Career
He spent eleven years at Blackpool in the late 1890s and early 1900s, making over 300 Football League appearances for the club He played as a defender. He also played for Albion Rovers and Sunderland.
Scott signed for Blackpool prior to their second season in the Football League, 1898-1899, making his debut in the opening game of the season, a 4–1 defeat at Glossop North End on 3 September.
He was ever-present in each of Blackpool"s 34 games, and scored four goals in the process. Blackpool were not re-elected to the League after their sixteenth-placed finish in 1898-1899, but when they returned to the competition in 1900-1901, Scott made nineteen appearances.
In 1901-1902, Scott was again ever-present. He scored one goal in his 34 appearances – the only goal of the game against Burslem Portuguese Vale on 5 April.
Scott continued to be a mainstay of the team during 1902-1903, missing just two games.
He found the Netto on two occasions, both from the penalty spot. He missed one game of the 1903-1904 season, and scored three goals. He also made his first appearance for the club in the.
Scott scored two league goals in 1906-1907, both game-winners, in his 34 league appearances.
The first occurred on 5 December in a single-goal victory over Leeds City at Bloomfield Road. The second occurred the following month at the same venue, this time in a 1–0 victory over Gainsborough Trinity.
Scott made 35 league appearances in 1907-1908, his penultimate season with the Seasiders. 1908-1909, Scott"s final season with Blackpool, saw his make twenty league appearances.
His final appearance for the club occurred on 13 March, in a 2–2 draw at Chesterfield.