Chris Lines
English footballer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Chris Lines?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Christopher John Lines (born 30 November 1985) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League South club Bath City. He will become a free agent on 30 June 2024.
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Christopher John Lines[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1985-11-30) 30 November 1985 (age 38)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Bristol, England[3] | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bath City | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2002 | Bitton | ||
2002–2004 | Bristol Rovers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2011 | Bristol Rovers | 168 | (21) |
2011–2013 | Sheffield Wednesday | 47 | (3) |
2013 | → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) | 16 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Port Vale | 61 | (3) |
2015 | → Bristol Rovers (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2015–2019 | Bristol Rovers | 138 | (9) |
2019–2021 | Northampton Town | 35 | (3) |
2021–2022 | Stevenage | 51 | (3) |
2022– | Bath City | 44 | (0) |
2024 | → Yate Town (loan) | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:17, 28 April 2024 (UTC) |
Lines turned professional at Bristol Rovers and made his first-team debut in January 2006. He played in the 2007 Football League Trophy final defeat and was an unused substitute in the League Two play-off final victory, before becoming a first team regular from the 2007–08 season. He was sold on to Sheffield Wednesday for £50,000 in August 2011 and was a key first-team player as the "Owls" won promotion to the Championship at the end of the 2011–12 campaign. However, he lost his first-team place the following season and was loaned out to Milton Keynes Dons in January 2013.
He signed with Port Vale in July 2013. A key first-team player in the 2013–14 season, he lost his first-team place and returned to Bristol Rovers on loan in March 2015, helping Rovers to win promotion out of the Conference Premier via the play-offs before rejoining Rovers on a permanent basis in the summer. He helped Rovers to achieve a second-successive promotion in the 2015–16 campaign and left the club, in May 2019, for the second time then he joined Northampton Town. He helped Northampton to win promotion out of League Two via the play-offs in 2020 and then moved on to Stevenage for an 18-month stay in January 2021. He dropped into non-League football to play for Bath City in June 2022.