Lewis Robert Egerton Montrose (born 17 November 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder. He last played for club Kidderminster Harriers. He has played in the English Football League for Cheltenham Town, Chesterfield, Wycombe Wanderers, Gillingham, Oxford United and York City.
Career Montrose was born in Manchester, Greater Manchester. He started his career with Manchester City's youth system before joining Wigan Athletic in their youth system. He made his Wigan Athletic debut, as a substitute, in a 2–0 League Cup defeat against Crewe Alexandra on 19 September 2006. He signed a professional contract with Wigan on 5 July 2007.
On 27 March 2008, he was loaned out to League Two club Rochdale, although injury ended his spell at the club before he made a single competitive appearance.
On 24 September 2008, Montrose was loaned out to League One club Cheltenham Town on a one-month deal. Montrose scored his first goal for Cheltenham in their first round FA Cup replay victory away to Oldham Athletic on 18 November 2008. Only a couple of months later, on 6 January 2009, Montrose returned to Cheltenham on another one-month loan. On 26 February 2009, Montrose joined League Two club Chesterfield for the remainder of the 2008–09 season.
On 25 June 2009, Montrose was signed on a free transfer by Wycombe Wanderers of League One on a two-year contract. Wycombe were relegated to League Two in 2009–10, in which he made 15 appearances. He was released on 11 May 2011 having made 40 appearances and scored four goals in 2010–11, after Wycombe won promotion back to League One by finishing in third place in League Two.
He joined League Two club Gillingham on 1 July 2011, and made a goalscoring debut in the 1–0 win over Cheltenham Town on 6 August 2011. He also scored the winning goal for Gillingham in their 1–0 home win over Oxford United on 22 October 2011, but was sent off in the same match in the 88th minute for a dangerous tackle on Asa Hall.
In January 2013, he joined League Two rivals Oxford on loan until the end of 2012–13. Montrose made his debut in a 2–1 away win at Bradford City on 12 January 2013, before finishing the loan with five appearances for Oxford. Prior to this loan he had made 18 appearances for Gillingham, as they went on to win the League Two title.
Montrose signed for League Two club York City on a two-year contract on 28 June 2013. He made his debut as a 67th-minute substitute for Tom Platt in a 4–0 home defeat to Burnley in the first round of the League Cup on 6 August 2013. He was released by the club in May 2015.
Montrose signed for National League North club Stockport County on 23 July 2015.
On 30 May 2017, Montrose joined newly promoted National League club AFC Fylde on a two-year contract, with the option of a third year.
In July 2020, Montrose joined National League North side Kidderminster Harriers on a one-year deal. His deal was extended by another year at the end of the 2020-21 season, before he was released by Kidderminster following the 2021-22 season.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsWigan Athletic2006–07Premier League000010—102007–08Premier League000000—002008–09Premier League000010—10Total000020—20Rochdale (loan)2007–08League Two00———00Cheltenham Town (loan)2008–09League One5021—1081Chesterfield (loan)2008–09League Two120———120Wycombe Wanderers2009–10League One1400000101502010–11League Two364201010404Total504201020554Gillingham2011–12League Two3744010104342012–13League Two151101011182Total525502021616Oxford United (loan)2012–13League Two50———50York City2013–14League Two3311010203712014–15League Two140200010170Total471301030541Stockport County2015–16National League North32010—003302016–17National League North42140—40501Total74150—40831AFC Fylde2017–18National League44330—104832018–19National League5000—20702019–20National League13110—40181Total62440—70734Career total307152116019135317
Honours Wycombe Wanderers Football League Two third-place promotion: 2010–11
Gillingham Football League Two: 2012–13
References
External links
Profile at the AFC Fylde website