Scott Arfield
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Scott Arfield is a Scottish
football midfielder
who currently plays for Huddersfield Town
in League One
. Arfield was a regular in the Scotland under-21
team.
for December 2007. Arfield signed a new five-year contract with Falkirk in February 2008. He made 35 appearances during the 2007/08 season, scoring three goals.
Arfield made his Falkirk debut in their 4–0 win away at Gretna
on the opening day of the 2007/08 season. His first goal came in Falkirk's 4–2 defeat at Inverness Caledonian Thistle
. He then scored twice in a 4–0 win over St Mirren. He finished the season with three goals in 35 SPL
appearances.
Arfield scored 10 goals in the 2008/09 season, seven of them coming in the league. He was in the Falkirk side that were Scottish Cup runners-up, losing 1–0 to Rangers
in the Hampden Park
Final
.
He was given the number 10 jersey, previously worn by Steven Pressley
, for the 2009–10 season. Hamilton Academical
offered £100,000 for Arfield in August 2009, but this was rejected by Falkirk, who commented that they "thought they had missed out a zero in the figure they offered".
Arfield's first appearance of the 2009–10 season came in a 1–0 home win over FC Vaduz
in the UEFA Europa League. He finished the season with three goals from 36 appearances.
Speculation began to grow that Arfield was to leave Falkirk following their relegation from the SPL
. On 17 May 2010, it was confirmed that Arfield was having talks with Huddersfield Town
and was to have a medical at the club. Falkirk had already turned down offers from Hamilton Academical
, Hibernian
, Hearts
and Southampton
.
Arfield left Falkirk after playing 108 games, scoring 13 times between 2007–2010. He made his last appearance for Falkirk in the 0–0 draw that confirmed relegation on the last day of the season.
He made his Huddersfield debut in the 3–0 win over Notts County
at Meadow Lane
on 7 August 2010. On 11 September 2010, he scored his first goal for the Terriers at the Matchroom Stadium
against Leyton Orient
, where Town won 2–1 in the end. A week later, he scored his first goal at the Galpharm Stadium
against Yeovil Town
, in a 4-2 win for the home side.
, under-21
and B international
levels. He made his début for Scotland under-19
in a 3-1 away friendly victory over Austria. His second and last outing for the under-19s came just four day later in the 2-1 home win over Norway, coming on as a substitute for Alex Pearce
in the 65th minute of the game.
Arfield was then a member of the Scotland under-21 squad
, having been called up for the first time in October 2007. His debut came in a 4–0 defeat against Netherlands
on 16 October 2007. He was a regular in Billy Stark
's squad throughout the 2009 and 2011 European qualifying campaigns. Arfield's first goal for the under-21s came in a 2–2 draw with Ukraine
on 6 February 2008.
Arfield received his first cap for Scotland B
against Northern Ireland
at the Excelsior Stadium
in Airdrie
on 6 May 2009. Scotland won the game 3–0.
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Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
football midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
who currently plays for Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town F.C.
Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...
in League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
. Arfield was a regular in the Scotland under-21
Scotland national under-21 football team
The Scotland national under-21 football team, controlled by the Scottish Football Association, is Scotland's national under 21 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the Scotland national football team....
team.
Falkirk
Arfield came up through the Falkirk Academy and when he graduated he got promotion to the first team. He won the Scottish Premier League Young Player of the Month awardScottish Premier League monthly awards
This article lists the winners of the Manager, Player and Young Player monthly awards in the Scottish Premier League since the2000–01 season. No Young Player of the Month were awarded in the 2000–01 season. Rising Star awards were issued most months in the 2007–08 season.The awards are currently...
for December 2007. Arfield signed a new five-year contract with Falkirk in February 2008. He made 35 appearances during the 2007/08 season, scoring three goals.
Arfield made his Falkirk debut in their 4–0 win away at Gretna
Gretna F.C.
