Lee Evans

Career
The welsh born playmaker started his career at Newport County (12/13) and played one season scoring three in 22. This impressed Wolverhampton who signed him to help promote them to Championship after being relegated. He ended up scoring 2 in 26 and the year later (after gaining promotion) scored 1 in 18. During the 15/16 season he was loaned to Bradford City where he scored 4 in 35 and in the next 16/17 season he returned to Wolves and played 15 games mostly off the bench. During the 17/18 season he was loaned to Wigan where he played 20 games and scored one. Sheffield Utd signed him on a free midway through the 17/18 season where he played 19 and scored an impressive 2 from the bench. During the 18/19 season he was loaned back to Wigan, playing 20 times and then signed a permanent deal at the end of the season. Between the 19/20 and 23/24 seasons he played 30 times and scored twice. After being released, Gateshead noticed him on the free agent list and they signed him on a £2.5k a week contract to offer some experience in the midfield department. He teamed up nicely with fellow new signing Fuchs and achieved promotion to League One with 3 goals, 10 assists in 36 games. The next season he played 10 more games but didn't perform as well, scoring 3 and only assisting 4. The next year he fell down the pecking order with Kennedy and Carvalho at the club. He still managed 36 games, two goals and two assists. For the 26/27 he announced he would be retiring after his contract ran out in the 27/28 season. This pushed him down to the reserves for the rest of his professional contract. He performed well in the reserves, giving vital tuition to fellow defensive midfielder Radojewski. They achieved the reserves best finish in the Ireland-era, coming 3rd and gaining promotion from the 7th tier to the 4th. Evans still played 8 times for the first team this season with a few injuries and suspensions throughout. His last year at the club saw him captain the reserves where they finished bottom in their first appearance in Division 4. He played his one and only game in the 27/28 season against Southampton (last home game of the season) where he started the game and played the whole 90 minutes and was given a round of applause by the crowd at the final whistle in the 2-0 win. Overall he played 127 games for Gateshead in his 5 years at the club; also getting 8 goals and providing 16 assists.