Lee Anthony Fowler (born 10 June 1983) is a Welsh professional football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder.
Fowler went on to make 19 appearances in all competitions during his loan spell in West Yorkshire, and on 13 November 2003 he was released from his Coventry contract thus allowing him to join with Huddersfield on a permanent basis.
In June 2005 he joined Grimsby Town on trial along with a handful of other players hoping to earn a contract at Blundell Park.
However, despite playing in 4 pre-season friendlies, as well as joining the Grimsby squad in a pre-season Army training camp, Fowler was snubbed a full-time contract with boss Russell Slade signing Ciaran Toner, Paul Bolland and Jean-Paul Kamudimba Kalala to play in Fowler's central midfield role.
He joined debt riddled Conference National side Scarborough on loan in November 2005, sealing Fowler's first taste of Non-League football.
[4] Fowler was brought to the club by Neil Redfearn, and would only play for The Seadogs for one season, making 25 appearances and scoring 3 goals.
Following a fruitful short loan spell in the previous season, Fowler signed a one-year deal with Newport County playing in the Conference South division.
Fowler moved back up a league and returned to the Conference National to sign with Jim Harvey and his Forest Green Rovers side.
Fowler played out the entire 2008–09 season with the club, making a total of 46 appearances in all competition, scoring a single goal, coming in a league encounter with Weymouth.
[5] Fowler signed for Kettering and made his debut for the play-off pushing side against his former club Forest Green on the opening day of the 2009–10 campaign.
[6] However, after featuring in his last game in the league on 24 November 2009, Fowler was brought on as a substitute in the club's crucial FA Cup second round replay against Leeds United at Elland Road.
With the game at 1–1, and player-manager Lee Harper in goal, assistant manager John Deehan brought on Fowler in extra time to replace Patrick Noubissie in the 106th minute of play.
[10] Despite agreeing a longer contract in the summer and playing in the majority of the team's games, he handed in a transfer request in December saying he was "not happy" at the club having felt "derailed" since manager Dean Saunders and his assistant Brian Carey had left to go to Doncaster.
[12] After managing him at Wrexham and trying to get Fowler to Doncaster in the past, Dean Saunders signed him on 4 January 2013 for an undisclosed fee till the end of the season.
[14] On 26 February 2013, Fowler returned to Forest Green Rovers for a month loan deal, marking his third spell at the Nailsworth club.
Fowler played for the Druids for just a month failing to make an appearance before leaving the Rock, his only involvement was as an unused substitute in a 5–0 league defeat to Aberystwyth.
[21] During the January transfer window he joined up with his old Wrexham and Doncaster Rovers boss Dean Saunders, signing a loan deal with Crawley Town for the remainder of the season.
[35][36] His brother Mike Fowler was also a footballer but was forced into early retirement due to injury after spells with Salisbury City, Newport County and Forest Green Rovers.