Scott Ramsay (born 16 October 1980) is an English

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Brighton & Hove Albion

Scott Started his football career at

Brighton & 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 gr ...

in 1999, making 2 goals in 35 appearances, 12 of which were first team starts. He had a 3-month loan spell at

Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to: * Yeovil, a town in Somerset, England, with a council named Yeovil Town * Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset * Yeovil Town W.F.C., an English women's football team affiliated with Yeovil T ...

in 2001 scoring 4 goals in 17 games. Followed by another loan spell at

Bognor Regis Bognor Regis (), also known as Bognor, is a town and seaside resort in West Sussex on the south coast of England, south-west of London, west of Brighton, south-east of Chichester and east of Portsmouth. Other nearby towns include Littleham ...

. Failing to make the first team Scott was released by

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after a breach of his contract in 2001. On leaving

he joined

Dover Athletic Dover Athletic Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in the town of Dover, Kent, England. The club currently competes in the , the sixth tier of the English football league system. The club was formed in 1983 afte ...

on a free transfer

Non League

Ramsay played 13 games at

scoring only a single goal in a five-month spell before transferring back to East Sussex signing to Eastbourne Borough, who were then in the Southern League. In 2003,

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West (London sub region), West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the River Thames, Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has dive ...

sparked an interest in signing Scott for £25,000 after scoring 33 goals in the 2002/2003 season. Ramsay took two training sessions with the Bees, but Scott was reluctant to sign. In the six years at Eastbourne Borough, Scott bagged 135 goals in 283 appearances, and helped the sussex side win the

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in 2002 and into the

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first round in 2006 for the first time in the club's history. He also aided their rise into the

Conference South The National League South, officially Vanarama National League South, is a professional Association football league in England. National League South is the second division of the National Leagues and step 2 of the NLS and sixth-highest ti ...

football league and was part of the team that won a promotion into the

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league. In June 2008, Ramsay left Eastbourne Borough after failing to agree to a new contract, signing for Hastings United, who "beat off competition from several higher league sides", such as

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and

Havant & Waterlooville Havant & Waterlooville Football Club is a professional association football club based in Havant, Hampshire, England. The club participates in the Southern League Premier Division South, the seventh level of English football, after relegation fr ...

to sign the prolific striker. Whilst at Hastings he converted to a central defensive role from his more familiar role as a striker. In 2010, Ramsay moved to Rye United and played at the club until 2012.

Honours

Brighton & Hove Albion *

Football League Third Division The Football League Third Division was the third tier of the English football league system in 1920–21 Football League, 1920–21 and again from 1958–59 Football League, 1958 until 1991–92 Football League, 1992. When the FA Premier League ...

champions: 2000–01 Eastbourne Borough * Southern League Eastern Division runners up: 2002–03 *

play-off winners: 2007–08

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– Brighton & Hove Albion. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramsay, Scott 1980 births Living people Footballers from Hastings English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Bognor Regis Town F.C. players Dover Athletic F.C. players Eastbourne Borough F.C. players Hastings United F.C. players Rye United F.C. players English Football League players Southern Football League players National League (English football) players 21st-century English sportsmen