William Edward Scott (17 May 1882 – 16 August 1936) was an Irish

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who played as a

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for, among others, Everton,

Leeds City Leeds City Football Club was the leading professional club in Leeds, England, before the First World War. The club was highly successful in the wartime football league; however, it faced sanction for paying its players during wartime which had b ...

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and

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. In 1913 Scott was a member of the Ireland team that beat

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for the first time with a 2–1 win at

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. His younger brother,

Elisha Scott Elisha Scott (24 August 1893 – 16 May 1959) was a Northern Irish football goalkeeper who played for Liverpool from 1912 to 1915 and from 1919 to 1934, and still holds the record as their longest-serving player. Life and playing career Elisha ...

, was also a notable goalkeeper and also played for Liverpool and Ireland. It was Billy Scott who recognised his younger brother's potential and recommended him to Liverpool after an unsuccessful trial at Everton.

Club career

Scott was born in

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. After playing for

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and Linfield, Scott joined Everton in July 1904. He spent eight years at the club, playing 251 English League games and helping the club finish runners-up in the

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three times. Scott also played a further 38 games for Everton in the

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, including two appearances in the

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. His teammates at the club included fellow Irish internationals

Val Harris Valentine Harris (Irish: ''Vailintín Ó hEarchaí''; 23 June 1884 in Ringsend, Dublin, Ireland – 9 November 1963), commonly referred to as Val Harris, was an Irish footballer who played Gaelic football for the Dublin county team and soccer ...

and Bill Lacey. In August 1912 Scott joined

where he played under

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and alongside another Irish international,

Billy Gillespie William Ballintrae Gillespie (6 August 1891 – 2 July 1981) was an Irish football player who played as a striker for Sheffield United over a twenty-year period from 1913 to 1932, scoring over 137 League and Cup goals in 492 games for the Yo ...

. After leaving Leeds, Scott returned to

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where he played 27 games for

during the

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International career

Between 1903 and 1913 Scott played 25 times for

. In 1903, together with

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and Robert Milne, he was a member of the Ireland team that won a share in the 1903 British Home Championship. On 15 February 1913 Scott, along with

and two-goal hero

, was a member of the Ireland team that beat

for the first time with a 2–1 win at

Honours

Linfield *

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: 1901–02, 1903–04 * Irish League: 1901–02, 1903–04 Everton *

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; runner-up

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runner-up:

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, 1908–09, 1911–12 Ireland *

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(shared)

Sources

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References

External links

Everton Appearances
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Billy 1882 births 1936 deaths Irish association footballers (before 1923) Pre-1950 IFA men's international footballers Cliftonville F.C. players Linfield F.C. players NIFL Premiership players Everton F.C. players Leeds City F.C. players Liverpool F.C. wartime guest players Association footballers from Belfast Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland Men's association football goalkeepers