Scott Lindsey

Scott Lindsey (born 4 May 1972) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Gillingham. He is the current manager of Crawley Town.

Scott Lindsey
Personal information
Full name Scott Lindsey[1]
Date of birth (1972-05-04) 4 May 1972[1]
Place of birth Walsall, England[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Crawley Town (manager)
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)
Managerial career
2010 Lincoln City (caretaker)
2019–2021 Chatham Town
2022–2023 Swindon Town
2023– Crawley 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 following the 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 was announced as the club's new head coach in June 2022 following the departure of Ben Garner for Charlton Athletic.[18]

On 11 January 2023, when Swindon were eighth in League Two, Lindsey was appointed manager of another League Two side, Crawley Town, on an initial two-and-a-half year contract. In his first season he would keep the club up after a strong run of form towards the end of the season with survival confirmed after a 0-0 draw against Walsall. The club would finish in 22nd place, their lowest finish since their relegation from League One in 2015. [19]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 24 October 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
PWDLWin %
Swindon Town 20 June 2022 11 January 2023 30 10 8 12 033.3
Crawley Town 11 January 2023 Present 39 13 10 16 033.3
Total 69 23 18 28 033.3

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".[20]

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.[21] His brother Matthew died in a motorcycle accident in 1995 on his way back from watching Lindsey play in a match.[21]

References
  1. "Scott Lindsey". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  2. "Game Info for Tamworth vs Evesham United on 30/08/1993". Tamworth F.C. Heritage Website. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  3. "Player Info- Scott Lindsey". Tamworth F.C. Heritage Website. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  4. "Game Info for Tamworth vs Leicester United on 04/12/1993". Tamworth F.C. Heritage Website. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  5. Jack Rollin (Editor), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1995–96, pp. 168–169, Headline 1995.
  6. "Soccer: Canvey win and Billericay fight hard for points". Evening Echo. 25 January 1999. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  7. "Soccer: Big Wembley date is booked by Jones". Evening Echo. 29 September 1999. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  8. "Landmark for Invicta duo". Non-League Daily. 11 October 2004. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  9. "VCD Athletic 0–2 Maidstone United". Maidstone United F.C. 24 January 2006. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  10. "Full-time report: Sittingbourne 1 Croydon Athletic 2". Sittingbourne F.C. 8 March 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  11. "Lindsey in, Kola out at Invicta". Your Shepway News. 3 June 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  12. "Lindso on a great opportunity". Folkestone Invicta F.C. 11 January 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  13. "Lincoln City appoint Scott Lindsey as coach". Lincolnshire Echo. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  14. "Scott Lindsey departs". Lincoln City F.C. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  15. "Lindsey is loving adventure with League One Swindon Town". Tamworth Herald. 20 August 2014. Archived from the original on 22 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  16. "Scott Lindsey, Steve Hale and Tom Huelin depart Swindon Town to join up with Mark Cooper at Forest Green Rovers as chief scout Sam Jewell heads to Brighton". Swindon Advertiser. 2 June 2016.
  17. "New Director of Football and Head Coach Appointed". Swindon Town F.C. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  18. "Scott Lindsey appointed as Town's new Head Coach/". Swindon Town F.C. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  19. "SCOTT LINDSEY APPOINTED AS MANAGER". crawleytownfc.com. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  20. Barry J Hugman (Editor), The 1995–96 Official P.F.A. Footballers Factfile, pp.126, Stanley Paul 1995.
  21. Johnston, Neil (30 September 2020). "FA Cup qualifying: How Chatham Town boss turned to football after losing wife to cancer". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
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