Dean Sinclair

Dean Sinclair
Personal information
Full name Dean Michael Sinclair
Date of birth (1984-12-17) 17 December 1984
Place of birth St Albans, England[1]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Hampton & Richmond Borough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Norwich City 2 (0)
2004–2007 Barnet 125 (19)
2007–2010 Charlton Athletic 0 (0)
2007 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 12 (1)
2008 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 3 (0)
2009 → Grimsby Town (loan) 9 (1)
2009–2010 → Barnet (loan) 3 (1)
2010 → Grimsby Town (loan) 16 (3)
2010–2011 Grimsby Town 12 (3)
2011 → Cambridge United (loan) 6 (1)
2011 Arlesey Town 11 (1)
2011–2012 Hayes & Yeading United 2 (1)
2011–2012 → Arlesey Town (loan) 4 (0)
2012 Lowestoft Town 20 (5)
2012–2013 Woking 21 (1)
2013–2014 Sutton United 45 (6)
2014–2015 Eastbourne Borough 27 (4)
2015– Hampton & Richmond Borough 37 (7)
National team‡
2004–2005 England C 5 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9:10, 26 April 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:20, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Dean Michael Sinclair (born 17 December 1984) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hampton & Richmond Borough.

Sinclair came through the Norwich City youth academy and was promoted to the club's first team in 2002. He struggled to make an impact and joined Barnet two years later. He made 125 appearances for the club before joining Charlton Athletic, where he again struggled to hold down a place in the first team and eventually spent time on loan with Cheltenham Town and Grimsby Town as well as briefly returning to Barnet for a month. In 2010 he returned to Grimsby on a permanent basis but the season ended with a loan at Cambridge United. Following his release from Grimsby in 2011 he went on to have spells with Arlesey Town, Hayes & Yeading and Lowestoft Town before signing with Woking in August 2012. He was released just a few months later and signed with Sutton United in February 2013.

Whilst with Barnet, Sinclair was capped 5 times by the England C team, scoring one goal.

Career

Norwich City

Sinclair career started at Norwich under Nigel Worthington, where he came through the youth system. Worthington promoted Sinclair to the club's first team at the start of the 2002–03 season. With the club playing in the First Division Sinclair made his debut on 25 February 2003 in the club's 1–0 away defeat against Gillingham where he played from the start before being replaced by Ian Henderson in the 83rd minute. On 15 March he came on for Mark Rivers in the 89th minute of the club's 2–0 win over Coventry City at Carrow Road. Sinclair was kept on by The Canaries during the 2003–04 season but failed to make a single appearance and was only named on the substitute's bench a handful of times. In the summer of 2004 Worthington released Sinclair after 16 months without any first team football.

Barnet

Sinclair signed with Conference National side Barnet in August 2004.[2] He made his debut 14 August 2004 in the club's 3–1 victory over Forest Green Rovers. During this season the club earned promotion to the Football League with Sinclair playing in 39 league matches scoring 9 goals the first of them coming against Northwich Victoria on 28 August 2004. During the 2005–06 season Sinclair scored against Manchester United at Old Trafford in the League Cup on 26 October 2005, whilst Barnet were 3–0 down, they eventually lost 4–1.[3] He decided to leave Barnet at the end of the 2006–07 season, as his contract was up.[4]

Charlton Athletic

In the summer of 2007, after a successful trial period, Sinclair joined Alan Pardew's Charlton Athletic for a fee of £125,000.[5] The club had recently been relegated from the Premier League and were preparing for their first season in the second tier of English football since being promoted in 2000. Sinclair made his Addicks debut on 14 August 2007 in the club's 2–0 League Cup win over Swindon Town with Sinclair making a 78th minute appearance as a replacement for Andy Reid. Sinclair's next appearance would be in the second round of the same competition where he started and scored a 4th-minute goal against Luton Town, however after extra time Charlton lost the match 3–1. In October 2007, he joined Cheltenham Town on a month's loan,[6] rejoining Cheltenham on another months loan in August 2008. On 8 January Sinclair signed a one-month loan deal with Mike Newell's Grimsby Town, which was later extended. Injury curtailed his stay at Blundell Park and he returned to Charlton. In November 2009, Sinclair rejoined Barnet on loan. He scored against Crewe Alexandra, but was sent off against Northampton Town and his loan spell was not renewed. On 28 January, he re-joined Grimsby Town on loan for the rest of the 2009–10 season.[7] Grimsby suffered relegation from the Football League in May 201. Sinclair returned to Charlton but was released from the club having only played two games in three seasons at The Valley, none of which were league appearances.

