Anthony Scully - Stats, Rating & Scouting Report

Profile

Full nameAnthony Richard Scully

PositionCentre-forward

NationalityRepublic of Ireland

Age27

Date of birth19 Apr 1999

BirthplaceLondon

Height173 cm

Shirt number#11

ClubShrewsbury

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Centre-forward

Season stats

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31

Appearances

3

Goals

2

Assists

1724

Minutes

Domestic-league season · Shrewsbury.

Career

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League One×2

Following his move to Shrewsbury, Scully's current-season form is up 0% on last season (Season 0→12), while his Rating held around 24. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 39).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Shrewsbury · 19th	31	3	2	6.51	24	12
2024/25	ColchesterLoan · 10th	6	0	0	6.63	25	0
2023/24	Portsmouth · 1st	6	0	0	6.73	39	0
2022/23	Wigan · 24th	5	0	0	6.56	51	0
2022/23	Lincoln · 11th	5	1	1	6.74	41	4
2021/22	Lincoln · 17th	35	11	7	6.92	49	39

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 2 earlier seasons and 6 youth-team spells in the full career.

Republic of Ireland · international

Side	Apps	G
Republic of Ireland U21	2	0
Republic of Ireland U19	1	0
Republic of Ireland U17	6	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Career

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Domestic career

Scout report

Squad depthCentre-forward

A. Scully is a 27-year-old centre-forward at Shrewsbury, rated 23.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 73rd of 134 on scout potential in the League Two. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (41.6% of available minutes). He brings 0.26 goal contributions per 90 (0.16 goals, 0.1 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Scully.

Judged on this season alone, Scully graded 12 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 12th of 20 of the 20 centre-forwards in the League Two, on 3 goals and 2 assists in 31 appearances (0.261 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 0 → 12). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 24, top 40% of the 20 centre-forwards in the League Two. At 27 Scully is in his prime years, and a market index of 2.6 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2021/22Trending down4 clubs

Current potentialTop 40% centre-forwards · League Two Current season12th of 20 centre-forwards · League Two 12th-best centre-forward in the League Two 73rd in the League Two · potential 8th-highest potential centre-forward in the League Two

23.8

Ratingi

8th of 20 centre-forwards

12.4

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

41.6%

Minutes

rotation minutes

0.26

Goal contrib / 90

modest end product

Output in context · Shrewsbury finished 19th of 24 · a lower-table side

31

Apps

3

Goals

2

Assists

5

G+A

0.1

Goals / app

3 goals in 31 appearances (0.1 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 2 assists for 5 goal contributions in all.

Watch points

Game time. Only 41.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Output. 0.26 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 23.8, Scully carries the 8th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the League Two (top 40%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Shrewsbury finished 19th of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.26 goal contributions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %41.6%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900.157

Assists / 900.104

Goal contribution / 900.261

Defensive actions / 900.992

Player flow

Goal involvements5

Cards / 900.052

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~3), then tapers with age. At 27, Scully sits on 2.6, at or near its peak. The blue line is Scully's projected Rating — 23.8 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-forwards in the League Two with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals3

Passing

Assists2

Defending

Tackles12

Interceptions7

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1

Red cards0

Transfer history

ShrewsburyJul 2025 – nowFree Transfer

Colchesteruntil Jul 2025

ShrewsburyJul 2025 – Jul 2025Free

Portsmouth(back from loan)May 2025 – Jul 2025

Colchester(on loan)Feb 2025 – May 2025

PortsmouthJun 2023 – Feb 2025

WiganSept 2022 – Jun 2023

LincolnFeb 2020 – Sept 2022Free

West Hamuntil Feb 2020

NorwichAug 2018 – Feb 2020

West Hamuntil Aug 2018

Transfer history

About A. Scully

Anthony Richard Scully is a 27-year-old centre-forward who plays for Shrewsbury, born on April 19, 1999 in London, standing 173 cm tall. He is from Republic of Ireland. Shrewsbury currently sit 24th of 24 in the League Two.

This season

In the current season, A. Scully has made 31 appearances with 3 goals and 2 assists across 1,724 minutes, with 1 yellow card.

A. Scully's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Shrewsbury face Salford City at home in the League Two.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates A. Scully at 23.8 with a Season form score of 12.4, ranking 73rd of 134 centre-forwards in the League Two. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 2 career titles — among them the League One. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 10 recorded seasons, A. Scully has totalled 178 club appearances with 36 goals and 14 assists for 8 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2020/21, with 43 appearances for Lincoln.

A. Scully's career has also included time at Colchester, Portsmouth, Wigan, Lincoln, West Ham and Norwich.

On the international stage, A. Scully has represented Republic of Ireland U21, Republic of Ireland U19, Republic of Ireland U17 — 9 caps in our records.