Scott Loach

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Scott Loach
Personal information
Date of birth 27 May 1988 (1988-05-27) (age 20)
Place of birth    Nottingham, England
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Watford
Youth clubs
2004–2006 Lincoln City
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2006–
2007
2007
2008		 Watford
→ Stafford Rangers (loan)
→ Morecambe (loan)
→ Bradford City (loan)		 00 (0)
11 (0)
02 (0)
20 (0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 20:32, 30 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Scott Loach (born 27 May 1988) is an English footballer. He plays as a goalkeeper for Watford and has had loan spells with non-league Stafford Rangers and League Two sides Morecambe and Bradford City.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Early career

Loach was born in Nottingham and was a member of the academy at Ipswich Town before joining Lincoln City as a 15-year-old, becoming an apprentice in summer 2004. During his time at Sincil Bank, Loach spent a number of periods on work experience with non-league sides. In August 2004 he joined Bourne Town.[1] He went to Boston Town in January 2005,[2] a spell that was extended until the end of the 2005–06 season.[3] In August 2005 he had a spell with Spalding United,[4] before ending the month with a two game spell with Stamford.[5][6] In November 2005 he returned to Boston Town,[7] while in March 2006 he went to Grantham Town.[8]

[edit] Watford

Despite being offered professional terms at Lincoln City, Loach joined Watford on trial in April 2006,[9] officially signing professional terms for Watford in June with Lincoln City receiving a transfer fee of £50,000.[9] In pre-season 2007 he was on trial at Leeds United with a view to a loan move,[10] but it did not come to fruition. In September 2007 he joined Conference side Stafford Rangers on loan for a month.[11] His loan was extended to three months,[12] and he played a total of league 11 games for Stafford. He joined Morecambe on loan in January 2008 initially for a month, making his debut on 1 January in a 2–1 defeat to Stockport County.[13] He made only one more league appearance for Morecambe, during which he saved a penalty from Macclesfield Town's Martin Gritton,[14] before he returned to Watford after just two weeks.[12] At the end of the month he joined Bradford City, another League Two club, on loan until the end of the 2007–08 season as replacement for Donovan Ricketts,[15] who was expected to move to Queens Park Rangers until he was refused a work permit.[16] Loach made his debut a day after joining Bradford, conceding twice in their 4–2 victory over Shrewsbury Town.[17] He followed it up five days later with a clean sheet against Macclesfield Town after he saved a second penalty at Moss Rose in as many months.[18] Loach played the remainder of the season with Bradford, making 20 appearances for the club, who finished in 10th place in League Two.[19]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Appleby raids former club again", Non League Daily, 31 August 2004. Retrieved on 2008-02-06. 
  2. ^ Eagle Bitter United Counties League Newsletter No 184 (PDF) p. 5. St Neots Town official website (January 2005). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  3. ^ Eagle Bitter United Counties League Newsletter No 186 (PDF) p. 3. St Neots Town official website (March 2005). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  4. ^ Gingerbreads fail to defend Shield. Grantham Town official website (6 August 2005). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  5. ^ "Wakes will get it right", Rutland & Stamford Mercury, 24 August 2004. Retrieved on 2008-02-06. 
  6. ^ "Wakes hoping for cup joy", Rutland & Stamford Mercury, 2 September 2004. Retrieved on 2008-02-06. 
  7. ^ "Second-half collapse a familiar tale of woe", Boston Standard, 23 November 2005. Retrieved on 2008-02-06. 
  8. ^ Scott Loach profile. Grantham Town official website. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  9. ^ a b Parker, Simon. "Hornets keeper joins City", Telegraph & Argus, 28 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-28. 
  10. ^ "Leeds face goalkeeping crisis", BBC Sport, 26 July 2007. Retrieved on 2007-07-29. 
  11. ^ "Loach joins Stafford Rangers", Watfordfc.com, 17 September 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-17. 
  12. ^ a b Affleck, Kevin. "Loach returns from loan", Watford Observer, 14 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-28. 
  13. ^ "Morecambe secure Watford keeper", BBC Sport, 2 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-28. 
  14. ^ "Macclesfield 1-2 Morecambe", BBC Sport, 5 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-28. 
  15. ^ "Loach replaces QPR-bound Ricketts", BBC Sport, 28 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-28. 
  16. ^ Crowther, Mike. "Ricketts returns to City", Telegraph & Argus, 30 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-30. 
  17. ^ "Bradford 4-2 Shrewsbury", BBC Sport, 29 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-30. 
  18. ^ "Macclesfield 0-1 Bradford", BBC Sport, 2 February 2008. Retrieved on 2008-02-02. 
  19. ^ Scott Loach. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2008-05-03.

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Persondata
NAME Loach, Scott
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 27 May 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Nottingham, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH