Arran Lee-Barrett

Early career

When he was 10, Lee-Barrett joined his local club Whitton Sports Centre and took the position of goalkeeper. Shortly after he was offered a place at Ipswich Town's academy where he played alongside later-England international Darren Bent. After leaving Ipswich he was offered an apprenticeship at Fulham and Norwich, he chose Norwich as he preferred the atmosphere there. However, he failed to break into the reserve team and was second choice reserve keeper behind future England international Robert Green. In February 2003, Lee-Barrett joined Chelmsford City on loan, making two appearances, one in the league and one in the Southern League Cup. He was released by Norwich at the end of the 2002–03 season and had a trial at Chelsea.

Cardiff City

He was offered a one-year contract with Cardiff after impressing during a trial and was coached by George Wood. He spent most of his time at Cardiff as third choice keeper, mainly playing for the reserves. While playing for the reserves Lee-Barrett helped Cardiff win the Pontins Holiday Combination. Cardiff manager Lennie Lawrence decided to release the young keeper believing that he was better off getting games.

Weymouth

Torquay, Doncaster and Shrewsbury all showed an interest in Lee-Barrett. Although he trained with Torquay, he moved to Weymouth due to the offer of first team football. He made 19 league appearances and 2 appearances in the FA Cup, helping Weymouth to win the Nationwide Conference…

While at Weymouth Lee-Barrett was selected for the England National Game team, which consisted of England's best non-league players and made his debut for them against the Netherlands in November 2006.

Since retiring from professional football Lee-Barrett resided in Suffolk with his now ex partner and two children. Lee-Barrett is the cousin of Liam Barrett who also played in Ipswich Town's youth team and who now runs U.S Sports Scholarships, a company that helps place student-athletes at American universities.