Scott Minto

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Scott Minto
Personal information
Full name Scott Christopher Minto [1]
Date of birth (1971-08-06) 6 August 1971 (age 53) [2]
Place of birth Bromborough, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
0000–1988 Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1994 Charlton Athletic 180 (7)
1994–1997 Chelsea 54 (4)
1997–1999 Benfica 31 (0)
1999–2003 West Ham United 51 (0)
2003–2006 Rotherham United 52 (0)
Total368(11)
International career
1990–1993 England U21 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Scott Christopher Minto (born 6 August 1971) is an English former professional footballer and sports television pundit.

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As a player he was as a left back who played in the Premier League for Chelsea and West Ham United and in Portugal for Benfica. He also played in the Football League for Charlton Athletic and Rotherham United and was capped six times by England U21.

Since retirement, Minto has worked as a pundit and occasional co-commentator, notably with Sky Sports and talkSPORT.

Playing career

Minto started his career with Charlton Athletic and made his debut as a 17-year-old in 1988. After over 220 appearances for the Addicks, he moved across London to sign for Chelsea in July 1994 for £875,000.

Minto made his debut for Chelsea in a 6–2 Cup Winners' Cup win against Czech side FK Viktoria Žižkov, and played in every round of the side's run to the semi-finals. His time at Chelsea was plagued by injuries, but he was nevertheless a regular member of the Chelsea defence when fit. In 1996–97, he was an important part of the side's run to the 1997 FA Cup Final, which they won, defeating Middlesbrough 2–0 in what proved to be his last game for the club. He scored five goals in 72 appearances for Chelsea, all of which came in his final season.

In June 1997, shortly after Chelsea's FA Cup win, Minto joined Benfica of Portugal on a free transfer. He remained in Lisbon for 18 months, making 31 appearances, before returning to England with West Ham United for £1,000,000 in January 1999. [3] [4]

His West Ham career got off to a poor start, losing 4–0 at home to Sheffield Wednesday, [5] but he quickly established himself in the side, as the club secured 5th place in the league – their highest ever Premier League finish. However, his time there was again plagued by injury problems and he was released by the club upon the expiry of his contract in June 2003. He played in 51 league games for West Ham, without scoring.

Minto then joined League One side Rotherham United, but once again injuries hindered his progress and he made just seven league appearances during the 2005–06 season. He announced his retirement from the game in July 2006.

Media career

Minto presented Revista de la Liga and live coverage of Spanish football on Sky Sports until 2015, when he started presenting live coverage of the English Football League as the deputy lead presenter behind Simon Thomas. When Thomas was promoted to present Premier League football on Saturday lunch times following the departure of Ed Chamberlin to ITV Racing, Minto became the lead English Football League presenter in August 2016. He regularly presents games on Friday evenings, Sunday lunch times and Monday nights, and anchors Sky's coverage of the end of season play-off games. Prior to his presenting work, Minto occasionally made appearances commenting on games from the studio for Soccer Saturday. Minto was replaced on Sky in 2020. He previously appeared on talkSPORT's Evening Kick-off show as a co-presenter. Other previous work as a pundit included working for BBC London 94.9's live football commentaries. Minto currently hosts Charlton TV Live, the official Charlton livestream service, on matchdays.

Personal life

In 2008, Minto graduated from University of Staffordshire with a degree in Professional Sports Writing and Broadcasting. [6]

Career statistics

Source: Scott Minto at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Charlton Athletic 1988–89 First Division 3000001 [lower-alpha 3] 040
1989–90 First Division23210002 [lower-alpha 3] 1263
1990–91 Second Division 43110111 [lower-alpha 3] 0462
1991–92 Second Division331103100372
1992–93 First Division36110202 [lower-alpha 4] 0411
1993–94 First Division42260201 [lower-alpha 4] 0512
Total1807100827120510
Chelsea 1994–95 Premier League 19030006 [lower-alpha 5] 0280
1995–96 Premier League1000010—110
1996–97 Premier League2546021—335
Total544903160725
Benfica 1997–98 Primeira Divisão 21040—00250
1998–99 Primeira Divisão10010—6 [lower-alpha 6] 0170
Total31050—60420
West Ham United 1998–99 Premier League1500000—150
1999–2000 Premier League18010105 [lower-alpha 7] 0250
2000–01 Premier League100000—10
2001–02 Premier League500010—60
2002–03 Premier League1201020—150
Total510204050620
Rotherham United 2003–04 First Division3201020—350
2004–05 Championship 1400020—160
2005–06 League One 6000001 [lower-alpha 8] 070
Total520104010580
Career total3681127019325143915

Honours

Chelsea

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ Hugman, Barry, ed. (2005). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006. Queen Anne Press. p. 283. ISBN   978-1-85291-662-6.
  2. ↑ "Scott Minto". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  3. ↑ Scott Minto On Chelsea & Charlton And His Biggest Achievement: Moving To Benfica worldfootballindex.com
  4. ↑ "Scott Minto". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  5. ↑ "Scott Minto". Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics.
  6. ↑ "Hats off to our super students". Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  7. ↑ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 150.
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