Scott Griffiths

Scott Griffiths

Personal information
Full name	Scott Robert Griffiths[1]
Date of birth	27 November 1985[1]
Place of birth	Westminster, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Playing position	Full back
Club information
Current team	Luton Town
Number	12
Youth career
1999–2001	Southend United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2002–2004	Aveley	37	(8)
2004–2010	Dagenham & Redbridge	203	(4)
2009–2010	→ Peterborough United (loan)	9	(0)
2010–2013	Peterborough United	11	(0)
2010–2011	→ Chesterfield (loan)	29	(0)
2011	→ Crawley Town (loan)	6	(0)
2011–2012	→ Chesterfield (loan)	3	(0)
2012	→ Rotherham United (loan)	8	(0)
2012	→ Plymouth Argyle (loan)	4	(0)
2013–	Luton Town	105	(3)
2016	→ Woking (loan)	3	(0)
National team
2006–2007	England C	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:19, 23 February 2016 (UTC). † Appearances (goals)

Scott Robert Griffiths (born 27 November 1985) is an English professional footballer who plays as a full back for League Two club Luton Town. Born in Westminster, he has played in the Football League for Dagenham & Redbridge, Peterborough United, Chesterfield, Crawley Town, Rotherham United, Plymouth Argyle and Woking. Griffiths has won three titles in his career; the Conference Premier with both Dagenham and Luton, and League Two with Chesterfield. He has been capped twice by the England C team.

Career

Early career

Griffiths started his career playing for Basildon-based team Beech United in 1998, before signing for Southend United's youth system in 1999.^[2] He left in 2001 and joined the football academy at Thurrock and Basildon College, where he played for one year.^[2] Whilst playing for the academy team, they won their league and two cup competitions. He was also capped for Essex county football team, and missed out on a place in the England Under-19 team when he was injured before the final trial.

After college, aged 17, he signed for Isthmian League Division One North side Aveley, before signing for Dagenham & Redbridge in the Football Conference in 2004, signing a three-year contract.^[3]

Dagenham & Redbridge

He made his debut as a substitute in the 90th minute against Forest Green Rovers, in a 4–1 away victory in the Conference National on 17 August 2004.^[4] He was played at left back, and went on to make 18 league appearances in the 2004–05 season.

Griffiths' performances for Dagenham led to him being called up by the England National Game XI team. He played against the Netherlands in the last of England's European Challenge Trophy group games on 29 November 2006,^[5] which saw them finish top of their group with maximum points. He also played in the 3–1 away defeat to Northern Ireland on 14 February 2007.^[6]

In the 2006–07 season, Dagenham & Redbridge gained promotion to League Two as Conference champions, with Griffiths playing in 45 of the club's 46 league games. He continued to be used as a regular player in the squad following Dagenham's promotion, playing in almost all league games in both the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons. He played in 15 games of the 2009–10 season for Dagenham before signing on loan, with a permanent transfer planned for January 2010, for Championship club Peterborough United on 23 October 2009.^[7] Griffiths left Dagenham having played in 232 games in all competitions, scoring four goals.

Peterborough United

Griffiths signed a permanent three-and-a-half-year deal with Peterborough United on 22 January 2010.^[8] He played in 20 league games, but the club was relegated to League One at the end of the season.

Griffiths was not seen to have future in the squad by new manager Gary Johnson, who loaned him to Chesterfield at the beginning of the 2010–11 season, initially on a three-month deal.^[9] After returning to Peterborough, Griffiths rejoined Chesterfield until the end of the season and played a total of 33 games as the Spireites won the League Two title.^[9]

Griffiths' next two seasons were characterised by short-term loan deals, as he failed to make another appearance for Peterborough. He joined League Two side Crawley Town on a one-month loan in September 2011, making six appearances.^[10] Griffiths returned to Chesterfield on 25 November 2011, signing a loan deal until 2 January 2012 and playing in three matches.^[11] He then joined League Two club Rotherham United on loan on 10 January 2012 for the remainder of the 2011–12 season.^[12]

He featured in a behind closed doors game for Forest Green Rovers in September 2012 against Bournemouth, and later joined Plymouth Argyle in League Two on loan for one month.^[13][14]

Having returned to Peterborough in November 2012, Griffiths left the club at the end of January 2013 after his contract was cancelled six months early by mutual consent.^[15][16][17]

