Scott Laird

Biography

Scott Benjamin Laird (born 15 May 1988) is an English professional footballer and football manager who is player-manager of Western League Premier Division club Street. Primarily a left-back, he has also been deployed as a central midfielder later in his career. Laird began his career as a trainee at Plymouth Argyle, progressing through the club's centre of excellence and making one first-team appearance. He had loan spells at Tiverton Town, Torquay United, and Stevenage Borough, joining the latter permanently in February 2008. Over five years with Stevenage, he made 230 appearances, helping the club achieve successive promotions from the Conference Premier to League One and earning the club's Player of the Year award for the 2009–10 season. He left Stevenage in May 2012 and signed for Preston North End, where he spent three seasons and achieved promotion to the Championship during the 2014–15 season. He subsequently played for Scunthorpe United and Forest Green Rovers, and spent two separate loan spells at Walsall, before joining Weston-super-Mare in a player-assistant manager role in June 2019. Over four years, Laird made 132 appearances and helped the club win promotion to the National League South during the 2022–23 title-winning season. He later played for Barnstaple Town and Gloucester City in 2023–24, before joining Street, where he was appointed manager in October 2025. Internationally, he captained Scotland at youth level from the under-16 team through to under-20 level and earned one cap for the England C team in April 2009.

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