Dean Lewington

Dean Scott Lewington (born 18 May 1984) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for League One club Milton Keynes Dons where he is currently club captain.

Dean Lewington
Lewington in 2011
Personal information
Full name Dean Scott Lewington[1]
Date of birth (1984-05-18) 18 May 1984[2]
Place of birth Kingston upon Thames, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Position(s) Left-back / Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Milton Keynes Dons
Number 3
Youth career
0000–2003 Wimbledon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Wimbledon 29 (1)
2004– Milton Keynes Dons 676 (21)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:25, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

He is the club's longest-serving player, and as of July 2020 is the current longest-serving player for a single club in the Football League.[4]

Club career

Wimbledon

Born in Kingston upon Thames, London,[2] Lewington made his Wimbledon first team debut on 5 April 2003, coming on as a last-minute substitute for Alex Tapp in a 4–2 First Division defeat to Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough, his only appearance of the season.[5]

On 1 November 2003, he made his first start, in a 2–1 win over Bradford City at the National Hockey Stadium, their first victory in Milton Keynes.[6] He scored his first goal on 26 December in a 3–0 win away to Reading at the Madejski Stadium, heading Adam Nowland's cross for the second of the game.[7] Lewington was sent off for violent conduct near the end of the team's 0–3 home defeat to Coventry City on 21 February 2004.[8] At the end of the season, Wimbledon were relegated.[9]

Milton Keynes Dons
Lewington takes a throw in against Barnsley in 2015

Having moved to Milton Keynes in 2003, Wimbledon were relaunched in 2004 as Milton Keynes Dons, in the newly renamed League One. Lewington almost moved to Huddersfield Town in 2005 in an exchange deal involving Pawel Abbott, however Abbott chose to stay at Huddersfield thus ending their interest. As of January 2020, Lewington is the only former Wimbledon player at Milton Keynes Dons.

He received the MK Dons captaincy after the departure of Keith Andrews to Blackburn Rovers in August 2008. On 21 March 2011, Lewington led his team to a 1–0 victory over promotion rivals Peterborough United. The Dons reached the play-offs but were defeated by Peterborough. On 2 December 2012, Lewington captained his side against AFC Wimbledon in their highly publicised first meeting. On 12 January 2013, Lewington made his 400th league appearance for Milton Keynes Dons against Bury.

Lewington scored his only goal of the 2013–14 League One season in the last minute of a 3–2 victory over Stevenage at Broadhall Way. The 2–2 draw with Rotherham United at the New York Stadium on 26 April 2014 saw Lewington make his 500th appearance for Milton Keynes Dons in all competitions. To celebrate his 500th appearance for the club, supporters of Milton Keynes Dons got together for the last home game of the season against Leyton Orient, and wore as much orange as possible (due to Lewington's hair colour). This campaign was dubbed "Orange4Lewie" and gained some publicity from Twitter, Facebook and other social media.

On 3 May 2015, Lewington scored twice and assisted two further goals as the Dons defeated Yeovil Town 5–1 on the final day of the season to earn their first promotion to the Championship.[10] On 20 May 2014, Milton Keynes Dons announced a testimonial match against Nottingham Forest would be played in honour of Lewington's ten years of service for the club. The match was played on 27 July 2014 at stadium:mk although 4,121 attended the game, of whom 1,286 were from Nottingham Forest.[11] At the time of his testimonial, Lewington had amassed over 500 appearances in league and cup competitions for Milton Keynes Dons.

Between January and May 2018 Lewington temporarily worked in a player-coach role for the club under then manager Dan Micciche.[12] Lewington achieved his 600th league appearance and 700th appearance in all competitions for the club in January 2019 in consecutive games against Crewe Alexandra and Grimsby Town.[13][14] During the 2018–19 season he played a key role in the club's automatic promotion from League Two, playing every league game during the campaign and achieving his third automatic promotion with the club.[15]

Lewington signed a further contract extension with the club in July 2020, at which point he was the longest-serving player for a single club in the Football League.[4]

Personal life

He is the son of former England assistant manager Ray Lewington.[7] Lewington and his longtime partner Gemma welcomed their first daughter Willow in the Summer of 2017.[16] Two years later, the couple had their second daughter named Lottie on 29 February 2020.[17]

Career statistics
As of 31 January 2021.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wimbledon 2002–03[18] First Division 100000—10
2003–04[19] First Division 2813000—311
Total 2913000—321
Milton Keynes Dons 2004–05[20] League One 43230101[lower-alpha 1]1483
2005–06[21] League One 44130103[lower-alpha 1]0511
2006–07[22] League Two 45130202[lower-alpha 2]0521
2007–08[23] League Two 45010106[lower-alpha 1]0530
2008–09[24] League One 40210203[lower-alpha 3]0462
2009–10[25] League One 42130005[lower-alpha 1]1502
2010–11[26] League One 42320303[lower-alpha 4]0503
2011–12[27] League One 46330313[lower-alpha 5]0554
2012–13[28] League One 381702000471
2013–14[29] League One 43140002[lower-alpha 1]0491
2014–15[30] League One 41330401[lower-alpha 1]0493
2015–16[31] Championship 4612020—501
2016–17[32] League One 36140001[lower-alpha 1]0411
2017–18[33] League One 22010203[lower-alpha 1]0280
2018–19[15] League Two 46110101[lower-alpha 1]0491
2019–20[34] League One 33010203[lower-alpha 1]0390
2020–21[35] League One 24030102[lower-alpha 1]0300
Total 6762145027139278724
Career total 7052248027139281925
  1. Appearances in Football League Trophy.
  2. Appearances in 2006–07 Football League Two play-offs.
  3. Two appearances in 2008–09 Football League One play-offs and one appearance in Football League Trophy.
  4. Two appearances in 2010–11 Football League One play-offs and one appearance in Football League Trophy.
  5. Two appearances in 2011–12 Football League One play-offs and one appearance in Football League Trophy.

Honours

Milton Keynes Dons

Individual

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