DAN SCARR

Full Name: Daniel George Scarr

Born: 24 December 1994

Came from: Walsall   Went to: Wrexham AFC

First game: 07 August 2021   Last game: 04 May 2024

Appearances: 109 (103/6)   Goals: 5

Scarr became the Pilgrims’ second new face of the 2021 close season when he joined Ryan Lowe's side from Walsall.

The tall, powerful central defender worked his way up to the EFL through impressive performances at non-league level. He started out in Worcester City's youth team whilst at Worcester College of Technology, where he was club captain and selected to play for England colleges. He moved on to Midland Alliance (tier 9) club Causeway United before climbing two steps of the football pyramid to join Redditch United of the Southern League Premier Division in 2014. A year later he joined Northern Premier League club Stourbridge, balancing football with work as a part-time personal trainer.

Scarr was an important part of Stourbridge’s historic run to the third round of the FA Cup in 2016-17, scoring the equaliser in the club’s eventual 2-1 defeat by Wycombe Wanderers at Adams Park. That season he was named in the Northern Premier League Team of the Season.

Having impressed against full-time opposition, the Bromsgrove-born defender attracted interest from a number of high-profile clubs, including West Bromwich Albion and Middlesbrough, before impressing enough on trial at Birmingham City - his boyhood favourites - to earn a permanent move to the Championship club.

In August 2017 Scarr returned to Adams Park to join Wycombe on a season-long loan, and established himself in the team that secured automatic promotion to the third tier.

In January 2019, having found first team opportunities limited at St Andrews, Scarr joined Walsall on a permanent deal. He netted seven times in 96 appearances in the next two and a half seasons, but the 26-year-old then rejected the offer of a new contract, choosing instead to step up to League One with Ryan Lowe's Pilgrims.

Scarr's arrival at Home Park in June 2021 was the second boost for Argyle's back-line, James Wilson having signed three weeks earlier, and he also met up again with Argyle captain Joe Edwards, with whom he played at Walsall.

Scarr became a popular defender, taking over as recipient of the "Magic Hat" song last sung for Sonny Bradley some years before. Similarly tattooed and imposing, he played a key rule in the upsurgence at the club. His parents even bought a caravan at a local Devon holiday park to allow them to watch his home games more easily, as he grew accustomed to life in the South West.

He played 42 times and scored twice in his first season at Home Park, which started with Ryan Lowe and ended with Steven Schumacher at the helm, and saw a near miss with the play-offs, following the dismal last-day 5-0 home defeat by MK Dons. The following season he was similarly well utilized, and was a key part of Schumacher's side as Argyle romped to the League One title with 101 points, finishing with a Football League Trophy runners-up medal after the Wembley defeat by Bolton in April 2023, but of course a League One winners medal. He had played 36 times and scored twice in that second season.

Following the club's promotion to the Championship, Scarr signed a new two-year contract and played 31 times, scoring once, in that first season back in the second tier. However, some felt he was caught out at times by the pace of the higher division, with an early straight red card for a late tackle at Queens Park Rangers in December 2023 an example.

In August 2024, with Argyle having consolidated in the Championship, Scarr joined Wrexham in League One on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee. He was joined at the Racecourse Ground by former team-mate at Home Park, Callum Burton, who also made the same move.