Editing Trevor Sinclair (section)

==Club career==
===Blackpool===
Sinclair was born in [[Dulwich]], London, but grew up in [[Manchester]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boltonschool.org/senior-boys/news/from-schoolboy-to-footballer-to-pundit/|title=Bolton School - From Schoolboy to Footballer to Pundit|website=Boltonschool.org|access-date=13 November 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202033243/http://www.boltonschool.org/senior-boys/news/from-schoolboy-to-footballer-to-pundit/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=trevor8sinclair|author=Trevor Sinclair|number=535059639709470720|date=19 November 2014|title=@DannyM__MCFC I did}}</ref> He began his career at [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]] where he played from 1989 to 1993. When he made his debut for Blackpool, on 19 August 1989, he became the club's youngest ever player, at 16 years, five months, breaking [[Colin Greenall]]'s record set nine years earlier. Sinclair's record was in turn broken by [[Matty Kay]] in November 2006.

Sinclair was inducted into the [[Blackpool F.C.#Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] at Bloomfield Road when it was officially opened by former Blackpool player [[Jimmy Armfield]] in April 2006.<ref name="legends-102">{{cite book|title=Legends: The great players of Blackpool FC|editor=Singleton, Steve|publisher=[[Blackpool Gazette]]|location=[[Blackpool]]|year=2007|pages=102–105|edition=1|isbn=978-1-84547-182-8}}</ref> Organised by the Blackpool Supporters Association, Blackpool fans around the world voted on their all-time heroes. Five players from each decade are inducted; Sinclair is in the 1990s.<ref name="bsa90">{{cite web|url=http://www.bsaweb.info/HOF90.aspx|title=The Hall of Fame&nbsp;– 1980's|publisher=Blackpool Supporters Association|access-date=2 December 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610232536/http://www.bsaweb.info/HOF90.aspx|archive-date=10 June 2010}}</ref>

He made 112 league appearances for ''the Seasiders'', scoring 15 goals.

===Queens Park Rangers===
In 1993, Sinclair moved to [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]] for £600,000, a figure which broke Blackpool's record transfer sale. He won the October 1995 [[Premier League Player of the Month#1995–96|Premier League Player of the Month]] award, although he was unable to prevent QPR from being relegated from the Premier League that season. Throughout the [[1995-96 in English football|1995-96 season]], Sinclair's name was constantly linked with a move to several of the Premier League's leading clubs, namely [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]], [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] and [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] - with fees of up to £6million being mentioned.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/that-was-the-season-that-was-1345862.html|title=That was the season that was|date=6 May 1996|access-date=13 November 2017|archive-date=29 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129101622/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/that-was-the-season-that-was-1345862.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 1997, he won the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Match of the Day]]'' "[[BBC Goal of the Season|Goal of the Season]]" competition with a [[bicycle kick]] from outside the penalty area whilst playing for QPR in an [[FA Cup]] match against [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]].<ref name="bbc1060082">{{cite news | title =Ask Albert, Who have been the last five winners of Match of the Day's Goal of the season? | work =[[BBC Sport]] | date =7 December 2000 | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/sports_talk/1060082.stm | access-date =7 August 2007 | archive-date =3 February 2008 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080203142116/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/sports_talk/1060082.stm | url-status =live }}</ref>

In five years at QPR, he made 168 league appearances, scoring 16 goals.

===West Ham United===
In January 1998, Sinclair moved to [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] for a combined fee of £2.3 million; £2.7 million minus West Ham players [[Iain Dowie]] and [[Keith Rowland]] moving to Q.P.R as part of the deal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=590&united=Trevor_Sinclair|title=Trevor Sinclair|website=Westhamstats.info|access-date=13 November 2017|archive-date=21 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921051734/http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=590&united=Trevor_Sinclair|url-status=live}}</ref> He scored seven goals in the remaining 14 games to help West Ham achieve an eighth-place finish in the [[1997–98 FA Premier League|Premier League]]. He was a regular over the next two seasons, but a serious knee injury ruled him out of the final four months of the [[2000–01 West Ham United F.C. season|2000–01]] season. His absence coincided with a loss of form for the team, and by the end of the season manager [[Harry Redknapp]] had been sacked.
Sinclair recovered in time for the [[2001–02 West Ham United F.C. season|2001–02]] season and featured 34 times, often on the left wing, as he won his bid to play at the World Cup for England in that position.

[[2002–03 West Ham United F.C. season|2002–03]] was Sinclair's final season with West Ham. They were relegated at the end of the season. Forced to cut costs, West Ham accepted a £3.3m bid for the player from [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]].

