Editing Trevor Sinclair

{{short description|English footballer}}
{{for|the Australian radio host|Trevor Sinclair (radio presenter)}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
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| fullname = Trevor Lloyd Sinclair<ref name="Hugman2003-04">{{Cite book
 | editor-first = Barry J.
 | editor-last = Hugman
 | title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004
 | year = 2003
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| birth_place = [[Dulwich]], England
| position = [[Left winger|Winger]]
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1989
| youthclubs1 = [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]]
| years1 = 1989–1993
| years2 = 1993–1998
| years3 = 1998–2003
| years4 = 2003–2007
| years5 = 2007–2008
| years6 = 2014–2015
| years7 = 2018
| clubs1 = [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]]
| clubs2 = [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]]
| clubs3 = [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]
| clubs4 = [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]
| clubs5 = [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]]
| clubs6 = [[Lancaster City F.C.|Lancaster City]]
| clubs7 = [[Squires Gate F.C.|Squires Gate]]
| caps1 =  112
| goals1 = 15
| caps2 = 167
| goals2 = 16
| caps3 = 177
| goals3 = 37
| caps4 = 82
| goals4 = 5
| caps5 = 21
| goals5 = 1
| caps6 = 1
| goals6 = 0
| caps7 = 1
| goals7 = 0
| totalcaps = 561
| totalgoals = 74
| nationalyears1 = 1993–1998
| nationalyears2 = 1998
| nationalyears3 = 2001–2003
| nationalteam1 = [[England national under-21 football team|England U21]]
| nationalteam2 = [[England B national football team|England B]]
| nationalteam3 = [[England national football team|England]]
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| nationalgoals1 = 5
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalcaps3 = 12
| nationalgoals3 = 0
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'''Trevor Lloyd Sinclair''' (born 2 March 1973) is an English football coach, former professional [[Association football|footballer]] and pundit.

As a player, he was a [[Left winger|winger]] who notably played in the [[Premier League]] for [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]], [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] and [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]. He also played in the [[Football League]] for [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]] and [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] where he retired in 2008. He has since come out of retirement on two occasions and has featured for non-league sides [[Lancaster City F.C.|Lancaster City]] in 2014 and [[Squires Gate F.C.|Squires Gate]] in 2018. 

He was capped twelve times by [[England national football team|England]], four of which came in the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]]. He won the 1997 ''[[Match of the Day]]'' Goal of the Season after scoring a [[bicycle kick]] in an [[FA Cup]] tie against [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]]. Following his retirement, Sinclair largely worked as a pundit on both television and radio, most notably for [[BBC Sport]] on ''[[Football Focus]]'' and ''[[Final Score]]''. During the 2014–15 season, he was named assistant manager of [[Lancaster City F.C.|Lancaster City]], who he briefly came out of retirement with. In 2018 he played a single game for [[Squires Gate F.C.|Squires Gate]].

==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
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/3147659.stm
|title=Man City off to a flyer
|publisher=BBC
|date=14 August 2003
|access-date=19 April 2010
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}}</ref>

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>

==International career==
In 1994, Sinclair was called up to the Republic of Ireland squad by Jack Charlton, but was unable to declare for his mother's homeland as he had already played at U21 level for England. This meant he missed out on the World Cup on 1994.<ref>{{cite web | last=Boyle | first=Callum | title=Former England international admits he wishes he had played for Ireland | website=SportsJOE.ie | date=25 November 2022 | url=https://www.sportsjoe.ie/football/england-international-ireland-football-277406 | access-date=8 July 2024}}</ref> 
Sinclair was called up to [[Terry Venables]]' get-together England squad in April 1995,<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-venables-places-emphasis-on-youth-1616294.html
|title=Venables places emphasis on youth
|newspaper=The Independent
|date=19 April 1995
|access-date=22 October 2014
|archive-date=22 November 2014
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|url-status=live
}}</ref> but was not capped for the senior side until 2001. Sinclair earned 12 [[Cap (association football)|cap]]s for [[England national football team|England]], four of which came in the [[Football World Cup 2002|2002 World Cup]], in which he was a last-minute replacement for the injured [[Danny Murphy (footballer born 1977)|Danny Murphy]]. In turn, he replaced [[Owen Hargreaves]], who was injured early in the competition, in the team and was widely regarded as one of England's best players in the tournament, doing a job on England's then  "problem left hand side".<ref name="independent403328">{{cite news | last =Corrigan | first =James | title =An email conversation with Trevor Sinclair: 'I didn't have a Plan B. If I hadn't made it, I'd have struggled' | newspaper =[[The Independent]] | date =24 September 2007 | url =https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/an-email-conversation-with-trevor-sinclair-i-didnt-have-a-plan-b-if-i-hadnt-made-it-id-have-struggled-403328.html | access-date =21 May 2008 | location =London | archive-date =8 November 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121108194415/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/an-email-conversation-with-trevor-sinclair-i-didnt-have-a-plan-b-if-i-hadnt-made-it-id-have-struggled-403328.html | url-status =live }}</ref>

