Jack Lester

Date of birth08 October 1975
Place of birthSheffield
NationalityEnglish
Weight73 kg
Height1.78 m
PositionForward

Signed as a provider of goals rather than a scorer, Jack Lester produced a pleasant surprise by netting seven times for Nottingham Forest in the early part of 2000-01, all his efforts coming away from the City Ground.

Amongst these was a fine hat-trick in the 3- 1 win at Gillingham in November, however shortly afterwards he suffered a bad groin injury against Portsmouth that was to keep him out of action for the remainder of the campaign.

He is a small but effective striker with pace, skill and an excellent work rate.

Jack returned to Nottingham Forest in November 2004 with a contract to June 2007.

He joined Chesterfield in July 2007 with a three-year contract that was extended to June 2011 in July 2009.

Club history

Team Joined Left Loan / Trialist
Grimsby Town 08 Jul 1994 28 Jan 2000
Doncaster Rovers 20 Sep 1996 19 Nov 1996 L
Nottingham Forest 28 Jan 2000 30 Jun 2003
Sheffield United 06 Jul 2003 26 Nov 2004
Nottingham Forest 26 Nov 2004 30 Jun 2007
Chesterfield 01 Aug 2007 30 Jun 2013
Gateshead 03 Feb 2014 30 Jun 2014

Club stats

Season Team Competition Apps Subs Goals Y R
1994-95 Grimsby Town FA Cup
1
1996-97 Grimsby Town FA Cup 1
1997-98 Grimsby Town League Cup 2
2
1
1998-99 Grimsby Town League Cup 1
1999-00 Grimsby Town League Cup 1
1
2000-01 Nottingham Forest League Division 1 18
1
7
4
2001-02 Nottingham Forest FA Cup 1
2001-02 Nottingham Forest League Cup 2
1
2001-02 Nottingham Forest League Division 1 23
9
5
7
2002-03 Nottingham Forest League Cup 1
2
2002-03 Nottingham Forest League Division 1 20
13
7
7
2
2002-03 Nottingham Forest League Division 1 Play-Offs
1
2003-04 Sheffield United FA Cup 2
1
2003-04 Sheffield United League Cup 2
2
1
2003-04 Sheffield United League Division 1 25
7
12
5
2004-05 Nottingham Forest League Championship 3
1
1
2004-05 Sheffield United League Championship 1
11
1
2004-05 Sheffield United League Cup 1
1
1
1
2005-06 Nottingham Forest FA Cup 1
1
2005-06 Nottingham Forest League One 15
23
5
4
1
2006-07 Nottingham Forest FA Cup
4
2
2006-07 Nottingham Forest Johnstones Paint Trophy 3
1
1
2006-07 Nottingham Forest League Cup
1
2006-07 Nottingham Forest League One 24
11
6
10
2006-07 Nottingham Forest League One Play-Offs 2
2007-08 Chesterfield FA Cup 1
1
2007-08 Chesterfield League Cup 1
1
1
2007-08 Chesterfield League Two 35
1
23
6
2008-09 Chesterfield FA Cup 3
2
1
2008-09 Chesterfield Johnstones Paint Trophy 1
1
2008-09 Chesterfield League Cup 1
2008-09 Chesterfield League Two 37
20
8
1
2009-10 Chesterfield FA Cup 1
1
2009-10 Chesterfield Johnstones Paint Trophy 3
2009-10 Chesterfield League Two 27
2
10
3
2010-11 Chesterfield FA Cup 1
2010-11 Chesterfield Johnstones Paint Trophy
1
2010-11 Chesterfield League Cup 1
2010-11 Chesterfield League Two 29
11
18
3
2011-12 Chesterfield Johnstones Paint Trophy 3
1
1
2011-12 Chesterfield League Cup
1
2011-12 Chesterfield League One 16
5
3
4
2012-13 Chesterfield FA Cup
2
1
2012-13 Chesterfield Johnstones Paint Trophy
1
2012-13 Chesterfield League Cup
1
1
2012-13 Chesterfield League Two 11
23
9
4
1


Please note: Career stats are based on performances in the Premier and Football Leagues and (in most cases all) internationals.

Club matches

Date Match Result Competition Round
07 Jan 1995 Grimsby Town v Norwich City L 0-1 FA Cup 3rd round
04 Jan 1997 Sheffield Wednesday v Grimsby Town L 7-1 FA Cup 3rd round
17 Sep 1997 Grimsby Town v Sheffield Wednesday W 2-0 League Cup 2nd round 1st leg
01 Oct 1997 Sheffield Wednesday v Grimsby Town L 3-2
Agg: 3-4
League Cup 2nd round 2nd leg
14 Oct 1997 Grimsby Town v Leicester City W 3-1 League Cup 3rd round
18 Nov 1997 Liverpool v Grimsby Town L 3-0 League Cup 4th round
27 Oct 1998 Sunderland v Grimsby Town L 2-1 League Cup 3rd round
13 Oct 1999 Leicester City v Grimsby Town L 2-0 League Cup 3rd round


Please note: Match history is complete for the Premier and Football Leagues and (in most cases all) internationals.