Scott Stewart (footballer)

Scott Stewart

Personal information
Full name	Scott Alexander Stewart
Date of birth	(1996-04-29) 29 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland[1]
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1][2]
Position(s)	Full-back / Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Arbroath
Number	16
Youth career
	Airdrie United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2019	Airdrieonians	131	(12)
2019–	Arbroath	130	(8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 March 2024

Scott Alexander Stewart (born 29 April 1996) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Scottish League One club Arbroath as a full-back or midfielder. He began his career at Airdrieonians.

Career

Airdrieonians

Stewart was born in Edinburgh but raised in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire where he attended Stonelaw High School.[2][3] His father Sandy was a footballer who spent the majority of his career with the original Airdrieonians club and also served as player and manager at its successor Airdrie United,[2] where Scott began his career in the youth setup.[3]

At the age of 17, Stewart received his first call-up to the senior squad at the club (now renamed Airdrieonians) in August 2013,[1] making his senior debut two months later in a 2–0 home defeat to Forfar Athletic in Scottish League One, with his first start in the competition against Stranraer in March 2014.[3] He initially began his career as a midfielder but retrained as a full-back, which he stated drew more scrutiny on his performances from his father, who had played the same position.[4] After three seasons as a squad member, he became a regular starter for the Diamonds in the 2016–17 campaign, going on to make over 100 appearances over the next three years,[1][5] including a promotion playoff semi-final defeat to Alloa Athletic on penalties in 2017[6] (the closest Airdrie came to either being promoted or relegated in his time with the club) and a Scottish Cup visit to holders Celtic in 2019.[7]

He was voted the Airdrieonians 'Young Player of the Year' for 2016–17[8] and the overall 'Player of the Year' for 2017–18,[8] having been named team captain in the latter part of that season[9] and agreed a new contract to stay at the club.[10]

Arbroath

In June 2019, Stewart transferred to Arbroath, newly promoted to the Scottish Championship.[11] He made his debut for the club on 23 July 2019, in a 3–0 defeat away to Hibernian in the group stage of the 2019–20 Scottish League Cup.[12] He was an important member of the Red Lichties team in their bid for promotion to the Scottish Premiership in the 2021–22 season, while also working as a P.E. teacher at Rutherglen's Trinity High School.[13][14]

References

1. S. Stewart, Soccerway
2. Burnside footballer following in his father's footsteps, Daily Record, 3 April 2014
3. "Scott Stewart dedicates first career start to Airdrieonians legend dad Sandy". Daily Record. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
4. "Airdrieonians v East Fife: Scott Stewart wants to prove he's chip off the old block". Daily Record. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
5. Scott Stewart, Soccerbase
6. Alloa Athletic 1–0 Airdrieonians, BBC Sport, 13 May 2017
7. Celtic 3–0 Airdrieonians, BBC Sport, 19 January 2019
8. Player of the Year, Airdrieonians FC
9. Airdrieonians captain Scott Stewart calls for players to turn draws into wins for play-off push, Daily Record, 2 February 2018
10. Airdrieonians snap up Scott Stewart on new deal in signing 'coup' as clubs track star, Daily Record, 28 February 2018
11. New signing – Scott Stewart, Arbroath FC, 3 June 2019
12. Hibs 3, Arbroath 0. Hibs are convincing winners in the Betfred Cup, Edinburgh Evening News, 23 July 2019
13. Inside the Arbroath fairytale as Scott Stewart says Dick Campbell is keeping top flight talk to a minimum, Scott McDermott, Daily Record, 6 February 2022
14. PE teacher Arbroath ace Scott Stewart reveals bid to turn post-holiday pupil jibes into adulation, Scott Lorimer, The Courier, 14 April 2022