Full name Geoffrey Samuel Scott Years Team Name Geoff Scott | Playing position | |
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Born 31 October 1956, Birmingham, United Kingdom Died 17 October 2018 ( Aged 61 ) Similar Gary Lineker , Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1933) , Andy Peake | ||
Geoffrey Samuel "Geoff" Scott (born 31 October 1956 -17 October 2018) was 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. He played as a defender.
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Football career
Scott was born in Birmingham, and played began his career with Aston Villa. 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. 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, and was part of the side that gained promotion to the First Division in the 1978–79 season. He played 16 First Division games before signing for Leicester City as the replacement for Dennis Rofe who had recently joined Chelsea.
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, in the last of which he scored an own goal to the benefit of opponents Birmingham City for whom he signed directly afterwards. 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. 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.
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. In 2016 Scott was featured in Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! in which he appeared to have forged a letter saying he had terminal cancer in an attempt to avoid paying a debt. A few months later, he repaid the debt in full.
Scott suffered from cancer in his later years and died on 17 October 2018 at the age of 61.
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