Scott Lindsey (born 4 May 1972) is an English former footballer. He played as a midfielder in the Football League for Gillingham and is currently the head coach of Swindon Town.
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Full name | Scott Lindsey[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1972-05-04) 4 May 1972 (age 50)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Walsall, England[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Swindon Town (Head Coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Goole Town | |||
1991–1992 | Stafford Rangers | 11 | (0) |
1992–1993 | Burton Albion | ||
1993–1994 | Sutton Coldfield Town | ||
1993–1994 | Tamworth | 14 | (0) |
1993–1994 | Bridlington Town | ||
1994–1995 | Gillingham | 12 | (0) |
1995–1997 | Dover Athletic | 58 | (2) |
1997–1998 | Sittingbourne | ||
Ashford Town (Kent) | |||
1998–1999 | Canvey Island | 46 | (0) |
1999–2001 | Gravesend & Northfleet | ||
2001–2002 | Welling United | ||
2002–2006 | Folkestone Invicta | ||
2005–2006 | Maidstone United | ||
2007–2008 | Sittingbourne | ||
2008–2009 | Folkestone Invicta | ||
2013–2014 | Tamworth | 0 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2010 | Lincoln City (caretaker) | ||
2019–2021 | Chatham Town | ||
2022– | Swindon Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:52, 21 July 2021 (UTC) |
Lindsey started his career with Goole Town before signing for Football Conference side Stafford Rangers and then having spells with Burton Albion and Sutton Coldfield Town. He later joined Tamworth, debuting in the 2–1 Southern Football League Midland division victory at Evesham United on 30 August 1993[2] and went on to make a total of 22 appearances for the club,[3] (14 of which came in the Southern Football League before departing after a final appearance as a substitute in the 2–1 home league victory over Leicester United on 4 December 1993).[4]
He moved on to join Bridlington Town before signing for Gillingham in July 1994 and made his debut for the club in the 1–0 home defeat to Carlisle United on 31 December 1994.[5] Lindsey made 12 appearances in the league that season but failed to make the Gills team at the start of the following season and moved on to join Dover Athletic in October 1995 spending the next two seasons with the club before moving on to Sittingbourne and Ashford Town (Kent).
Lindsey played for Canvey Island, scoring his first goal for the club in a 3–0 Isthmian League First Division home victory over Wembley on 23 January 1999,[6] before being released in September 1999[7] and joining Gravesend & Northfleet where he remained until spending the 2001–02 season with Welling United. In July 2002 he joined Folkestone Invicta, making his 100th start for the club in the FA Cup Second Qualifying Round Replay at home to Harrow Borough on 5 October 2004.[8]
In January 2006, he joined Maidstone United debuting in the 2–0 Kentish Observer Football League Cup Group C victory at VCD Athletic on 24 January 2006.[9] He joined Sittingbourne in March 2008, debuting as a second-half substitute in the 2–1 Isthmian League Division One South home defeat to Croydon Athletic on 8 March 2008.[10]
Lindsey rejoined Folkestone Invicta as a player/coach[11] but left the club in January 2009 to become Technical Development Coach at Gillingham where his role was to set up Development Centres in and around Kent for young children whilst also working at the club's Centre of Excellence in Canterbury with the Under 9s right through to the Under 16s.[12]
Following the appointment of Chris Sutton as manager of Lincoln City at the end of September 2009, Lindsey was appointed first-team coach at the club and would later serve as caretaker manager.[13] On 18 May 2011 he departed Sincil Bank with his contract being cancelled by mutual consent followingthe Club's relegation from The Football League.[14]
He was appointed as the under 18s manager at Swindon Town in the summer of 2014.[15] In June 2016 though he left Swindon to take on the role of assistant manager at Forest Green Rovers.[16]
On 22 July 2021, Lindsey left Chatham Town and rejoined Swindon Town as assistant manager[17] and, following the exit of Ben Garner, was announced as the new Head Coach of Swindon Town following the departure of Ben Garner for Charlton Athletic.[18]
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Swindon Town | 20 August 2022 | Present | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 034.8 |
Total | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 034.8 |
Scott Lindsey is the son of the former Gillingham right-back Keith Lindsey and was described as "a chip off the old block in the same position and for the same club".[19]
He was married to Hayley for 16 years until her death from cancer at the age of 44 in November 2019. The couple had three daughters.[20] His brother Matthew died in a motorcycle accident in 1995 on his way back from watching Lindsey play in a match.[20]
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