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Birthdate:
24.08.1894
Birthplace: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Other clubs: Linfield, Broadway United, Belfast Celtic
Bought from: Broadway United
Signed for LFC: ŁN/A 03.09.1912
International debut: 13.03.1920 vs Scotland
International caps: Northern Ireland 31/0 (27 at LFC)- 11.03.1936
Liverpool debut:
01.01.1913
Last appearance: 21.02.1934
Contract expiry: 25.06.1934
Total LFC wartime games/goals: 15 / 0
LFC league games/goals: 430 / 0
Total LFC games/goals: 468 / 0
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Player Notes:
One of THE great goalkeepers in Liverpool's history, the Ulsterman's Anfield career spanned an astonishing TWENTY-TWO years from his arrival in September 1912 until he left in June 1934. Had the First World War not taken away four years of his professional career, he would undoubtedly have made many more than the 468 first-team appearances he made for his one and only English League club.
Kenneth Campbell was Liverpool's first-choice 'keeper in the years immediately preceding the war but the young Scott did displace him for the last 23 First Division fixtures of the 1914-15 season. Campbell was still between the posts after the war but, after the Scot was transferred to Partick Thistle, Elisha was named in the team for the opening game of the 1920-21 season and was more or less a permanent fixture in the side for the next dozen years or so. There was a spell at the end of the 1920's and the start of the following decade when his appearances were restricted and Arthur Riley took over in goal.
Scott only missed 3 league matches when the League championship was won in 1922 and was one of three "ever-presents", the others being Donald MacKinlay & Dick Forshaw, when the title was retained a year later. He was first capped at full international level by Northern Ireland shortly after the end of the war and remarkably enough was still selected to represent his country two years after he left Liverpool, by which time he was over forty years old!
Although relatively small for a goalkeeper, his agility and courage were never in question, nor was his loyalty to the club he served so well for so long. His age and Riley's form restricted him to just 10 First Division appearances in his final season on Merseyside, 1933-34, but such was the aura that surrounded him that the club took the unusual step of allowing him to address his home crowd before the final match of that season. Elisha returned to his homeland to join Belfast Celtic as their player-manager, leaving behind an army of admirers and a host of wonderful memories. Scott is Belfast Celtic's most influential manager, guiding the club through a trophy-laden period collecting 10 Irish League titles, six Irish Cups, three City Cups, eight Gold Cups and five County Antrim Shields. |
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