Freck Joins Peterborough United

16th May 2009

Lincoln City FC officially lost another player yesterday bringing the total of departed players since the end of the season to eight.

This departure was not unexpected as it is Lee Frecklington, who has turned his loan transfer into a permanent transfer. The fee that Lincoln receive is undisclosed but it thought that it is the region of £250,000 as last year, Peterborough had a bid of this amount rejected by The Imps.

Frecklington was a promising midfield player who graduated through the youth team ranks at Lincoln City.

He signed his first ever professional contract in May 2005, but had already made his debut for Lincoln City. His debut was against Telford United in the LDV Vans' Trophy in October 2003. A couple of month's latter he joined Lincoln United on loan in order to gain some first team experience.

During the 2004/05 season, he played in three Lincoln City league matches as a substitute and seemed destined to feature in many more during the 2005/06 season. However, he spent the early part of the 2005/06 season on loan at Lincolnshire non-league club Stamford, where he played alongside ex-Imp Adam Buckley. Upon his return to Lincoln City, he became a fringe player on the verge of a first team run. He latter started several matches but mainly had to settle for a substitute's role.

Frecklington was very popular among Lincoln City FC's supporters who rated him very highly; a player for the future. John Schofield's elevation to manager of Lincoln City FC aided Frecklington's first team cause because Schofield was his former youth team boss. This prediction proved correct and Frecklington elevated himself to one of the best players at club during the 2006/07 season.

His footballing education continued during the 2007/08 season and Frecklington became one of the most coveted players in League Two. In January 2008, Lincoln City rejected a reported £250,000 bid from rivals Peterborough United for Frecklington. However, that was not to deter Peterborough and in February 2009, they returned with a new bid and Frecklington joined them on a three-month loan deal with a view to a permanent transfer.

Unfortunately, Frecklington's initial Peterborough career was disrupted through injury and he made just two starts. Fortunately, Peterborough were sufficiently impressed with his progress to turn his loan move into a permanent transfer in May 2009. Peterborough beat off competition from Norwich City to sign Frecklington.

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