Kevin Scott (footballer)

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Kevin Scott
Personal information
Full name Kevin Watson Scott [1]
Date of birth (1966-12-17) 17 December 1966 (age 57) [1]
Place of birth Easington, County Durham, England [1]
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) [2]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Middlesbrough
198?–198? Durham City
198?–1984 Newcastle United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1984–1994 Newcastle United 227 (8)
1994–1997 Tottenham Hotspur 18 (1)
1995 → Port Vale (loan) 17 (1)
1996–1997 → Charlton Athletic (loan) 4 (0)
1997 → Norwich City (loan) 5 (0)
1997–1999 Norwich City 28 (0)
1999 → Darlington (loan) 4 (0)
1999–2001 Guisborough Town ? (?)
2001–200? Crook Town ? (?)
Total303(10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kevin Watson Scott (born 17 December 1966) is an English former football defender. He played over 300 games in the Football League for six different clubs.

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Starting his career with Newcastle United in 1984, he spent ten years with the club, playing as captain as the club won the First Division title in 1992–93. A big money move to Tottenham Hotspur followed in February 1994. However, he did not settle at the club, and instead spent the majority of his three years at the club on loan at Port Vale, Charlton Athletic and Norwich City. He made the move to Norwich permanent in 1997, spending two years at the club before leaving the professional game in 1999, shortly after a loan spell with Darlington.

Career

A former youth player at Middlesbrough, Scott spent just one season with the club before being released. [3] He worked at a paper mill and a lumber factory whilst playing part-time for Durham City. [3] Spotted by Newcastle United manager Jack Charlton, he was part of a youth side that won the FA Youth Cup in 1985, playing alongside the likes of Joe Allon, Gary Kelly, Brian Tinnion and Paul Gascoigne. [3]

He helped Willie McFaul's "Magpies" to a 17th-place finish in the First Division in 1986–87. He scored twice in six appearances in the 1987–88 campaign, before making 36 starts in the 1988–89 relegation season. He then featured 53 times in the 1989–90 season, as new boss Jim Smith led the club to a third-place finish in the Second Division. He started 42 of the club's 46 games in the 1990–91 campaign, and played 50 matches as captain under Osvaldo Ardiles in the disastrous 1991–92 season. New manager Kevin Keegan handed the captaincy to Brian Kilcline, and United went on to win promotion as the division's champions in 1992–93; Scott scored two goals in 56 league and cup appearances. [4] He played 18 top-flight games in the first half of the 1993–94 season, before leaving St James' Park on a £850,000 sale to Tottenham Hotspur in February 1994. [4]

Former Newcastle boss Osvaldo Ardiles was in charge at White Hart Lane, and led "Spurs" to a 15th-place finish in the Premier League in 1993–94. Gerry Francis replaced Ardiles as manager early in the 1994–95 season, and Scott lost his first-team place. He signed on loan for John Rudge's Port Vale in January 1995. [1] He helped to shore up the "Valiants" defence, as an upturn in form in the second half of the 1994–95 season saw the Vale rise out of the First Division relegation zone. [1] Rudge wanted to buy Scott, but Vale could not match Tottenham's valuation of £600,000. [4] Tottenham went on to finish tenth in the 1995–96 season, though Scott rarely featured in the first-team. Still a peripheral player in the 1996–97 season, he was loaned out to Alan Curbishley's First Division Charlton Athletic, though played just four games at The Valley.

Scott joined Norwich City in February 1997 for a £250,000 fee. [4] Mike Walker's "Canaries" finished 13th in the First Division in 1996–97, and then 15th in 1997–98. Under the stewardship of Bruce Rioch, Norwich finished ninth in 1998–99. However, Scott only played 33 first-team games in his time at Carrow Road, of which just one match was under Rioch. [3] He played his last professional game at Feethams on a loan spell with David Hodgson's Third Division club Darlington in February 1999, where an ongoing knee injury ended his professional career. [3] After leaving Norwich later that year he played numerous games for Northern League sides Guisborough Town and Crook Town. [3]

Post-retirement

In 2008, Scott was working as a coach at the Middlesbrough F.C. Academy. [5] As of December 2011, he was working as a driving instructor with Loxley driver training. [3]

Career statistics

Source: [6] [7] [8]

ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueFA CupOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Newcastle United 1986–87 First Division 31002051
1987–88 First Division41002162
1988–89 First Division2904040370
1989–90 Second Division 4234170534
1990–91 Second Division4201031461
1991–92 Second Division4412040501
1992–93 First Division4524070562
1993–94 Premier League 1801020210
Total227816131227411
Tottenham Hotspur 1993–94 Premier League1210000121
1994–95 Premier League40000040
1995–96 Premier League20001030
Total1810010191
Port Vale (loan) 1994–95 First Division1710000171
Charlton Athletic (loan) 1996–97 First Division40000040
Norwich City 1996–97 First Division90000090
1997–98 First Division2401010260
1998–99 First Division00001010
Total3301020360
Darlington (loan) 1998–99 Third Division 40000040
Career total3031017134235413

Honours

Newcastle United

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 260. ISBN   0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ↑ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1980). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81 . London: Queen Anne Press. p. 250. ISBN   0362020175.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Kevin Scott Biography". Flown from the Nest. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Scott, Kenneth H. "Player Details | Kevin Watson Scott | toon1892". toon1892.com. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Boro Win Nike Trophy". Middlesbrough F.C. 12 April 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ Kevin Scott at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  7. ↑ "Kevin Scott". Neil Brown. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  8. ↑ Kevin Scott at Soccerbase OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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