler was then released on 16 December 2010 when he was not offered a contract by the club.

Lee Fowler then began training with Wrexham and played for the Welsh club in a reserve game against Burnley.

On 14 January 2011 Lee Fowler signed a short-term contract at Wrexham.

On 9 January 2012, Fowler signed with Conference rivals Fleetwood Town for an undisclosed fee.

On 26 February 2013, Lee Fowler returned to Forest Green Rovers for a month loan deal, marking his third spell at the Nailsworth club.

Lee Fowler was then loaned to Burton Albion for the remainder of the season on 28 March 2013.

On 19 June 2013, Lee Fowler signed for Conference National side Kidderminster Harriers on a two-year-deal.

On 10 February 2014, Lee Fowler signed a deal with The New Saints.

In May 2015 Lee Fowler announced on social media that he had re-joined his old club Wrexham, becoming the 5th summer signing of new manager Gary Mills.

Lee Fowler signed a deal with his old club a few days later after passing a medical.

Lee Fowler was released by Wrexham at the end of the season.

Lee Fowler was called up to the senior squad for a friendly against Argentina in February 2002, however he stayed on the bench and was ultimately never capped by Wales.

In June 2018 Lee Fowler was named as the Assistant Manager to Nicky Eaden at Nuneaton Borough FC The pair had worked together before, when Lee Fowler was a player under Eaden at Kettering.

When Eaden left the club in November 2018, Lee Fowler was promoted to manager, but he left by mutual consent only two weeks later on 6 December 2018.

In October 2010, Lee Fowler revealed he was suffering from alcoholism and was receiving treatment along with support from his employers, Forest Green.

Lee Fowler's brother Mike Fowler was a footballer but was forced into early retirement due to injury after spells with Salisbury City, Newport County and Forest Green Rovers.

Lee Fowler is the father to two children, the youngest of which was born in February 2018.