Scott Flinders

Football player infobox
playername = Scott Flinders


fullname = Scott Liam Flinders
height = height|meters=1.93
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|6|12
cityofbirth = Rotherham
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Falkirk
(on loan from Crystal Palace)
clubnumber = 1
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2004–2006
2006–
2006
2007
2008
2008
2008-
clubs = Barnsley
Crystal Palace
→ Gillingham (loan)
→ Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)
→ Yeovil Town (loan)
→ Blackpool (loan)
→ Falkirk (loan)
caps(goals) = 14 (0)
08 (0)
09 (0)
12 (0)
09 (0)
00 (0)
00 (0)
nationalyears = 2005
nationalteam = England U20
nationalcaps(goals) = 04 (0)
pcupdate = 12:03, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 08:11, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Scott Liam Flinders (born 12 June, 1986 in Rotherham) is an English football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Falkirk, on loan from Crystal Palace. He has also played for the England Under-20 team.

Club career

Flinders started out at Barnsley, making his league debut in 2005, when he replaced the injured Ross Turnbull in the Barnsley goal. He made an instant impression, and played eleven games in the next three months, which led to a call-up to the England U-20 side.

In the 2005–06 season, he was picked to play for a "Football League XI", in a match against their Italian counterparts. He also went back to being second choice at Barnsley, this time to Nick Colgan. Because of this, he only made a few more league and cup appearances in which he again impressed, leading to trials at Chelsea and Wigan Athletic) before moving to Crystal Palace as part of a deal that took Sam Togwell to Barnsley, in the summer of 2006.

Flinders made his competitive debut for Palace in a Football League Cup tie with Notts County, playing the full game as Palace were beaten 2–1. This would be his last appearance before going on loan to League One club Gillingham, where he made his debut in a 2–1 away win against Doncaster Rovers on 9 September, 2006.

On 5 October it was announced that his loan with Gillingham had been extended for a second month,cite news
title = Flinders stays on with Gillingham
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2006-10-05
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/gillingham/5410170.stm
accessdate = 2008-03-27 ] but this extended loan did not last its full spell, as Flinders was back on the Crystal Palace bench by 28 October, though he did not remain there.

For the next game, a trip to Sheffield Wednesday, Flinders made his league debut with The Eagles, while Hungarian international Gábor Király was dropped to the bench for a game which ended in a 3–2 defeat. This was quickly followed by a game at Loftus Road, against Queens Park Rangers, which ended in a 4–2 loss, after which he was dropped, not returning until late December.

On 20 February, 2007, Flinders was sent out on loan again, for one month, this time to Palace's rivals, Brighton & Hove Albion, after their first choice goalkeeper Michel Kuipers was injured. Ironically, he made his Seagulls debut at Gillingham, a game which his new team won 1–0.

On 12 February 2008, Flinders was sent out on loan again, for one month, this time to Yeovil Town, after their first choice goalkeeper Steve Mildenhall was injured. However, despite Yeovil signing him for further month loan period, on 27 March, Championship club signed him on loan until the end of the season as competition for first-choice keeper, Paul Rachubka. With Blackpool's next match being an away game at Crystal Palace he was not allowed to make his debut for the club until after that match.cite news
title = Deadline Day Latest
publisher = Blackpool F.C.
date = 2008-03-27
url = http://www.blackpoolfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10432~1274924,00.html
accessdate = 2008-03-27 ] However, his loan period finished without him making an appearance for Blackpool.On 14th August 2008 he signed for SPL side Falkirk on loan until January 2009.

International career

Flinders was called up to play for the England Under 20 team in 2005.Fact|date=March 2008

Club career statistics

:"(correct as of 14 August 2008)"

References

External links

* [http://www.cpfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10323~24267,00.html Scott Flinders player profile] at cpfc.co.uk
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