Frank Sinclair

Chelsea

Sinclair was born in the London Borough of Lambeth and grew up in Clapham. He attended Pimlico School in Westminster and was offered trials at Chelsea, Arsenal and Wimbledon whilst he represented the West London district team. He later joined Chelsea as an eleven-year-old, stating that supporting the club was a major influence in his decision making. He progressed through the youth age groups, going on to sign as an apprentice in April 1988, before turning professional in May 1990. In April 1991, after a run of four consecutive defeats, Chelsea manager Bobby Campbell decided to blood some youngsters at Luton Town. Sinclair was chosen out of position at left-back, but impressed on his debut as Chelsea fought back from 3–0 down to draw the match 3–3 despite having ten men for the whole of the second half. He kept his place in the side for the next three fixtures at left-back but was subbed off at half-time in a 7–0 away defeat to Nottingham Forest and then rested for the remainder of the 1990–91 season. He made his first appearance of the 1991–92 campaign in Chelsea's first away game, a disappointing 3–0 defeat to Oldham Athletic at Boundary Park. After this performance he was dropped from the side and failed to make a matchday squad under manager Ian Porterfield. In December 1991, he was sent on a short loan spell at Third Division side West Bromwich Albion to gain some more experience. He impressed on his Albion debut, which came in a 1–1 draw away at…

Sinclair was eligible to represent England through birth and also qualified for Jamaica through his parents, who were born in the country. Following on from his impressive form for Chelsea in the 1994–95 season, he was called up by Terry Venables to the England squad for the Umbro Cup final match against Brazil in June 1995. However, he failed to make an appearance and this proved to be his only call-up to the side. Despite wanting to represent England at international level, an opportunity to represent Jamaica arose early in November 1997 following their qualification to the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Manager René Simões had called up several English-born players such as Deon Burton, Robbie Earle, Paul Hall, and Fitzroy Simpson in the qualification matches and wanted Sinclair to join the group. Sinclair stated, "I was playing the best football of my career and was still not involved with England. Jamaica came up and I thought an opportunity like that might never happen again so I took it." He was called up to the squad for the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup held in February, making his debut in the opening group stage match against Brazil, which finished in a 0–0 draw at the Miami Orange Bowl. He played in the remaining two group stage games as Jamaica qualified for the knockout stage with wins over Guatemala and El Salvador. Jamaica were knocked out in the semi-finals due to a 1–0 golden goal defeat to Mexico, and finished in fourth place overall as they lost to Brazil in the…

Colwyn Bay

After being appointed player-manager, Sinclair helped save Colwyn Bay from relegation and was named as Conference North Manager of the Month for April 2013 after overseeing six successive victories. He credited his success to new signings Shelton Payne and Jamie Ellison, as well as veteran midfielder Fraser McLachlan. He signed a new one-year contract in the summer. In July he convinced veteran striker Ade Akinbiyi to join the club. Sinclair was again named as Manager of the Month after winning all five matches in December 2013. He was named as the bookies favourite for the vacant Wrexham management post in February 2014. Sinclair led Colwyn Bay to a 12th-place finish in the 2013–14 season, the highest finish in the club's history. On 5 January 2015, he resigned as manager of Colwyn Bay, a day after a 5–0 defeat to Boston United which left the club 11 points outside the play-off places. He went on to work as a youth team coach at Oldham Athletic.

Brackley Town

He featured intermittently for struggling Conference North side Brackley Town in the 2014–15 season. After the resignation of Jon Brady, Sinclair was appointed as the club's caretaker manager on 8 September 2015, until Kevin Wilkin was appointed 12 days and three draws later.

Hednesford Town

On 15 December 2015, Sinclair was appointed manager of Conference North club Hednesford Town. On 2 March 2016, he resigned with the "Pitmen" bottom of the division having won only two of his…

Sinclair has a son, Tyrese (born 2001). Tyrese previously played in the youth team of Blackburn Rovers but was released in 2017. Tyrese turned professional with Mansfield Town in July 2019. In September 2005, Sinclair, then living in Lostock, Bolton was found guilty of drink driving at Bolton Magistrates' Court. He was banned from driving for three years and given a £2,000 fine.