Scott Harrison McManus (born 28 May 1989) is an English

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who plays as a

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for club

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Career

Prestwich Heys

McManus was on the books at

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as an apprentice for four or five years but was not handed a contract and left the club at the age of 15. After leaving United, he played for his local side Prestwich Heys notching up over 60 appearances.

Curzon Ashton

In the summer of 2008 he was picked up by

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. In a pre-season friendly against

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is a professional association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Founde ...

he impressed the opposition enough to receive a trial and during that time was spotted by

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' ...

scout Steve Holland.

Crewe Alexandra

When offered contracts by both Forest and Crewe, he elected to sign on at Gresty Road. He spent most of the 2008–09 season playing for the reserve side, but made his debut under new manager Gudjon Thordarson towards the end of the season. He scored his first goal for Crewe in their 4–3 away defeat at

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FC United of Manchester

McManus was released by Crewe in August 2010 and joined

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as a player in the summer of 2010 and was named in the 21 player squad for the 2010–11 season by the club making his debut in the

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on 22 August 2010.

Halifax Town

On 17 May 2011, it was announced by

Halifax Town FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in the National League, the fifth level of English football league system. They replaced Halifax Town, who went i ...

that they had signed McManus from FC United. McManus said: "I'm sorry I had to leave – the only reasons I did so were for a greater degree of financial security so I can support my daughter, and to help progress my football career at a higher level." In his first season at FC Halifax Town McManus started 45 games and scored a late winner in the

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at home to Tadcaster Albion to set the Shaymen on the way to the first round where they met

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. After a poor start to the season at centre back, he was moved to a more comfortable left back role and he excelled, winning numerous end of season awards. Scott's second season at the Shay ended up starting in October due to a groin operation in the summer. Having dislodged Jason St Juste from the left back position he picked up from where he had left off the previous season, and despite not winning the awards of the 2011–12 season his efforts were appreciated by players and fans alike, especially after FC Halifax Town's victorious Play-off final victory over

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. In the 2015-16 he scored the only goal in the final as FC Halifax Town beat

Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "the Mariners", the club was f ...

1–0 to win the

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Coalville Town

On 21 May 2018, McManus was confirmed as joining Southern League Premier Central side Coalville Town after leaving

, citing the reason for the move being his distance to travel regularly from his home in the Midlands. He left Coalville in 2020, and after a break from senior football, signed for

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in December of that year. He returned to Coalville Town in January 2024.

Barwell

In May 2024, McManus joined

Personal life

Scott McManus is the brother of

and

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defender

Abbie McManus Abbie Mary McManus (born 14 January 1993) is an English former professional Association football, footballer who has previously played as a Defender (association football), defender for Leicester City W.F.C., Leicester City in the FA Women's Supe ...

Assault charge

McManus received a 16-week suspended prison sentence shortly after signing for FC Halifax Town. He had been charged with assault of his girlfriend during his time at FC United of Manchester. He had been sent off during FC United's second round

tie with

Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, commonly referred to as Brighton, is a professional football club based in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Their home gro ...

and after returning home drunk following a night-out he hit his girlfriend and muffled her cries with a duvet after she had quizzed him about his reasons for wanting to sleep apart. The sentence was suspended for two years and he was also ordered to pay his ex-partner £500.

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