had lost all three and had conceded ten goals. Marshall then joined Brentford in October 1999 for a fee of £250,000. Unfortunately, after scoring yet another own goal in his third appearance for the Bees, he then suffered back problems which caused him to miss most of the 2001–02 season. After battling his way back to fitness, he at last gained regular first team football making a total of 94 appearances for the Bees, scoring seven goals. Marshall was released at the end of the 2002–03 season. In November 2003, he became Tony Adams' first signing as Wycombe Wanderers manager. At the end of the 2003–04 season, he was re-signed on a non-contract basis, but on 27 August 2004 he announced his retirement from the professional game. Coaching career Marshall took up a youth coaching role at Brentford in September 2007. He spent time living and working in Muscat, in the Sultanate of Oman, running the Arsenal Soccer School. He worked alongside Paul Lambert at Wycombe Wanderers before accepting the position as U-21 Development Squad Head Coach at Premier League side Norwich City in the summer of 2012. He was appointed coach at Aston Villa in June 2013, following Lambert's appointment as Villa manager. After Lambert was sacked on 11 February 2015, Scott Marshall and his namesake Andy Marshall were appointed as caretaker managers. They took charge of one game, a 2–1 win against Leicester City in the 2014–15 FA Cup. Marshall left Aston Villa on 17 February 2015, following the managerial appointment of Tim Sherwood. On 1 September 2017, Marshall joined Reading as manager of the U23 team. On 6 December 2018, Marshall was appointed caretaker manager of the first team, following the dismissal of Paul Clement, but was replaced on 22 December 2018 when José Manuel Gomes took on the role of head coach. On 22 July 2021, Marshall was appointed as assistant manager at Swindon Town. On 23 June 2022, Marshall was named assistant coach of Charlton Athletic. Personal life Marshall attended Craigmount High School. He is the son of former Hearts and England under-23 goalkeeper Gordon Marshall, the brother of Gordon Jnr. who played in goal for Celtic and Scotland, and his sister Lesley represented Scotland at basketball. As of 2002, he lived in Dorking. Managerial statistics Honours Arsenal FC Young Player of the Year: 1996. References External links 1973 births Living people Footballers from Edinburgh