Lee Chapman

Lee Chapman was a classic brave centre-forward for Leeds, Sheffield Wednesday, Nottingham Forest and several other clubs. He scored more than 200 goals as a striker. He is the son of former Lincoln City, Port Vale and Chester striker, Roy Chapman.

Chapman began his career at Stoke City, but made his league debut whilst on loan at Plymouth Argyle. On his return to Stoke, Chapman quickly became a first team regular, scoring made 34 goals in 99 appearances between 1979 and 1982.

However, between 1982 to 1986, Chapman failed to establish himself as a consistant goal scorer with Division One teams - Arsenal and Sunderland. He only made 23 appearances for Arsenal and scored four goals. His career was resurrected only when he joined Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds.

Mr Adrian Leow told the touching story of how Lee was always a mediocre player and how his father's death transformed him. Although he was granted bereavement leave, Lee still appeared in the locker room the next day and insisted that the manager play him. In the game, Lee did extremely well and scored the winning goal. Lee subsequently told his manager that his father was a soccer player who had gone blind. All he could do was listen to games on the radio to imagine his son playing. With his passing, Lee told his manager that his dad would be able to look down on him to see him playing again.

Mr Leow told Montfortians that life-changing events occur to us all the time. With the examinations around the corner, it was time to turn things around and do well in the final lap.