Elisha Scott

Elisha Scott played for Linfield and Broadway United before Liverpool manager Tom Watson signed him at 10 am on Sunday 1 September 1912, following a recommendation from Scott's older brother Billy Scott. Liverpool only got the chance to sign Scott when Everton decided that the 19-year-old was too young and inexperienced. Scott made his Liverpool debut on 1 January 1913 at St James' Park in which he kept a clean sheet in a draw with Newcastle. Described by the Liverpool Echo as "an electrifying goalkeeper. Never stood still for a second", his 21 years of service to the club between 1913 to 1934 saw him become Liverpool's longest-serving player. He also held the club record for most league appearances until it was overtaken by winger Billy Liddell in the 1950s.

During the early days of his career, Scott was understudy to Ken Campbell and only appeared occasionally. The First World War interrupted Scott's career for four years. He finally got a chance of a run in the Liverpool goal at the end of the first season after the war. Scott's goalkeeping position was set in stone when Campbell was allowed to leave in April 1920. Scott established himself as Liverpool's number 1. He was a major part of the back-to-back championship winning teams of 1922 and 1923, a team dubbed "the Untouchables" by the press, missing just three games of the first title and none in the second. Scott frequently drew as much adulation from the Kop for his saves as a Liverpool goal. The first game of the…

Player

Liverpool

Football League First Division: 1921–22, 1922–23 Belfast Celtic

Irish League: 1918–19, 1935–36 Irish Cup: 1917–18 Gold Cup: 1934–35 County Antrim Shield: 1935–36 Individual

Football League 100 Legends Liverpool F.C. Hall of Fame

Manager

Belfast Celtic

Irish League: 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1947–48 Irish Cup: 1936–37, 1937–38, 1940–41, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1946–47 Gold Cup: 1934–35, 1938–39, 1939–40 County Antrim Shield: 1935–36, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1942–43, 1944–45 City Cup: 1939–40, 1947–48, 1948–49 Northern Regional League: 1940–41, 1941–42, 1943–44, 1946–47 Substitute Gold Cup: 1940–41, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47