Lee Sidwell

Lee Sidwell
Personal information
Full name Lee John Sidwell[1]
Date of birth (1977-06-22) 22 June 1977
Place of birth Balham, England
Position Central midfielder
Youth career
–1991 Colliers Wood United
1991–1996 Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1999 Netherne Village[a] 101 (14)
1999–2001 Chipstead 67 (13)
2001–2002 Netherne Village 20 (1)
2002–2004 AFC Wimbledon 69 (15)
2004–2007 Whyteleafe 98 (11)
2007–2008 Chipstead 31 (3)
2008–2010 Whyteleafe 52 (3)
Total 438 (60)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lee John Sidwell[1] (born 22 June 1977) is an English former footballer who played as a central midfielder in the Combined Counties League and Isthmian League.[2]

Career

Crystal Palace

Sidwell began his career with the youth academy of Colliers Wood United before he moved to Crystal Palace in 1991 at the age of fourteen; injuries forced him to leave the club in 1996.[3]

First spell at Netherne/Netherne Village

He then joined Combined Counties Football League club Netherne[4] during the 1996–97 season, and he left the club when they were forced to drop out of the Combined Counties League in May 1999 as the Netherne C.A.S.C. did not have floodlights.[5]

Chipstead

Sidwell joined Combined Counties Football League club Chipstead ahead of the 1999–2000 season and he played alongside Netherne Village teammate Danny Oakins.[6] He left in June 2001.[7]

Second spell at Netherne Village

He rejoined Netherne Village on a one-year deal during the 2001–02 Surrey County Senior League.[8]

AFC Wimbledon

2002–03

He joined newly formed club AFC Wimbledon ahead of the 2002–03 Combined Counties League season alongside Danny Oakins. He debuted for AFC Wimbledon during their 3–2 win against Enfield Town in the inaugural Supporters Direct Cup on 12 August 2002 in which he also scored, and he also played during the 2–1 win against Sandhurst Town in their first ever league fixture on 17 August 2002.[9] He then scored his first league goal for AFC Wimbledon during a 3–2 victory against Cove on 24 August 2002.[10]

He scored all three goals during the 3–0 victory against Walton Casuals on 26 April 2003,[11] and he won the 2002–03 AFC Wimbledon Player of the Year award as a result of scoring the hat-trick on the same day the voting forms were handed out to supporters.[12]

2003–04

During 2003–04, Sidwell was often a substitute ahead of Andy Sullivan,[12] and he won both the Combined Counties League and the Combined Counties League Premier Challenge Cup with the club.[13]

2004–05

He played two matches for AFC Wimbledon during the 2004–05 season.[14]

After making 84 appearances and scoring 17 goals in all competitions, Sidwell left AFC Wimbledon in September 2004.[14]

Two spells at Whyteleafe, and second spell at Chipstead

Sidwell joined Whyteleafe in September 2004.[12][14] He debuted during the 2–0 loss against Molesey on 11 September 2004, and he scored his first goal for Whyteleafe on 9 October 2004 during the 2–1 loss against Leatherhead.

In the 2007–08 season, he rejoined Chipstead and reunited again with Oakins,[15][16] where he won the Southern Combination Challenge Cup; he was back at Whyteleafe during the following season.

At the age of 32, he would end his footballing career at Whyteleafe during the 2009–10 season.[17][18]

He played in a Whyteleafe Legends charity match on 18 January 2015.

Personal life

Sidwell has a sister, Louise, and a brother, Steve.[19] Steve was also a footballer between 2001 and 2018, and he spent most of his career playing for clubs in the Premier League.[20]

