Matt Scott (sports journalist)

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Matt Scott
OccupationJournalism
Known forInvestigative journalism

Matt Scott is a British sports journalist.

He is best known for his work in The Guardian newspaper in the 'Digger' column which was printed between 2007 and 2011. [1] He was also an occasional contributor to the Guardian's Football Weekly podcast. He vacated his position at The Guardian in January 2012, having been employed there since 2003. Since then he has written for the Daily Telegraph and was a columnist for the website Inside World Football (IWF). [2]

He had previously worked for Sportsbeat, Worldsport.com and the Daily Star.

In 2025 he appeared in and was credited as an associate producer for the Sky Documentaries film King of Lies: Football's Trillion Dollar Con [3] .

A known Arsenal F.C. fan, [4] he is the great grandson of William Scott; a former player of Arsenal and Forfar Athletic.

References

  1. ↑ "Scott leaves Guardian as the Digger is done for". sportsjournalists.co.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Matt Scott Column". Inside World Football. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "King of Lies: Football's Trillion Dollar Con". sky.com. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Q&A with Matt Scott". Football Writers' Association. December 19, 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
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