Lee Jacobs Player Profile
Debut: Saffron Walden Town (H, 2-3), 16/11/1981
Not averse to a spell with the club, Lee Jacobs played for us in three separate stints during the early-to-mid-1980s and scored his fair share. His first goal for us came in the United Counties League Premier Division clash with S&L Corby in March 1982. But it wasn’t a completely happy day for him; Jacobs seeing red as Boro’ ran out 6-1 winners. This didn’t do justice, however, to a man who was a talented player of the ball – despite starting life as a midfielder.
Jacobs started in the youth ranks at Boro’, before Cambridge City gave him a run out in their reserves. As a programme of the time notes, however, the travel involved was – in our delicate technical terms – a pain in the arse. So, he returned to Boro’ and made the step up to the first team. And, as he says himself, it was different: “It’s a lot harder physically and certainly a lot quicker. It takes time to fully adjust”. That’s just what he did.
Lee Jacobs: After Boro’
After a third spell with the club at the start of the 1988-9 campaign that extended to just one match, Jacobs moved on again. Ex-Boro’ boss Frank Cornwell took him to Royston Town, where he scored five times in his first 10 appearances. It was a scoring ratio that was much the same as his one with us.
Saturday 30 October 1982
Saturday 09 April 1983
Saturday 16 April 1983
Tuesday 19 April 1983
Friday 22 April 1983
Monday 25 April 1983
Saturday 07 May 1983
Monday 16 November 1981
Saturday 27 February 1982
Saturday 06 March 1982
Thursday 11 March 1982
Saturday 13 March 1982
Saturday 17 April 1982
Tuesday 20 April 1982
Saturday 24 April 1982
Tuesday 27 April 1982
Saturday 01 May 1982
Saturday 08 May 1982
Tuesday 11 May 1982
Previous Clubs:
Baldock Town
Stevenage Borough
Later Clubs:
Royston Town (1988)