11 Facts About Elisha Scott

Elisha Scott 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.

Elisha Scott was reported as signed by Crewe Alexandra in August 1913, presumably under some sort of loan arrangement.

Elisha Scott finally made his Liverpool debut on 1 January 1913 at St James' Park.

Elisha Scott finally got a chance of a run in the Liverpool goal at the end of the season.

Elisha Scott was a major part of the back-to-back Championship winning teams of 1922 and 1923, missing just three games of the first title and none in the second.

One such story relates to a 1924 game, after Elisha Scott had just made a phenomenal save at Ewood Park against Blackburn.

Elisha Scott was part of one of the legendary rivalries of the day along with Everton's Dixie Dean.

Towards the end of the decade, Elisha Scott lost his starting position to another Liverpool goalkeeper, Arthur Riley, but he never gave up the battle for the starting berth.

However, at the beginning of the 1930s it was becoming more and more difficult for Elisha Scott to get into the line-up.

Elisha Scott played his final game for Belfast Celtic in 1936 at the age of 42.

Elisha Scott died in 1959 and is buried in Belfast City Cemetery.