Scott Shearer

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Personal information
Scott Shearer
Date of birth	February 15, 1981 (age 26)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	6 ft 3 in
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Shrewsbury Town (on loan from Bristol Rovers)
Number	31
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000 - 2003 2003 - 2005 2005 2005-present 2006-present	Albion Rovers Coventry City Rushden & Diamonds (loan) Bristol Rovers Shrewsbury Town (loan)	49 (1) 38 (0) 13 (0) 47 (0) 13 (0)
National team²
2003	Scotland Futures	1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:27, 15 January 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 01:51, 27 October 2006 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Scott Shearer (born 15 February 1981 in Glasgow) is a Scottish goalkeeper, who is currently on loan at Shrewsbury Town from Bristol Rovers in Football League 2. He joined Rovers on a free transfer on 27 July 2005 from Coventry City.

Shearer began his career in Scotland with Albion Rovers before moving to amateur side Tower Hearts. He then returned to Albion before joining Coventry City in 2003. During his time at Albion he managed to score a goal, a last-minute equaliser at Hampden Park against Queen's Park in August 2003.^[1]

After joining Coventry Shearer represented Scotland as part of their "Futures team" in December 2003.^[2]

After playing 30 league games for Coventry in his first season, he played just 8 times in 2004-05, getting replaced by Luke Steele. Playing his last Coventry match in September 2004, Shearer went on loan to Rushden & Diamonds in February 2005 before a permanent move to Bristol Rovers for the start of 2005-06.

Shearer was Bristol Rovers' first choice keeper for 2005-06, making 44 League Two appearances. At the end of the season, he had accumulated 144 league appearances for his clubs. However, after the signing of Steve Phillips, Shearer lost his place in the first team. Despite returning to the team in October 2006, playing three consecutive matches, he was told he would be dropped again. He joined Shrewsbury Town on a three-month deal on 25 October 2006 to provide cover during Ryan Esson's recovery from a facial injury.^[3]

[edit] References

^ Queen's Park 1 - 1 Albion. soccerbase.com. Retrieved on October 27, 2006.
^ Future Cup 2003. Scottish FA. Retrieved on October 27, 2006.
^ Scott Shearer. shrewsburytown.co.uk. Retrieved on October 27, 2006.

Rollin, Glenda & Rollin, Jack: Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2006-2007. ISBN 0-7553-1526-X

[edit] External links

Scott Shearer career stats at Soccerbase

Shrewsbury Town F.C. - Current Squad
1 Esson \| 2 Hall \| 3 Ashton \| 4 Drummond \| 5 Hope \| 6 Canoville \| 7 M. Jones \| 8 Langmead \| 9 Cooke \| 10 Asamoah \| 12 Herd \| 14 Davies \| 18 Leslie \| 19 Edwards \| 21 MacKenzie \| 22 Humphrey \| 23 Tierney \| 24 Symes \| 25 L. Jones \| 28 Burton \| 29 Fortune-West \| 31 Shearer \| Manager: Peters