Bill Scott

Football career Scott was born in Ireland. He played for Belfast Celtic, and was capped three times for the Irish League representative team in 1926 and 1927. He and full-back partner Burnison "got through a lot of hard work with credit", according to the Times, in a 6–1 defeat to the English Football League XI in Belfast in October 1926, and he played in a 5–2 defeat to the Scottish League XI in Edinburgh and in a 1–1 draw in Belfast against the Free State League in March 1927.

He came to England, where he captained Manchester Central before joining Macclesfield, with whom he won successive Cheshire League in 1932 and 1933. He then spent two seasons playing in the Football League Third Division North for Darlington followed by a season in the Southern Section with Cardiff City. He finished his career with Southport, but without representing them in the League, and finally returned to the Cheshire League with Wigan Athletic.