page_title: Lee Collins (footballer, born 1988)
section_title: Northampton Town
hierarchical_section_title: Lee Collins (footballer, born 1988) / Club career / Northampton Town
caption_attribution_description: English: Lee Collins playing for Northampton Town against York City at Bootham Crescent, York on 16 August 2014
context_page_description: Lee Harvey Collins is an English professional footballer who plays for National League side Yeovil Town. He is more comfortable as a centre-back, but can also play as a full-back.
  He graduated through the Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy to turn professional in February 2007. He spent much of the 2007–08 season on loan at Hereford United, helping the club to win promotion into League One. He joined Port Vale on loan at the start of the 2008–09 season, and his loan stay was made permanent in January 2009. He played 53 games for the club in 2009–10, and continued to be a key member of the defence in 2010–11. He joined Barnsley on loan in March 2012, with a view to a permanent deal in the summer. From Barnsley, he was loaned out to Shrewsbury Town in September 2012. He moved on to Northampton Town in February 2013, and spent over two years with the club before moving on to Mansfield Town. He signed with Forest Green Rovers in May 2017 and stayed with the club for two seasons before joining non-league Yeovil Town in June 2019.
context_section_description: He joined Northampton Town until the end of the 2012–13 season in February 2013. Manager Aidy Boothroyd signed him to provide competition in the "Cobblers" defence, particularly to left-back Joe Widdowson. On 20 April, he scored an own goal at Vale Park which effectively promoted his former club, Port Vale, back into League One. He was allowed to participate in the play-offs, despite being subject to a curfew order. He played 55 minutes of the play-off final defeat to Bradford City. He signed a new two-year contract in May 2013.
  He played 25 games during the 2013–14 campaign as Northampton avoided relegation out of the English Football League by a three-point margin, though played only twice under new manager Chris Wilder after he was ruled out for the rest of the season with a foot tendon injury in February. During the season, he was appointed as club captain. He made 43 appearances in the 2014–15 campaign but was not offered a new contract in the summer as Wilder opted to use Zander Diamond and Ryan Cresswell as his new centre-back partnership.
caption: Collins playing for Northampton Town in 2014
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