Lee Frost (footballer)

Lee Adrian Frost (born 4 December 1957) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Chelsea and Brentford.

Lee Frost
Personal information
Full name Lee Adrian Frost[1]
Date of birth (1957-12-04) 4 December 1957
Place of birth Woking, England
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1976–1978 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1980 Chelsea 17 (5)
1978 → Brentford (loan) 6 (0)
1980 → MYPA (loan) 12 (3)
1980–1981 Brentford 15 (3)
Addlestone & Weybridge Town
1984–1985 Crawley Town 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Chelsea

A winger, Frost began his career in the youth system at Second Division club Chelsea,[2] signing his first professional contract in July 1976.[3] He had to wait until 15 April 1978 to make his first team debut, which came with a start in a 2–0 First Division defeat to Aston Villa.[2] Chelsea's relegation at the end of the 1978–79 season opened up a place in the team and he made his first appearance of 1979–80 on 20 October 1979.[4] He scored his first senior goal as 10-man Chelsea beat Cardiff City 2–1.[4] Frost made a name for himself on his following appearance, scoring a hat-trick in a win over Orient on 10 November and following up with another goal in a 2–1 victory over West Ham United.[2] He made semi-regular appearances through to March 1980 and finished the 1979–80 season with five goals in 12 appearances.[2]

Frost made his first appearance of the 1980–81 season on 3 September 1980, with a start in a 1–1 League Cup second round second leg draw with Cardiff City.[2] It proved to be his final appearance for the club and he departed in December 1980, having made 18 appearances and scored five goals during just under two-and-a-half years in the first team squad at Stamford Bridge.[2]

Brentford (loan)

Frost joined newly promoted Third Division club Brentford on a one-month loan in October 1978.[5] He made six appearances without scoring before his loan expired.[5]

MYPA (loan)

Frost moved to Finland to join 1. Divisioona club MYPA on loan during the 1980 season.[6] He scored three goals for the club.

Brentford (permanent transfer)

Frost and Chelsea teammate Gary Johnson joined Brentford permanently in a £15,000 deal in December 1980.[5] Frost scored three goals in 15 appearances before being released at the end of the 1980–81 season.[5]

Non-league football

After his release from Brentford, Frost dropped into non-league football and appeared for Southern League clubs Addlestone & Weybridge Town and Crawley Town.[5][7]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chelsea 1977–78[8] First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
1978–79[8] 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 3 0
1979–80[8] Second Division 10 5 0 0 0 0 — 10 5
1980–81[8] 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
Total 14 5 0 0 1 0 — 15 5
Brentford (loan) 1978–79[9] Third Division 6 0 — — — 6 0
Brentford 1980–81[9] Third Division 15 3 — — — 15 3
Brentford total 21 3 — — — 21 3
Crawley Town 1984–85[7] Southern League Premier Division 2 0 0 0 — 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 3 0
Career total 37 8 0 0 1 0 1 0 39 8
  1. 1 appearance in Southern League Cup

References
  1. "Lee Frost". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  2. "Lee Frost – Chelsea Player Profile". Stamford-Bridge.com The History of Chelsea FC. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Seventies. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. pp. 289–290. ISBN 978-1906796709.
  4. "Cardiff City v Chelsea – 20/10/1979". Stamford-Bridge.com The History of Chelsea FC. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  5. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 61. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  6. "Vanhat kuvat – Frost ja Wilkins". Keskilaakso. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  7. "The Statistics – 1984/85". Crawley Town Football Club History. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  8. "Lee Frost". 11v11.com. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  9. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 395–396. ISBN 0951526200.
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