Lee Hurst (footballer)
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Lee Hurst is a retired English
football midfielder.
He spent his whole English professional career at Coventry City, making his debut at the age of 20 on 2 February 1991 when they lost 1-0 to Wimbledon
in the Football League First Division
at Plough Lane
. He made three more league appearances that season and 10 the following season before playing 35 times for the Sky Blues (scoring two goals) in the 1992-93
campaign when they were inaugural members of the FA Premier League
and finished 15th. http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=40959 He was issued with the number 8 shirt when squad numbers were introduced for the 1993-94 season
but a knee injury meant that he never appeared in that shirt. He finally retired in 1996, three years on, having failed to recover from the injury.
In 1998 he made a football comeback by appearing 14 times for the American side Charleston Battery.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
football midfielder.
He spent his whole English professional career at Coventry City, making his debut at the age of 20 on 2 February 1991 when they lost 1-0 to Wimbledon
Wimbledon F.C.
Wimbledon Football Club was an English professional association football club from Wimbledon, south-west London. Founded in 1889 as Wimbledon Old Central Football Club, the club spent most of its history in amateur and semi-professional non-League football before being elected to the Football...
in the Football League First Division
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
at Plough Lane
Plough Lane
Plough Lane was a football stadium in Wimbledon, south west London. It was the home ground of Wimbledon Football Club from September 1912 to May 1991, when the club moved their first team home matches to Selhurst Park as part of a groundshare agreement with Crystal Palace. Both clubs' reserve teams...
. He made three more league appearances that season and 10 the following season before playing 35 times for the Sky Blues (scoring two goals) in the 1992-93
1992-93 in English football
The 1992–1993 season was the 113th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:This season saw the birth of the FA Premier League. This meant a break-up of the 104-year-old Football League that had operated until then with four divisions....
campaign when they were inaugural members of the FA Premier League
FA Premier League
The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...
and finished 15th. http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=40959 He was issued with the number 8 shirt when squad numbers were introduced for the 1993-94 season
1993-94 in English football
The 1993-1994 season was the 114th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:From the start of this season, the FA Premier League would be sponsored by Carling Breweries - an association which would last for eight years...
but a knee injury meant that he never appeared in that shirt. He finally retired in 1996, three years on, having failed to recover from the injury.
In 1998 he made a football comeback by appearing 14 times for the American side Charleston Battery.
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