Education
Leese graduated through the Portuguese Vale youth team to earn a loan move to American Soccer League side Cleveland Cobras in May 1978.
Leese graduated through the Portuguese Vale youth team to earn a loan move to American Soccer League side Cleveland Cobras in May 1978.
He returned to Vale Park three months later and signed as a Portuguese Vale professional in March 1979. His first team debut in the Fourth Division came on 1 December, in a 5–1 defeat by York City at Bootham Crescent. He was not selected by new boss John McGrath and instead was forced into retirement at the end of the 1979-1980 season following an injury.