Luton Town

Griffiths signed for Conference Premier side Luton Town on 25 March 2013, linking back up with his former Dagenham & Redbridge manager John Still. He signed a short-term contract until the end of the 2012–13 season.^[18] After impressing in the six games he played for the club, Luton tied Griffiths to a one-year contract extension.^[19] He played in every league game of Luton's successful 2013–14 season as the club were crowned Conference Premier champions, with Griffiths a part of the defence that kept a club-record 23 clean sheets.^[20] Griffiths played enough games throughout the season to trigger an extension clause in his contract, keeping him at Luton until June 2015.^[21]

He played in 35 league games throughout the 2014–15 season, earning a further year's extension to his contract in the process.^[22]

On 30 January 2016, Griffiths joined National League side Woking on a 28-day loan.^[23] On the same day, Griffiths made his Woking debut in a 2-2 draw against Barrow, in which he scored an own goal to give Barrow a 1-0 lead.^[24]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 February 2016.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dagenham & Redbridge	2004–05[25]	Conference National	18	0	0	0	—		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	19	0
	2005–06[26]	Conference National	42	3	1	0	—		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	44	3
	2006–07[27]	Conference National	45	0	0	0	—		0	0	45	0
	2007–08[28]	League Two	41	0	3	0	1	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	48	0
	2008–09[29]	League Two	44	0	3	0	1	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	51	0
	2009–10[30]	League Two	13	1	0	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	15	1
	Total		203	4	7	0	3	0	9	0	222	4
Peterborough United	2009–10[30]	Championship	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	0
Chesterfield (loan)	2010–11[31]	League Two	29	0	1	0	1	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	33	0
Crawley Town (loan)	2011–12[32]	League Two	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Chesterfield (loan)	2011–12[32]	League One	3	0	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	4	0
Rotherham United (loan)	2011–12[32]	League Two	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Plymouth Argyle (loan)	2012–13[33]	League Two	4	0	1	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	6	0
Luton Town	2012–13[33]	Conference Premier	6	0	—		—		—		6	0
	2013–14[34]	Conference Premier	46	1	0	0	—		0	0	46	1
	2014–15[35]	League Two	35	2	2	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	39	2
	2015–16[36]	League Two	18	0	2	0	2	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	24	0
	Total		105	3	4	0	3	0	3	0	115	3
Woking (loan)	2015–16[37]	National League	3	0	—		—		1[lower-alpha 2]	0	4	0
Career total			381	7	14	0	7	0	17	0	419	7

1. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
2. Appearance in FA Trophy

Honours

Dagenham & Redbridge

• Conference National: 2006–07^[37]

Chesterfield

• Football League Two: 2010–11^[37]

Luton Town

• Conference Premier: 2013–14^[37]

References

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14. "Peterborough's Scott Griffiths joins Plymouth Argyle on loan". BBC Sport. 9 October 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
15. "Griffiths will return to Peterborough United". The Herald (Plymouth). 3 November 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
16. "Scott gone, after being out in the cold too long". Peterborough Telegraph (Peterborough). 29 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
17. "Griffiths seeks fresh start as free agent". Western Morning News (Plymouth). 30 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
18. "Luton Town sign full-back Scott Griffiths until May". BBC Sport. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
19. "Town tie up deals for Wall and Griffiths". Luton Today (Johnston Publishing Ltd.). 24 April 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
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21. "Griffiths sets his sights on lengthy Town stay". Luton Today (Johnston Publishing Ltd). 30 April 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
22. "Scott Griffiths earns longer Luton Town deal". BBC Sport. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
23. "Scott Griffiths joins on loan from Luton". Woking F.C. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
24. "Woking 2-2 Barrow". BBC Sport. 30 January 2016.
25. "Games played by Scott Griffiths in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
26. "Games played by Scott Griffiths in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
27. "Games played by Scott Griffiths in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
28. "Games played by Scott Griffiths in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
29. "Games played by Scott Griffiths in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
30. "Games played by Scott Griffiths in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
31. "Games played by Scott Griffiths in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
32. "Games played by Scott Griffiths in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
33. "Games played by Scott Griffiths in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
34. "Games played by Scott Griffiths in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
35. "Games played by Scott Griffiths in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
36. "Games played by Scott Griffiths in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
37. Scott Griffiths profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

External links

• Scott Griffiths career statistics at Soccerbase