Sunderland goalkeeper Lee Burge was born on this day in 1993. A Sunderland player since 2019, Burge has featured 66 times for the club.
Burge came through the ranks at Coventry’s before joining non-league Nuneaton Town. Burge was instrumental in a Nuneaton campaign in which the sided avoided relegation and he returned to Coventry with valuable experience, as so often is the case when keepers drop down the leagues. The 2014-15 season saw Burge handed the number one shirt and he made his debut in October 2014 after a series of bad performances from their first choice keeper. In the game following his league debut, Burge was red carded after just 39 minutes for a hopeless challenge against a Worcester City player. The resulting penalty was converted and 10 man Coventry suffered their first ever first round FA Cup exit and their first loss to a non league team since 1989. Altogether, he made 140 appearances in all competitions for Coventry before being released. He was in goal for Coventry in the famous 4-5 game against the sky blues at the Stadium of Light.