Trouble and Lee

1995: Suspended after an FA drugs test showed traces of marijuana in his blood.

1995: Suspended after an FA drugs test showed traces of marijuana in his blood.

1996: December: Fined £4,500 after admitting affray following an incident at a McDonalds restaurant.

1999: April: Fined £750 by an FA disciplinary committee after picking up 11 bookings.

2000: March 14: Charged with causing grievous bodily harm and affray following an attack on an Asian student in January. March 26: Handed a one-match ban at an FA hearing and fined £4,000 after becoming the first Premiership player to amass 14 yellow cards.

2001: April: Trial collapses. Retrial ordered for October. May 7: Banned from second leg of semi-final - and two further matches - after UEFA find him guilty of "deliberately stamping".

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