Scott Benjamin Laird was born on 15 May 1988 and is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back and midfielder for Southern League Premier Division South club Weston-super-Mare.
40 Facts About Scott Laird
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Scott Laird spent eight years at Plymouth, making one first-team appearance for the club.
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Scott Laird was later loaned to Torquay United in September 2007, making two appearances for the team.
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Scott Laird left Stevenage when his contract expired in 2012, and signed for Preston North End.
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Scott Laird left Forest Green in May 2019 and signed for Weston-super-Mare in a player-assistant manager role a month later.
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Scott Laird represented Scotland at youth level, captaining the under-16 team all the way up to under-20 level.
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Scott Laird was selected for the England C team in April 2009, earning one cap.
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Scott Laird was born in Taunton, Somerset, and grew up in Bridgwater.
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Scott Laird supported Rangers and Ipswich Town as a boy, and singled out Brian Laudrup as a player he always aspired to play like.
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Scott Laird played football at East Bridgwater School aged nine, which was a satellite centre for Plymouth Argyle.
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At the age of 14, Scott Laird progressed to Plymouth Argyle's centre of excellence in Ivybridge.
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Scott Laird made the one hour journey from his Bridgwater home to train with the club every Tuesday and Thursday.
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Scott Laird attracted interest from Rangers in 2003, with the SPL club enquiring about the player after his performances for Scotland in the Victory Shield.
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Scott Laird signed an academy scholarship with the club aged 16, before being offered a two-year professional contract at the age of 17 by manager Tony Pulis in February 2006, which he signed.
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Scott Laird played 21 games for Tiverton during the loan spell, of which 17 were in the league, as he scored four times from a central midfield role.
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Scott Laird did not appear for Plymouth again and was loaned out to nearby Conference Premier club Torquay United a month later.
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Scott Laird impressed under manager Peter Taylor and signed on a permanent basis on 1 February 2008, for an undisclosed fee.
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Scott Laird was a regular in the team's FA Trophy campaign that season, playing in six FA Trophy matches.
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Scott Laird missed the final at Wembley Stadium as a result of being sent-off in the defeat to Cambridge United in the Conference Premier play-off semi-final.
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Scott Laird made 53 appearances as Stevenage won promotion to the Football League for the first time in their history.
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Scott Laird was voted as Stevenage's Player of the Year at the end of the season.
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At the Football Conference's Annual Presentation Dinner, Scott Laird was named in the Team of the Year, alongside fellow Stevenage defenders Ronnie Henry and Mark Roberts.
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Scott Laird finished as the club's second highest goalscorer for the season in their first season in League One, as Stevenage missed out on a third successive promotion following a play-off semi-final defeat.
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Scott Laird made 245 appearances during his four years with the club, scoring 24 goals.
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Scott Laird subsequently signed for League One club Preston North End on a free transfer on 27 May 2012.
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Scott Laird scored four times in 24 games during his first season with the club.
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Scott Laird signed a twelve-month contract extension on 17 December 2013, keeping him contracted to the club until the summer of 2015.
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Scott Laird made 42 appearances during the season, scoring once, as Preston missed out on promotion back to the Championship after losing in the play-off semi-finals to Rotherham United.
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Scott Laird made 108 appearances during his three-year spell at Preston, scoring seven times.
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Scott Laird made 38 appearances in all competitions that season, scoring twice, as Scunthorpe missed out on the League One play-offs after finishing in seventh position.
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Scott Laird made 31 appearances during the loan spell, scoring four goals.
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Scott Laird made 43 appearances in all competitions during the club's first season in League Two, scoring three times.
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Scott Laird scored 13 times in 30 appearances from a central midfield role before the season was curtailed in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Scott Laird played in all three of Scotland's games in the Victory Shield in 2003, scoring twice, with Scotland finishing as joint winners of the tournament alongside England.
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Scott Laird played 36 times across various age groups for Scotland, scoring six goals.
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Scott Laird grew up playing as a left-sided centre-back, before being deployed in central midfield in the early stages of his career.
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Scott Laird began playing at left-back at the start of his time at Stevenage, a position he would ultimately play at for the majority of his professional career.
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Scott Laird returned to playing in a central midfield role upon playing semi-professionally at Weston-super-Mare.
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Scott Laird's father, Craig, was a football manager before becoming a college teacher, having previously managed Bridgwater Town, Weston-super-Mare and Dorchester Town.
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Scott Laird's grandmother gave him a one pound coin every time he scored a goal.