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Which team did Lee Dixon play for between Nov 1986 and Dec 1986?
Lee Dixon Lee Michael Dixon ( born 17 March 1964 ) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a right-back for Arsenal , Burnley , Bury , Chester City and Stoke City . Dixon was also capped 22 times for England , scoring once . A childhood Manchester City fan , Dixon began his footballing career as a youth at Burnley , making his professional debut for them in 1982 . From there he played for Chester City and Bury before joining Stoke City in 1986 for a fee of £50,000 . He instantly impressed at Stoke and forged a fine defensive partnership with Steve Bould . The pairs potential and performances attracted the attention of Arsenal and in January 1988 they both joined the Gunners for a combined fee of £765,000 . The following season , as Dixon cemented his place in the team , Arsenal won their first league title in eighteen years in a dramatic final game of the season . A defensive mainstay in a successful Arsenal team until his retirement in 2002 , Dixons tenure at Arsenal saw him collect four league championship medals , three FA Cup winners medals and a UEFA Cup Winners Cup medal . He was named in the PFA Team of the Year twice , for the seasons 1989–90 and 1990–91 . His retirement came at the end of Arsenals domestic double-winning 2001–02 season , their second in his time at the club . At the time of his retirement , he had played at 91 out of the 92 Football League grounds – every one except Fulhams Craven Cottage . Since his playing retirement , Dixon has worked as a football pundit and columnist . He began his television career working for the BBC , primarily on their Match of the Day and Football Focus programmes , then moved to ITV Sport in July 2012 . Starting in 2013 , he provides commentary alongside Arlo White for NBCs Premier League coverage in the USA . He has also done charitable work , joining Lawrence Dallaglio in a sponsored bike ride for Sport Relief which raised over £986,000 for the charity . Club career . Early career . Born in Manchester , son of former Manchester City goalkeeper Roy Dixon , Lee was a boyhood Manchester City supporter . He began his professional playing career in the lower divisions . On leaving school in 1980 , he joined Burnley as an apprentice in 1980 , turning professional in 1982 , then signed for Chester City ( where he experienced finishing bottom of the whole Football League in 1983–84 ) , Bury and later Stoke City . At the Victoria Ground Dixon made a fine impression with some fine performances from right back as he played in 50 matches in 1986–87 scoring three goals . In 1987–88 Dixon made 38 appearances scoring twice . He joined First Division Arsenal in January 1988 for a fee of £375,000 and was later joined at Highbury by Stoke teammate Steve Bould . Arsenal . Dixon was signed by Arsenal boss George Graham in January 1988 following the departure of England right back , Viv Anderson , to Manchester United . This was the first time that Dixon had played in the First Division . It took a while for Dixon to be given a first team role at Highbury . With England international Kenny Sansom at left back , the equally left-sided Nigel Winterburn had been a guarded success in the unfamiliar right back role , though Dixon did make his debut against Luton Town in February 1988 and played six times in total before the season ended . Dixon was cup-tied in his first season which limited his appearances , and also meant he was unable to take part in the 1988 League Cup Final . In the new season , Winterburn moved across to left back , allowing Dixon to take over the No.2 shirt , which he duly did for well over ten years . Displaced Sansom left Arsenal the following winter . Dixon later wrote in his column in The Independent of the defence that he played in at Arsenal , I was fortunate to play in an Arsenal back line that earned itself a reputation as being OK . Im not trying to be overly modest in saying that , as individuals , we werent the best players in the world . But certainly all my weaknesses were compensated for by Tony Adams , Nigel Winterburn , Martin Keown and Steve Bould , and vice versa . If one of us wasnt playing well , the others picked up the slack . Dixon and Winterburn made the full back positions their own for the next decade or so , while captain Tony Adams and the long-serving David OLeary operated in the middle . Later in 1988 they were joined by Steve Bould who , like Dixon before him , had been spotted by Graham playing for Stoke City . These five defenders , often playing as a back five together ( rather than the conventional back four ) were the linchpin of an Arsenal side who became serious challengers for the First Division title the 1988–89 season , an honour which they had not won since 1971 but had looked more and more like winning since Grahams appointment as Arsenal manager in May 1986 . Dixon was a marauding right back , ever willing to support his winger David Rocastle and his attacking skills were still noted even though his main job ( and the main priority of the side as a whole ) was to defend . He also had a short spell during this period as the clubs penalty taker . Arsenal took the chase for the League championship to the last day of the season when they faced Liverpool at Anfield . With Arsenal needing to win by two goals , the game stood at 1–0 as the clock showed the 90 minutes were up . Dixon received a ball in his own half and looked to mount a final attack . Spotting the run of centre forward Alan Smith towards the right channel , Dixon delivered a long ball on to his chest . Smiths run had forced a Liverpool defender across with him and Arsenal midfielder Michael Thomas made a charge into the gap , took Smiths sideways pass in his stride and slipped the ball past Bruce Grobbelaar . There was barely time for Liverpool to restart and Arsenal took the title , the first of many honours Dixon would win . Arsenal struggled to hold on to the title the following year ( and were unable to take part in the European Cup because the ban on English clubs after Heysel was still ongoing ) . In the 1990–91 season , Arsenals defence ( now with David Seaman playing behind them in goal ) grew even meaner , with just one defeat all season as they won the League championship again . After the 1992 summer , a fit-again Dixon was also defending the League title within the familiar Arsenal defence . With OLearys retirement imminent , Graham had provided extra cover in the centre of defence by signing Martin Keown from Everton – ironically the player whod ended up playing at right back in Euro 92 