Lee Martin Nogan (born 21 May 1969) is a Welsh former professional

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and

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. He is the elder brother of Kurt Nogan. A

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, he began his career at

Oxford United Oxford United Football Club () is a professional association football, football club based in Oxford, England. The club compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football league system, English football. Founded as Headingto ...

in 1987. He spent four years at the club and also had

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spells at

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and

Southend United Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth level of English football. The team are known as "The Shrimpers", a reference ...

. He was sold to

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for £350,000 in December 1991, where he would remain for another four years. He lost his first-team place after a change of manager in 1993 and again joined Southend United on loan. He was sold to

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for £250,000 in January 1995 and played in the club's defeat in the 1995 First Division play-off final at

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. He spent time on loan at

Notts County Notts County Football Club is a professional association football, football club in Nottingham, England, which competes in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of Football in England, English football, following promotion and relegation, promotion ...

before he joined

Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "the Mariners", the club was f ...

for a £170,000 fee in August 1997. He helped the club to win the

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and then to win

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out of the

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via the play-offs at the end of the 1997–98 season. He moved on to

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club from Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The club currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "The Hatters", L ...

in 2000 before signing with

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in February 2001. He was also instated as assistant manager in May 2003 and left the club two years later. He scored a total of 139 goals in 673 league and cup appearances during a 19-year professional career and also won two

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s for

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. He was appointed manager at

Whitby Town Whitby Town Football Club is an English football club based in Whitby, North Yorkshire. The club participates in the Northern Premier League, the seventh tier of English football. Founded in 1880, Whitby are one of the oldest clubs from the Nor ...

in June 2006 before resigning in October 2007. He remained at the club as a player and assistant manager before joining F.C. Halifax Town as an assistant to

Neil Aspin Neil Aspin (born 12 April 1965) is an English association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player. A defender who could play at centre-back and right-back, he was a Marking (association football), marker an ...

. He followed Aspin to

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in November 2015 and then

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in , the third tier of the English football league system. Vale are named after the valley of ports on the Trent and Mersey Canal ...

in October 2017.

Club career

Oxford United

Nogan turned professional at

under Maurice Evans. He joined

in March 1987. He spent the remainder of the 1986–87 season at

Griffin Park Griffin Park was a association football, football ground in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow, England. It was the home ground of Brentford F.C. from its opening in September 1904 to August 2020. The ground was in a predominantly resi ...

, scoring two goals in 11 Third Division games for

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's "Bees". He then played four matches and scored one goal as the "U's" were

relegated Promotion and relegation is used by sports leagues as a process where teams can move up and down among divisions in a league system, based on their performance over a season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are sometimes call ...

out of the

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at the end of the 1987–88 season under the stewardship of

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. He also played nine games on loan at Third Division

, scoring one goal for the "Shrimpers". He made only occasional appearances for Oxford in the 1988–89 and 1989–90 campaigns, playing just eight first-team games under new

Brian Horton Brian "Nobby" Horton (born 4 February 1949) is an English former footballer and manager. He spent 16 years as a professional player and 22 years as a manager, making 689 appearances and managing 1,098 matches. In addition to this, he spent four ...

. He established himself as a regular first-team player at the Manor Ground during the 1990–91 campaign, scoring seven goals from 40 appearances. He scored five goals from 25 games in the first half of the 1991–92 season.

Watford

Nogan joined Second Division rivals

for a £350,000 fee in December 1991, managed by former Brentford boss Steve Perryman. He ended the 1991–92 campaign with five goals from 23 games, helping the "Hornets" to a tenth-place finish. He scored 12 goals from 49 appearances in the 1992–93 season as Watford slipped to 16th-position. He lost his first-team place under new manager

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in the 1993–94 season and scored only four goals from his 30 matches as Watford narrowly avoided relegation. He also returned to Southend United on loan, now in the First Division and under the stewardship of

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. Again, his stay at

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was brief, however, and he played just five games for the "Seasiders". He returned to

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and scored nine goals from 15 appearances in the first half of the 1994–95 campaign.

Reading

Nogan was sold on to

for £250,000 in January 1995. He scored 12 goals in 23 appearances, including a

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in a 3–3 draw with

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, to help the "Royals" to secure a second-place finish in the First Division at the end of the 1994–95 season. A reduction in the size of the

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denied the club automatic

however. Though they eliminated

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they ...

in the

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semi-finals, they lost out to

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club ( ) is a professional association football, football club based in Horwich, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in EFL League One, League One, the third level of the Englis ...

in the play-off final at

. Nogan had put Reading ahead in the fourth minute with the first goal of the game, and by

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they were 2–0 up, but two goals in the final 15 minutes saw Bolton force

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and go on to claim a 4–3 victory. Reading then struggled in the 1995–96 campaign, only managing a 19th-place finish, with Nogan contributing 11 goals from his 45 appearances. He went on to score a further six goals across 25 appearances in the 1996–97 season as joint-managers

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and Jimmy Quinn led the club to an 18th-place finish. Nogan also enjoyed a spell on loan with

, playing six games during his short stay at

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as the "Magpies" struggled at the foot of the Second Division.

