 Loach with Rotherham United in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Scott James Loach[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 27 May 1988[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nottingham, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper[4] | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2000 | Ipswich Town | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Southwell United | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Lincoln City | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Lincoln City | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | → Bourne Town (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | → Radcliffe Olympic (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | → Boston Town (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | → Spalding United (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | → Lincoln United (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | → Boston Town (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | → Grantham Town (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2012 | Watford | 154 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | → Stafford Rangers (loan) | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | → Morecambe (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | → Bradford City (loan) | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Ipswich Town | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Rotherham United | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | → Bury (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Notts County | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | → York City (loan) | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Hartlepool United | 92 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Barnet | 59 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Chesterfield | 44 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Derby County | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 455 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | England U21 | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | England C | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Scott James Loach (born 27 May 1988) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Loach played for Ipswich Town, Watford and Hartlepool United. He had also spent loan spells with non-League Stafford Rangers and York City, and Football League clubs Morecambe, Bradford City, Bury, Peterborough United, Yeovil Town and Notts County. He dropped into non-league with Barnet and Chesterfield before returning to league football with Derby County. He played for England at under-21 level and in August 2010 was called up to the senior squad for the first time.
- ^ "EFL: Club retained and released lists published". English Football League. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Scott Loach: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Scott Loach". Derby County F.C. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Scott Loach". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 March 2020.