Geoff_Scott_(footballer)
Geoff Scott (footballer)
English footballer
Geoffrey Samuel Scott (31 October 1956 – 17 October 2018) was an English 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]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Geoffrey Samuel Scott[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1956-10-31)31 October 1956[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 17 October 2018(2018-10-17) (aged 61) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1973–1975 | Aston Villa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Solihull Borough | ||
| – | Highgate United | ||
| 1977–1980 | Stoke City | 78 | (3) |
| 1980–1982 | Leicester City | 39 | (0) |
| 1982 | Birmingham City | 19 | (0) |
| 1982–1984 | Charlton Athletic | 2 | (0) |
| 1984 | Middlesbrough | 2 | (0) |
| 1984–1985 | Northampton Town | 17 | (0) |
| 1985–1986 | Cambridge United | 19 | (0) |
| 1986–1987 | Solihull Borough | ||
| 1987–1988 | Moor Green | ||
| 1988–1989 | Highgate United | ||
| Total | 176 | (3) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1988–1989 | Highgate United (player-manager) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Scott was born in Birmingham, and played began his career with Aston Villa.[1] He failed to earn a 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] before signing for Birmingham City.[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 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 health and welfare of former professional footballers.[8][9]
Scott suffered from cancer in his later years and died on 17 October 2018 at the age of 61.[10]
Source:[11]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other[A] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stoke City | 1977–78 | Second Division | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 |
| 1978–79 | Second Division | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
| 1979–80 | First Division | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | |
| Total | 78 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 3 | ||
| Leicester City | 1979–80 | Second Division | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980–81 | First Division | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| 1981–82 | Second Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Birmingham City | 1981–82 | First Division | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 1982–83 | First Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Charlton Athletic | 1982–83 | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983–84 | Second Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Middlesbrough | 1984–85 | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Northampton Town | 1984–85 | Fourth Division | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Cambridge United | 1985–86 | Fourth Division | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Career Total | 176 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 200 | 3 | ||
- A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy.
- Stoke City
- Football League Second Division third-place promotion: 1978–79
- Leicester City
- Football League Second Division champions: 1979–80
- Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
- "Geoff Scott". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- Williams, Tony, ed. (1988). Official Football Association Non-League Directory. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 516, 519. ISBN 1-869833-09-0.
- "Geoff Scott: Stoke City FC". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- Struthers, Greg (21 December 2008). "Stoke win the hard way" (reprint hosted at NewsBank). The Sunday Times. London. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
- "Bruges show interest in Ipswich's Muhren". The Times. 19 February 1980. p. 10.
- Cushnan, David (16 November 2009). "Geoff Scott is leading the X Factor". SportsPro. Archived from the original on 23 November 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- Spinks, Martin (22 April 2009). "Ex-stars join forces to aid club's struggling heroes". The Sentinel. Stoke-on-Trent. Retrieved 5 April 2012.[permanent dead link]
- "Stoke City promotion hero Geoff Scott dies aged 61". Stoke Sentinel. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- Geoff Scott at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)