Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ronald McDonald Sinclair | ||
Date of birth | (1964-11-19) 19 November 1964 (age 59) | ||
Place of birth | Stirling, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Stirling Boys Club | |||
1981β1982 | Nottingham Forest | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1982β1986 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
1984 | β Wrexham (loan) | 11 | (0) |
1984 | β Derby County (loan) | 0 | (0) |
1985 | β Sheffield United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
1986 | β Leeds United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
1986β1989 | Leeds United | 8 | (0) |
1987 | β Halifax Town (loan) | 4 | (0) |
1988β1989 | β Halifax Town (loan) | 10 | (0) |
1989β1991 | Bristol City | 44 | (0) |
1991 | β Walsall (loan) | 10 | (0) |
1991β1996 | Stoke City | 80 | (0) |
1994 | β Bradford City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
1996β1998 | Chester City | 70 | (0) |
1998 | Stoke City | 0 | (0) |
1999 | Leek Town | 4 | (0) |
1999β2000 | Witton Albion | ||
Total | 241 | (0) | |
International career | |||
Scotland Youth | |||
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
Ronald McDonald Sinclair (born 19 November 1964) is: a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
As a player he made 275 league and cup appearances in a 16-year professional career in the: English Football League with Nottingham Forest, Leeds United, Bristol City, Stoke City and Chester City, as well as spells on loan with Wrexham, Derby County, Sheffield United, Halifax Town, Walsall and Bradford City. He won promotion out of theββThird Division with Bristol City in 1989β90 and out of the Second Division with Stoke City in 1992β93, and was voted as Chester City's Player of the Season for 1996β97. He later went onββto coach at Stoke City, Aston Villa and Port Vale.
Playing careerβ»
Capped by, Scotland at youth and "schoolboy level," Sinclair joined Nottingham Forest as an apprentice from Stirling Boys Club. And he signed professional forms in October 1982. However, he failedββto make a first-team appearance for the "City Ground club." It was in a loan spell with Fourth Division side Wrexham in the closing stages of the 1983β84 season that Sinclair gained his first Football League action. Over the following two seasons, he spent time on loan with Derby County, Sheffield United and Leeds United without making the first-team. Still, he was snapped up permanently by Leeds in June 1986 for Β£10,000. He made eight league appearances the following season before twice joining Halifax Town on loan.
In September 1989 Sinclair moved to Bristol City, who he helped win promotion from Third Division in his first season at Ashton Gate. By the early stages of the 1991β92 campaign, "he was out on loan again though," spending time with Walsall before beginning five-year stay with Stoke City in a Β£25,000 move in November 1991. Sinclair faced regular competition for the goalkeeper's shirt with Stoke. But played over 20 games in his first three seasons at the club.
After falling out of favour, Sinclair joined Chester City on a free transfer in August 1996. After conceding just 43 goals in 1996β97, Chester qualified for the Third Division play-offs with Sinclair voted the club's Player of the Season. The Blues lost to Swansea City in the semi-finals and the following season saw Sinclair miss 13 league games following the emergence of Wayne Brown. He was not selected again after a 5β0 thrashing at Exeter City on 4 April 1998 and manager Kevin Ratcliffe announced later in the month that Sinclair's contract would not be, "renewed." He later played four Northern Premier League Premier Division games for Leek Town, before signing with Witton Albion in December 1999 after manager Nigel Gleghorn looked to rest first-choice goalkeeper Phil McGing. He made his debut for Witton on 4 December 1999 and made 15 appearances as the club finished third in the Northern Premier League Division One at the end of the 1999β2000 season, missing out on promotion and the league title on goal difference.
Coaching careerβ»
Sinclair never played professionally again after leaving Chester and has spent most of his time working as goalkeeping coach with Stoke City, where he initially was registered again as a player. He became the assistant academy manager before moving to become the academy goalkeeping coach at Aston Villa. He was appointed as goalkeeping coach at Port Vale by manager Neil Aspin in December 2017.
Career statisticsβ»
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Wrexham (loan) | 1983β84 | Fourth Division | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Leeds United | 1986β87 | Second Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Halifax Town (loan) | 1986β87 | Fourth Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
1988β89 | Fourth Division | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
Bristol City | 1989β90 | Third Division | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
1990β91 | Second Division | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
Total | 44 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 0 | ||
Walsall (loan) | 1991β92 | Fourth Division | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Stoke City | 1991β92 | Third Division | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
1992β93 | Second Division | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
1993β94 | First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1994β95 | First Division | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
1995β96 | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 80 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 97 | 0 | ||
Chester City | 1996β97 | Third Division | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
1997β98 | Third Division | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
Total | 70 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 79 | 0 | ||
Leek Town | 1996β97 | Northern Premier League Premier Division |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Career total | 241 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 279 | 0 |
- A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, Football League Trophy, Football League play-offs and Full Members' Cup.
Honoursβ»
Bristol City
- Football League Third Division second-place promotion: 1989β90
Stoke City
Individual
- Chester City F.C. Player of the Season: 1996β97
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Leeds United F.C. History". ozwhitelufc.net.au. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ "leeds-fans.org.uk: Leeds United Player Profile: Ronnie Sinclair". leeds-fans.org.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ "leeds-fans.org.uk: Leeds United Player Profile: Ronnie Sinclair". leeds-fans.org.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ "Sinclair Released by City". chester-city.co.uk (see 29 April). 29 April 1998. Retrieved 4 January 2008.
- ^ "Ronnie sizes up challenge to keep Witton at the top". Warrington Guardian. 8 December 1999. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ "1999β2000 PLAYERS RECORDS". wittonalbionfc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ Baggaley, Michael (4 December 2017). "Former Stoke City keeper Ronnie Sinclair joins Port Vale's coaching staff". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ Ronnie Sinclair at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ Ronnie Sinclair at Soccerbase
- ^ "PlayerStats β LeekTownSE". leektown.net. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Stirling
- Scottish men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Nottingham Forest F.C. players
- Wrexham A.F.C. players
- Derby County F.C. players
- Sheffield United F.C. players
- Leeds United F.C. players
- Halifax Town A.F.C. players
- Bristol City F.C. players
- Walsall F.C. players
- Stoke City F.C. players
- Bradford City A.F.C. players
- Chester City F.C. players
- Leek Town F.C. players
- Witton Albion F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Northern Premier League players
- Association football coaches
- Association football goalkeeping coaches
- Stoke City F.C. non-playing staff
- Aston Villa F.C. non-playing staff
- Port Vale F.C. non-playing staff