Lee Dixon

Lee Michael Dixon (born 17 March 1964) is an English football pundit and retired professional player who played as a right-back. He was capped 22 times for England. Dixon joined Burnley as a junior and played in the senior team for a handful of games before John Bond released him to join Chester City. After one and a half seasons there he signed for Bury before joining Stoke City, where he instantly impressed, forging a defensive partnership with Steve Bould. The pair's potential and performances attracted the attention of George Graham when Arsenal beat Stoke 3–0 in a League Cup Fourth Round tie in November 1987, and two months later the Arsenal manager signed Dixon. Bould was signed five months later. The following season, as Dixon cemented his place in the team, Arsenal won their first league title in eighteen years in a dramatic final game of the season. A defensive mainstay in a successful Arsenal team until his retirement in 2002, Dixon won four league championship medals, three FA Cup winner's medals and a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup medal. He was named in the PFA Team of the Year for the 1989–90 and 1990–91 seasons. He retired after Arsenal's domestic double-winning 2001–02 season, their second in his time at the club. When he retired he had played at 91 out of the 92 Football League grounds – every one except Fulham's Craven Cottage. Since his playing retirement, Dixon has worked as a football pundit and columnist. He began his television career working for the BBC, primarily on their Match of the Day and Football Focus programmes, then moved to ITV Sport in July 2012. Starting in 2013, he provides commentary alongside Arlo White for NBC's Premier League coverage in the USA. He had also provided commentary in the FIFA...