Robert Martin Lee was born on 1 February 1966 and is an English former professional footballer and sports co-commentator.
19 Facts About Rob Lee
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Rob Lee played in the Football League for Charlton Athletic, Derby County, Oldham Athletic and Wycombe Wanderers.
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Rob Lee was capped 21 times by England, scoring twice and was a member of the World Cup 98 squad.
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Rob Lee was inducted into the Newcastle United Hall of Fame in 2019.
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Rob Lee moved to Newcastle after their manager, Kevin Keegan, told him that Newcastle upon Tyne was closer to London than Middlesbrough, the other club interested in signing Lee, and who were already in the Premier League.
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Rob Lee who has ancestral ties to the North East, having relatives who marched in the Jarrow March, signed for Newcastle in 1992.
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Newcastle were promoted to the Premier League at the end of the season, with Rob Lee scoring 10 goals from 36 matches.
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Newcastle's first season back in the top division for four years ended well, as they finished third and qualified for the UEFA Cup, although it was top scorer Andy Cole rather than Rob Lee who made the most headlines at the club during this campaign.
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Rob Lee won the Premier League player of the month for November 1995 as Newcastle built up a wide lead at the top of the league and looked increasingly capable of winning their first top division title since 1927.
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Rob Lee played two seasons in League Two with the Chairboys, before leaving in June 2006, following the dismissal of John Gorman as the club's manager.
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Rob Lee played for England between 1994 and 1998, scoring twice in 21 appearances.
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Rob Lee was called up for the first time for a friendly against the USA in September 1994, and scored on his debut the following month against Romania.
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Rob Lee was in the squad for the 1998 World Cup under Glenn Hoddle, and came on once as a substitute against Colombia.
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Rob Lee had been surprisingly omitted from the England squad for Euro 96 under Terry Venables despite being in arguably better form in 1996 than two years later.
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In October 2006, Rob Lee was interviewed for the manager position at AFC Bournemouth, but the job went to Kevin Bond.
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Rob Lee was arrested in July 2007, alongside former teammate Warren Barton, for taking a limousine but was not charged.
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Rob Lee appeared for Newcastle on the charity television show Premier League All Stars in September 2007.
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On 5 November 2019, Rob Lee was inducted into the Newcastle United Hall of Fame.
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In 2019 and 2020, Rob Lee featured in both seasons of ITV show Harry's Heroes, which featured former football manager Harry Redknapp attempting get a squad of former England international footballers back fit and healthy for a game against Germany legends.