==Coaching career==
Sinclair was the assistant manager of [[Lancaster City F.C.|Lancaster City]]. On 25 August 2014, he made a substitute appearance in the second half of a 3–1 defeat to Clitheroe in the league.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

As of October 2021, Sinclair runs a football academy with [[Bamber Bridge F.C.|Bamber Bridge]] manager [[Jamie Milligan]].<ref name="auto1">[https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/football/blackpool-fc/an-in-depth-look-at-how-blackpools-players-out-on-loan-are-getting-on-3407631 "An in-depth look at how Blackpool's players out on loan are getting on"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008113018/https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/football/blackpool-fc/an-in-depth-look-at-how-blackpools-players-out-on-loan-are-getting-on-3407631 |date=8 October 2021 }} – ''[[Blackpool Gazette]]'', 5 October 2021</ref>

In January 2024, Sinclair was appointed as an assistant coach for the men's [[India men's national football team|India national football team]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/sports/afc-asian-cup-indian-players-impress-new-assistant-coach-trevor-sinclair-in-first-training-in-doha-1503255387.html|publisher=The Statesman|title=AFC Asian Cup: Indian players impress new assistant coach Trevor Sinclair in first training in Doha|access-date=2024-01-04|archive-date=4 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104225927/https://www.thestatesman.com/sports/afc-asian-cup-indian-players-impress-new-assistant-coach-trevor-sinclair-in-first-training-in-doha-1503255387.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Media career==
Following his retirement, Sinclair largely worked as a pundit on both television and radio, most notably for [[BBC Sport]] on ''[[Football Focus]]'' and ''[[Final Score]]''.

