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Player #515

From:

To:

Career Status:

1965-66

1967-68

Retired

Appearances:

57

Starts:

54

Goals:

5

Assists:

14

Involvements:

19

Tony Scott

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Winger

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PREVIOUS PLAYER

SUBSEQUENT PLAYER

Tony Scott

Seasons Quick-View

1965-67 🕒 57 | 54 (3) | ⚽ 5 | 🔥 14 | 🇺 1 | #515 |

Season :

1965-66
1966-67
1967-68

Age :

24
25
26

Division :

D1
D1
D2

Squad # :

#
#
#

Appearances :

29
25
3

Starts :

29
22
3

Substitute :

0
3
0

Unused :

0
1
0

Goals :

2
2
1

Assists :

7
7
0

Involvements :

9
9
1

Games / Goal :

14.50
12.50
3.00

Bookings :

0
0
0

Sendings Off :

0
0
0

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

Anthony James Ernest Scott

Birth Date

1 April 1941

Birth Place

Huntingdon

Birth Country

England

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Citizenship

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

1957-59 West Ham United Youth
Football League Second Division, First Division

1959-65 West Ham United
Football League First Division
🕒 83 | ⚽ 16 | (League)

Original Transfer

Aged

24

From

West Ham United

For

£25,000

On

1 October 1965

Under

Dick Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Returning Transfer 1

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Returning Transfer 2

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Transfer Notes

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out 1

Aged

To

For

On

Under

26

Torquay United

£5,000

September 1967

Tommy Cummings 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Transfer Out 2

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Transfer Out 3

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Subsequent Clubs

1967-70 Torquay United
Football League Third Division
🕒 87 | 82 (5) | ⚽ 4 | (League)

1970-72 AFC Bournemouth
Football League Third Division
🕒 62 | 60 (2) | ⚽ 6 | (League)

1972-74 Exeter City
Football League Fourth Division
🕒 51 | 51 (0) | ⚽ 2 | (League)

1974 Retired aged 33

Died

18 September 2021, Aged 80

Tony Scott

Villa Career

1965-67 | £25k |
1965-67 Football League First Division, 1967-68 Football League Second Division,
🕒 57 | 54 (3) | ⚽ 5 | 🔥 14 | 🇺 1 | #515 |

🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Played Under

Dick Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1965-67
Tommy Cummings 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1967

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

Transfer In

Under

Dick Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

First Squad

9 October 1965

Manager

Transfer In

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1965-66

9 October 1965

Newcastle United (a), Division One

24

Dick Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1967-68

16 September 1967

Charlton Athletic (a), Division Two

26

Tommy Cummings 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Final Squad

16 September 1967

Manager

Tommy Cummings 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Honours

Played for the Villa

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

Not selected

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

Not selected

Caps with Villa

Tony Scott

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Player #514 for Aston Villa, Anthony James Ernest Scott known as Tony Scott played as a winger for the club.

Between 1965-66 and 1967-68, Tony made 57 appearances, scoring 5 goals.

Villa had signed Tony from West Ham United for £25,000/

Tony was born in St. Neots on 1 April 1941 and he made his debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 9 October 1965 aged 24.

Villa swooped on West Ham to bring Tony to Villa Park aged 24 with the hope of recreating his successful partnership with Phil Woosnam who Villa had signed in November 1962.

At 33 however Woosnam was coming to the end of his career and by the season end the partnership was broken.

Tony stuck around for another season before moving on to Torquay United.

Tony made his final appearance for Villa on Saturday, 16 September 1967 aged 26 before moving on to Torquay United in September 1967 for a fee of £5,000 aged 26.

Tony had played under Villa managers Dick Taylor and Tommy Cummings.

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