Mel Scott
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Melvyn Scott | ||
| Date of birth | 26 September 1939 | ||
| Place of birth | Claygate, England | ||
| Playing position | Centre half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1955–1957 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1957–1962 | Chelsea | 97 | (0) |
| 1962–1967 | Brentford | 157 | (2) |
| 1967–1968 | Oakland Clippers | 39 | (1) |
| Total | 293 | (3) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Melvyn "Mel" Scott (born 26 September 1939) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre half. Scott made nearly 300 career appearances in both England and the United States over an eleven-year period. He was also an England Under-23 international.
Career
Born in Claygate, Scott was a product of Chelsea's Junior Scheme, turning professional in November 1956, having played for the Combination team a few days before that. He started the 1957–58 season in the Combination team, but was promoted to the League side in March 1958, playing 9 of the last 10 games. As captain of the Junior team, he guided them to the Final of the 1957–58 FA Youth Cup. In 1958–59, he made 34 League appearances followed by 9 in 1959–60. In the next 2 seasons, he was on National Service but played a further 9 League matches in 1960–61, and then 36 in the 1961–62 season.[1] He did not play in the League team in the following season and was transferred to Brentford in March 1963,[2] making 17 appearances in a side which included a number of former internationals and which won the Fourth Division Championship.[3] All in all, he made 97 League appearances for Chelsea between 1957 and 1962,[4] before becoming a first team regular at Brentford, for whom he made 157 appearances in the League between 1962 and 1967.[5] Scott finished his professional career in the United States, spending two seasons with the Oakland Clippers of the North American Soccer League.[6] He made 4 England Under-23 appearances against Poland, Czechoslovakia and France in 1958–59; and against Hungary in 1959–60.[7] Sam Leitch saw him 'as favourite' for the centre half position for the World Cup in Chile in 1962.[8]
References
- ↑ Official Chelsea Handbook 1962–63
- ↑ Bradford City v Brentford programme April 1963
- ↑ Brentford Official Handbook 1963–64
- ↑ "CHELSEA : 1946/47 - 2008/09". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- ↑ "BRENTFORD : 1946/47 - 2008/09". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- ↑ "Melvyn Scott NASL career stats". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- ↑ Rothmans Football Yearbook 70-71
- ↑ England vs. USSR programme October 1958