Sinclair has worked as a sports commentator, notably on [[TalkSPORT]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/trevor-sinclair-lack-of-diversity-deterring-bame-players-from-coaching-roles-1601299449000|title=Trevor Sinclair: Lack of diversity deterring BAME players from coaching roles|first=PA Staff 28|last=September 2020|website=fourfourtwo.com|date=28 September 2020|access-date=6 March 2021|archive-date=17 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017004047/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/trevor-sinclair-lack-of-diversity-deterring-bame-players-from-coaching-roles-1601299449000|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Sinclair is of partial [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] and Scottish descent through his mother, who was born in [[Sligo, Ireland|Sligo]] and Jamaican descent through his birth father.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/london-britain-queen-jamaica-king-charles-1.6579173 |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 October 2023 |archive-date=25 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125080808/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/london-britain-queen-jamaica-king-charles-1.6579173 |url-status=live }}</ref> His stepfather was from Glasgow.<ref name="auto">{{cite tweet|number=775057422482300929|user=trevor8sinclair|title=To all the people asking why I support Celtic? Only choice as my mum is from Sligo and my step dad is from Glasgow and a big fan #COYBIG|accessdate=22 January 2022|date=11 September 2016}}</ref>  He lives on the [[The Fylde|Fylde coast]] and is a supporter of his previous clubs [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham]], [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]] and [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|QPR]], as well as Scottish club [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]].<ref name="auto"/> In February 2015, he said that three of his children had joined Blackpool's academy.<ref name=gazette7114710>{{cite news|last1=Watt|first1=William|title=Sinclair: Don't blame Clark for Pool's problems|url=http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/blackpool-fc/sinclair-don-t-blame-clark-for-pool-s-problems-1-7114710|newspaper=[[Blackpool Gazette]]|access-date=19 February 2015|date=19 February 2015|archive-date=19 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219174933/http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/blackpool-fc/sinclair-don-t-blame-clark-for-pool-s-problems-1-7114710|url-status=live}}</ref> His eldest son, Isaac plays for Curzon Ashton.  His middle son, Sky, was named as an under-21 player in Blackpool's squad for the 2021–22 [[EFL Championship]] campaign. He signed a professional contract at the end of the previous campaign. Sinclair's youngest son, Kobe, began a scholarship with Blackpool in 2021.<ref>[https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/football/blackpool-fc/son-of-former-blackpool-and-england-winger-trevor-sinclair-follows-in-his-fathers-footsteps-by-signing-pro-terms-with-the-seasiders-3211857 "Son of former Blackpool and England winger Trevor Sinclair follows in his father's footsteps by signing pro terms with the Seasiders"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008114702/https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/football/blackpool-fc/son-of-former-blackpool-and-england-winger-trevor-sinclair-follows-in-his-fathers-footsteps-by-signing-pro-terms-with-the-seasiders-3211857 |date=8 October 2021 }} – ''The Gazette'', 23 April 2021</ref>

===Controversies===
In January 1999, Sinclair was convicted of causing criminal damage to a car, following a night of drinking with other West Ham players at the club's Christmas party in [[Romford]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Soccer star fined for criminal damage |work=BBC News |date=12 January 1999 |access-date=31 December 2018 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/253489.stm |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425015941/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/253489.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

