Scott Young (English footballer)

Scott Young
Personal information
Full name	Scott Young
Date of birth	22 July 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Shoreham-by-Sea, England
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Colchester United
Senior career*
Years	Team
1986–1988	Colchester United
1987–1988	→ Wycombe Wanderers (loan)
1988	Wycombe Wanderers
	Bishop's Stortford
	Witham Town
	Wivenhoe Town
	Brightlingsea United
	Bury Town
	Cornard United
	Halstead Town
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Scott Young (born 22 July 1969) is an English former footballer who played as a Striker for Colchester United.

Career

Born in Shoreham-by-Sea, Young began his career with Colchester United, where he was a regular in the youth and reserve teams. He made just one appearance for the U's first-team,^[2] coming on as a substitute for Tony Adcock in a 4–2 away defeat to Aldershot in the Associate Members' Cup on 9 December 1986.^[3]

Young spent a portion of the 1987–88 season on loan to Wycombe Wanderers before signing permanently for a fee of £5,000. He left the club in October 1988, joining Bishop's Stortford. He then featured for a number of other non-league teams, including Witham Town, Wivenhoe Town, Brightlingsea United, Bury Town, Cornard United and Halstead Town.^[2]

^ ^a ^b "Colchester United – Player profile". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 261. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
^ "Colchester United – Match details – Aldershot 4–2 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2013.