Grimsby Town

Nogan signed with

for a £170,000 fee in August 1997, with manager

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looking to replace

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. He formed effective partnership with

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, and scored 13 goals in 54 appearances across the 1997–98 season to help the "Mariners" to reach the Second Division play-off final at Wembley Stadium. There they defeated

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1–0 to secure promotion. He also played in the 1998 Football League Trophy final, as Grimsby won the

for the first time with a 2–1 extra-time victory over

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. However, he struggled back in the First Division, scoring just three goals in 42 matches across the 1998–99 campaign, as he failed to adapt to the pace and physicality of the higher division. A lack of other options at

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left him unable to be replaced up front and caused him to receive criticism from some supporters as his confidence dipped.

Darlington

Nogan joined

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, west of Middlesbrough and south of Durham. Darlington had a population of 107,800 at the 2021 Census, making it a "large town" ...

on a free transfer in July 1999. A

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with veteran forward

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failed to materialise however, as loan signings such as Craig Russell were preferred by "Quakers" manager David Hodgson, though Nogan still featured 39 times in the 1999–2000 season, contributing five goals. He came on as an 84th minute substitute for

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in the Third Division play-off final, as Darlington lost 1–0 to

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third level of the English football league system. Peterborough United formed in ...

. Shortly after Gary Bennett took charge at

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at the start of the 2000–01 season, Nogan was allowed to leave the club on a free transfer.

Luton Town

Nogan moved back up to the Second Division to

as one of manager

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's first signings at

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. On 19 December, he opened the scoring as Luton defeated his former club Darlington 2–0 in the second round of the

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. He scored against another former club four days later, though this was during a 4–1 defeat at Reading. He played just 11 times for the "Hatters" and scored just the two goals, as Luton suffered relegation at the end of the 2000–01 season under the stewardship of

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York City

Nogan signed with

in February 2001; manager Terry Dolan said that "we needed a striker... with

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finishing his time here it would have left us with just David McNiven and

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... Lee is experienced and hopefully that will help David McNiven and it also gives

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a lot more breathing space to fully recover before he comes back." He proved to be a key player in the club's upturn in form in the second half of the 2000–01 season, displaying hunger and a high

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as he scored six goals from 16 appearances. He scored 13 goals from 49 appearances for the "Minstermen" throughout the 2001–02 season, and made a further 50 appearances in the 2002–03 campaign, scoring six goals. He was released in May 2003 following what was described as "drastic cost-cutting measures", though he stayed on at the club as a player. Assistant manager to rookie manager

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. He finished as York's top-scorer in the 2003–04 season with nine goals. However, he was unable to prevent them from suffering relegation from the

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to the

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. He remained at

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after relegation. He scored three goals from 24 games in the 2004–05 season before leaving the club when

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was succeeded by Billy McEwan in February. He went on to join

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side Harrogate Town in March 2005 after being signed by manager

, his former teammate at Darlington. He later played for

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, who were managed by former York teammate Alex Mathie.

International career

Nogan won

s for the Wales under-21 and B team before he won his first senior

cap in 1992. He picked up his second and final cap three years later.

Coaching career

Whitby Town

Nogan was appointed as manager of

in June 2006. He led the club to an 11th-place finish in the

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Premier Division at the end of the 2006–07 season, though they did suffer early cup qualification exits to

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and

Woodley Sports Stockport Sports F.C. was a football club based in Woodley, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. They were established in 1970 as Woodley Athletic, and played at the Neil Rourke Memorial Stadium. The club's name was changed to Woodley Sports ...

. The "Blues" suffered a poor start to the 2007–08 campaign, and Nogan resigned on 22 October 2007 following an

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defeat at

Ossett Town Ossett Town Association Football Club was an English football club based in Ossett in West Yorkshire. History Ossett Town AFC were formed in 1936 when, during a public meeting, the Mayor of the Borough of Ossett charged John Carter, a former ...

. Despite being a former manager, he continued to play for the club, helping them to avoid relegation at the end of the season. He served as assistant manager to manager Graeme Clark during the 2008–09 season, and continued to make first-team appearances.

Assistant to Neil Aspin

Nogan went on to work as assistant to F.C. Halifax Town manager Neil Aspin. On 1 October 2014, now aged 45, he came on as a 7th-minute substitute in a 3–0 defeat at

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in the first round of the

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. He was taken off to be replaced by Aspin on 69 minutes. Aspin was appointed as

manager on 27 November 2015. The following day he hired Nogan to again work as his assistant. Having been recruited by League Two club

, Aspin again took Nogan with him to work as a

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on 6 October 2017. He departed

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alongside Aspin on 30 January 2019.

Personal life

Nogan has worked as a PE teacher in primary schools since ending his playing career. His younger brother, Kurt Nogan, is also a former professional footballer.

Career statistics

Club statistics

International playing statistics

Managerial statistics

Honours

Grimsby Town *

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play-offs:

References

External links

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