David Lee was fast. Very fast. He also had no shortage of skill. He was our little 'pint-sized winger' who scared the shit out of left backs for years. Poor Barry Cowdrill must have had nightmares about the lad for weeks prior to matches between Bury and Bolton.
There really was a ripple of excitement around the ground whenever the ball was pushed out wide to the little man. He would size up his opponent, drop a shoulder, go back and pick it up again, and then skin some poor unsuspecting full back.
Towards the end of his Bury career he was truly shit-hot. He developed a habit of cutting inside at full pelt and curling the ball towards the far top corner of the goal. He scored about fifteen goals in his last season including a hat-trick against promotion chasing Cambridge United.
After leaving us, he went to Southampton for £400,000, then joined the trolley boys where he really excelled himself. He did play for Wigan but will always be remembered by Bury fans as a little superstar. |
