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| Jun 17 2008, 12:47 PM EDT | TheHumanTorpedo | 376 words added, 204 words deleted |
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| Real name | Lee Naylor |
| Height | 5.10 |
| Weight | 12.00 |
| Date of birth | 19-03-1980 |
| Place of birth | Walsall |
| Position | Defender |
| Nationality | England |
| Signed on | 25-08-2006 |
| Fee | Signed |
| Squad number | 3 |
| Club | From | To_________ | Fee | League | FA Cup | League cup | Other | ||||
| Celtic | 25-08-2006 | Signed | 19 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 0 | |
| Wolves | 01-08-1997 | 25-08-2006 | Trainee | 270 (24) | 7 | 18 (0) | 1 | 19 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 1 |
| Totals | £ 0 | 289 (24) | 7 | 18 (0) | 1 | 20 (0) | 0 | 9 (0) | 1 | ||
| ____________ | _________ | goals / game | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.11 | |||||
| Apps | Goals | Apps__ | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
KDS Honours
- 16-Sep-06 MOTM 06-07 Celtic 1 v 0 Dunfermline SPL
- 01-Nov-06 MOTM 06-07 Benfica 3 v 0 Celtic Euro
- 21-Nov-06 MOTM 06-07 Celtic 1 v 0 Man Utd Euro
- 30-Nov-06 Nov-06 Player of the Month
Summary
Walsall-born full-back Lee Naylor was signed forby Celtic fromfor Championship£600,000 sidefrom Wolverhampton Wanderers inon August 2006
Left-back24th Naylor2006. movedThe todeal Glasgowwhich inbrought athe £600,00027-year-old switchto whichGlasgow also saw Hoopsfellow reserve full-backleft-back Charlie MulgrewMulgrew, 20, move from Glasgow to Molineux. It was however a transfer which was not met with universal approval from the Bhoys support.
Naylor, who had playedspent 334all gameshis forcareer Wolves,at signedWolves and following soon after the dismal failure of Mo Camera, a three-yearfree contracttransfer atfrom Burnley, the Celtic Parksupport withwere thenot Bhoyspleased havingat the optionclub oflooking once more extendingtowards the dealEnglish forChampionship ain furthertheir 12bid months.to solve the problematic left-back position.
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Naylor’sCracks obvioushad enthusiasmhowever forbegan to appear in his play and as the new clubseason andbegan Naylor appeared to be a stringdifferent ofplayer impressivefrom performancesthe quicklyone wonthat overimpressed during his first six months at the doubtersclub. His distribution was dire and good opportunities were squandered by Christmasover-hit crosses and misplaced 2006passes. Defensively he was anoften integralcaught partout of position and looked uncomfortable when players ran at him with the teamball
Less than a year after giving hope that hadCeltic’s qualifiedsearch for thea lastquality 16left-back ofcould be over it appeared that Naylor, like many before him, was not the Championsanswer. League. He did however retain a regular starting spot A- scoring diphis first goal in forma duringvital win over Hibs - as Celtic dramatically battled back to claim the early2007/08 monthschampionship ofand 2007their meansthird thattitle in a row. Despite his obvious failings Naylor isnever yetgave toanything less fullythan convincehis all ofand theno Parkheadmatter faithfulhow thatpoor a game he iswas having thehe mannever toshirked his fillresponsibility.
In the troublesomesummer left-backof spot2008 forNaylor thehas longbeen term.linked Butwith a quicknumber returnof tomoves theback standardto ofEngland and his earlyfuture performancesat inParkhead theremains uncertain Hoopswith shouldthe ensureCeltic thatsupport hoping the positionclub isfinally hisbring forin somea timetop toquality come.left [BBC]back.
Scored* aThe cracker of a goalgoa lhe scored v Hibs was to everyone's surprise but more than deserving of all the plaudits that came his way after this (see widget below):
