Editing Trevor Sinclair (section)

===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]].