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Richard Lee Making a Save for Watford FC

Richard Lee Against Manchester Utd and Ryan Giggs

Hi and welcome to my website! I’ve produced it as a way of getting some of my thoughts across and also to give a bit of an insight into my life – and life at Watford FC.

Being a football fan myself, I know something like this could well be of interest to fans of not only Watford but perhaps even other clubs. I’d like to hear what you think – good, bad or indifferent – and you’ve always got the ‘X’ button at the top of your browser if it’s not for you!

Position:

Goalkeeper

Nationality:

English

Date of Birth:

October 5, 1982

Place of Birth:

Oxford

Clubs:

Watford
Blackburn (Loan)

Everyone likes a challenge – but goalkeeper Richard Lee seems to love them! Since his Watford debut in March 2003, he’s been injured, dropped, reinstated, loaned out, recalled and, most recently, made captain of a table-topping side. A Hornets’ Academy scholar, Richard trained with the Hertfordshire club from the age of 10, progressing through the ranks to become a mainstay of Watford’s matchday squad for the last five seasons.

That’s not to say life’s always been rosy; Richard has a fractured cheekbone and broken upper arm bone to remind him a keeper’s life is definitely for lunatics only.

Today he’s in the thick of the push for promotion to the Premiership – a testament to a hard-work ethic and dedication to excellence.

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I recently did my little bit for Sport Relief by going in goal for a school penalty shootout in an effort to raise money; 50p a go and, for most, the opportunity to tell their mates that they’d comfortably scored against the Watford keeper!

As I was signing a couple of autographs one of the lads was initially being quite kind...

Q. Hey richard...whats your normal warm up routine? what do you do to get ready? any advice for warmups when you dont have much time? Thanks, from a yank fan of yours.

My normal routine would be a good jog with plenty of different movement: side steps, high knees, heels to bum etc., a good stretch followed by passing and clipping the ball 30-40yrds.

Then I run through a few drills I may have...

Posted by Dan Kitchen - 07/05/2008

Q. Hey rich i was watching the keeper dvd and i noticed you were in it that must have been fun being in that dvd what was it like?

Yeah it was a lot of fun. I thought it was a great idea to put some of the drills we do onto DVD as I know as a kid i'd have loved that and been able to learn a lot.

It was also nice to meet a few other keepers that I wouldn't...

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