Justin Edinburgh

**Justin Charles Edinburgh** (18 December 1969 – 8 June 2019) was an English professional football player and manager. He played as a left back.

## Life and career

Edinburgh was born in Basildon. He started his playing career at Southend United in 1988. He was loaned to Tottenham Hotspur in 1990 and signed a contract with the club that same year. During his time at Totteham between 1990 and 2000, Edinburgh made 258 appearances for the club and scored once. He also won two trophies with Spurs, the 1990–91 FA Cup and the 1998–99 Football League Cup. He signed for Portsmouth in 2000. He left the club in 2003 to become player-manager of Billericay Town.

After retiring from playing, Edinburgh moved into full-time management, starting in 2006. He managed many lower-league and non-league clubs, including Rushden & Diamonds, Newport County, Gillingham and Northampton Town. He was the manager of Leyton Orient at the time of his death in June 2019.

Edinburgh was married and had two children. He died of a cardiac arrest on 8 June 2019, at the age of 49.

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|rowspan=2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Grays Athletic|align=left|5 January 2007|align=left|20 February 2008|||||
|align=left|Rushden & Diamonds|align=left|10 February 2009|align=left|7 July 2011|||||
|align=left|Newport County|align=left|4 October 2011|align=left|7 February 2015|||||
|align=left|Gillingham|align=left|7 February 2015|align=left|3 January 2017|||||
|align=left|Northampton Town|align=left|16 January 2017|align=left|31 August 2017|||||
|align=left|Leyton Orient|align=left|29 November 2017|align=left|8 June 2019|||||

### As a player

**Tottenham Hotspur**
- FA Cup: 1990–91
- FA Charity Shield: 1991 (shared)
- Football League Cup: 1998–99

### As a manager

**Newport County**
- FA Trophy runner-up: 2011–12
- Conference Premier play-offs: 2013

**Leyton Orient**
- National League: 2018–19
- FA Trophy runner-up: 2018–19

### Individual

- Conference Premier/National League Manager of the Month: April/May 2013, November 2018, March 2019
- Leyton Orient Hall of Fame

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Justin Edinburgh
- **image**: Justin edinburgh charity (cropped).jpg
- **image size**: 200px
- **caption**: Edinburgh in 2016
- **fullname**: Justin Charles Edinburgh
- **birth place**: Basildon, England
- **position**: Left back
- **years1**: 1988–1990
- **clubs1**: Southend United F.C., Southend United
- **caps1**: 37
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 1990
- **clubs2**: → Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur (loan)
- **caps2**: 0
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 1990–2000
- **clubs3**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **caps3**: 215
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2000
- **clubs4**: → Portsmouth F.C., Portsmouth (loan)
- **caps4**: 1
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2000–2003
- **clubs5**: Portsmouth F.C., Portsmouth
- **caps5**: 34
- **goals5**: 1
- **years6**: 2003–2006
- **clubs6**: Billericay Town F.C., Billericay Town
- **totalcaps**: 287
- **totalgoals**: 2
- **manageryears1**: 2003–2006
- **managerclubs1**: Billericay Town F.C., Billericay Town (player-manager)
- **manageryears2**: 2006
- **managerclubs2**: Fisher Athletic F.C., Fisher Athletic
- **manageryears3**: 2007–2008
- **managerclubs3**: Grays Athletic F.C., Grays Athletic
- **manageryears4**: 2009–2011
- **managerclubs4**: Rushden & Diamonds F.C., Rushden & Diamonds
- **manageryears5**: 2011–2015
- **managerclubs5**: Newport County A.F.C., Newport County
- **manageryears6**: 2015–2017
- **managerclubs6**: Gillingham F.C., Gillingham
- **manageryears7**: 2017
- **managerclubs7**: Northampton Town F.C., Northampton Town
- **manageryears8**: 2017–2019
- **managerclubs8**: Leyton Orient F.C., Leyton Orient