| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Martin Scott[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1968-01-07)7 January 1968 (age 57)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, Yorkshire, England[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Left-back[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1990 | Rotherham United | 94 | (3) |
| 1988 | →Nottingham Forest (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1990–1994 | Bristol City | 171 | (14) |
| 1994–1999 | Sunderland | 106 | (9) |
| Total | 371 | (26) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005–2006 | Hartlepool United | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Martin Scott (born 7 January 1968) is an English formerfootball player and coach. Scott made over 350Football League appearances as aleft back during the 1980s and 1990s.[3]
Scott had a distinguished playing career atRotherham United,Nottingham Forest,Bristol City andSunderland before injury forced him to retire from playing.
He went on to become youth team manager atHartlepool United. He led the team to the fifth round of theFA Youth Cup, losing toManchester United. Later, he had an eight-month spell as manager of the first team, he left the club after an alarming slide down the table, his side would be eventually relegated. After leaving Pools, he had a brief spell as assistant manager atLeague Two sideBury before leaving to take up a role at Middlesbrough.
Scott joined Middlesbrough as an under-18 coach in July 2007,[4] before being promoted to reserve team coach a year later.[5]
Scott had his contract terminated on 3 May 2010, along with goalkeeping coachStephen Pears and first team coachColin Cooper.[6]
When Barnsley sacked managerKeith Hill on 29 December 2012, following a defeat byBlackburn Rovers, Scott was asked to help out caretaker managerDavid Flitcroft. The arrangement came about after Scott texted to his friend to express his condolences over the managerial dismissal. FormerFleetwood Town managerMicky Mellon also came in to help Flitcroft in similar circumstances.
On 13 January 2013, the day after Barnsley won 2–0 at home toLeeds United, Flitcroft was named permanent manager with Mellon as his assistant and Scott as first-team coach. On 30 November 2013, Scott left Barnsley following the departure of Flitcroft.[7]
In October 2016, Scott was appointed assistant manager atSouth Shields alongsideGraham Fenton.[8] He took up this role alongside his full-time job as director of his own football academy.[9] At Shields, the pair won promotion to theNorthern Premier League and won theFA Vase in 2017. However, he left the club following Fenton's controversial sacking in January 2022.
Scott's son Olly is also a footballer who plays forKing's Lynn Town.[10]
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