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Elisha Scott: Goalkeeper |
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Nickname: |
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Date of Birth:
24.08.1894 |
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Dead: 16.05.1959 |
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With the Reds: 1912-1934 |
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Height: |
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Weight: |
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Bought from: Broadway
United |
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Signed for LFC:
ЈN/A - 03.09.1912 |
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Debut: 1st January 1913 v Newcastle
United (A) D1 drew 0-0 (Aged 18) |
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Last match: 21.02.1934 |
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1st team league
games: 430 |
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1st team league
goals: |
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Total 1st team
games: 468 |
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Total 1st team
goals: |
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Total 1st team
Wartime games: 15 |
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Total 1st team
Wartime goals: |
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Contract expiry:
25.06.1934 |
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International caps:
5 (5 as Liverpool) Ireland, 26 (22 as Liverpool) Northern Ireland |
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International goals: |
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International debut: 1920
v Scotland |
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Former clubs:
Linfield, Broadway United and Belfast Celtic |
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Birth Place: Belfast,
Northern Ireland |
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Honours: 2 Division One
Championships 21-22, 22-23
Runners up: 1 Charity Shield 22 |
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Personal Honours: |
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Fact: Legendary striker Dixie Dean
once described Scott as the best Goalkeeper he had ever faced |
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Total LFC games/goals
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League |
FA Cup |
FL Cup |
Europe |
Other |
Total |
| Seasons |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
| 1912-13 |
1 |
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1 |
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| 1913-14 |
4 |
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4 |
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| 1914-15 |
23 |
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2 |
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25 |
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| 1919-20 |
9 |
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9 |
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| 1920-21 |
26 |
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3 |
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29 |
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| 1921-22 |
39 |
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3 |
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1 |
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43 |
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| 1922-23 |
42 |
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4 |
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46 |
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| 1923-24 |
42 |
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5 |
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47 |
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| 1924-25 |
38 |
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4 |
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42 |
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| 1925-26 |
39 |
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3 |
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42 |
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| 1926-27 |
32 |
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4 |
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36 |
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| 1927-28 |
17 |
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17 |
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| 1928-29 |
22 |
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22 |
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| 1929-30 |
8 |
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8 |
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| 1930-31 |
14 |
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14 |
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| 1931-32 |
37 |
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4 |
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41 |
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| 1932-33 |
27 |
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1 |
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28 |
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| 1933-34 |
10 |
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4 |
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14 |
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| Total |
430 |
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37 |
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1 |
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468 |
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A more detailed look at the player's appearances
| Total |
Competition |
| 430 |
League |
| 37 |
FA Cup |
| 1 |
Charity Shield |
Career Milestones for Elisha Scott:
Appearances in all competitions
| № |
Date |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| 1 |
01.01.1913 |
Newcastle United |
0-0 |
St James Park |
League |
| 50 |
30.10.1920 |
Everton |
3-0 |
Goodison Park |
League |
| 100 |
18.03.1922 |
Bolton Wanderers |
0-2 |
Anfield |
League |
| 150 |
31.03.1923 |
Birmingham |
1-0 |
St Andrews |
League |
| 200 |
12.04.1924 |
Middlesbrough |
3-1 |
Anfield |
League |
| 250 |
12.09.1925 |
Arsenal |
1-1 |
Highbury |
League |
| 300 |
25.12.1926 |
Burnley |
0-4 |
Turf Moor |
League |
| 350 |
06.10.1928 |
West Ham United |
1-1 |
Upton Park |
League |
| 400 |
28.11.1931 |
Arsenal |
0-6 |
Highbury |
League |
| 450 |
14.01.1933 |
WBA |
0-2 |
The Hawthorns |
FA |
Goals in all competitions
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Date |
Min |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| Didn't find any goals |
Total LFC
Wartime games/goals
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League |
| Seasons |
App |
Gls |
| 1915-16 |
15 |
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| Total |
15 |
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Update: 22.10.2007 |
PROFILE
 The
legend of Elisha Scott will live forever in Liverpool folklore. Arguably the greatest
goalkeeper to keep goal for the Reds, Scott remains one of the most famous figures to have
represented the club, despite playing his last game way back in 1934.
Born in Belfast, he followed in the footsteps of his elder brother Billy, who was a
goalkeeper with Everton and Ireland. Scott junior signed for Linfield at just 14 years of
age but was soon moved on to junior club Broadway United where he learnt his trade before
Billy recommended him to his peers at Goodison.
Fortunately for Liverpool, Everton deemed him to be too young and when Billy then
mentioned Elisha to Anfield chairman John McKenna, the Reds did not hesitate in swooping
to sign the rookie 17-year old.
With the experienced Kenny Campbell still keeping goal for Liverpool, young Scott
was considered one for the future. But it was not long before he made an impression.
Making his first team debut against Newcastle United on New Years Day 1913, he kept
a clean sheet in a goalless draw and, so accomplished was his performance at St James Park
that afternoon, opponents Newcastle offered J1,000 for his signature immediately
afterwards.
Scott was only informed of the bid on the way back to Liverpool and believing that
Campbell would be difficult to dislodge, he thought it might have been in his best
interests if he was allowed to go. Liverpool's secretary/manager Tom Watson, though,
wisely refused and reassured Scott that his future lay at Anfield.
He was right. Towards the end of the 1914/15 season Scott enjoyed an extended run
as Liverpool's first choice keeper and, although the advent of World War One interrupted
his progress, as the 1920's dawned he quickly earned a reputation as one of the finest
custodians around.
One reporter wrote of him, 'He has the eye of an eagle, the swift movement of a
panther when flinging himself at a shot and the clutch of a vice when gripping the ball.'
In 1920 he won the first of his 27 international caps and in 1921/22 missed just
three games as the Reds won their first league title for 16 years. The following season he
was an ever-present between the sticks as the championship was retained. Scott was by now
a firm favourite of the Anfield crowd and the adulation he received was unprecedented. In
1924, after pulling off a stunning save at home to Blackburn Rovers, one fan ran onto the
pitch and kissed him!
The years that followed the back-to-back title triumphs may have been barren in
terms of honours won but Scott's popularity never once waned. In 1934 the unthinkable
almost occurred when Everton offered J250 for his services. He was coming to end of his
career and Liverpool were ready to accept the offer until supporters flooded the local
newspaper with letters of protest.
On February 21, 1934 Scott played his 467th and final game for Liverpool - it was a
record that stood until Billy Liddell surpassed it in 1957.
Anfield's favourite son requested a move back to Ireland to take up the post of
player/manager at Belfast Celtic and on the occasion of Liverpool's final home game of
that season hardened Kopites were rumoured to have shed tears when their hero made an
emotional farewell speech from the directors' box.
He finally retired from the game in at the age of 42 in 1936 and continued to
manage the Belfast club until it folded in 1949. Ten years later the legendary Elisha
Scott died. Gone, but never forgotten.
NORTHERN IRELAND (and Ireland before 1924)
1920 v Scotland, England; 1921 v Scotland, Wales, England; 1925 v Wales, England;
1926 v Wales, Scotland, England; 1927 v Scotland, Wales, England; 1928 v Wales, Scotland,
England; 1929 v Wales, Scotland, England; 1930 v England; 1931 v Wales; 1932 v Scotland,
England, Wales; 1933 v Scotland, England, Wales (27). |
