Here we go, diving into the footballing journey of one Scott Sinclair, born on this unforgiving earth in England, dated to the 25th March 1989, which, if my math doesn't fail me, would make him about 35 years old currently. Sinclair, a forward by trade but often finding himself shoved out on the left wing at Bristol Rovers, is not exactly a giant of the game, standing at 1.77m (5ft 9in) tall and weighing about 70kg (11st). And he's often spotted parading around in the number 7 jersey. Do take note, Sinclair has also been seen representing Great Britain's national team, if you were questioning the quality of the lad.
Now, strap in as we take a dodgem car ride through Sinclair's club career, starting at Bristol Rovers back in the cold winter of 2004, when our lad made his first team appearances. A bit of a career nomad our Sinclair, as he then hopped over to Chelsea in June 2005 for a merry sum of about £200K. Maybe the London weather got to him, as he spent the better part of his Chelsea career playing everywhere but Stamford Bridge! Bursts of scintillating mediocrity at Plymouth Argyle, QPR, Charlton, Crystal Palace and Birmingham during this period.
When the Chelsea ship finally set sail in August 2010, Sinclair found his sea legs at Swansea for a timid £1.5m. Our hero made quite the mark, scoring 19 goals in his debut season and continuing on a respectable scoring rate for another two seasons. Following this, Sinclair quite literally hit the jackpot with a move to Manchester City for a whopping £6.2m in August 2012, but let's just say concrete appearance statistics during his time at the Etihad are about as rare as a City fan before 2008.
Sinclair's twisting and turning career saw him loaned out to West Bromwich Albion in 2013, return to City, and then head out to Aston Villa first on loan, then permanently in 2015 for a tidy £2.5m. One can only ponder the frustrations of trying to pin down his loyalties amidst all this club hopping.
Then came the fateful day in August 2016, when Sinclair was shipped off to Celtic in Scotland for a sum of about £3.5m. He kept Celtic's net bulging quite consistently for three seasons before his scoring touch mysteriously vanished in the 2019-20 season. His stint at the Scottish giants ended in January 2020 when he was transferred to Preston North End, and at long last, back to his starting point at Bristol Rovers in 2022. Now, we see him running his weary legs out at Bristol, having tussled in both the FA Cup and the League Cup for the 2024-25 season. After all that club hopping, you'd think the lad was playing a game of Monopoly and not football.