after both Dixon and Stevens became unavailable . OLeary ended up in Dixons place at right back for the 1993 League Cup final against Sheffield Wednesday – Dixon was suspended , having been sent off in Arsenals FA Cup semi-final victory over Spurs . Arsenal won 2–1 . Dixon was back when the sides met again for the FA Cup final which Arsenal won by the same scoreline in a replay , after the initial game had ended in a 1–1 draw . In 1994 , Dixon won a European medal to complement his domestic collection as Dixon , Winterburn , Bould and Adams suppressed the efforts of Tomas Brolin , Gianfranco Zola and Faustino Asprilla of Italian side Parma . Arsenal scored an early goal in the European Cup Winners Cup final in Copenhagen and this was enough , winning 1–0 . Dixon was again in his No.2 shirt as Arsenal slumped domestically in 1995 but reached the final of the Cup Winners Cup again . Though the defence in Paris was breached by Real Zaragoza , Arsenal equalised and took the game to extra time . A lob from 40 yards in the final minute from Nayim ( an ex-Spurs player ) over David Seaman prised the trophy from the Gunners . On 1 October 1996 Arsène Wenger arrived at Highbury and started to introduce lifestyle policies to the Arsenal squad , changing their outlook , self-awareness and diet . Wenger later admitted that he expected to replace each defender he inherited fairly quickly , but just as quickly realised he didnt need to . Dixon and his defensive colleagues recognised Wenger for giving them extra years at the helm of the game . Arsenal won the second double of the clubs history in 1998 and Dixon received a testimonial the following year as he entered his tenth full season at Arsenal . Dixon played in a UEFA Cup campaign in 2000 which saw Arsenal reach the final in the same Copenhagen stadium where they had won the Cup Winners Cup six years earlier . This time they were beaten on penalties by Galatasaray of Turkey . Earlier in that season he had missed a penalty in a shootout as Arsenal crashed out of the 1999/2000 FA Cup to Leicester City . The following year Arsenal reached the FA Cup final but lost 2–1 to Liverpool at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff – the 37-year-old Dixon being outpaced by the 21-year-old Michael Owen for the winning goal . Dixon played on for one more season helping Arsenal to win another historic double , the third in the clubs history and second under manager Arsène Wenger , clinching the league title over rivals Manchester United at their home ground Old Trafford . This made him one of the few men to have won league titles in three different decades ( 1980s , 1990s and 2000s ) . Dixon retired from playing after winning that double in 2002 at the age of 38 , with Adams quitting at the same time . Only Seaman and Keown then remained at the club from the defensive group Dixon had become associated with at Arsenal ( after OLearys retirement in 1993 , Bould had been the next to go in 1999 and then Winterburn followed him out of Highbury a year later ) . Dixon made 458 appearances in the League , scoring 25 goals . International career . Dixon made his England début in April 1990 in a World Cup warm-up game against Czechoslovakia . He played well , but there was little hope of him being in the squad for the tournament as he was at least third in the pecking order behind Gary Stevens and Paul Parker . Only injury to one of these two would have opened a door for Dixon to go to Italy and that didnt happen as the pair stayed fully fit for the length of the tournament . After the World Cup , new manager Graham Taylor instantly replaced Stevens and Parker with Dixon , who scored a goal at Wembley in his sixth international in an important Euro 92 qualifier against the Republic of Ireland . The game ended 1–1 . By the end of 1991 , Dixon had played in eleven internationals , including all of the Euro 92 qualifiers , through which England qualified for the finals in Sweden . As the finals approached , Dixon suffered an injury , allowing Stevens a route back into the side as the deadline for squad announcement approached . Taylor duly named Dixon instead of Stevens in his provisional squad , but ultimately neither went to the tournament . Dixon pulled out through an injury suffered in an accident at home so Stevens was recalled , only for the Rangers full back also to withdraw through injury . England ended up with no recognised right back in their squad and didnt get past the group stages . 1993 did not go well internationally , with England failing to qualify for the 1994 World Cup in the United States . Dixons 21st cap , in a 7–1 win over San Marino in the final qualifier ( a result which was immaterial ) seemed to be his last as Taylors successors Terry Venables and Glenn Hoddle did not select Dixon . In late January 1999 , caretaker England manager Howard Wilkinson recalled Dixon to the England squad more than five years after his last appearance , and he took to the field on 10 February in a 2–0 defeat by France . His international career ended with 22 caps in total but he did not play in a major tournament . After football . In retirement , Dixon has concentrated on several business interests including the Riverside Brasserie in Bray , Berkshire , originally with his friend Heston Blumenthal . He also worked as a regular pundit for the BBC on Match of the Day 2 as well as appearing on Score , and Football Focus before leaving the BBC to join ITV Sport in July 2012 . At ITV he teamed up with pundit and former player Roy Keane . In 2010 , he became completely hooked on cycling , and goes riding two or three times a week , after Lawrence Dallaglio persuaded him to take part in the Dallaglio Cycle Slam during the Six Nations Championship in February that year , raising money for Sport Relief . They raised over £986,000 for the charity . From 2013 , he has been the co-lead commentator with Graeme Le Saux for the Premier League on NBC Sports , working alongside Arlo White . He has also contributed to the networks Premier League Download program . In 2018 , he co-commentated UEFA Champions League matches in the video game by EA Sports , FIFA 19 alongside Derek Rae . This partnership continued in the 2019 game , FIFA 20 with inclusion of him also commentating some default games ( kick off , tournament , career and Ultimate Team modes ) alongside Derek Rae once again as well in FIFA 21 . Honours . Arsenal - Football League First Division : 1988–89 , 1990–91 - Premier League : 1997–98 , 2001–02 - FA Cup : 1992–93 , 1997–98 , 2001–02 - FA Charity Shield : 1991 ( shared ) , 1998 , 1999 - European Cup Winners Cup : 1993–94 External links . - Burnley career stats