Stuart Lewis

Youth career

Lewis joined for Norwich City Academy in 1995, and moved to the Arsenal Academy in 1998. During his time at Arsenal he captained the U10s to U16s also representing the England Youth team. He played six games for the U16s squad, winning the Victory Shield in 2002 and captaining the team in 2003 on tour to Northern Ireland. Furthermore, he played twice for the England U17s. He joined the Tottenham Hotspur youth system in 2004 on a scholarship contract. In 2005, he signed a two-year professional contract. After signing his contract Lewis went on to regularly captain the Tottenham U18s youth team. Notably playing in the FA Youth Cup semi-final team, whilst playing alongside players who were a year older. He progressed to the Tottenham reserve team, where he played regularly. In 2006, won the Premier Reserve League South.

Move to Barnet

Lewis wanted to play first team football. In 2007, he left Tottenham to join Barnet on 31 January 2007, where he made his Bees debut against Torquay United on 3 February. On 22 March, he was released by Barnet and he subsequently signed for Stevenage Borough.

Stevenage

In the same year (2007) he signed for Stevenage Borough. Whilst playing here, he starred in the England C team against Finland U'21s, winning 2–0 in Helsinki.

Gillingham

Lewis signed for Gillingham on 28 January 2008, alongside Barry Fuller, both men linking up again with former Stevenage manager Mark Stimson. He made his debut for…

Having had a part-time role there for four years, Lewis took up a full-time coaching role at the Tottenham Hotspur academy in 2019, and thereupon retired from playing football. In July 2021, Lewis was appointed coach of Tottenham Under-18s. In 2022 the team reachedthe final of the under 18s Premier League Cup. In 2023 Lewis went on to win the double with the Tottenham Hotspur U17s and U18s both winning the Premier League Cup. Lewis later went on to win the Premier League Cup again with the U17s in the 2024–25 season. Whilst coaching at Tottenham Hotspur Lewis went on to complete a bachelor of science degree in exercise and sports science In 2022. In July 2025, Lewis was promoted to first team academy transition coach. On 20 July 2026, he was announced as a new first team coach for Ipswich Town.

Born in Welwyn Garden City, Lewis has lived in Turnford, Hertfordshire since birth. He played youth football for Wormley youth U8-U10s. While playing U10s he captained the league representative team, winning the interleague cup.

Gillingham

Football League Two play-offs: 2009