Island Life - April/May 2011
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when we travelled for away games.”
Unfortunately the trip to Merseyside ended in a 3-1defeat,
but it did not deter Lee’s enthusiasm for football, even
though at that stage of his life becoming a professional
within the game was little more than a distant dream.
Lee left school just before reaching his 16th birthday, and
within days he joined the Army. He said: “I remember leaving
school on the Friday and going to Folkestone as a boy soldier
on the Monday where I completed a year’s training to become
a member of the Royal Hampshire Regiment.
“I joined the Army because I just wanted to do something
a bit different. I was an active person, but didn’t really know
what else I could do. I wanted to be involved in sport as
much as I could, and I spoke to quite a lot of people who all
agreed there was plenty of opportunity to do sport in the
Forces. So I thought being in the Army would be the ideal
opportunity to see different parts of the world, and play
football, and that is what I ended up doing so it worked out
great for me.”
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