Scott Partridge

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Personal information
Scott Partridge
Full name	Scott Partridge
Date of birth	October 13, 1974 (1974-10-13) (age 33)
Place of birth	Leicester, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Bath City
Youth clubs
	Bradford City
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992–1994 1994–1997 1995 1996 1996 1997–1998 1998–1999 1999–2001 2001–2003 2003 2003 2003 2003–	Bradford City Bristol City → Torquay United (loan) → Plymouth Argyle (loan) → Scarborough (loan) Cardiff City Torquay United Brentford Rushden & Diamonds → Exeter City (loan) Shrewsbury Town Weymouth Bath City	005 0(0) 057 0(7) 005 0(2) 007 0(2) 007 0(0) 036 0(2) 034 (13) 093 (21) 044 0(5) 004 0(2) 004 0(0) 014 0(2) 138 (68)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 Mar 08. * Appearances (Goals)

Scott Partridge (born October 13, 1974 in Leicester) is an English footballer who plays for Bath City. He is a centre forward noted for his first touch and technique.

[edit] Playing career

Partridge started his career at Bradford City but never became a first team regular at Valley Parade, and signed for Bristol City in February 1994. There, he also found first team opportunities hard to come by, and after loan spells with Torquay United, Plymouth Argyle and Scarborough, Partridge was transferred to Cardiff City for a fee of £50,000 in 1997. His stay at Ninian Park lasted just one season and he signed for former loan club Torquay United in March 1998.

It was at Torquay that Partridge really found his feet in league football, playing regularly and scoring at a rate of one goal every three games. His form caught the eye of Brentford's chairman/manager Ron Noades, who paid £100,000 to sign Partridge in February 1999. Partridge played over one hundred games for the Bees before being released in the summer of 2001. After this, Partridge struggled to recapture the form he showed at Torquay and Brentford, having somewhat unproductive spells at Rushden & Diamonds, Exeter City, Shrewsbury Town and Weymouth.

It was a transfer to Bath City in 2003 that finally got Partridge's career back on track. Since signing for Bath, Partridge has played over one hundred games, scoring at a rate of roughly one goal in every two games.