Aside from being a footballer, he also worked as a scaffolder.[1][3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Netherne Village 1996–97 Combined Counties Football League 35 4 — 3[b] 0 38 4
1997–98 Combined Counties Football League 34 5 — 3[c] 0 37 5
1998–99 Combined Counties Football League 32 5 — 4[d] 1 36 6
Total 101 14 — 10 1 111 15
Chipstead 1999–2000 Combined Counties Football League 33 6 — 7[e] 3 40 9
2000–01 Combined Counties Football League 34 7 — 8[f] 3 42 10
Netherne Village 2001–02 Surrey County Senior League 20 1 — 7[g] 0 27 1
Total 77 13 — 22 8 109 20
AFC Wimbledon 2002–03 Combined Counties Football League 41 11 — 8[h] 1 50 13
2003–04 Combined Counties Football League 28 4 — 5[i] 1 33 5
2004–05 Isthmian League Division One 0 0 1 0 1[j] 0 2 0
Total 69 15 1 0 14 3 84 17
Whyteleafe 2004–05 Isthmian League Division One 32 3 1 0 4[k] 0 37 3
2005–06 Isthmian League Division One 35 5 2 0 5[l] 1 42 6
2006–07 Isthmian League Division One South 31 3 3 0 5[m] 0 39 3
Chipstead 2007–08 Isthmian League Division One South 31 3 1 0 8[n] 0 40 3
Whyteleafe 2008–09 Isthmian League Division One South 28 2 1 0 4[o] 0 34 2
2009–10 Isthmian League Division One South 24 1 2 0 3[p] 0 29 1
Total 181 17 10 0 29 1 221 18
Career total 438 60 11 0 75 10 525 71
  1. ↑ Known as Netherne until 1998
  2. ↑ One appearance in FA Vase, two appearances in Surrey Senior Cup
  3. ↑ One appearance in FA Vase, two appearances in Surrey Senior Cup
  4. ↑ Two appearances and one goal in FA Vase, two appearances and one goal in Surrey Senior Cup
  5. ↑ Two appearances and one goal in FA Vase, four appearances and two goals in Combined Counties League Premier Challenge Cup, one appearance in Surrey Senior Cup
  6. ↑ Two appearances in FA Vase, four appearances and two goals in Combined Counties League Premier Challenge Cup, two appearances in Surrey Senior Cup
  7. ↑ Four appearances in Surrey County Charity Cup, two appearances in Surrey County Premier Challenge Cup, one appearance in unknown
  8. ↑ Four appearances and one goal in FA Vase, three appearances in Combined Counties League Premier Challenge Cup, one appearance in Surrey Senior Cup
  9. ↑ One appearance in FA Vase, four appearances and one goal in Combined Counties League Premier Challenge Cup
  10. ↑ One appearance in FA Trophy
  11. ↑ One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance in Isthmian League Cup, two appearances in Surrey Senior Cup
  12. ↑ One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance in Isthmian League Cup, three appearances in Surrey Senior Cup
  13. ↑ Two appearances in FA Trophy, one appearance in Isthmian League Cup, two appearances in Surrey Senior Cup
  14. ↑ Two appearances in FA Trophy, one appearance in Isthmian League Cup, four appearances in Southern Combination Challenge Cup
  15. ↑ One appearance in FA Trophy, two appearances in Isthmian League Cup, one appearance in Surrey Senior Cup
  16. ↑ One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance in Isthmian League Cup, one appearance in Surrey Senior Cup

Honours

Netherne Village

  • Surrey County Charity Cup: runner-up 2001–02

Chipstead

AFC Wimbledon

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lee John SIDWELL". Companies House. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Matches: Archives: 02/03". AFC Wimbledon. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Sidwell to show value of Arsenal education". The Independent. 29 November 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Netherne Village 4–3 AFC Wimbledon". The Dons Trust. 11 May 2003. Retrieved 12 May 2026. The two ex-Netherne players in the Dons side combined to pull the first one back, Lee Sidwell rampaging down the line and slotting his cross for Danny Oakins to sweep home.
  5. ↑ "NETHERNE VILLAGE". Football Club History Database.
  6. ↑ "Chipstead vs. AFC Wimbledon (25th October 2003)". Wimbledon Heritage. 25 October 2003. Retrieved 12 May 2026. Lee Sidwell and Danny Oakins are former Chipstead players
  7. ↑ "CHIPSTEAD". Football Club History Database.
  8. ↑ "Lee Sidwell 2001/02". Surrey County Senior League. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "17/08/2002 - Sandhurst Town 1–2 AFC Wimbledon". The Football Archives. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  10. ↑ "24/08/2002 AFC Wimbledon 3–2 Cove". The Football Archives. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  11. ↑ "Sidwell keeps dream alive - AFC WIMBLEDON 3, WALTON CASUALS 0". News Shopper. 30 April 2003. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  12. 1 2 3 "Lee Sidwell". The Dons Trust. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  13. ↑ Rundle. "Football Club History Database – Wimbledon".
  14. 1 2 3 "Lee Sidwell". The Football Database. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  15. ↑ "Chips boss has eye on play-offs". Your Local Guardian. 13 January 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  16. ↑ "RYMAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE – WEEKLY NEWS AND MATCH" (PDF). Ryman Football League. 27 August 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2026. Steve's brother Lee plays for Chipstead and Steve was there to support him.
  17. ↑ "Sittingbourne v Whyteleafe 15th August 2009, Ryman League Div 1". Sittingbourne Football Club. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  18. ↑ "Whyteleafe 2 Ashford Town 2". Kent Online. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  19. ↑ Maclnnes, Keith. "Brentford Football Club". Archived from the original on 14 June 2002. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  20. ↑ "Premier League Player Profile Steve Sidwell". Premier League. Barclays Premier League. 2015. Archived from the original on 22 August 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
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