Frank Sinclair

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Frank Sinclair
Personal information
Full name Frank Mohammed Sinclair
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Lincoln City
Number 6
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:11, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Frank Mohammed Sinclair (born 3 December 1971 in Lambeth, London) is an English-born Jamaican footballer, who currently plays for Football League Two side Lincoln City.

Club career

Chelsea

Sinclair started his club career with Chelsea, joining as an apprentice in April 1988 and turning professional in May 1990.[1] He had a short loan spell at West Bromwich Albion in the middle of the 1991–92 season. He impressed on his Albion debut, which came in a 1–1 draw away at Bradford City on 14 December, 1991, but was sent off in his second match for the club two weeks later in another 1–1, this time at Exeter City.[1] Sinclair was an FA Cup winner with Chelsea as they beat Middlesbrough 2–0 in the 1997 final. The following season, Sinclair scored for Chelsea in the League Cup Final, again over Middlesbrough, in a 2-0 win.

Leicester City

He moved on to Leicester City in August 1998, for a fee of £2,000,000. He was part of the team that won the 2000 League Cup, beating Tranmere Rovers 2–1 at Wembley. During his time with Leicester, Sinclair developed an unfortunate reputation for scoring own goals.[2] This was caused initially by two own goals in consecutive weekends in 1999. The first was a great leap at Highbury to give Arsenal a 2-1 win. He managed to refrain from putting through his own net against Coventry the following Wednesday, but then scored another at home to former club Chelsea, where he beat Tore André Flo to the ball to smash it into his own net and lose Leicester their one goal lead. The importance of these goals was accentuated by the fact that both came in the last minute of the match, and both caused Leicester to drop points.

Sinclair was fined two weeks wages by Leicester in September 2001 for his part in an incident at a Heathrow hotel. Sinclair, along with four Chelsea players, had gone on a five-hour drinking binge and had stripped off, swore and vomited in front of American tourists.[3]

In 2002, Sinclair scored the most bizarre of his own goals. After 3 minutes into a game at Middlesbrough, he slotted the ball past keeper Ian Walker in a seemingly laid-back situation.[4] This resulted in a 1-0 defeat for Leicester. This own goal against Middlesbrough was not to be his last for the club.[5] In March 2004, Sinclair and his Leicester City teammates, Paul Dickov and Keith Gillespie were arrested in Spain over sexual assault charges, while on a training holiday.[6] The charges were later dropped.[7] Leicester released Sinclair at the end of the 2003–2004 season.

Burnley

In June 2004, Sinclair signed for Burnley on a free transfer.[8] He became an astute Bosman ruling transfer signing for the Clarets, and made numerous appearances across the defence, impressing throughout both the 2004–05 and 2005–06 campaigns. This culminated in his appointment as club captain, a role he seemed to relish but of which he was relieved for the 2006–07 season in favour of Wayne Thomas. He scored his first Burnley goal in a 2-1 home win against Rotherham United on 12 March, 2005.

Huddersfield Town

On February 8, 2007, he moved to Huddersfield Town on an emergency loan deal. On March 24, he was sent off against Brighton & Hove Albion in a match which finished 0-0. Upon his return to Burnley, he was released on a free transfer. Sinclair signed a one year contract at Huddersfield Town on 14 May.[9] He cited manager Andy Ritchie as a reason for staying on: "he's been successful in League One before", he told HTAFC.com. On October 6, 2007, he received his second red card of his short career at the Galpharm Stadium, in Town's 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Walsall at the Bescot Stadium. He received his third during Town's 4-1 defeat by Southend United at Roots Hall on December 5, 2007. Huddersfield released Sinclair at the end of his contract in May 2008.[10]

Lincoln City

Sinclair signed a one year contract for Football League Two side Lincoln City on 1 July 2008, reuniting with manager Peter Jackson who originally brought him to Huddersfield Town.[11] Jackson hailed Sinclair's "determination, his personality and his will to win", and said that both Wycombe Wanderers and Brighton & Hove Albion had been interested in signing the player.[12]

International career

Sinclair was one of a group of English-born players who were selected for the Jamaican national team in the run-up to the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He then played in the tournament and has appeared 28 times for his adopted country.

Honours

Chelsea
Leicester City

Notes

  1. ^ a b Matthews, Tony (2005). The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion. Breedon Books. pp. pp. 214–215. ISBN 1-85983-474-4. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  2. ^ Armitage, Clive (2002-03-03). "It's Frank the plank as own goal sincs 'em". Sunday Mirror. Retrieved 2007-08-26. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Hotel shame costs Sinclair". BBC Sport. 2001-09-24. Retrieved 2007-08-26. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ Edgar, Bill (2006-07-17). "Hilarity and tragedy: curse of the own goal". Times online. Retrieved 2007-08-26. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "You can almost taste it..." BBC Sport. 2003-03-19. Retrieved 2007-08-26. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ "Sex charges for Leicester three". BBC Sport. 2004-03-06. Retrieved 2007-08-26. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ "Leicester trio charges 'dropped'". BBC Sport. 2004-05-21. Retrieved 2007-08-26. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ "Sinclair joins Clarets". BBC Sport. 2004-07-23. Retrieved 2007-08-26. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ "Huddersfield net veteran Sinclair". BBC Sport. 2007-05-14. Retrieved 2007-05-14. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ Thompson, Dougie (2008-05-06). "Stan Ternent clears out Town players". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 2008-05-10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ "Lincoln sign Sinclair and Burch". BBC Sport. 2008-07-01. Retrieved 2008-07-03. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ "Jackson hails arrival of Sinclair". BBC Sport. 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2008-07-03. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Burnley F.C. Captain
2005-2006 		Succeeded by
Awards
Preceded by
N/A
 Leicester City F.C. Players' Player of the Year
2002 		Succeeded by


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