Scott Wagstaff

Scott Andrew Wagstaff (born 31 March 1990) is an English footballer who plays as a winger for Forest Green Rovers.[3]

Scott Wagstaff

Personal information
Full name	Scott Andrew Wagstaff[1]
Date of birth	31 March 1990
Place of birth	Maidstone, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Forest Green Rovers
Youth career
1998–2008	Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2013	Charlton Athletic	120	(17)
2008	→ Bournemouth (loan)	5	(0)
2008	→ Northwich Victoria (loan)	5	(1)
2012	→ Leyton Orient (loan)	7	(0)
2013–2016	Bristol City	72	(8)
2016–2018	Gillingham	57	(1)
2018–2020	AFC Wimbledon	61	(3)
2020–	Forest Green Rovers	19	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:59, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

Personal life

Wagstaff was born in Maidstone, and attended Bennett Memorial Diocesan School in Tunbridge Wells. He is a lifelong supporter of Leeds United.

Career

Charlton

Wagstaff joined Charlton at the age of 8 after being spotted at a Charlton Athletic Community course. In January 2008 he was given a ​2 ¹⁄₂-year professional contract by Charlton manager Alan Pardew. He then captained Charlton's Under 18s on their run to the FA Youth Cup quarter finals. He made his debut in April 2008 against Barnsley, in the same match as Jonjo Shelvey made his debut.[4] In the same season he was named as the club's young player of the year.[5] Wagstaff joined Bournemouth on a month's loan in August 2008 and to Northwich Victoria for a month in November 2008.

Wagstaff scored his first goal for Charlton in a league game against Walsall on 22 August 2009.[6]

He was released by Charlton at the end of the 2012–13 season.[7]

Bristol City

On 8 July 2013, Wagstaff signed for Bristol City on a three-year deal.[8] He made his debut for Bristol City in a 2–2 draw against Bradford City, and scored in that game

On 27 June 2016 Bristol City confirmed that Wagstaff would be leaving the club in search of first-team football.[9]

Gillingham

He joined League One side Gillingham on a two-year deal on 7 July 2016.[10] He scored his first goal for Gillingham in a 3-3 draw with Chesterfield on 27 September 2016.[11]

He was released by Gillingham at the end of the 2017–18 season.[12]

AFC Wimbledon

On 11 July 2018 it was announced the Wagstaff had signed with League One side AFC Wimbledon.[13] On 26 January, Wagstaff scored two goals in AFC Wimbledon's FA Cup 4th Round defeat of West Ham United at Kingsmeadow.

Wagstaff was released by the club at the conclusion of the 2019–20 season,[14] having made 72 appearances in all competitions and scoring 6 goals.[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 January 2021[16]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Season	Club	League			FA Cup		League Cup		EFL Trophy		Play-Offs		Total		Discipline
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Charlton Athletic	2007–08[17]	Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	2	0	0	0
	2008–09[18]	Championship	2	0	1	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	4	0	0	0
	2009–10[19]	League One	33	4	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	37	5	1	0
	2010–11[20]	League One	40	8	5	1	1	0	3	1	–	–	49	10	5	0
	2011–12[21]	League One	34	4	3	0	2	0	1	0	–	–	40	4	3	1
	2012–13[22]	Championship	9	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	–	10	2	0	0
	Charlton Athletic Total		120	17	10	1	6	1	6	2	2	0	144	21	9	1
Bournemouth (loan)	2008–09[18]	League Two	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–	6	0	1	0
Northwich Victoria (loan)	2008–09[18]	Conference National	5	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	1	0	1
Leyton Orient (loan)	2012–13[22]	League One	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	7	0	0	0
Bristol City	2013–14[23]	League One	37	5	4	0	2	1	2	0	–	–	45	6	6	0
	2014–15[24]	League One	26	2	4	0	1	0	4	0	–	–	35	2	2	0
	2015–16[25]	Championship	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	10	1	0	0
	Bristol City total		72	8	9	0	3	1	6	0	0	0	90	9	8	0
Gillingham	2016–17[26]	League One	26	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	–	–	28	2	8	0
	2017–18[27]	League One	31	0	3	1	1	0	3	1	–	–	38	2	6	0
	Gillingham total		57	1	4	2	2	0	3	1	0	0	66	4	14	0
AFC Wimbledon	2018–19[28]	League One	35	2	3	2	2	0	2	0	-	-	42	4	4	0
	2019–20[29]	League One	26	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	-	-	30	2	5	1
	AFC Wimbledon total		61	3	5	2	3	1	3	0	0	0	72	6	9	1
Forest Green Rovers	2020–21[29]	League Two	19	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	-	-	21	1	2	0
	Forest Green Rovers total		19	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	21	1	2	0
Career total			346	31	28	5	14	3	21	3	2	0	411	42	43	3

Honours

Charlton Athletic

• Football League One (1): 2011–12

Bristol City

• Football League One (1): 2014–15
• Football League Trophy (1): 2014–15

References

1. "Notification of shirt numbers: AFC Wimbledon" (PDF). English Football League. p. 2. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
2. "Scott Wagstaff - Midfielder - First team - AFC Wimbledon". AFC Wimbledon. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
3. https://www.fgr.co.uk/news/august-2020/signing-rovers-swoop-to-sign-wagstaff
4. "Pards praise for Jonjo". Charlton Athletic F.C. 26 April 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
5. "Holland named player of the season". Charlton Athletic F.C. 20 April 2008. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
6. "Charlton 2–0 Walsall". BBC. 22 August 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
7. "Wagstaff heads released list". Charlton Athletic. 8 May 2013. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
8. Baker, Adam. "Wagstaff secures City switch". www.bcfc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
9. "Scott Wagstaff: Bristol City midfielder to leave Championship club". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
10. "Scott Wagstaff: Gillingham sign former Bristol City midfielder on two-year deal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
11. "Chesteefield 3-3 Gillingham". BBC. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
12. "Lee Martin: Gillingham release captain and Scott Wagstaff and Jake Hessenthaler". BBC Sport. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
13. "Neal clinches signing number five: Scott Wagstaff joins AFC Wimbledon". AFC Wimbledon. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
14. "Squad update from the manager". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
15. "Scott Wagstaff | Football Stats | AFC Wimbledon | Age 30 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
16. "Statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
17. "Games played by Scott Wagstaff in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
18. "Games played by Scott Wagstaff in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
19. "Games played by Scott Wagstaff in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
20. "Games played by Scott Wagstaff in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
21. "Games played by Scott Wagstaff in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
22. "Games played by Scott Wagstaff in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
23. "Games played by Scott Wagstaff in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
24. "Games played by Scott Wagstaff in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
25. "Games played by Scott Wagstaff in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
26. "Games played by Scott Wagstaff in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
27. "Games played by Scott Wagstaff in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
28. "Games played by Scott Wagstaff in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
29. "Games played by Scott Wagstaff in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

External links

• Scott Wagstaff player profile at cafc.co.uk
• Scott Wagstaff at Soccerbase