Scott Ashley Leather (born 30 September 1992) is an English semi-professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays for

Chorley Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth ca ...

as a defender.

Career

Born in

Sale, Greater Manchester Sale is a town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is on the south bank of the River Mersey, south of Stretford, northeast of Altrincham, and southwest of Manchester. Sale lies within the Historic counties of England, historic count ...

, Leather was a member of

Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, England. Its first team competes in League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' ...

's youth team between the ages of 8 and 16, before moving to

Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional association football club in Preston, Lancashire, England. They currently play in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English footbal ...

in 2009. Leather made his

first team First team may refer to: Sports * First team (association football), the colloquial name given to the most senior team fielded by a football club * The First Team, the first players known to have played the sport of basketball * First Team All-A ...

debut for Preston on 30 April 2011 against

Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. The club currently competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. Ipswich Town were founded in 1878 but did not turn ...

in a 2–1 defeat. In May 2012, Leather was released from the club after being told his contract would not be renewed. He signed for

Altrincham Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester, southwest of Sale, Greater Manchester, Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2021 United Kingdom ce ...

in July 2012. In the summer of 2016 he rejected a new deal at the club, leaving his hometown club after 179 appearances in all competitions. He signed for

in May 2016.

Career statistics

Honours

Conference North The National League North, officially known as Vanarama National League North for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Association football league in England. National League North is the second division of the National Leagues and step 2 o ...

play-offs: 2013–14

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leather, Scott 1992 births Living people Footballers from Sale, Greater Manchester English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Preston North End F.C. players Altrincham F.C. players Chorley F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players 21st-century English sportsmen