Lee Scroggins

{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Lee Scroggins | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|10|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Darlington, England | currentclub = South Shields | clubnumber = | height = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | collegeyears1 = 2003–2006 | college1 = Lynn Fighting Knights | collegecaps1 = 55 | collegegoals1 = 34 | years1 = {{0|0000}}–2001 | clubs1 = Darlington | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2001–2002 | clubs2 = Blyth Spartans | caps2 = 33 | goals2 = 4 | years3 = 2002–2003 | clubs3 = Whitley Bay | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2006 | clubs4 = Virginia Beach Mariners | caps4 = 16 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2007–2011 | clubs5 = South Shields | caps5 = 143 | goals5 = 52 | years6 = 2011–2013 | clubs6 = Whitley Bay | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 2013–2015 | clubs7 = Shildon | caps7 = | goals7 = | years8 = 2015–2017 | clubs8 = South Shields | caps8 = 67 | goals8 = 10 }} '''Lee Scroggins''' (born 23 October 1981) is an English footballer who played as a midfielder for South Shields.<ref name=NLD>{{cite web |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/teams/guidetoground.php?mode=playershow&pid=8500&team_id=4315&league_id=5 |title=Player Profile Lee Scroggins |work=NonLeague Daily |accessdate=13 October 2009 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924195827/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/teams/guidetoground.php?mode=playershow&pid=8500&team_id=4315&league_id=5 |archivedate=24 September 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Scroggins began his career with Darlington, but moved on to Northern Premier League Premier Division club Blyth Spartans in 2001 without having played for Darlington's first team.<ref name=NLD/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/darlington/darlington.html |title=Darlington : 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2008/09 |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=13 October 2009}}</ref> He spent just over a year with Spartans,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerfactsuk.co.uk/s2001/player_details.php?playerid=5303 |title=Player Details: Season 2001-2002 Lee Scroggins |publisher=SoccerFactsUK |accessdate=13 October 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerfactsuk.co.uk/s2002/player_details.php?playerid=3890 |title=Player Details: Season 2002-2003 Lee Scroggins |publisher=SoccerFactsUK |accessdate=13 October 2009}}</ref> before joining Whitley Bay of the Northern League for the remainder of the 2002–03 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whitleybayfc.com/reports/report.asp?ID=23&DB=0203 |title=Match Report Northumberland Senior Cup 1st Round |first=Peter |last=Fox |publisher=Whitley Bay F.C |date=15 October 2002 |accessdate=13 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718042441/http://www.whitleybayfc.com/reports/report.asp?ID=23&DB=0203 |archivedate=18 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whitleybayfc.com/reports/report.asp?ID=61&DB=0203 |title=Match Report Albany Northern League Division One |first=Peter |last=Fox |publisher=Whitley Bay F.C |date=3 May 2003 |accessdate=13 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718042826/http://www.whitleybayfc.com/reports/report.asp?ID=61&DB=0203 |archivedate=18 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Scroggins then moved to the United States, where he had a successful college soccer career at Lynn University, graduating in Sports Recreation and Management.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch |title=Lynn 2005-06 Men's Soccer Division II Player info Lee Paul Scroggins |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) |accessdate=13 October 2009}} The link is to the website's search page: search for Scroggins, Lee Paul, to reach the player details.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/4068269/22397-4068271/4273404.html |title=#8 - Leepaul Scroggins |publisher=United Soccer Leagues |accessdate=13 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201202443/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/4068269/22397-4068271/4273404.html |archivedate=1 December 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He played for Virginia Beach Mariners in the USL First Division in the 2006 season,<ref name=MarinersRoster>{{cite web |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2006/roster/22397.html |title=Virginia Beach Mariners 2006 Roster |publisher=United Soccer Leagues |accessdate=13 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012022923/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2006/roster/22397.html |archivedate=12 October 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> but the club folded, and Scroggins returned to England, where he joined the Northern League side South Shields in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/search/1706894.Guiseley_and_South_Shields_defeats_seal_double_cup_woe/ |title=Guiseley and South Shields defeats seal double cup woe |newspaper=The Northern Echo |date=21 September 2007 |accessdate=13 October 2009}}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://www.southshields-sanddancers.co.uk/mariners/2009-2010-squad/2009-leepaul-scroggins.htm Profile] at South Shields F.C. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081201202443/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/4068269/22397-4068271/4273404.html Profile] at USL Soccer

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scroggins, Leepaul}} Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Darlington Category:English men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Darlington F.C. players Category:Blyth Spartans A.F.C. players Category:Whitley Bay F.C. players Category:South Shields F.C. players Category:Virginia Beach Mariners players Category:USL First Division players Category:Lynn Fighting Knights men's soccer players Category:English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Category:English expatriate men's footballers Category:21st-century English sportsmen