Scott Sellars

Football player infobox
playername = Scott Sellars


fullname = Scott Sellars
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1965|11|27|mf=y
cityofbirth = Sheffield
countryofbirth = England
height = height|meters=1.72
position = Left midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1983–1986
1986–1992
1992–1993
1993–1995
1995–1999
1999–2001
2001
2002–2003
clubs = Leeds United
Blackburn Rovers
Leeds United
Newcastle United
Bolton Wanderers
Huddersfield Town
AGF Aarhus
Mansfield Town
Total
caps(goals) = 076 (12)
202 (35)
007 0(0)
061 0(5)
111 (15)
048 0(1)
020 0(1)
020 0(3)
545 (72)
nationalyears = 1988
nationalteam = England U21
nationalcaps(goals) = 003 0(0)
manageryears = 2002–2003
2004–
managerclubs =Mansfield Town
Chesterfield (assistant manager)

Scott Sellars (born 27 November 1965 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire) is an English former professional football player, currently the assistant manager at Chesterfield in the League Two.

Sellars started his career at Leeds United, coming up through their youth system and making his first appearance in 1983. He asked for a transfer and joined Blackburn Rovers in 1986, where he won a Full Members Cup medal, was capped at England under-23 level, won promotion for them and enjoyed six successful years, making 245 appearances and scoring 41 goal before leaving to rejoin Leeds in 1992. Unfortunately he struggled with injuries so he soon moved north to Newcastle United.

After helping Newcastle gain promotion to the Premier League, he helped establish the club as the 'entertainers' during the 1993-94 season with some sterling displays. After a 3-0 victory over Liverpool, arguably the finest performance of his "Magpies" career, in which he set up 2 goals for Andy Cole, Sellars soon found himself out of favour with the club, and joined Bolton Wanderers in 1995. He also did well at Bolton and was part of their Division 1 title success in 1997, but in 1999 he opted to switch to Huddersfield Town. He played 54 games for the Terriers, scoring two goals before he left to join Danish side AGF Aarhus on a free transfer in April 2001. Unfortunately he still struggled with injuries so when his contract expired in December 2001, he returned to England.

Sellars signed for Mansfield Town close to the transfer deadline in March 2002 to help them in their promotion push. He was then linked with a move to non-league Kettering Town in the close season but re-signed for a further year. Although he started as a regular in the side in 2002-03, suspension and injury meant that he was only involved in coaching and working with the youngsters from November to the end of the season.

External links

* [http://www.leedsfans.org.uk/leeds/players/352.html Leeds fan profile]
* [http://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/greatest_players/100-81.html Leeds United history, The 100 greatest Leeds players ever - 91]
* [http://premiersoccerstats.com/PlayerHome.cfm?PlayerId=SELLARS PremierSoccer stats]