Lee Todd (footballer)
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Lee Todd is an English
England
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 professional footballer. He played defence
Defender (association football)
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Playing career

A very experienced defender, Todd started his career in 1989 as a junior with Hartlepool United
Hartlepool United F.C.
Hartlepool United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Hartlepool that currently play in League One. The team won promotion to League One in the 2006–07 season...

 with whom he stayed until 1990.

In the summer of 1990 Todd transferred to Stockport County
Stockport County F.C.
Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The club formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, shortly afterwards merging with Heaton Norris F.C., and adopted the current name on 24 May 1890 on the creation of the County Borough of Stockport...

 on a free transfer. Lee spent seven years at Stockport notching up a total of 226 league appearances.

In 1997 Todd was bought by his former Stockport County manager Dave Jones who was now managing Southampton
Southampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...

 paying £850,000 for his services. During his time at Southampton he played just ten league games.

After spending a year in the Premier League, Todd moved on again in search of more regular football. This time it was to Bradford City
Bradford City A.F.C.
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 for a fee of £250,000. Todd spent two years at Bradford City notching up only 15 league appearances. In September 1999, he spent a month out on loan at 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...

 but was limited to just one start.

In 2000 Todd moved on again this time to Rochdale
Rochdale A.F.C.
Rochdale Association Football Club is an English professional football club based in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. They play their home matches at Spotland Stadium. Formed in 1907, they were accepted into the Football League in 1921...

 on a free transfer where he spent three years until 2003. During this period Todd clocked up 50 league appearances and scored three goals for the club.

In 2003 Todd moved on another free transfer to Mossley
Mossley A.F.C.
Mossley Association Football Club are an English football club from the town of Mossley, Greater Manchester, currently playing in the Northern Premier League Division One North. They were founded in 1903 and are nicknamed the Lilywhites, owing to their colours...

 but spent only a month with the club before free transferring again this time to Stalybridge Celtic
Stalybridge Celtic F.C.
Stalybridge Celtic are an English full time professional football club from Stalybridge, Greater Manchester in North West England. The club, which plays its home matches at Bower Fold, is currently in the Conference North in the sixth tier of the English football league system...

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