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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.

Scott Lindsey

Personal information
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)

Playing career

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]

Coaching career

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]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 12 November 2022

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Swindon Town	20 August 2022	Present	23	8	7	8	034.8
Total			23	8	7	8	034.8

Personal life

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]

References

External links

• Scott Lindsey at Soccerbase
• Scott Lindsey management career statistics at Soccerbase

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