Alex Lacey

Career
Alex started his career at Luton town, it took him 5 seasons to get into the first team, where he managed 1 goal in 21 games, 18 appearances followed in the season after. Yeovil then signed him on a free where he was a regular, getting 60 appearances and 3 goals. He moved to Gillingham for 2 season where he was not as successful but still kept scoring from defence (2 in 27). Gillingham released him so Gateshead managed to sign the 25 year old where he was easily the best defender in the squad, scoring 4 times in 40. This helped Gateshead win the Vanarama League North which was his first piece of silverware since 2013.He was once again instrumental in the next season, getting 6 goals and an assist in 43 games from center back. He scored the winning goal in the 20/21 FA Trophy final. The 21/22 season was another good one for Lacey, after signing a new contract becoming the second highest paid at the club. He played 41 times, scored 4 and assisted 2; also after Scott Barrow left the club, he became club captain in January 2022. Lacey had a solid next season, although he didn't score in his 40 games, he played very well after conceding the least by ant team in League Two. During the 23/24 season he ended up playing left back alot with the loanee signing of Hill partnering up with Dahmen. He played 31 times and got an assist but in March he broke his ankle and was ruled out for 6 months. For the 24/25 he was down the pecking order after an influx of central defenders. But with him able to play LB and RB it still allowed him to gain 18 appearances but he would have played more if it wasn't for two long term injuries. The next season (25/26) saw him stay fit throughout which allowed him to keep up his job as club captain. He played a total of 30 games and received 6 yellow cards. At the start of the 26/27 season he announced he would be retiring at the age of 34. This saw him go to the reserves to help out with the younger lads along with play at the same time. This also saw him loose first team club captaincy to Cristian Fuchs. Although he spent most of the season in the reserves, he still played 13 games for the first team and managed to get player of the month in February. He helped to the League One championship and Leasing.com trophy. He now looks to gain coaching badges and work his way up. He leaves Gateshead as most appeared player with 256 appearances and 14 goals from defense.