Loach in 2014
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Scott James Loach | ||
Date of birth | 27 May 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Nottingham, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Notts County | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–2000 | Ipswich Town | ||
2000–2002 | Nottingham Forest | ||
2002–2004 | Southwell United | ||
2004–2006 | Lincoln City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
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– | Notts County | 15 | (0) |
National team | |||
2009–2011 | England U21 | 14 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:51, 29 December 2016 (UTC). |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:51, 29 December 2016 (UTC).
Scott James Loach (born 27 May 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for League Two club Notts County. He previously played for Ipswich Town and Watford. He has also spent loan spells with non-league Stafford Rangers and Football League sides Morecambe, Bradford City, Bury, Peterborough United and Yeovil Town. He has played for England at under-21 level and in August 2010 was called up to the senior squad for the first time.
Loach was born in Nottingham, and his family moved to Ipswich when he was four. He was a member of the academy at Ipswich Town from 1997 to 2000. Loach was allowed to train with Nottingham Forest for three months until his contract was up with Ipswich, after his family moved back to Nottingham. He then trained and joined Chesterfield for a season; he left when they went into administration. Loach then signed for ex-Forest player Colin Barret who was manager of Southwell United. Keith Wort, Lincoln scout spotted Loach playing for Southwell and took him to Lincoln City F.C. as a goalkeeper on an eight-week trial. Loach was a 14-year-old schoolboy in April 2003, becoming an apprentice in summer 2004. During his time at Sincil Bank, he spent a number of periods on work experience with non-league sides. In August 2004 he played several games for Bourne Town, and two months later played twice for Radcliffe Olympic He went to Boston Town in January 2005, a spell that was subsequently extended until the end of the 2004–05 season. In August 2005, Loach was briefly loaned to Spalding United, and later that month played two games for Stamford. In November 2005 he had a one-game spell with Lincoln United. He then made a brief return to Boston Town, Loach also played one game for Gedling Miners Welfare in Nottingham which then followed by a period at Grantham Town in March 2006.