Lee Robert Maddison (born 5 October 1972) is an English former professional

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, who played in

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and the

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. Maddison, who was born in

Bristol Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by t ...

, started playing football for his local junior team, Avon Athletic, before joining

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as a trainee. In July 1991 he was awarded his first professional contract, and his senior debut came on 11 January 1992 in a game against

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. While with ''The Pirates'' he had a brief spell on loan with their landlords, Bath City, early in 1993 and he made four appearances for them in the

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. In all he played 73 times for Bristol Rovers in the League without scoring a goal, and he moved on to

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in 1995. In a two-year spell with ''The Cobblers'' Maddison played 52 League games, again without scoring, before heading north to join Scottish Football League team

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. The following year Dundee became founder members of the newly formed Scottish Premier League. He was loaned out to

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team currently compete in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. They have played their ...

in 2000, and after playing 12 times in the League, the deal was made permanent late in January 2001. He played a further 52 games for the

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n club, and after a loan spell with

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in 2002 he returned to Scottish football with Gretna in 2003. In 2004, he was diagnosed with

non-Hodgkin lymphoma Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), also known as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, is a group of blood cancers that includes all types of lymphomas except Hodgkin lymphomas. Symptoms include enlarged lymph nodes, fever, night sweats, weight loss, and tiredn ...

, and although he played a small number of games after this, it effectively ended his footballing career. He is now married to Martine Maddison (formerly Saint).

Honours

Carlisle United *

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runner-up: 2002–03

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maddison, Lee 1972 births Living people Footballers from Bristol English men's footballers Men's association football defenders English Football League players National League (English football) players Scottish Football League players Scottish Premier League players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Bath City F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Dundee F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players Oxford United F.C. players Gretna F.C. players