In November 2017, Sinclair was arrested on suspicion of drink driving, common assault and criminal damage after a woman was hit by a car in [[Lytham St Annes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-41968683|title=Trevor Sinclair in drink-drive arrest|date=13 November 2017|access-date=13 November 2017|website=BBC News|archive-date=13 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113113722/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-41968683|url-status=live}}</ref> On 2 January 2018, Sinclair was convicted of drink driving, urinating in a police car and racially abusing a police officer by calling him a 'white cunt'.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/02/ex-england-star-trevor-sinclair-admits-drink-driving-and-racial-abuse|title=Ex-England star Trevor Sinclair admits drink-driving and racial abuse|date=2 January 2018|access-date=2 January 2018|work=The Guardian|archive-date=2 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102153924/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/02/ex-england-star-trevor-sinclair-admits-drink-driving-and-racial-abuse|url-status=live}}</ref> He was sentenced to 150 hours of unpaid work, disqualified from driving for 20 months and ordered to pay £500 compensation to the abused police officer.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-42542180 |title=Ex-footballer Trevor Sinclair admits drink-driving charges |work=BBC News |date=2 January 2018 |access-date=31 December 2018 |archive-date=31 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231095121/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-42542180 |url-status=live }}</ref> Following this conviction, he was subsequently fired from his role as a BBC pundit.<ref>{{citation |date=2018-01-02 |title=Ex-footballer Trevor Sinclair loses BBC role after admitting racial abuse |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/02/ex-england-star-trevor-sinclair-admits-drink-driving-and-racial-abuse |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922113221/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/02/ex-england-star-trevor-sinclair-admits-drink-driving-and-racial-abuse |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following the death of [[Elizabeth II]], Sinclair tweeted asking why "black and brown" people should mourn.<ref>{{cite web |title='Why should black and brown people mourn the Queen?' Ex-England footballer condemned over racism tweet |url=https://news.yahoo.com/talksport-presenter-trevor-sinclair-resign-queen-tweet-222045628.html |website=[[Yahoo! News]] |access-date=9 September 2022 |archive-date=8 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908223050/https://news.yahoo.com/talksport-presenter-trevor-sinclair-resign-queen-tweet-222045628.html |url-status=live }}</ref> His comments were met with widespread condemnation, including that of his fellow Talksport colleague [[Simon Jordan]].<ref name="Daly Heeds 2022">{{cite web | last1=Daly | first1=Rhys | last2=Heeds | first2=Chantelle | title=Huge row after Trevor Sinclair says 'racism thrived' during Queen's reign | website=LancsLive | date=9 September 2022 | url=https://www.lancs.live/sport/football/football-news/ex-blackpool-man-city-footballer-24971858 | access-date=9 September 2022 | archive-date=9 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909065119/https://www.lancs.live/sport/football/football-news/ex-blackpool-man-city-footballer-24971858 | url-status=live }}</ref>  Talksport subsequently announced that Sinclair would not be featured on air at the station whilst an investigation into the tweet was carried out.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1568237861706645504|user=talkSPORT|title=Trevor Sinclair will not be on air while we carry out a thorough investigation into the circumstances and timing of…|date=9 September 2022}}</ref> Sinclair returned from his suspension in January 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/football/blackpool-fc/former-blackpool-star-trevor-sinclair-returns-to-talksport-after-being-suspended-over-queen-elizabeth-tweet-3996331|title=Former Blackpool star Trevor Sinclair returns to talkSPORT after being suspended over Queen Elizabeth tweet|access-date=13 March 2023|archive-date=13 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313165253/https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/football/blackpool-fc/former-blackpool-star-trevor-sinclair-returns-to-talksport-after-being-suspended-over-queen-elizabeth-tweet-3996331|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{ENFA}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|[[FA Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[EFL Cup|League Cup]]
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]]
|[[1989–90 Blackpool F.C. season|1989–90]]
|[[Football League Third Division|Third Division]]||9||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||9||0
|-
|[[1990–91 Blackpool F.C. season|1990–91]]
|[[Football League Fourth Division|Fourth Division]]||31||1||3||0||2||0||5{{efn|name=BLA|Three appearances and one goal in [[Football League Trophy]], two in [[Football League Fourth Division|Fourth Division]] play-offs}}||1||41||2
|-
|[[1991–92 Blackpool F.C. season|1991–92]]
|Fourth Division||27||3||2||0||2||0||5{{efn|name=BLA}}||0||36||3
|-
|[[1992–93 Blackpool F.C. season|1992–93]]
|[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]||45||11||2||0||4||0||3{{efn|name=FLT|Appearances in [[Football League Trophy]]}}||0||54||11
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!112||15||7||0||8||0||13||1||140||16
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]] 
|[[1993–94 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season|1993–94]]
|[[Premier League]]||32||4||1||0||3||1||colspan="2"|—||36||5
|-
|[[1994–95 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season|1994–95]]
|Premier League||33||4||1||0||3||1||colspan="2"|—||37||5
|-
|[[1995–96 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season|1995–96]]
|Premier League||37||2||2||1||3||1||colspan="2"|—||42||4
|-
|[[1996–97 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season|1996–97]]
|[[Football League First Division|First Division]]||39||3||4||1||2||0||colspan="2"|—||45||4
|-
|[[1997–98 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season|1997–98]]<ref name=sb9798>{{soccerbase season|7318|1997|access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref>
|First Division||26||3||2||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||30||3
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!167||16||10||2||13||3||colspan="2"|—||190||21
|-
|rowspan="7"|[[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] 
|[[1997–98 West Ham United F.C. season|1997–98]]<ref name=sb9798/>
|Premier League||14||7||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||14||7
|-
|[[1998–99 West Ham United F.C. season|1998–99]]<ref>{{soccerbase season|7318|1998|access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref>
|Premier League||36||7||2||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||40||7
|-
|[[1999–2000 West Ham United F.C. season|1999–2000]]<ref>{{soccerbase season|7318|1999|access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref>
|Premier League||36||7||1||0||4||0||10{{efn|name=WHU|Ten appearances and one goal in [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]], four in [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]]}}||1||51||8
|-
|[[2000–01 West Ham United F.C. season|2000–01]]<ref>{{soccerbase season|7318|2000|access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref>
|Premier League||19||3||1||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||23||3
|-
|[[2001–02 West Ham United F.C. season|2001–02]]<ref>{{soccerbase season|7318|2001|access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref>
|Premier League||34||5||2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||37||5
|-
|[[2002–03 West Ham United F.C. season|2002–03]]<ref>{{soccerbase season|7318|2002|access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref>
|Premier League||38||8||2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||41||8
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!177||37||8||0||11||0||10||1||206||38
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] 
|[[2003–04 Manchester City F.C. season|2003–04]]<ref>{{soccerbase season|7318|2003|access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref>
|Premier League||29||1||4||0||2||0||3{{efn|name=UC|Appearances in [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]]}}||1||38||2
|-
|[[2004–05 Manchester City F.C. season|2004–05]]<ref>{{soccerbase season|7318|2004|access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref>
|Premier League||4||1||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||5||1
|-
|[[2005–06 Manchester City F.C. season|2005–06]]<ref>{{soccerbase season|7318|2005|access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref>
|Premier League||31||3||3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||34||3
|-
|[[2006–07 Manchester City F.C. season|2006–07]]<ref>{{soccerbase season|7318|2006|access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref>
|Premier League||18||0||2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||21||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!82||5||9||0||4||0||3||1||98||6
|-
|[[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] 
|[[2007–08 Cardiff City F.C. season|2007–08]]<ref>{{soccerbase season|7318|2007|access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref>
|[[EFL Championship|Championship]]||21||1||4||0||1||1||colspan="2"|—||26||2
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!559||74||38||2||37||4||26||3||660||83
|}

