knocked out by Real Zaragoza 4–3 on aggregate. Chelsea again had a disappointing league campaign, finishing in 11th-position, but Sinclair went on to have his best return for the "Blues" with 47 appearances in all competitions, also chipping in with further goals against Queens Park Rangers and Wimbledon. However he featured just 15 times in the 1995–96 campaign. He also found first-team appearances limited under player-manager Ruud Gullit during the 1996–97 season. However he made six appearances in the FA Cup and was one of three centre-backs – the others being Frank Leboeuf and Steve Clarke – to start in the 1997 final as they beat Middlesbrough 2–0 to lift the trophy. The following season, Sinclair played in the 1997 FA Charity Shield as Chelsea lost on penalties to Manchester United after he missed the opening penalty. On 9 August, he hit the headlines after celebrating a goal against Coventry City by dropping his pants; he later explained he did this in tribute to his newborn daughter. He went on to score for Chelsea in the League Cup final, again over Middlesbrough, in a 2–0 win. His first team chances were starting to become limited though, as new manager Gianluca Vialli built a new team, which consisted mostly of continental stars including centre-backs Frank Leboeuf and Marcel Desailly, whilst John Terry was coming through the youth-team. He missed the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final victory over VfB Stuttgart due to a calf injury, though did make five appearances in the competition. Due to the injuries and competition for places the League Cup final against Middlesbrough actually proved to be his final appearance for the club. Leicester City Sinclair was sold on to Leicester City in August 1998, for a fee of £2 million. During his time at Filbert Street Sinclair developed an unfortunate reputation for scoring own goals. This was caused initially by two own goals in consecutive weekends in 1999. The first was a great leap at Highbury to give Arsenal a 2–1 win. He managed to refrain from putting through his own net against Coventry City the following Wednesday, but then scored another at home to former club Chelsea, where he beat Tore André Flo to the ball to smash it into his own net and lose Leicester their one-goal lead. The importance of these goals was accentuated by the fact that both came in the last minute