Lee Ashcroft

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lee Ashcroft
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Sep 7, 1972(1972-09-07)
Age	52
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Virgo

Lee Ashcroft Biography

Lee Ashcroft is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on September 7, 1972 in England, United Kingdom. Lee Ashcroft (born 7 September 1972) is an English former footballer and manager currently in charge of North West Counties Premier Division club Longridge Town.

In the month of August 1993 Ashcroft made the move in August 1993 to West Bromwich Albion, after manager Keith Burkinshaw splashed out PS250,000. Ashcroft scored a crucial head goal on the last game of 1993/94 campaign, in a 1-0 victory over Portsmouth in order in order to secure Albion within the First Division. Albion once again threw a dart at losing its place in the 1994-95 season under the guidance by Alan Buckley, finishing two places above the relegation threshold. Ashcroft was a goal scorer for Albion in 1995-96.

Ashcroft moved to First Division club Grimsby Town for a club-record £500,000 in August 1998, in a move that reunited him with former manager Alan Buckley. He failed to live up expectations, scoring just four goals in 29 appearances in 1998–99, spending much of the season out with injury. He found his form though in 1999–2000, scoring 13 goals in 40 games to help the “Mariners” finish five points above the relegation zone.

In August 2000, he moved to Wigan Athletic, after manager Bruce Rioch bought the striker for £350,000. He scored six goals in 36 appearances in 2000–01, helping the “Latics” into the Second Division play-offs, where they were beaten by Reading at the semi-final stage after losing 2–1 at the Madejski Stadium. He scored just three goals in 17 games in 2001–02, whilst picking up seven yellow cards and one sending off. Wigan won promotion at the end of the 2002–03 season under Paul Jewell’s stewardship, though Ashcroft did not feature in any league games at the JJB Stadium. He instead joined Port Vale on loan in October 2002. After four appearances for Brian Horton’s “Valiants”, he moved on to Huddersfield Town in December of the same year, again on loan. Huddersfield were so short of funds at the time that the loan could only go through when a wealthy supporter agreed to pay Ashcroft’s wages. He appeared four times in the Second Division under Mick Wadsworth, before returning to Wigan, where he was released in February 2003. Later in the month he moved down to non-league Southport, taking up the role of player-coach at the age of

30. He scored twice in eleven Conference games, as the “Sandgrounders” were relegated at the end of the 2002–03 season. In March 2004, Ashcroft signed for Chorley on loan, where he scored three goals in eleven appearances in the Northern Premier League First Division. He later moved on to Kendal Town, where he scored 23 goals in the 2004–05 season.

On May 12, 1992 at Budapest, Ashcroft came on as substitute for his sole England under-21 caps for the under-21 team against Hungary in a draw that ended in a 2-2 draw. Ashcroft was a part of a group of future full internationals, including Ian Walker and Andrew Cole.

Lee Ashcroft Net Worth

Lee Ashcroft is one of the richest Association Football Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lee Ashcroft 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ashcroft was a success in the ranks of youth with Preston North End, coached by Walter Joyce. Ashcroft made his professional debut in Preston’s Fourth Division club under John McGrath. Preston earned promotion in 1986-87, after finishing in the top spot of the division. After keeping the Third Division status in 1987-88 The “Lilywhites” qualified for the play-offs in 1988 and 1989 however they lost in the semi-finals to Port Vale at the semi-final stage. Following their disappointment, they dropped down to two positions out of the relegation zone 1989-90. Preston was 17th in the 1990-91 season as well as 1991-1992, in 1991-92 under Les Chapman, before suffering demotion in 1992-93 under direction by John Beck. He later admitted to having “I had to get away when John Beck was manager”.

The player was an England Under-21 player, the forward started his professional career at Preston North End in 1987. Six years later, he was sold by West Bromwich Albion for PS250,000. He was loaned out for Notts County in 1995, He was returned for Preston North End for PS150,000 in September 1996. He was transferred to Grimsby Town PS500,000 in August 1998, and was transferred for sale to Wigan Athletic in August 2000 for PS350,000. The loan was extended for Port Vale and Huddersfield Town and Huddersfield Town, he left in the year 2003, and was signed by Conference club Southport after which he ended his career with a 6-year stint at Kendal Town.

In March 1996, Ashcroft was loaned out to Notts County, playing six games for the club. Colin Murphy’s team went on to reach the Second Division play-off final in 1995–96, losing out 2–0 to Bradford City. Still out of the first team picture at West Brom in 1996–97, he was loaned out to former club Preston North End in September 1996, before Gary Peters made the deal permanent two months later for £150,000. He finished the campaign with eight Second Division goals for Preston, also scoring three goals in cup competitions. He finished as the club’s top scorer with 16 goals in 46 games in 1997–98, bagging a hat- trick against Fulham at Deepdale on 29 November.

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Facts & Trivia

Lee Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Lee Ashcroft celebrates birthday on September 7 of every year.