Lee Sinnott

Lee Sinnott
Personal information
Full name Lee Sinnott[1]
Date of birth (1965-07-12) 12 July 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Pelsall, England[2]
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
19??–1982 Walsall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1983 Walsall 40 (2)
1983–1987 Watford 78 (2)
1987–1991 Bradford City 173 (6)
1991–1993 Crystal Palace 55 (0)
1993–1994 Bradford City 34 (1)
1994–1997 Huddersfield Town 87 (1)
1997–1999 Oldham Athletic 31 (0)
1998Bradford City (loan) 7 (0)
1999–2000 Scarborough 22 (0)
Total 527 (12)
International career
1985 England U21 1 (0)
Managerial career
2003–2007 Farsley Celtic
2007–2008 Port Vale
2009 Bradford Park Avenue
2011–2016 Altrincham
2018–2019 Gainsborough Trinity
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lee Sinnott (born 12 July 1965) is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently manager of Gainsborough Trinity.

As a player, he was a defender for Walsall, Watford, Bradford City, Crystal Palace, Huddersfield Town, Oldham Athletic and Scarborough. His biggest impact was at Bradford City, where he stayed for five years over two spells, making over 200 appearances. He made 505 appearances in the English Football League and 653 in all competitions. He played in the 1984 FA Cup final for Watford, taking home a runners-up medal.

As manager of Farsley Celtic between 2003 and 2007, he won promotion three times in four seasons to take the club from the Northern Premier League to the Conference. This was followed by a short spell at Port Vale in the 2007–08 season. He managed Bradford Park Avenue for ten months in 2009 before returning to the game with Altrincham in May 2011. He led Altrincham to promotion from the Conference North via the play-offs in 2014 but was sacked in March 2016. He returned to management with Gainsborough Trinity in February 2018, lasting 12 months.

  1. ^ "Lee Sinnott". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Lee Sinnott". Holmesdale Online. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  3. ^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1980). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 380. ISBN 0362020175.