Harry Lennon

Harry George Lennon (born 16 December 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Southend United.

Harry Lennon

Personal information
Full name	Harry George Lennon[1]
Date of birth	(1994-12-16) 16 December 1994[2]
Place of birth	Romford, England
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Playing position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Southend United
Number	26
Youth career
2003–2013	Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2018	Charlton Athletic	33	(2)
2014	→ Cambridge United (loan)	2	(0)
2014	→ Gillingham (loan)	2	(0)
2015	→ Gillingham (loan)	6	(2)
2018–	Southend United	25	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 December 2019(UTC)

Playing career

Charlton Athletic

Born in Romford, England, Lennon joined Charlton Athletic's academy and once captained the U18 squad. In December 2012, Lennon signed his first professional contract at the club.[3] One year later in December, Lennon signed a new contract with the club, which will keep him until June 2016.[4]

Lennon made his first team debut for Charlton Athletic in the 1–0 FA Cup fourth round away win against Huddersfield Town, where he came on as a substitute for Cedric Evina in the first half.[5] His performance left the away Charlton's supporters very impressed.[6] After this, Lennon made his league debut for the club on 28 January 2014, however he could not prevent Charlton losing 3–0 to Doncaster Rovers.[7]

On 22 July 2014 Lennon joined Cambridge United on loan until 3 January 2015[8] but was recalled to Charlton on 31 October 2014 after making only two league appearances for Cambridge and one Football League Trophy start.[9]

On 27 November 2014, Lennon joined Gillingham on a youth loan deal.[10] After three matches as an un-used substitute, Lennon made his Gillingham debut, playing 90 minutes, in a 2–1 win over Colchester United on 26 December 2014.[11] After making two appearances for the club, Lennon made his return to his parent club in January 2015.[12]

On 2 October 2015, Lennon re-joined Gillingham on a one-month youth loan deal.[13] Subsequently, the loan was extended until 12 December 2015.[14] On 20 November 2015, Lennon returned to Charlton Athletic and signed a new two and a half year contract. He became a regular in the side playing in the Championship.[15]

He signed a new one-year contract with Charlton at the end of the 2017–18 season.[16]

Southend United

On 22 June 2018, Lennon signed a permanent deal with Southend United.[17]

In November 2019, Lennon faced criticism after a video emerged of him with an opposition player in a pub after a defeat in the FA Cup against Dover Athletic, who were two divisions below Southend at the time. He was made to train with the youth team and was dropped for Southend's next match.[18][19] In December he suffered a suspected broken leg in a game against Bolton Wanderers.[20]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 December 2019

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Charlton Athletic	2013–14[21]	Championship	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	2014–15[22]		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2015–16[23]		19	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	20	2
	2016–17[24]	League One	2	0	0	0	0	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	5	0
	2017–18[25]		10	0	1	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	12	0
	Charlton Athletic total		33	2	2	0	1	0	4	0	40	2
Cambridge United (loan)	2014–15[22]	League Two	2	0	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	3	0
Gillingham (loan)	2014–15[22]	League One	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Gillingham (loan)	2015–16[23]	League One	6	2	0	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	8	2
Southend United	2018–19[26]	League One	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	2019–20[27]		16	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	20	1
	Southend United total		25	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	29	1
Career total			68	5	3	0	3	0	8	0	82	5

1. Appearances in the Football League Trophy

References

1. "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 15. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
2. "Harry Lennon". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
3. "Introducing the first-year professionals". Charlton Athletic F.C. 9 July 2013. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
4. "Harry Lennon signs new deal". Charlton Athletic F.C. 16 December 2013. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
5. "Huddersfield Town 0 – 1 Charlton Athletic". BBC Sport. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
6. "Harry Lennon impresses on Addicks bow". Charlton Athletic F.C. 25 January 2014. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
7. "Doncaster Rovers 3 – 0 Charlton Athletic". BBC Sport. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
8. "Harry Lennon joins Cambridge United on loan". Charlton Athletic F.C. 22 July 2014. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
9. "Harry Lennon recalled from Cambridge loan". Charlton Athletic F.C. 31 October 2014. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
10. "Lennon joins Gillingham on loan". Charlton Athletic F.C. 27 November 2014. Archived from the original on 27 November 2014.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
11. "Colchester United 1 - 2 Gillingham". BBC Sport. 26 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
12. "LENNON RETURNS TO CHARLTON". Gillingham F.C. 2 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
13. "Harry Lennon joins Gillingham on initial one-month loan deal". Charlton Athletic FC. 2 October 2015. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
14. "Charlton's Harry Lennon extends Gillingham loan deal". BBC Sport. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
15. "Charlton recall Harry Lennon from Gillingham loan spell". Charlton Athletic FC. 20 November 2015. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
16. "Ahmed Kashi: Charlton Athletic in contract talks with Algerian midfielder". BBC Sport. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
17. "Harry Lennon makes permanent transfer to Southend United". Charlton Athletic official website. 22 June 2018.
18. "Southend United defender Harry Lennon banished to under-23s after social media video". Echo.
19. "Harry Lennon: Southend defender training with under-23s after social media video". BBC Sport. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
20. Phillips, Chris (21 December 2019). "Southend United defender Harry Lennon suffers suspected broken leg in defeat to Bolton Wanderers". Southend Echo. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
21. "Games played by Harry Lennon in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
22. "Games played by Harry Lennon in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
23. "Games played by Harry Lennon in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
24. "Games played by Harry Lennon in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
25. "Games played by Harry Lennon in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
26. "Games played by Harry Lennon in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
27. "Games played by Harry Lennon in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2017.

External links

• Harry Lennon at Soccerbase