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

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. He played as a

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in the

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for Gillingham and is currently the head coach of

Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional 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 the County Ground sin ...

Playing career

Lindsey started his career with Goole Town before signing for

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side Stafford Rangers 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 gro ...

and Sutton Coldfield Town. He later joined Tamworth, debuting in the 2–1 Southern Football League Midland division victory at

Evesham United Evesham United Football Club are an English football club based in Evesham, Worcestershire. They reached the first round proper of the FA Cup for the first time in the 2008–09 season. In 2005, they entered the Southern League Premier Divisi ...

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 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 Park ...

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

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and Ashford Town (Kent). Lindsey played for

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

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home victory over

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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. In July 2002 he joined Folkestone Invicta, making his 100th start for the club in the

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Second Qualifying Round Replay at home to

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on 5 October 2004. In January 2006, he joined Maidstone United debuting in the 2–0 Kentish Observer Football League Cup Group C victory at

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on 24 January 2006. He joined

in March 2008, debuting as a second-half substitute in the 2–1 Isthmian League Division One South home defeat to

Croydon Athletic Croydon Athletic Football Club was an English football club based in Thornton Heath in the London Borough of Croydon, London, England. It was founded in 1986 and initially named as Wandsworth & Norwood until 1990. The club progressed through ...

on 8 March 2008.

Coaching career

Lindsey rejoined Folkestone Invicta 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 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

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

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. 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. On 22 July 2021, Lindsey left

Chatham Town Chatham Town Football Club is an English association football club based in Chatham, Kent. It currently plays in the and is nicknamed "The Chats”. Former Premier League club Portsmouth and current Premier League club West Ham United played ...

and rejoined

as assistant manager and, following the exit of Ben Garner, was announced as the new Head Coach of

following the departure of Ben Garner for

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Managerial statistics

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".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