Stuart Sinclair
Sinclair with Bristol Rovers in 2016
Personal information
Full name Stuart Robert Sinclair[1]
Date of birth (1987-11-19) 19 November 1987[2]
Place of birth Houghton Conquest, England
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2002–2004 Luton Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Luton Town 0 (0)
2006–2007 Cambridge City 36 (1)
2007–2008 Bedford Town
2008–2009 Dunstable Town
2009–2012 Arlesey Town 99 (4)
2012–2014 Salisbury City 87 (6)
2014–2019 Bristol Rovers 142 (7)
2019–2021 Walsall 43 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:37, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Stuart Robert Sinclair (born 19 November 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Career

Bristol Rovers

Sinclair joined newly relegated Conference Premier club Bristol Rovers in the summer of 2014.[4] During the 2014–15 season, he helped the club to gain an instant promotion back to the Football League.[5] On 8 August 2015, Sinclair made his Football League debut in a 1–0 home defeat to Northampton Town.[6] During Sinclair's third Football League appearance, he netted a late winner against Luton Town on 18 August 2015.[7] Sinclair continued to perform well, picking up various Man of the Match awards.[8] His second and final goal of the season was during a 1–1 draw away to Exeter City.[9][10] After picking up an injury which required surgery and saw him out of action for over six weeks,[11] he missed the end of the 2015–16 season, including a dramatic match against Dagenham & Redbridge on the final day, which ended in a 2–1 win, after a 92nd-minute winner earned Sinclair and the club back to back promotions.[12]

Sinclair made his first appearance of 2016–17 on the opening day of the season in a 3–1 defeat away to Scunthorpe United.[13] His first goal of the season came in a 2–0 victory away to Oxford United on 4 March 2017.[14] Sinclair was sent off in a 3–0 defeat away to Bury on 14 March after being booked twice for simulation.[15]

Sinclair was released when his contract expired at the end of the 2018–19 season[16] having become a strong fan-favourite during his time with the club, earning cult hero status.[17][18]

Sinclair playing for Bristol Rovers in 2016

Walsall

Sinclair signed for Walsall, who were newly relegated to League Two, on 21 May 2019 on a contract of undisclosed length, effective from 1 July.[19] He made his debut on the opening day of the 2019–20 season as Walsall won 1–0 away to Northampton Town.[20]

Towards the end of the 2020–21 season, with Walsall having a limited backroom coaching staff, Sinclair stepped up to help coach some of the younger players in the squad.[21] At the end of the season, after two seasons at the club, Sinclair was one of eight players to not be offered a new contract and would leave Walsall upon the expiration of his contract.[22]

Personal life

Sinclair's brother, Rob Sinclair, also became a professional footballer.[23]

Career statistics

As of end of 2020–21 season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arlesey Town 2009–10[24] Southern League Division One Midlands 38120—13[lower-alpha 1]3534
2010–11[24] Southern League Division One Central 41330—9[lower-alpha 2]0533
2011–12[24] Southern League Premier Division 20050—3[lower-alpha 3]0280
Total 994100—2531347
Salisbury City 2011–12[25] Conference South 212———212
2012–13[25] Conference South 31400—1[lower-alpha 4]0324
2013–14[25] Conference Premier 35030—1[lower-alpha 4]0390
Total 87630—20926
Bristol Rovers 2014–15[25] Conference Premier 27210—1[lower-alpha 4]0292
2015–16[26] League Two 30210102[lower-alpha 5]0342
2016–17[27] League One 38130202[lower-alpha 6]0451
2017–18[28] League One 29211201[lower-alpha 6]0333
2018–19[29] League One 18010002[lower-alpha 6]0210
Total 14277150801628
Walsall 2019–20[30] League Two 262001000272
2020–21[31] League Two 17010002[lower-alpha 6]0200
Total 432101020472
Career total 371192116037343523
  1. ↑ Seven appearances and one goal in FA Trophy, three appearances and one goal in Southern League Cup, three appearances and one goal in Bedfordshire Senior Cup
  2. ↑ One appearance in Bedfordshire Premier Cup, five in FA Trophy, one in Southern League Cup, two in Bedfordshire Senior Cup
  3. ↑ One appearance in Southern League Cup, one in FA Trophy, one in Bedfordshire Senior Cup
  4. 1 2 3 Appearance in FA Trophy
  5. ↑ Appearances in Football League Trophy
  6. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Arlesey Town

Salisbury City

Bristol Rovers

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Walsall" (PDF). English Football League. p. 74. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Stuart Sinclair: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Stuart Sinclair". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Stuart Sinclair: Bristol Rovers sign Salisbury midfielder". BBC Sport. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  5. 1 2 Mitchell, Brendon (17 May 2015). "Bristol Rovers 1–1 Grimsby Town (5–3 on penalties)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Hassan, Nabil (8 August 2015). "Bristol Rovers 0–1 Northampton Town". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Luton Town 0–1 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Bristol Rovers midfielder Stuart Sinclair named the Sky Bet Football League Unsung Hero of the Month".
  9. ↑ "Exeter City 1–1 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  10. ↑ McNamara, James (30 November 2015). ""Bittersweet" feeling for goalscorer Stuart Sinclair following draw with Exeter City". Bristol Post. Archived from the original on 2 December 2015.
  11. ↑ McNamara, James (1 March 2016). "Stuart Sinclair misses out after undergoing operation". Bristol Post. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  12. ↑ "Bristol Rovers 2–1 Dagenham & Redbridge". BBC Sport. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  13. ↑ "Scunthorpe United 3–1 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  14. ↑ "Oxford United 0–2 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  15. ↑ "Bury 3–0 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  16. ↑ "Bristol Rovers: Chris Lines heads list of nine players to leave League One club". BBC Sport. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  17. ↑ Frost, Sam (9 November 2020). "Stuart Sinclair reflects on 'amazing' Bristol Rovers spell and Walsall's FA Cup defeat to Gas". Bristol Post. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  18. ↑ Piercy, James (8 May 2019). "'His contribution has been immense' - Fans hail Stuart Sinclair as Bristol Rovers cult hero leaves club". Bristol Post. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  19. ↑ Edwards, Joe (21 May 2019). "Walsall make Stuart Sinclair their first summer signing". Express & Star. Wolverhampton. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  20. ↑ Masi, Joseph (3 August 2019). "Northampton 0 Walsall 1 – Report and pictures". Express & Star. Wolverhampton. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  21. ↑ Keen, Liam (2 April 2021). "'First-class' Stuart Sinclair steps up to coach Walsall players". Express and Star. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  22. ↑ "Club Statement: Released & Retained List". www.saddlers.co.uk. 11 May 2021.
  23. ↑ "Rob Sinclair". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  24. 1 2 3 "Player profiles: Stuart Sinclair". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 "S. Sinclair". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Stuart Sinclair in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Stuart Sinclair in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Stuart Sinclair in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  29. ↑ "Games played by Stuart Sinclair in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  30. ↑ "Games played by Stuart Sinclair in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  31. ↑ "Games played by Stuart Sinclair in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  32. ↑ Holt, Joel (12 May 2013). "Salisbury City are promoted". Salisbury Journal. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
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