Background
Lightbourne was born in Hamilton, Bermuda and played for Primary Health Care Zebras before moving to England to play for Scarborough at the age of 23.
Lightbourne was born in Hamilton, Bermuda and played for Primary Health Care Zebras before moving to England to play for Scarborough at the age of 23.
Club He played 21 times for Scarborough before joining Walsall in September 1993. He scored 9 goals in 41 appearances in 1993-1994 before scoring 27 goals in 1994-1995 as Walsall gained promotion. He scored 24 goals in 1995-1996 and 25 in 1996-1997.
This earned him a lucrative move to Premier League side Coventry City for a fee of £500,000.
However his chances at Highfield Road were limited and after making only 7 appearances plus a loan spell at Fulham he moved to Stoke City in February 1998. He didn"t get off to the best of starts with Stoke as he struggled with illness and form as Stoke suffered relegation from the First Division in 1997-1998.
He improved in 1998-1999, netting eight goals. In 1999–2000 Lightbourne scored 10 goals in 52 appearances as Stoke reached the play-offs where they lost to Gillingham.
He played in the 2000 Football League Trophy Final at Wembley as Stoke beat Bristol City 2–1.
In 2000-2001 he found his chances of first team football more restricted but still managed five goals in 28 appearances. In the latter part of the season he spent spells on loan at Swindon Town and Cardiff City. He was released by Stoke in the summer of 2001 and after a brief unsuccessful spell in Sweden with IFK Norrköping he played two seasons with Macclesfield Town and had a short loan spell at Hull City before returning to Bermuda.
In 2007, Lightbourne joined Shaun Goater as part of the management team of USL side Bermuda Hogges, making 12 appearances for the team
He officially retired from football in 2009. International He made his debut for Bermuda in 1989 and represented his country in 11 qualification matches.
His final international match was a June 2004 World Cup qualification match against El Salvador. Managerial He was coach at Primary Health Care Zebras before resigning in summer 2011.
In June 2012, Lightbourne was named manager of local side Robin Hood.
He missed out on a place at the Walsall bench in 2013. Lightbourne"s international cricket career was less notable, consisting of five Interstate Commerce Commission Trophy games, during which he took 11 wickets at an average of 16.81.