Grimsby Town

On 29 November 2010, after being without a club for the first four months of the 2010–11 season, Sinclair approached former club Grimsby Town to take a look at him. Sinclair began training with Grimsby again with the hope of a permanent deal in mind.[8] Sinclair signed a deal until the end of the 2010–11 season on 9 December.[9] Sinclair made his third debut for The Mariners in the club's 3–0 FA Trophy victory over Redditch United. Following the sacking of Neil Woods in February 2011, and despite scoring three goals in ten games Sinclair was loaned out to Cambridge United until the rest of the season on 25 March 2011 following the arrival of joint-manager's Rob Scott and Paul Hurst.[10] and made his debut on 2 April against Altrincham.[11] Sinclair returned to Grimsby at the end of the 10–11 season and was released.[12]

Arlesey Town and Hayes & Yeading United

In August 2011 Sinclair played for Southern League Premier Division side Arlesey Town in a friendly against Kettering Town. He then joined the club on a short term deal, playing 11 times scoring 1 goal.

On 4 November Sinclair moved back up the football pyramid by signing with Conference National side Hayes & Yeading United.[13] Sinclair played two games for the club, scoring once before returning to Arlesey on loan.

Lowestoft Town, Woking and Sutton United

Sinclair joined Lowestoft Town on 16 February 2012.[14] Sinclair joined Woking F.C. on 7 August 2012.[15] Sinclair left Woking on 8 January 2013, having played 21 times in the league, scoring once in a 5–1 defeat against former club Grimsby Town.[16]

In February 2013, Sinclair signed with Conference South side Sutton United. He left the club following the 2013–14 season, in which Sutton reached the playoffs with a second-place finish, but were knocked out in the semi-finals by eventual winners Dover Athletic.[17]

Eastbourne Borough

Following his departure from Sutton, Sinclair joined league rivals Eastbourne Borough.

Hampton and Richmond Borough

Sinclair was released by Eastbourne towards the end of the 2014–15 season [18] and subsequently went on to sign for Hampton & Richmond Borough.[19]

Honours

Barnet

Hampton & Richmond Borough

Career statistics

Club performance
Club Season League Level League FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Norwich City 2002–03 Division One 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2003–04 Division One 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barnet 2004–05 Conference National 5 38 11 1 0 0 0 1 0 40 11
2005–06 League Two 4 44 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 48 4
2006–07 League Two 4 42 6 3 2 2 0 2 0 49 8
Charlton Athletic 2007–08 Championship 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1
2008–09 Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009–10 League One 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2007–08 League One 3 12 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 1
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2008–09 League One 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Grimsby Town (loan) 2008–09 League Two 4 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
Barnet (loan) 2009–10 League Two 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Grimsby Town (loan) 2009–10 League Two 4 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3

References

  1. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2010). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2010–2011 (41st ed.). London: Headline. ISBN 978-0-7553-6107-6.
  2. ↑ "Sinclair signs for Barnet". BBC Sport. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
  3. ↑ "Man Utd 4 – 1 Barnet". BBC Sport. 26 October 2005. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
  4. ↑ "Sinclair expected to leave Barnet". BBC Sport. 24 April 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
  5. ↑ "Sinclair signs". Charlton Athletic F.C. 27 April 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2007.
  6. ↑ "Cheltenham sign Sinclair on loan". BBC Sport. 5 October 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
  7. ↑ Archived 31 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ "Dean Sinclair is on the verge of signing a permanent deal with Grimsby Town – provided he can prove his fitness. - Grimsby Telegraph". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  9. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120325023955/http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10417~2240177,00.html. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ "Grimsby's Dean Sinclair joins Cambridge United on loan". BBC Sport. 28 March 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  11. ↑ "Altrincham 2–2 Cambridge". BBC Sport. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  12. ↑ Archived 8 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  13. ↑ Archived 9 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ↑ "Sinclair Signs for the Trawlerboy's". Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "Woking Football Club - News - Dean Sinclair signs for the Cards". Woking FC Official Site. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  16. ↑ "Woking Football Club - Home". Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  17. ↑ "Sutton United return to action, finally, to see off Eastleigh". Your Local Guardian. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  18. ↑ "Borough can win with kids - academy lads to get their chance". Eastbourne Herald. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  19. ↑ "Hampton & Richmond: Hicks is ready for step up to Premier League". Richmond & Twickenham Times. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
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