Lee Nogan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lee Martin Nogan | ||
| Date of birth | 21 May 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Gateshead (assistant manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1991 | Oxford United | 64 | (10) |
| 1987 | → Brentford (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 1987 | → Southend United (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 1991–1995 | Watford | 105 | (26) |
| 1994 | → Southend United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1995–1997 | Reading | 91 | (26) |
| 1997 | → Notts County (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1997–1999 | Grimsby Town | 73 | (10) |
| 1999–2000 | Darlington | 50 | (6) |
| 2000–2001 | Luton Town | 7 | (1) |
| 2001–2006 | York City | 165 | (35) |
| 2006–2007 | Whitby Town | ||
| 2008–2009 | Whitby Town | ||
| 2011 | FC Halifax Town | ||
| National team | |||
| Wales U21 | 1 | (?) | |
| Wales B | 1 | (?) | |
| 1992–1995 | Wales | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2006–2007 | Whitby Town | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Lee Martin Nogan (born 21 May 1969) is a Welsh former professional footballer and manager who is assistant manager of National League club Gateshead.
As a player he was a forward between 1987 and 2009. Nogan notably for Watford, Reading and Grimsby Town. He also played for Oxford United, Brentford, Southend United, Notts County, Darlington and Luton Town, before joining York City where he also became part of the coaching staff. He then moved on to Whitby Town as player/manager in 2006, before retiring from playing in 2009. He came out of retirement in 2011 for FC Halifax Town.
Playing career
As a player, his most notable achievements came at Reading. He joined the Berkshire club for £250,000 on 12 January 1995, halfway through the 1994–95 season, from Watford.[1] He joined Reading while they were contesting for a Division One playoff place. They finished the season as Division One runners-up, and in a normal season this would have meant automatic promotion to the FA Premier League. However, a restructuring of the league meant that only the champions would be promoted automatically that season, forcing Reading to negotiate the playoffs. They eliminated Tranmere Rovers in the semi-finals and were paired with Bolton Wanderers in the Wembley final. Nogan put Reading ahead in the fourth minute with the first goal of the game, and by half time they were 2–0 up, but two goals in the final 15 minutes saw Bolton force extra time and go on to defeat Nogan and his colleagues 4–3. This would be the closest that Nogan would come to experiencing top flight football in England. He remained at Reading until 1 August 1997, by which time he had scored 29 goals for the Royals, when he signed for Grimsby Town in a £170,000 deal. He scored 16 goals in his two seasons at Blundell Park and helped the Mariners win promotion to Division One in his first season as Division Two playoff winners.[2]
Brief spells with Darlington and Luton Town followed, before Nogan signed for his final professional club, York City, on 12 February 2001. He found the net 37 times for the Minstermen between then and his departure on 31 May 2006, although he was unable to prevent them from suffering relegation from the Football League to the Conference in 2004.
Management & Coaching career
Nogan was appointed as manager of Whitby Town in June 2006 before resigning in October 2007.[3][4] On Thursday 27 January 2011 Nogan registered as a player at Evo-Stik Premier League side F.C. Halifax Town, where he is also the clubs assistant manager. Nogan was Neil Aspin's Assistant Manager for the promotion from the Northern Premier League in 2011 and the promotion into the Conference Premier in 2013.
On 28 November 2015, it was announced that Nogan was to be Neil Aspin's assistant once again at Gateshead.[5]
Personal life
His younger brother, Kurt Nogan, is also a former professional footballer Nogan has worked as a PE teacher in primary schools since ending his playing career.[6]
Honours
Grimsby Town
References
- ↑
- ↑ "Grimsby bounce back to Division 1". BBC News. 24 May 1998. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ "Former star Nogan gets Whitby job". Minstermen. 24 June 2006. Archived from the original on 7 August 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
- ↑ "Blues boss quits after FA Trophy shocker". Whitby Gazette. 22 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
- ↑ "Nogan set for assistant role". Gateshead FC. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ↑ "Lee Nogan". Watford Legends. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