In total Sinclair spent five years at [[Boleyn Ground|Upton Park]], playing in a variety of positions including wingback,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/match_of_the_day/1089319.stm | work=BBC News | title=Sinclair screamer | date=27 December 2000 | access-date=1 December 2010 | archive-date=17 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017004047/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/match_of_the_day/1089319.stm | url-status=live }}</ref> left and right wing and as a striker when called upon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/1999/oct/08/newsstory.sport10|title=Sinclair's arrested development|first=Jon|last=Brodkin|date=8 October 1999|access-date=13 November 2017|website=theguardian.com|archive-date=13 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313025006/http://www.theguardian.com/football/1999/oct/08/newsstory.sport10|url-status=live}}</ref> He made 177 league appearances and scored 37 goals including two goals on his West Ham debut, on 31 January 1998, in a 2–2 home draw against [[Everton F.C.|Everton]].

===Manchester City===
After West Ham's relegation, Sinclair joined [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] in 2003 for £3.3 million, and went on to score City's first competitive goal at the new [[City of Manchester Stadium]] in a [[2003–04 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]] tie against Welsh side [[The New Saints|Total Network Solutions]].<ref>{{cite news
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At the beginning of his career at Manchester City, he played on the left wing, where he had performed for England at the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]]. However, the departure of [[Shaun Wright-Phillips]] presented the opportunity for Sinclair to play on his preferred right wing.

Sinclair was released by Manchester City at the end of the [[2006–07 Manchester City F.C. season|2006–07 season]].<ref name="bbc6642703">{{cite news | title =Sinclair to end Man City career | work =[[BBC Sport]] | date =10 May 2007 | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/6642703.stm | access-date =7 August 2007 | archive-date =16 August 2007 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070816125016/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/6642703.stm | url-status =live }}</ref>

===Cardiff City===
On 10 July 2007, he joined Championship club, [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]].<ref name="bbc6289086">{{cite news | title =Sinclair wings his way to Cardiff | work =[[BBC Sport]] | date =10 July 2007 | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/6289086.stm | access-date =7 August 2007 | archive-date =16 July 2007 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070716183916/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/6289086.stm | url-status =live }}</ref> He began the season as a first-team player, scoring his first Cardiff goal on 24 September in a 4–2 win in the [[2007–08 Football League Cup|League Cup]] over [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]].<ref>{{cite news | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/7008015.stm |title=West Brom 2–4 Cardiff |work=[[BBC Sport]]  |date=25 September 2007 |access-date=15 September 2009}}</ref> Early on in the season, he suffered from a buildup of fluid in his knee and underwent two operations on the injury which ruled him out until mid-February. He made his return on 16 February 2008 coming on as a late substitute in a 2–0 [[2007–08 FA Cup|FA Cup]] victory over [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]].

On 12 April 2008, Sinclair faced his first club, Blackpool, for the first time since leaving them fifteen years earlier.<ref name="gazette3972452">{{cite news | last = Canavan | first = Steve | title = Sinclair's special memories of the 'terrific' Tangerines | newspaper =[[Blackpool Gazette]] | date =11 April 2008 | url =http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpool-football-club/Sinclair39s-special-memories-of-the.3972452.jp | access-date =21 May 2008}}</ref><ref name="bbc7332077">{{cite news | title =Cardiff 3–1 Blackpool | work =[[BBC Sport]] | date =12 April 2008 | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/7332077.stm | access-date =21 May 2008 | archive-date =14 April 2008 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080414220231/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/7332077.stm | url-status =live }}</ref> He scored Cardiff's second goal in a 3–1 win; however, he refused to celebrate his goal.<ref name="gazette4106022">{{cite news | last = Canavan | first = Steve | title = Pool legend in hunt for new club | newspaper =[[Blackpool Gazette]] | date =21 May 2008 | url =http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sports-news/Pool-legend-in-hunt-for-new.4106022.jp | access-date =21 May 2008}}</ref> On 17 May he made an 86th-minute substitute appearance in the [[2008 FA Cup Final]] at [[Wembley Stadium]], which Cardiff lost 1–0 to [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]. However, four days later it was announced that his contract would not be renewed for the forthcoming season and he was released.<ref name="bbc7412537">{{cite news | title =Bluebirds Release winger Sinclair | work =[[BBC Sport]] | date =21 May 2008 | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/7412537.stm | access-date =21 May 2008 | archive-date =30 May 2008 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080530031754/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/7412537.stm | url-status =live }}</ref>

===Squires Gate===
On 21 February 2018, he joined North West Counties Football Premier League club [[Squires Gate F.C.|Squires Gate]] at the age of 44 after a 2014–15 season at [[Lancaster City F.C.|Lancaster City]].<ref>[http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/squiresgate/news/signing-ex-england-international-trevor-sinclair-s-2192163.html "SIGNING: Ex England International Trevor Sinclair signs for Gate"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222044805/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/squiresgate/news/signing-ex-england-international-trevor-sinclair-s-2192163.html |date=22 February 2018 }}, ''[[Squires Gate F.C.]]'', Blackpool, 21 February 2018</ref>