Career
He began his career at Fulham and played over 150 games for the club, before moving to Bristol Rovers in 1991 for £130,000—where he remained until 1998. He later played for Scottish clubs Hibernian, Dunfermline and Brechin City before retiring from playing in 2005. Skinner worked at both Chelsea"s and Queens Park Rangers" youth academies before becoming QPR"s reserve team manager in June 2006.
Skinner signed a two-year contract to become assistant manager at Farnborough in 2009.