Geoff Scott (footballer)

Geoff Scott
Personal information
Full nameGeoffrey Samuel Scott[1]
Date of birth31 October 1956[1]
Place of birthBirmingham, England[1]
Playing positionDefender
Youth career
1973–1975Aston Villa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Solihull Borough
Highgate United
1977–1980Stoke City78(3)
1980–1982Leicester City39(0)
1982Birmingham City19(0)
1982–1984Charlton Athletic2(0)
1984Middlesbrough2(0)
1984–1985Northampton Town17(0)
1985–1986Cambridge United19(0)
1986–1987Solihull Borough
1987–1988Moor Green
1988–1989Highgate United
Total176(3)
Teams managed
1988–1989Highgate United (player-manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Geoffrey Samuel "Geoff" Scott (born 31 October 1956) is an English former professional footballer who made 176 appearances in the Football League playing for Stoke City, Leicester City, Birmingham City, Charlton Athletic, Middlesbrough, Northampton Town and Cambridge United.[2] He played as a defender.[1]

Football career

Scott was born in Birmingham, and played began his career with Aston Villa.[1] He failed to earn an professional contract with Villa and played non-league football for Kings Heath, Solihull Borough and Highgate United before joining Stoke City in 1977.[3][4] He made his Football League debut on 22 October 1977 as a substitute in a 2–1 defeat away at Blackburn Rovers. He played regularly for Stoke, making 78 league appearances in two-and-a-half years,[5] and was part of the side that gained promotion to the First Division in the 1978–79 season.[6] He played 16 First Division games[5] before signing for Leicester City as the replacement for Dennis Rofe who had recently joined Chelsea.[7]

Scott spent two years at Leicester, and was part of the side that won the Second Division title in the 1979–80 season. He played 39 league games,[2] in the last of which he scored an own goal to the benefit of opponents Birmingham City for whom he signed directly afterwards.[3] Scott remained at Birmingham only a few months, then played for Charlton Athletic, Middlesbrough, Northampton Town and Cambridge United, where his League career ended because of injury.[2][8] He returned to the Birmingham area and played for Solihull Borough, Moor Green and Highgate United, becoming player-manager of the latter club in the 1988–89 season.[4]

After football

After retiring from the game, Scott took a degree in business studies and worked in the telecommunications industry. He returned to football when appointed secretary of the Stoke City Old Boys Association, and became chief executive of Xpro, an organisation supporting the heath and welfare of former professional footballers.[8][9]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City 1977–78 Second Division 242200000262
1978–79 Second Division 380104000430
1979–80 First Division 161003000191
Total 783307000883
Leicester City 1979–80 Second Division 110000000110
1980–81 First Division 210200000230
1981–82 Second Division 70003000100
Total 390203000430
Birmingham City 1981–82 First Division 150000000150
1982–83 First Division 4000000040
Total 190000000190
Charlton Athletic 1982–83 Second Division 2000000020
1983–84 Second Division 0000000000
Middlesbrough 1984–85 Second Division 2000100030
Northampton Town 1984–85 Fourth Division 170300020220
Cambridge United 1985–86 Fourth Division 190100020220
Career Total 176390110402003
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy.

Honours

Stoke City
Leicester City

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Geoff Scott". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Williams, Tony, ed. (1988). Official Football Association Non-League Directory. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 516, 519. ISBN 1-869833-09-0.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Geoff Scott: Stoke City FC". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  6. Struthers, Greg (21 December 2008). "Stoke win the hard way" (reprint hosted at NewsBank). The Sunday Times (London). Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  7. "Bruges show interest in Ipswich's Muhren". The Times. 19 February 1980. p. 10.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Cushnan, David (16 November 2009). "Geoff Scott is leading the X Factor". SportsPro. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  9. Spinks, Martin (22 April 2009). "Ex-stars join forces to aid club's struggling heroes". The Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent). Retrieved 5 April 2012.