Scott De Mercado 2005 First Appearance: 8.20 (#344) The Attack  Sunday 6th March 2005 Last Appearance: 8.32 (#356) Play Off Sunday 29th May 2005 Scott was an American coach who joined Harchester's backroom staff during the 2004-05 season, his first game the home Lazio replay where only a small number of Dragon's fans were allowed inside the Lair following the previous game's abandonment in Rome. It is not long following this that Scott receives an unexpected promotion from stand-in boss Karl Fletcher, when stalwart Andy Ansah resigns at being passed over once more for the caretaker role. Scott retains his position when Don Barker returns as Harchester play Sheffield United, but Barker is out following an indiscretion with Carl Caskey's wife, and Scott is onto his third manager in as many months. As Viv Wright's assistant, Scott gets to deliver the surprise news of the new Gaffer's appointment when the lads arrive to find an interesting new regime including dossiers waiting for them. Scott of course witnesses all of the drama that is to come from being part of the HUFC dressing room, and is there to see Savannah Caskey's tongue-lashing of Viv over his ill-thought attempt to reconcile her father's marriage to get him in the right frame of mind for playing. And travelling to Cardiff as Harchester face West Ham in the Play Off final, Scott sits with a devastated Gina when she learns Fletch has been found dead. As Harchester celebrate their promotion back to the Premier League, Scott joins the boys on board the team coach, and dies with them when Barker crashes his car into the bus, causing a massive explosion.