Anthony Scott is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 former professional footballer

Football (soccer)

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 who played as a right winger.

Scott played for Huntingdon Boys and St Neots Town

St Neots Town F.C.

St Neots Town F.C. is an English football club based in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. The club are currently members of Division One Central of the Southern League and play at New Rowley Park.-History:...

 before joining the groundstaff at West Ham United

West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

 in 1957. After three years, and having made 12 appearances for England Youth, Scott made his senior debut on 6 February 1960 against Chelsea

Chelsea F.C.

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Partnering Phil Woosnam

Phil Woosnam

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 on the right wing, Scott played 97 games for West Ham, scoring 19 goals, before moving to Aston Villa

Aston Villa F.C.

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. He played his last game for West Ham on 11 September 1965 against Leicester City

Leicester City F.C.

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Scott joined Villa for £25,000 and rekindled his partnership with Woosnam. He went on to make 57 appearances and score five goals for the Midlanders until his departure in September 1967. He then joined Torquay United

Torquay United F.C.

Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley...

, where he played under former Hammer Frank O'Farrell

Frank O'Farrell

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 and linked up with his old team-mate John Bond

John Bond (footballer)

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Scott followed Bond, who went on to become manager of Bournemouth

A.F.C. Bournemouth

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, in July 1970. Bournemouth, who also had ex-Hammer Ken Brown

Ken Brown (footballer)

Kenneth 'Ken' Brown is an English former football player and manager. As player, he made more than 400 appearances in the Football League representing West Ham United, where he spent the majority of his career, and Torquay United, and was capped once for the England national team...

 as coach, finished runners-up in Scott's first season. He made a total of 61 League appearances, scoring six goals. He moved to Exeter City

Exeter City F.C.

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 in June 1972 and managed two goals in 51 League appearances before being forced to retire though injury in May 1974.

He later worked as youth team coach for Manchester City

Manchester City F.C.

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 under Malcolm Allison

Malcolm Allison

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