{{notelist}}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[England national football team|England]]<ref name=NFT>{{NFT player|2183|name=Sinclair, Trevor|accessdate=2 January 2018}}</ref>
|2001||1||0
|-
|2002||9||0
|-
|2003||2||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!12!!0
|}

==Honours==
'''Blackpool'''
*[[EFL League Two play-offs|Fourth Division play-offs]]: [[1992 Football League play-offs|1992]]

'''West Ham United'''
*[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]: [[1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup|1999]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/429277.stm |title=Intertoto win gives Hammers Uefa spot |work=BBC News |date=24 August 1999 |access-date=27 September 2018 |archive-date=25 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125080808/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/429277.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

'''England U21'''
* [[Toulon Tournament]]: 1994<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.englandfootballonline.com/matchrsl/MatchRslTmU21pg2.html | title = Match Results U21 : 1990-2000 | publisher = England Football Online | access-date = 10 June 2022 | archive-date = 7 November 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171107010852/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslTmU21pg2.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

'''Individual'''
*[[PFA Team of the Year]]: [[PFA Team of the Year (1990s)#First Division 8|1996–97 First Division]]<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=Barry J. |editor-last=Hugman |title=The 1997–98 Official PFA Footballers Factfile |year=1997 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=Harpenden |isbn=978-1-85291-581-0 |page=317}}</ref>
*[[Premier League Player of the Month]]: [[1995–96 FA Premier League#Monthly awards|October 1995]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/741/Trevor-Sinclair/overview |title=Trevor Sinclair: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=27 September 2018 |archive-date=27 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927201819/https://www.premierleague.com/players/741/Trevor-Sinclair/overview |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|last=Calley|first=Roy|title=Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992|publisher=Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd|date=20 October 1992|isbn=1-873626-07-X}}
*{{cite book|title=Legends: The great players of Blackpool FC|editor=Singleton, Steve|publisher=[[Blackpool Gazette]]|location=[[Blackpool]]|year=2007|edition=1|isbn=978-1-84547-182-8}}

==External links==
*{{Soccerbase}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100610232536/http://www.bsaweb.info/HOF90.aspx Sinclair in the Blackpool Supporters Association Hall of Fame]
*[http://www.thefa.com/england/All-Teams/Players?p=315533 England U21 stats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828105550/https://www.thefa.com/England/All-Teams/Players?p=315533 |date=28 August 2012 }} at the FA

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