Scott Weight

Scott Aaron Weight (born 3 April 1987) is an English semi-professional football midfielder who is player-assistant manager for Ashford Town (Middlesex). He began his career at Brentford, for whom he made one professional appearance before dropping into non-league football upon his release in 2005. Weight joined Ashford Town (Middlesex) in 2006, held the captaincy and was one of the club's longest serving players before his departure in 2014. He returned the following year. Weight is described as a "tough tackling midfield player who can also revert to central defender as and when needed".[2]

Scott Weight
Weight playing for Ashford Town (Middlesex) in October 2018.
Personal information
Full name Scott Aaron Weight[1]
Date of birth (1987-04-03) 3 April 1987
Place of birth Hammersmith, England
Playing position(s) Midfielder, central defender
Club information
Current team
 Ashford Town (Middlesex)
(assistant manager)
Youth career
1997–2004 Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Brentford 0 (0)
2005–2006 Hampton & Richmond Borough 1 (0)
2006–2014 Ashford Town (Middlesex) 124 (35)
2014 Egham Town 6 (0)
2015– Ashford Town (Middlesex) 148 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:58, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

Playing career

Brentford

Weight began his career as a youth at Brentford and joined the club's Centre Of Excellence at the age of 10.[3] His maiden call into the first team squad came for a Football League Trophy first round match against Milton Keynes Dons on 28 September 2004.[4] He made his professional debut in the match, coming on as a substitute for Ryan Peters after 82 minutes of the 3–0 defeat.[5] It was Weight's only involvement for the first team and he was released at the end of the 2004–05 season.[4]

Hampton & Richmond Borough

Weight signed for Isthmian League Premier Division club Hampton & Richmond Borough during the 2005 off-season.[3] He made only one league appearance for the club, coming on as an injury time substitute for Francis Quarm in a 2–0 win over Hendon on 27 August.[6]

Ashford Town (Middlesex)

Weight joined Southern League First Division West club Ashford Town (Middlesex) midway through the 2005–06 season and made four league appearances in February 2006.[6] Following promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division,[7] Weight made 12 appearances during the 2006–07 season and helped the Tangerines win the Isthmian League Cup.[8] He made 24 appearances and scored one goal during the 2007–08 season.[9] Weight made only 12 appearances during the 2008–09 season, but won the Surrey Senior Cup with the team.[10]

Weight made 35 appearances and was the 2009–10 Ashford Town Player Of Year,[11][12] but the season ended on a sour note after the Tangerines suffered relegation to the Southern League First Division Central.[7] He made sporadic appearances during the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons, due to work commitments, but won the Aldershot Senior Cup with the team. Weight was fully available during the 2012–13 season, making 39 appearances and scoring 2 goals.[13] In a poor 2013–14 season (which saw the Tangerines relegated to the Combined Counties League Premier Division with a bottom-place finish), he won the Players' Player Of The Year award.[14] Weight departed the club after the season.[15]

Egham Town

Weight joined Southern League First Division Central club Egham Town during the 2014 off-season.[15] He made just seven appearances during the opening month of the 2014–15 season,[16] before suffering a broken ankle during a 1–0 defeat to Abingdon United on 30 August 2014.[17]

Return to Ashford Town (Middlesex)

In July 2015, Weight returned to Combined Counties League Premier Division club Ashford Town (Middlesex) and made 32 appearances during the promotion-winning 2015–16 season.[7][18][19] He played on through the 2016–17 and 2017–18 Southern League First Division seasons and as of September 2017,[7] had made over 200 league appearances for the club.[2] In May 2019, Weight was named as player-assistant to new manager Russell Canderton.[20]

Honours

Ashford Town (Middlesex)

Individual

Career statistics
As of match played 22 March 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 2004–05[5] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 1 0
Hampton & Richmond Borough 2005–06[6] Isthmian League Premier Division 1 0 — — — 1 0
Ashford Town (Middlesex) 2005–06[6] Southern League First Division West 4 1 — — — 4 1
2006–07[8] Isthmian League Premier Division 11 1 0 0 — 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 13 1
2007–08[22] 14 1 0 0 — 2[lower-alpha 3] 0 16 1
2008–09[23] 7 0 0 0 — 2[lower-alpha 3] 0 9 0
2009–10[11] 32 2 2 0 — 1[lower-alpha 3] 0 35 2
Total 64 4 2 0 — 7 0 73 4
Egham Town 2014–15[16] Southern League First Division Central 6 0 1 0 — 0 0 7 0
Ashford Town (Middlesex) 2015–16[19] Combined Counties League Premier Division 33 2 0 0 — 5[lower-alpha 4] 0 38 2
2018–19[24] Isthmian League South Central Division 26 0 1 0 — 4[lower-alpha 5] 0 31 0
2019–20[25] 25 0 1 0 — 5[lower-alpha 6] 0 31 0
Ashford Town (Middlesex) total 148 6 4 0 — 21 0 173 6
Career total 155650002201826
  1. Appearance in Football League Trophy
  2. 1 appearance in Isthmian League Cup, 1 appearance in FA Trophy
  3. Appearances in Isthmian League Cup
  4. 4 appearances in Combined Counties League Premier Challenge Cup, 1 appearance in Middlesex Senior Charity Cup
  5. Appearances in FA Trophy
  6. 4 appearances in Isthmian League Cup, 1 appearance in FA Trophy

References
  1. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 167. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  2. "Woods – The Official Matchday Programme 2017–18" (PDF). 26 September 2017. p. 17. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. "NonLeagueDaily.com". Oldnonleaguedaily.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  4. "Scott Weight Player Profile – ESPN FC". www.espnfc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  5. "Games played by Scott Weight in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  6. "SoccerFacts UK Player Details". Soccerfactsuk.co.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  7. Ashford Town (Middlesex) F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  8. "football.mitoo". Football.mitoo.co. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  9. Parent Category: First Team. "First Team Appearances 2007–08". Ashfordtownmiddlesexfc.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  10. Parent Category: First Team. "First Team Appearances 2008–09". Ashfordtownmiddlesexfc.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  11. "football.mitoo". Football.mitoo.co. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  12. "NonLeagueDaily.com". Oldnonleaguedaily.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  13. Parent Category: First Team. "First Team Appearances 2012–13". Ashfordtownmiddlesexfc.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  14. "Annual Awards Night". Ashfordtownmiddlesexfc.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  15. "EGHAM TOWN GEARED UP FOR NEW SEASON". eghamtownfcltd.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  16. "Scott Weight Profile | Aylesbury United FC". www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  17. "FOOTBALL: Thame through after sensational comeback". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  18. Coates, Gareth. "Scott Weight". www.ashfordtownmiddlesexfc.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  19. "football.mitoo". football.mitoo.co.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  20. "Club Statement 21st May 2019". Ashford Town (Middlesex) Football Club. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  21. "The Ryman Isthmian Football League". www.isthmian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  22. "football.mitoo". football.mitoo.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  23. "football.mitoo". football.mitoo.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  24. "Ashford Town (Middx) | Appearances | Scott Weight". Football Web Pages.co.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  25. "Ashford Town (Middx) | Appearances | Scott Weight | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.