Leigh Walker
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| Leigh Walker |
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Leigh Walker |
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| Date of birth | 27 February 1981 | |
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper |
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| Club information | ||
| Current club | Sutton Town |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1988-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2001-2002 2002-2002 2002-2006 2006-2006 2006- |
Sheffield United Barnsley South Normanton Athletic Wakefield & Emley Stalybridge Celtic Scarborough Grantham Town Sutton Town |
0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) ? (?) 10 (0) 117 (0) 12 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Leigh Walker (born 27 February 1981 in Sheffield) is a Goalkeeper, who currently plays for Sutton Town in the Northern Counties East Premier Division.
[edit] Playing History
Walker began his career at Sheffield United as a trainee, but left after two years without making a first team appearance.
He signed for Barnsley in the summer of 2000. However, he again failed to break into the first team, and was released. He then had a brief spell with South Normanton Athletic, before joining Wakefield & Emley. After less than a year, he moved on again in January 2002, this time to Stalybridge Celtic.
Movnig on again in the summer, he signed for Scarborough, originally to be a backup for Andy Woods. He made his debut on 22 October 2002 in the LDV Vans Trophy against Doncaster Rovers. He established a first team place after an injury to Adam Sollitt and made over 100 appearances and played in the FA Cup match against Chelsea. However, he eventually lost his place to Ian Dunbavin.
At the end of the 2005/6 season, he was released and signed for Grantham. However, his future at the club appears to be in doubt after an incident in which he refused to play just an hour before kick-off, despite being the only goalkeeper at the club. Walker had heard rumours that the club were intending to sign a second goalkeeper to strengthen the squad. Confronting the manager with the information an hour before the league match against Ilkeston Town, he was informed the rumours were true. In protest, Walker then refused to play in the forthcoming match. As a result, the club had to field an outfield player in goal, and went on to lose 4-0. Soon after the indcident Walker left the club and signed for Sutton Town.