Gretna Football Club was a Scottish football club that represented the town of Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway, close to the border between England and Scotland...
on the opening day of the 2007/08 season. His first goal came in Falkirk's 4–2 defeat at Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club are a Scottish football club from Inverness who compete in the Scottish Premier League. They are currently managed by Terry Butcher and assistant manager Maurice Malpas...
. He then scored twice in a 4–0 win over St Mirren. He finished the season with three goals in 35 SPL
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
appearances.
Arfield scored 10 goals in the 2008/09 season, seven of them coming in the league. He was in the Falkirk side that were Scottish Cup runners-up, losing 1–0 to Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
in the Hampden Park
Hampden Park
Hampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
Final
2009 Scottish Cup Final
The 2009 Scottish Cup Final was the final of the 124th season of the main domestic football cup competition in Scotland, the Scottish Cup. The final was played at Hampden Park in Glasgow on 30 May 2009...
.
He was given the number 10 jersey, previously worn by Steven Pressley
Steven Pressley
Steven John "Elvis" Pressley is a retired Scottish footballer, who is now the manager of Scottish First Division club Falkirk. Pressley had a long playing career, playing for both halves of the Old Firm and making over 100 league appearances for both Dundee United and Hearts...
, for the 2009–10 season. Hamilton Academical
Hamilton Academical F.C.
Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Academical, or Accies, are a Scottish football club from Hamilton in South Lanarkshire. They were established in 1874 from the school football team at Hamilton Academy. They remain the only professional club in British football to have...
offered £100,000 for Arfield in August 2009, but this was rejected by Falkirk, who commented that they "thought they had missed out a zero in the figure they offered".
Arfield's first appearance of the 2009–10 season came in a 1–0 home win over FC Vaduz
FC Vaduz
FC Vaduz is a Liechtenstein football club from Vaduz, that play in the Swiss Football League. The club plays at the national Rheinpark Stadion, which has a capacity of 6,127 when all seated but has additional standing places in the North and South ends of the ground, giving a total stadium capacity...
in the UEFA Europa League. He finished the season with three goals from 36 appearances.
Speculation began to grow that Arfield was to leave Falkirk following their relegation from the SPL
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
. On 17 May 2010, it was confirmed that Arfield was having talks with Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town F.C.
Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...
and was to have a medical at the club. Falkirk had already turned down offers from Hamilton Academical
Hamilton Academical F.C.
Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Academical, or Accies, are a Scottish football club from Hamilton in South Lanarkshire. They were established in 1874 from the school football team at Hamilton Academy. They remain the only professional club in British football to have...
, Hibernian
Hibernian F.C.
Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their Edinburgh derby rivals, Hearts...
, Hearts
Heart of Midlothian F.C.
Heart of Midlothian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Gorgie, in the west of Edinburgh. They currently play in the Scottish Premier League and are one of the two principal clubs in the city, the other being Hibernian...
and Southampton
Southampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
.
Arfield left Falkirk after playing 108 games, scoring 13 times between 2007–2010. He made his last appearance for Falkirk in the 0–0 draw that confirmed relegation on the last day of the season.
Huddersfield Town
On 21 May 2010, it was reported that Arfield had signed for Huddersfield Town for a reported fee initially in the region of £400,000 but potentially rising to over £600,000 after a certain number of appearances. The move was confirmed three days later, after the club had agreed personal terms with Arfield.He made his Huddersfield debut in the 3–0 win over Notts County
Notts County F.C.
Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...
at Meadow Lane
Meadow Lane
Not to be confused with The Meadow, home of Southern Football League Premier Division football team Chesham UnitedThe Meadow Lane Stadium is a football stadium in Nottingham, England...
on 7 August 2010. On 11 September 2010, he scored his first goal for the Terriers at the Matchroom Stadium
Matchroom Stadium
Brisbane Road, currently referred to as the Matchroom Stadium for sponsorship purposes and originally known as Osborne Road, is a football stadium in Brisbane Road, Leyton, east London, England. It has been the home ground of Leyton Orient F.C. since 1937, prior to which it was the home of amateur...
against Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient F.C.
Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...
, where Town won 2–1 in the end. A week later, he scored his first goal at the Galpharm Stadium
Galpharm Stadium
The Galpharm Stadium, formerly the Alfred McAlpine Stadium, is a multi-use sports in Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England. Since 1994, it has been the home ground of Huddersfield Town and Super League side, Huddersfield Giants.-The Stadium:...
against Yeovil Town
Yeovil Town F.C.
Yeovil Town F.C. are an English association football team based in Yeovil, Somerset. The club play in League One after having won the League Two championship in 2004–05...
, in a 4-2 win for the home side.
International career
Arfield has represented Scotland at the under-19Scotland national under-19 football team
The Scotland national under-19 football team, controlled by the Scottish Football Association, is Scotland's national football team for players of 19 years of age or under at the start of a European Under-19 Football Championship campaign....
, under-21
Scotland national under-21 football team
The Scotland national under-21 football team, controlled by the Scottish Football Association, is Scotland's national under 21 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the Scotland national football team....
and B international
Scotland national football team
The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...
levels. He made his début for Scotland under-19
Scotland national under-19 football team
The Scotland national under-19 football team, controlled by the Scottish Football Association, is Scotland's national football team for players of 19 years of age or under at the start of a European Under-19 Football Championship campaign....
in a 3-1 away friendly victory over Austria. His second and last outing for the under-19s came just four day later in the 2-1 home win over Norway, coming on as a substitute for Alex Pearce
Alex Pearce
Alexander James Pearce is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Reading, where he has played his entire career, interspersed with loan periods at various clubs...
in the 65th minute of the game.
Arfield was then a member of the Scotland under-21 squad
Scotland national under-21 football team
The Scotland national under-21 football team, controlled by the Scottish Football Association, is Scotland's national under 21 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the Scotland national football team....
, having been called up for the first time in October 2007. His debut came in a 4–0 defeat against Netherlands
Netherlands national under-21 football team
The Netherlands national under-21 football team is the national under-21 team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association. The team competes in the European Under-21 Championship, held every two years....
on 16 October 2007. He was a regular in Billy Stark
Billy Stark
Billy Stark is a Scottish football former player and coach. He is currently head coach of the Scotland national under-21 football team.- Player :...
's squad throughout the 2009 and 2011 European qualifying campaigns. Arfield's first goal for the under-21s came in a 2–2 draw with Ukraine
Ukraine national under-21 football team
The Ukraine national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine.After Ukrainian Independence in 1991, the Ukraine senior team played their first match in April 1992...
on 6 February 2008.
Arfield received his first cap for Scotland B
Scotland B national football team
The Scotland B national football team, controlled by the Scottish Football Association, is a secondary football team of Scotland, run occasionally as support for the Scotland national football team as a second string side to the first team....
against Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland B national football team
Northern Ireland B is a secondary football team run occasionally as support for the Northern Ireland national football team. Primarily seen as a stepping-stone between the Under-21 and Full international teams, the matches are also used to give a run-out for fringe players and to honour Irish...
at the Excelsior Stadium
Excelsior Stadium
The Excelsior Stadium is the home of Airdrie United F.C. of the Scottish Football League Second Division. It was built in 1998 to house Airdrieonians F.C., and when Airdrieonians went into liquidation four years later, Airdrie United began playing their home games there.When the stadium first...
in Airdrie
Airdrie, North Lanarkshire
Airdrie is a town within North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies on a plateau roughly 400 ft above sea level, and is approximately 12 miles east of Glasgow city centre. Airdrie forms part of a conurbation with its neighbour Coatbridge, in the former district known as the Monklands. As of 2006,...
on 6 May 2009. Scotland won the game 3–0.
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Falkirk Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Falkirk. It is one of two professional football teams from the town, the other being East Stirlingshire...
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Huddersfield Town F.C.
Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...
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Football League One
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