Lee Cartwright

Lee Cartwright
Personal information
Full name	Lee Cartwright
Date of birth	19 September 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth	Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1989–1991	Preston North End
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–2004	Preston North End
2004–2005	Stockport County
2005–2006	Rochdale
2006–2007	Scarborough
2007	Hyde United
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lee Cartwright (born 19 September 1972) is a retired footballer who made over 400 league appearances for Preston North End.

Early years

Born in

John McGrath. Under McGrath's successor, Les Chapman, he made his first team debut at the age of 18 in a 1–0 home win against Shrewsbury Town

in March 1991. Having broken into the first team, Cartwright remained a regular for the rest of the season.

In the following season,

1992-93, Preston were relegated from the Football League Second Division, although Cartwright's performances attracted interest from both Oldham Athletic and Blackpool. Persuaded to stay by new manager John Beck, Cartwright would remain at Deepdale

for the next eleven years.

A Preston legend

In his thirteen years at the club, Cartwright became a North End legend making a total of 472 appearances for the club, scoring 30 goals. He was an important member of the Preston teams that won the 1995–96 Third Division title and 1999–2000 Second Division title. Cartwright also played in the 1993–94 Third Division and 2000–01 First Division play-off final defeats.

After Preston

In January 2004, Cartwright moved to Stockport County on a free transfer, where his 18-month stay was disrupted by injury, and then to Rochdale, where injuries limited him to 29 appearances before he was released.

Cartwright joined

Conference North side Scarborough for the 2006–07 season, where he won the club's last Player of the Year award before their liquidation

.

Cartwright signed for

2007-08 Conference North season, before retiring from football.^[4]