Here is the second in of a weekly series profiling players across the region. Each week, a different player will reveal the best (and worst) moments from their football career. This week it is the turn of one of Hemsworth Miners Welfare’s key players.
Hemsworth Miners Welfare midfielder Lee Swift
Name: Lee Swift
Age: 30
Current Club: Hemsworth Miners Welfare
Previous clubs: Goole AFC, Shaw Lane AFC, Ossett Town, Pontefract Collieries
Day Job: Ground worker
Best mate in football: Too many to mention, I’m a nice guy
Career Highlight: When we played Bottesford in the last game of last season when we collected the league trophy.
Lowest Moment in Football: Missing out on promotion in 2014/15 with Hemsworth by three points.
Most Memorable Match: When we won promotion at Dronfield last season.
First semi-professional manager: Andy Cracknell / Paul Crapper
First Red Card (at semi-professional) level: At Bamber Bridge in the FA Cup in 2011. It was for two bad tackles, but we had a bad referee who was too keen.
First Goal (at semi-professional level): It was at Rossington Main for Hemsworth during their first year in the NCEL (2008) – a decent strike from the edge of the box.
First Own Goal (at semi-professional level): N/A
What do you want to achieve in football in the future: Promotion to the Evo Stik with Hemsworth would be nice, but there’s a long way to go yet.
Favourite Non League Ground to play at (barring your own club): Parkgate, its a carpet.
We started our Player Profile features last week with Worsbrough Bridge star man Connor Rollinson. Read his Profile HERE.