Leon Clinton E. Legge is an English

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...

 professional footballer. He currently plays for Brentford

Brentford F.C.

Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....

 as a central defender.

Career

Legge began his career playing youth football for Little Common

Little Common F.C.

Little Common F.C. is a football club based in Bexhill, East Sussex, who currently play in Division Two of the Sussex County Football League. The club were founded as Albion United and were later renamed Little Common Albion, before dropping the 'Albion' from their name and are based at Little...

 and Sidley United

Sidley United F.C.

Sidley United F.C. is a football club based in Sidley, near Bexhill, England. Having recently secured promotion, for the 2011-12 season, they are members of the Sussex County League Division One.-History:...

, before joining Sussex County League

Sussex County Football League

The Sussex County Football League is a football league broadly covering the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex and southeastern Surrey, England.Formed in 1920, the league now has six divisions - three for first teams and three for reserve sides...

 club Eastbourne United

Eastbourne United Association F.C.

Eastbourne United Association F.C. is a football club based in Eastbourne, England. They were formed in 2003 after a merger between Eastbourne United and Shinewater Association. In 2009 they were the Sussex County League champions for the first time in 53 years, 18 years after leaving the Isthmian...

. At the age of 17, Legge joined Hailsham Town

Hailsham Town F.C.

Hailsham Town F.C. is a football club based in Hailsham, East Sussex, England. They were established in 1885 and joined the Sussex County League in 1955 as Hailsham F.C., changing to their present name in 1970...

, where he was appointed captain earning trials for Eastbourne Borough

Eastbourne Borough F.C.

Eastbourne Borough are a semi-professional English football club, based in the town of Eastbourne, East Sussex, and are members of the Conference South. They are known as The Sports after their previous name as Langney Sports. Eastbourne Borough play their home matches at Priory Lane in Langney...

 and Woking

Woking F.C.

Woking Football Club is a football club from in Woking, Surrey, England, formed in 1889. They are playing in the Conference South in the 2011–12 season. For the 2011/2012 season, Woking are sharing their ground with Conference National club Hayes & Yeading United.-Promotion to the...

, before joining Lewes

Lewes F.C.

Lewes Football Club is an English football team based in Lewes, East Sussex. The club are currently members of the Isthmian League Premier Division and play at the Dripping Pan.-History:...

 in the summer of 2005. Following the departure of manager Steve King on promotion to the Conference National

Conference National

Conference National is the top division of the Football Conference in England. It is the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...

, Legge joined Tonbridge Angels

Tonbridge Angels F.C.

Tonbridge Angels Football Club is an English football club who play at Longmead Stadium in Tonbridge, Kent, since moving from the Angel Ground in 1980....

 before being handed a professional contract by Brentford in July 2009. Before signing as a professional Legge had been working as a care worker for adults with learning difficulties and gave this up when signing for the Bees.

Legge made his debut in the Football League Trophy

Football League Trophy

The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...

 defeat against Norwich City

Norwich City F.C.

Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...

 in September 2009, having been named as an unused substitute in Brentford's two previous matches. Legge made his League debut in the 2–0 defeat at Yeovil Town

Yeovil Town F.C.

Yeovil Town F.C. are an English association football team based in Yeovil, Somerset. The club play in League One after having won the League Two championship in 2004–05...

 on 26 September 2009. On 11 December 2009, it was announced that Legge had signed a contract extension, keeping him at Brentford until at least the end of the 2010–11 season. His first goal for the Bees was the winner in the FA Cup Second Round

2009–10 FA Cup

The 2009–10 FA Cup was the 129th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. As in the previous year, 762 clubs were accepted for the competition. One club, Newcastle Blue Star, folded before the fixtures were released...

 game against Walsall

Walsall F.C.

Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...

 which earned him the FA

The Football Association

The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...

's 'Player Of The Round' award.

Coming into the 2010-11 season, it became evident that Leon had become a key-player in the Brentford side. Uwe Rosler

Uwe Rösler

Uwe Rösler is a German football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Brentford.Rösler was previously a successful player who played for several clubs, most notably Manchester City , where he was the leading goalscorer for three consecutive seasons from 1995–96 to 1997–98, and 1...

 realised exactly as what the fans had spotted, resulting in the club offering him a new contract to keep him at Brentford until 2014, after claiming his first goal of the season versus Leyton Orient FC in the fourth match day.

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