James Alexander Sinclair (born 22 October 1987) is an English former professional footballer who played as a full back or winger.
[6] He played for Alnwick Town Juniors,[7] Northumberland Boys – for whom he set a schools record, scoring nine goals in a county under-16s match against South Yorkshire – and the youth academies of Sunderland and Newcastle United, prior to signing scholarship forms with Bolton Wanderers in summer 2004.
[6] Bolton Wanderers At 16 he scored on his first team debut in a pre-season friendly game against Sheffield Wednesday F.C,[8] and was then an unused substitute the next day against Inter Milan.
[4] Sinclair agreed his first professional contract shortly before making his first-team debut for Bolton, on 28 April 2007 in the 2–2 Premier League draw away to Chelsea, coming on as a 77th-minute substitute to replace Idan Tal.
He made his first competitive appearance of the 2007–08 season as a very late substitute in the UEFA Cup group stage away at Red Star Belgrade, in December 2007 as the Wanderers secured a victory.
Sinclair joined Conference National side Gateshead on non-contract terms on 26 January 2010,[16] making his debut the same day in a 2–0 defeat to Kettering Town.