Scott Canham

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Scott Canham

| image =

| fullname = Scott Walter Canham

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|11|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Newham, London, England

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1993–1996

| years2 = 1995

| years3 = 1996

| years4 = 1996–1998

| years5 = 1998–1999

| years6 = 1999–2000

| years7 = 2000–2003

| years8 = 2003

| years9 = 2003–2005

| years10 = 2005–2006

| years11 = 2006

| years12 = 2006–2007

| clubs1 = West Ham United

| clubs2 = → Torquay United (loan)

| clubs3 = → Brentford (loan)

| clubs4 = Brentford

| clubs5 = Leyton Orient

| clubs6 = Chesham United

| clubs7 = Leyton Orient

| clubs8 = → Woking (loan)

| clubs9 = Woking

| clubs10 = Farnborough Town

| clubs11 = Grays Athletic

| clubs12 = Thurrock

| caps1 = 0

| caps2 = 3

| caps3 = 14

| caps4 = 34

| caps5 = 9

| caps6 =

| caps7 = 40

| caps8 = 10

| caps9 = 50

| caps10 = 49

| caps11 = 0

| caps12 = 14

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 1

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 =

| goals7 = 6

| goals8 = 2

| goals9 = 3

| goals10 = 4

| goals11 = 0

| goals12 = 2

| totalcaps = 223 | totalgoals = 18

}}

Scott Walter Canham (born 11 November 1974) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a midfielder for Torquay United, Brentford and Leyton Orient.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player4/scottcanham.html |title=Scott Canham |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=20 February 2010}}{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=9080 |title=Scott Canham |work=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=20 February 2010}} He went on to play for several years in non-League football.

Career

Canham was born in Newham, London, and was associated with West Ham United from the age of nine.{{cite web |url=http://www.4thegame.com/club/west-ham-united-fc/news/25455/CANHAM+MAKES+RELUCTANT+MOVE.html |title=Scott Canham Makes Reluctant Move |work=4theGame |publisher=Sportech |date=28 August 2006 |accessdate=20 February 2010}}{{dead link|date=October 2015}} As a young professional he spent a month on loan at Torquay United in late 1995, where he made his debut in the Football League, and in January 1996, joined Brentford on loan for the remainder of the season, in which he played 14 league games. West Ham offered him a new two-year contract, which he turned down;{{cn|date=August 2021}} so, in August 1996, Canham returned to Brentford on a permanent basis for a fee of around £25,000, potentially rising to £60,000 depending on appearances. He was the subject of scrutiny at a fans forum where fans questioned then manager Harry Redknapp as to why he was allowed to leave and Frank Lampard was allowed to stay.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-roundup-1311790.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106182400/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-roundup-1311790.html |archivedate=6 November 2012 |title=Football round-up |newspaper=The Independent |date=28 August 1996 |accessdate=20 February 2010 |url-status=dead | location=London}}

He played 35 league games for Brentford, 11 of which were as a substitute, scoring only once before being released after Brentford's relegation in the summer of 1998. On 10 August 1998 he joined Leyton Orient, but the form of the other midfielders at Brisbane Road limited his chances and he joined Isthmian Premier League side Chesham United for a month's loan on 22 December. On his return to Orient, he failed to reappear in their first team, and in August 2000 was released to join Chesham United.

Such was his form for Chesham the following season, that Orient manager Tommy Taylor, who had released him a year before, brought Canham back to Brisbane Road for the 2001–02 season.{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/canham-signs-for-orient-again-6349658.html |title=Canham signs for Orient again |newspaper=Evening Standard |location=London |date=28 June 2001 |accessdate=20 February 2010}} He earned a contract extension,{{cite news |url=https://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11742_2231474,00.html |title=Canham signs new Orient deal |first=Simon |last=Fudge |publisher=Sky Sports |date=22 February 2002 |accessdate=20 February 2010}} but then fell out of favour, and joined Conference club Woking on loan in March 2003.{{cite news |url=https://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11742_2259629,00.html |title=Canham goes to Woking |first=Simon |last=Fudge |publisher=Sky Sports |date=6 March 2003 |accessdate=20 February 2010}} After helping them avoid relegation, he joined the club on a free transfer at the end of the 2002–03 season. In February 2005 he moved to Farnborough Town,{{cite news |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=24136 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928021808/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=24136 |archivedate=28 September 2012 |title=Boro Switch For Canham |work=NonLeague Daily |date= 4 February 2005 |url-status=usurped |accessdate=20 February 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.farnboroughfc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=143&ffc_pid=9 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724153600/http://www.farnboroughfc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=143&ffc_pid=9 |archivedate=24 July 2011 |title=Scott Canham |publisher=Farnborough F.C |accessdate=20 February 2010}} where he spent some time as joint manager alongside Gerry Murphy,{{cite news |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=25836 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928021817/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=25836 |archivedate=28 September 2012 |title=Murphy And Canham Put in Charge |work=NonLeague Daily |date= 7 April 2005 |url-status=usurped |accessdate=20 February 2010}} but moved nearer his Romford home at the end of the 2005–06 season when he linked up with his former Farnborough manager Frank Gray at Grays Athletic.{{cite news |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=27040 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928021837/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=27040 |archivedate=28 September 2012 |title=Canham Ponders Future |work=NonLeague Daily |date= 27 May 2005 |url-status=usurped |accessdate=20 February 2010}}{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/grays_athletic/6043754.stm |title=Canham released by Grays Athletic |publisher=BBC Sport |date=12 October 2006 |accessdate=20 February 2010}} Released after a couple of months without having appeared for the first team, he then moved to neighbours Thurrock.{{cite web |url=http://www.confsouth.co.uk/07/thurrock06.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227091429/http://www.confsouth.co.uk/07/thurrock06.htm |archivedate=27 February 2012 |title=Thurrock 2006/07 |publisher=Conference South guide |accessdate=20 February 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.thurrockfc.co.uk/tfc/archive/archive_2006-07/results_&_fixtures_2006-07.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229001954/http://www.thurrockfc.co.uk/tfc/archive/archive_2006-07/results_%26_fixtures_2006-07.htm |archivedate=29 February 2012 |title=Results and fixtures 2006–07 |publisher=Thurrock FC website |accessdate=20 February 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

In May 2008, Canham became assistant manager to his former Leyton Orient teammate Carl Griffiths at Brentwood Town,{{cite news |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=50238 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928021851/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=50238 |archivedate=28 September 2012 |title=Brentwood Reveal New Managerial Duo |work=NonLeague Daily |date= 26 May 2008 |url-status=usurped |accessdate=20 February 2010}} but the pair left the club before the 2009–10 season.{{cite news |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=59943 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928021912/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=59943 |archivedate=28 September 2012 |title=Brentwood in Turmoil |work=NonLeague Daily |date= 13 August 2009 |url-status=usurped |accessdate=20 February 2010}}

Personal life

As of July 2012, Canham was running his own car repair business.{{Cite web |url=http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk:80/page/LatestNews/0,,10421~2787532,00.html |title=Brentford {{!}} News {{!}} Latest News {{!}} Latest News {{!}} WHERE ARE THEY NOW? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707084001/http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10421~2787532,00.html |archive-date=7 July 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=13 January 2018 |df=dmy-all }}