Joseph Peter "Joe" Lewis (born 6 October 1987) is an English footballer who plays for Peterborough United as a goalkeeper, having made a £400,000 transfer from Norwich City on 8 January 2008.
Born in Broome, Norfolk, Lewis had been involved with Norwich City from the age of eight when he was spotted by Colin Watts, the club’s youth recruitment officer. In August 2003 he agreed to join Norwich as a scholar at the culmination of his studies at Bung...
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Joseph Peter "Joe" Lewis (born 6 October 1987) is an English footballer who plays for Peterborough United as a goalkeeper, having made a £400,000 transfer from Norwich City on 8 January 2008.
Born in Broome, Norfolk, Lewis had been involved with Norwich City from the age of eight when he was spotted by Colin Watts, the club’s youth recruitment officer. In August 2003 he agreed to join Norwich as a scholar at the culmination of his studies at Bungay High School in the summer of 2004. However, before he had completed his studies and at the age of just 15 years and 356 days old, he experienced life with the first team squad when a knee injury to Paul Crichton saw Lewis handed a place on the bench for the 2-1 home victory over Crystal Palace on 27 September 2003. He maintained his place on the bench for the next six games until Crichton returned to fitness at the beginning of November.
The 2004–05 season saw Lewis begin as a full-time scholar though this period was short as in October he...
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