Scott Lindsey (born 4 May 1972) is an English former

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. He played as a

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in the

Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

for Gillingham and is currently the head coach of

Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club has played home matches at ...

Playing career

Lindsey started his career with

Goole Town Goole Association Football Club is a semi-professional football club in Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Victoria Pleasure Grounds. History The club was established by Mike Norman i ...

before signing for

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side

Stafford Rangers Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts. Stafford Rangers' rivals include T ...

and then having spells with

Burton Albion Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club moved its home groun ...

and Sutton Coldfield Town. He later joined Tamworth, debuting in the 2–1

Southern Football League The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...

Midland division victory at Evesham United on 30 August 1993 and went on to make a total of 22 appearances for the club, (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). He moved on to join

Bridlington Town Bridlington Town Association Football Club is an association football club based in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They were founded in 1918 and currently play in the . History The club was founded in 1918 as Bridlington Centra ...

before signing for Gillingham in July 1994 and made his debut for the club in the 1–0 home defeat to

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

on 31 December 1994. 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 Dover Athletic Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in the town of Dover, Kent, England. The club currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was formed in 198 ...

in October 1995 spending the next two seasons with the club before moving on to

Sittingbourne Sittingbourne is an industrial town in Kent, south-east England, from Canterbury and from London, beside the Roman Watling Street, an ancient British trackway used by the Romans and the Anglo-Saxons and next to the Swale, a strip of sea separa ...

and

Ashford Town (Kent) Ashford United F.C. are an English football club based in Ashford, Kent. The 'new' United was formed in 2011, resurrecting the name used by the town's football club between 1891 and 1907. Following the demise of the original Ashford United cl ...

. Lindsey played for

Canvey Island Canvey Island is a town, civil parishes in England, civil parish and reclaimed island in the Thames estuary, near Southend-on-Sea, in the Castle Point district, in the county of Essex, England. It has an area of and a population of 38,170.Office ...

, scoring his first goal for the club in a 3–0

Isthmian League First Division The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...

home victory over

Wembley Wembley () is a large suburbIn British English, "suburb" often refers to the secondary urban centres of a city. Wembley is not a suburb in the American sense, i.e. a single-family residential area outside of the city itself. in north-west Londo ...

on 23 January 1999, before being released in September 1999 and joining Gravesend & Northfleet where he remained until spending the 2001–02 season with

Welling United Welling United Football Club is a professional football club, based in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley, England. The club's first team play in the National League South, at the sixth tier of English football. History Welling United Foot ...

. In July 2002 he joined

Folkestone Invicta Folkestone Invicta Football Club is a association football, football club based in Folkestone, Kent, England. They are currently members of the and play at Cheriton Road. History The club was established in 1936 and joined the East Kent Wedne ...

, making his 100th start for the club in the

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Second Qualifying Round Replay at home to Harrow Borough on 5 October 2004. In January 2006, he joined

Maidstone United Maidstone United Football Club is a professional football club based in Maidstone, Kent, England. The team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league system. The current club filled the void left by the ol ...

debuting in the 2–0 Kentish Observer Football League Cup Group C victory at VCD Athletic on 24 January 2006. He joined

in March 2008, debuting as a second-half substitute in the 2–1

Isthmian League Division One South The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 teams ...

home defeat to Croydon Athletic on 8 March 2008.

Coaching career

Lindsey rejoined

as a player/coach 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

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for young children whilst also working at the club's Centre of Excellence in

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with the Under 9s right through to the Under 16s. Following the appointment of

Chris Sutton Christopher Roy Sutton (born 10 March 1973) is an English former professional football player and manager. He later became a pundit and commentator for BT Sport, regularly working on their coverage of Scottish football. He is now also a pundit ...

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. On 18 May 2011 he departed

Sincil Bank Sincil Bank Stadium, known for sponsorship reasons as LNER Stadium, is a football stadium in Lincoln, England which has been the home of Lincoln City since 1895. Previously, Lincoln City had played at the nearby John O'Gaunts ground since th ...

with his contract being cancelled by mutual consent following the Club's relegation from

The Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

. He was appointed as the under 18s manager at

in the summer of 2014. In June 2016 though he left Swindon to take on the role of assistant manager at

Forest Green Rovers Forest Green Rovers Football Club are a professional football club based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England. The team compete in , the third tier of the English football league system, and have played their home games at The New Lawn since ...

. On 22 July 2021, Lindsey left Chatham Town and rejoined

as assistant manager and, following the exit of

Ben Garner Ben Garner (born 19 May 1980) is an English professional football coach who was most recently manager of Charlton Athletic. Whilst completing the UEFA Pro Licence in 2014, he was mentored by then Chelsea manager José Mourinho. Previously, Garne ...

, was announced as the new Head Coach of

following the departure of Ben Garner for

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, south-east London, which compete in . Their home ground is The Valley, where the club have played since 1919. They have also played at The Mount in C ...

Managerial statistics

Personal life

Scott Lindsey is the son of the former Gillingham right-back

Keith Lindsey Keith Lindsey (25 November 1946 – 12 February 2003) was an English professional association football, footballer who played at Defender (association football), right-back for Scunthorpe United F.C., Scunthorpe United, Doncaster Rovers F.C., D ...

and was described as "a chip off the old block in the same position and for the same club".Barry J Hugman (Editor), ''The 1995–96 Official P.F.A. Footballers Factfile'', pp.126, Stanley Paul 1995. 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. His brother Matthew died in a motorcycle accident in 1995 on his way back from watching Lindsey play in a match.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindsey, Scott 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Walsall English footballers Association football midfielders Goole Town F.C. players Stafford Rangers F.C. players Burton Albion F.C. players Sutton Coldfield Town F.C. players Tamworth F.C. players Bridlington Town A.F.C. players Gillingham F.C. players Dover Athletic F.C. players Sittingbourne F.C. players Ashford United F.C. players Canvey Island F.C. players Ebbsfleet United F.C. players Welling United F.C. players Folkestone Invicta F.C. players Maidstone United F.C. players English Football League players English football managers Lincoln City F.C. managers English Football League managers Gillingham F.C. non-playing staff Forest Green Rovers F.C. non-playing staff Chatham Town F.C. managers Swindon Town F.C. non-playing staff Swindon Town F.C. managers Association football coaches