| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Scott Benjamin Laird[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 May 1988[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Taunton, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back / midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Weston-super-Mare (player-assistant manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2006 | Plymouth Argyle | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2008 | Plymouth Argyle | 0 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → Tiverton Town (loan) | 18 | (4) |
| 2007 | → Torquay United (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Stevenage Borough (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2008–2012 | Stevenage | 194 | (21) |
| 2012–2015 | Preston North End | 84 | (5) |
| 2015–2017 | Scunthorpe United | 33 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | → Walsall (loan) | 28 | (3) |
| 2017–2019 | Forest Green Rovers | 35 | (2) |
| 2019 | → Walsall (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2019– | Weston-super-Mare | 72 | (22) |
| International career | |||
| 2003–2007 | Scotland U16–U20 | 36 | (6) |
| 2009 | England C | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:25, 18 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
Scott Benjamin Laird (born 15 May 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back and midfielder for Southern League Premier Division South club Weston-super-Mare. He is also the club's assistant manager.
Laird began his football career as a trainee at Plymouth Argyle, progressing through the club's centre of excellence. He spent eight years at Plymouth, making one first-team appearance for the club. In 2006, he was loaned out to Tiverton Town, scoring four goals in 20 games during his time there. He was later loaned to Torquay United in September 2007, making two appearances for the team. Another loan spell followed, this time to Stevenage Borough of the Conference Premier in late 2007. After playing regularly during the loan agreement, he signed for Stevenage on a permanent basis in February 2008. During his five years with Stevenage, where he played 245 times in all competitions, Laird helped the club earn back-to-back promotions from the Conference Premier to League One. He was named the club's Player of the Year for the 2009–10 season.
He left Stevenage when his contract expired in 2012, and signed for Preston North End. He spent three years at Preston, culminating in promotion to the Championship during the 2014–15 season. Laird joined League One club Scunthorpe United in June 2015, spending the 2016–17 season on loan at Walsall. In June 2017, he signed for Forest Green Rovers, rejoining Walsall on loan in January 2019 for the remainder of the 2018–19 season. He left Forest Green in May 2019 and signed for Weston-super-Mare in a player-assistant manager role a month later. Laird also represented Scotland at youth level, captaining the under-16 team all the way up to under-20 level. He was selected for the England C team in April 2009, earning one cap.