Scott Lindsey spent most of his long playing career in non league football with just a 15 month spell in the Football League at Gillingham.

He had various coaching roles and was on Swindon’s coaching staff when he was promoted to become their head coach in June 2022. On 11 January 2023, when Swindon were 8^th in League 2, Lindsey jumped ship to become Crawley manager, another League 2 side. A strong run saw them avoid an exit from the EFL. The following season, Crawley won promotion to League 1 after beating Crewe following an 8-1 win over MK Dons in the semi final following a turn of the year rise up the table. On a tight budget, his side exceeded expectations and were easy on the eye.

2 months (September 2024) into the new season, he left to drop back into League 2 with MK Dons but was sacked 6 months later following a poor run of results. 3 weeks later, he was re-appointed as Crawley manager on 21 March 2025 but was sack a year and a day later. The change saw Crawley pull clear of the drop zone.

His first spell at Crawley was a success, but given his second spell, supporters of most of his previous clubs will have mixed feelings about him.

At 54, he arrives as City’s first ever Head Coach with only 3 previous City managerial appointments being made at an older age. He is known to prefer a back 3 and play a pleasing "possession dominant" style of football.

Lindsey plays a 3421 formation which he describes as "3 Box 3" with his wing backs deployed higher up the pitch than Maynard

On social media, one Crawley fan posted:

• Season 1: Came in January (2023) and kept us up. That team had no right to stay up and Lindsey saved us after Betsy's and Etheridge's reigns
• Season 2 (2023/4): Was given a new team, primarily of non-league misfits universally predicted to come bottom, finished 7^th on the final day and promotion through the playoffs. Coached a benchwarmer at Grimsby to a 25 goal season and made players signed from Oxford City and Gateshead play to a league one standard
• Season 3: Had his entire promotion team sold from under him yet still set us off to a flyer in L1. Leaves (resigned) in October (2024), returns in March (2025) getting just a point shy of saftey after Elliot left us seemingly doomed. Would have kept us up if not for Burton cheating to sign a hundred players. Seriously impressive
• Season 4 (2025/6): Nothing much positive to say, and why his win record looks so underwhelming. Still don't think he underperformed per se as the ceiling for that squad of detestable sh i t players probably was scraping saftey (Sacked March 2026)
• Not saying he's a guarantee to get you up, he's only done it once of course, but hes reguarly overperformed expectations and at worst performed at par with his squad (season 4 at us and his time at Swindon). He's a top coach at this level, and provided you don't give him responsibility over transfers he'll do a top job.