Lee Adrian Frost (born 4 December 1957) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Chelsea and Brentford.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lee Adrian Frost[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1957-12-04) 4 December 1957 (age 64) | ||
| Place of birth | Woking, England | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1976–1978 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1980 | Chelsea | 17 | (5) |
| 1978 | → Brentford (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1980 | → MYPA (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 1980–1981 | Brentford | 15 | (3) |
| Addlestone & Weybridge Town | |||
| 1984–1985 | Crawley Town | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
A winger, Frost began his career in the youth system at Second Division club Chelsea,[2] signing his first professional contract in July 1976.[3] He had to wait until 15 April 1978 to make his first team debut, which came with a start in a 2–0 First Division defeat to Aston Villa.[2] Chelsea's relegation at the end of the 1978–79 season opened up a place in the team and he made his first appearance of 1979–80 on 20 October 1979.[4] He scored his first senior goal as 10-man Chelsea beat Cardiff City 2–1.[4] Frost made a name for himself on his following appearance, scoring a hat-trick in a win over Orient on 10 November and following up with another goal in a 2–1 victory over West Ham United.[2] He made semi-regular appearances through to March 1980 and finished the 1979–80 season with five goals in 12 appearances.[2]
Frost made his first appearance of the 1980–81 season on 3 September 1980, with a start in a 1–1 League Cup second round second leg draw with Cardiff City.[2] It proved to be his final appearance for the club and he departed in December 1980, having made 18 appearances and scored five goals during just under two-and-a-half years in the first team squad at Stamford Bridge.[2]
Frost joined newly promoted Third Division club Brentford on a one-month loan in October 1978.[5] He made six appearances without scoring before his loan expired.[5]
Frost moved to Finland to join 1. Divisioona club MYPA on loan during the 1980 season.[6] He scored three goals for the club.
Frost and Chelsea teammate Gary Johnson joined Brentford permanently in a £15,000 deal in December 1980.[5] Frost scored three goals in 15 appearances before being released at the end of the 1980–81 season.[5]
After his release from Brentford, Frost dropped into non-league football and appeared for Southern League clubs Addlestone & Weybridge Town and Crawley Town.[5][7]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chelsea | 1977–78[8] | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 1978–79[8] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1979–80[8] | Second Division | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 5 | ||
| 1980–81[8] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15 | 5 | |||
| Brentford (loan) | 1978–79[9] | Third Division | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Brentford | 1980–81[9] | Third Division | 15 | 3 | — | — | — | 15 | 3 | |||
| Brentford total | 21 | 3 | — | — | — | 21 | 3 | |||||
| Crawley Town | 1984–85[7] | Southern League Premier Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Career total | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 8 | ||