Lee Feeney

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| name = Lee Feeney

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1978|3|21}}

| birth_place = Kilkeel, Northern Ireland

| height =

| currentclub = Bangor

| clubnumber =

| position = Attacking midfielder
Striker

| youthyears1 = 1994–1997

| youthclubs1 = Linfield

| years1 = 1997

| years2 = 1997–1999

| years3 = 1999–2002

| years4 = 2001

| years5 = 2002–2003

| years6 = 2003–2005

| years7 = 2004

| years8 = 2005

| years9 = 2005–2006

| years10 = 2006–2009

| years11 = 2009–2010

| years12 = 2010–2012

| years13 = 2012–2015

| years14 = 2015–2016

| years15 = 2016–2020

| clubs1 = Ards

| clubs2 = Linfield

| clubs3 = Rangers

| clubs4 = → Northern Spirit (loan)

| clubs5 = Linfield

| clubs6 = Ards

| clubs7 = → Glenavon (loan)

| clubs8 = Shamrock Rovers

| clubs9 = Bangor

| clubs10 = Newry City

| clubs11 = Dromara Village

| clubs12 = Moneyslane

| clubs13 = Orchard City

| clubs14 = Rathfriland Rangers

| clubs15 = Banbridge Rangers

| manageryears1 = 2016-2018 |managerclubs1 = Banbridge Rangers

| manageryears2 = 2020- |managerclubs2 = Bangor

| caps1 = 21

| caps2 = 34

| caps3 = 1

| caps4 = 3

| caps5 = 20

| caps6 = 24

| caps7 = 1

| caps8 = 9

| caps9 = 9

| caps10 = 61

| goals1 = 4

| goals2 = 7

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 4

| goals6 = 3

| goals7 = 0

| goals8 = 1

| goals9 = 6

| goals10 = 8

| nationalteam1 = Northern Ireland U21

| nationalyears1 = 1998–1999

| nationalcaps1 = 8

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| club-update =

| ntupdate =

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Lee Feeney (born 21 March 1978 in Kilkeel) is a Northern Irish Association football coach and former player who manages NIFL Premiership side Bangor F.C.{{cite web|author=jcd |url=http://nifootball.blogspot.co.uk/2008/12/lee-feeney.html |title=NIFG: Lee Feeney |publisher=Nifootball.blogspot.co.uk |date=2008-12-28 |accessdate=2015-01-25}}

Playing career

Feeney began his career at Ards. He made 4 appearances for Ards in the 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup. He left to join Linfield and made his debut for them back in February 1997 before moving to Rangers for £100,000 in December 1998. He made one appearance, during a 4–0 league win against Dundee in January 1999. Three seasons later he re-joined Linfield.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/2050214.stm Feeney back at Windsor] BBC Sport (17 June 2002) During his second spell at Windsor Park he scored in the UEFA Cup.

He left again in 2002 for Ards then had a spell with Glenavon before signing for Shamrock Rovers for the 2005 season. He scored on his debut on live television {{Cite web |url=http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/reports/vBohs_180305.html |access-date=26 May 2009 |title=Archived copy |archive-date=3 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003090532/https://www.shamrockrovers.ie/reports/vBohs_180305.html |url-status=dead }} but did not score again in 11 total appearances and was released in July. He then joined Bangor before joining Newry City.

His brother Cullen, cousin Warren Feeney, and two uncles were also footballers.{{cn|date=June 2025}}

Managerial career

Lee's first steps into Management were confirmed when announced as the new Manager of Mid Ulster Football League Intermediate A side Banbridge Rangers F.C. on 3 June 2016. Feeney departed the club on 17 July 2018 having taken the club within one point of winning the Intermediate A league title.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/BanbridgeRangersFC/posts/-change-at-the-top-banbridge-rangers-have-a-new-first-team-manager-in-the-form-o/2065469433526020/|title=Change At The Top|date=17 Jul 2018|website=Banbridge Rangers F.C. Facebook}} Feeney returned to coaching in March 2019, serving as part of cousin Warren's coaching staff at Ards before leaving in June following the club's relegation to the second division.{{Cite web|url=https://m.facebook.com/ardsfootballclub/posts/2820767844664356/|title=Lee Feeney Departs|date=21 Jun 2019|website=Ards F.C. Facebook}}

Feeney was appointed Bangor manager on 4 June 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.extratime.com/articles/24843/bangor-appoint-lee-feeney-as-new-first-team-manager/|title=Bangor appoint Lee Feeney as new first-team manager|date=4 Jun 2020|website=Extratime}}

References

External links

{{Soccerbase}}
[http://www.newrycityfc.com/players/viewdetails.asp?ID=12 Profile at Newry City]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
[http://nifootball.blogspot.com/2008/12/lee-feeney.html Career stats]

Category:1978 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Kilkeel

Category:Association footballers from County Down

Category:Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland

Category:National Soccer League (Australia) players

Category:Scottish Premier League players

Category:Ards F.C. players

Category:Bangor F.C. players

Category:Glenavon F.C. players

Category:Linfield F.C. players

Category:Newry City F.C. players