Alex Sykes
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alex Sykes | ||
| Date of birth | 2 April 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Newcastle-under-Lyme, England | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1993 | Hereford United | ||
| 1993–1994 | Mansfield Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1994 | Mansfield Town | 2 | (1) |
| 1996–2000 | Forest Green Rovers | 170 | (43) |
| 2000–2002 | Nuneaton Borough | 46 | (14) |
| 2001 | → Forest Green Rovers (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| 2002–2004 | Forest Green Rovers | 63 | (8) |
| 2003 | → Bath City (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Bath City | 50 | (13) |
| 2005 | → Gloucester City (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | Gloucester City | 154 | (60) |
| 2009–2013 | Bishop's Cleeve | (12) | |
| 2013–XXXX | Shortwood United | ||
| National team | |||
| England Schools under 18s | |||
| England Futsal | 38 | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2011–2013 | Bishop's Cleeve | ||
| 2013–2016 | Shortwood United (joint-manager) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Shortwood United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Alex Sykes (born 2 April 1974) is an English football manager and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He also played internationally for the England Futsal side.
Sykes was a product of the youth setups at both Hereford United and Mansfield Town. He had originally begun his career with Westfields who received a club record fee of £4,000 from Mansfield for his services in 1992. He made his senior debut for Mansfield in a Football League match against Walsall, scoring on his debut. He turned down the offer of a new contract from manager Andy King to attend university in Cheltenham at the University of Gloucestershire.
During this time he played for defunct Hellenic League club Endsleigh, and also for the reserves at Cheltenham Town. He signed for Forest Green Rovers in March 1996 and was part of their successful double league winning side that won back-to-back promotions into the Football Conference in 1998 under Frank Gregan.
In 1999, Sykes reached the final of the FA Trophy with Forest Green at Wembley Stadium but the club lost 1-0 against Kingstonian. He finished as top goal scorer in the competition that season and scored in the semi final second leg against St Albans City.
He then joined fellow Conference side Nuneaton Borough, ruling out the opportunity to sign for Stevenage Borough. His first goal for Nuneaton Borough came on 28 August 2000 in a 4-2 away defeat against Morecambe. He helped the club to an FA Cup giant killing against Stoke City however he returned to Forest Green on loan in March 2001 until the end of the season. He made 7 appearances on loan back at Forest Green scoring 2 goals, the first of which again came against Morecambe in April 2001. He missed the club's 2001 FA Trophy final defeat against Canvey Island at Villa Park because he had been cup tied from playing for Nuneaton in a previous round.
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