Thomas "Tam" Scobbie (born 31 March 1988) is a Scottish retired professional footballer who was most recently manager for Berwick Rangers.

Tam has been appointed manager of former club Berwick Rangers after Stuart Malcolm left for Arbroath in late October 2023, he has also had coaching spell of working under Peter Murphy at Annan Athletic and then move to Kelty Hearts.

[1] At age twelve, Scobbie joined Falkirk's academy team becoming the youngest player to sign a schoolboy form for the club.

[5] Having progressed through the Falkirk’s youth system, Scobbie made his debut for the Bairns, coming on as a 81st-minute substitute, in a 1–0 loss against Hamilton Academical on 30 April 2005.

[11][14] In a follow–up match against Rangers, his performance did not improve when Scobbie received a red card for the first time in his career after he was caught in a late tackle with Chris Burke, as the Bairns went on to lose 2–1.

[17] On 28 April 2007, Scobbie made amends from his mistakes two months ago against Motherwell when he scored his first goal for the club, in a 3–3 draw.

In the opening game of the 2007–08 season, Scobbie made a good start for Falkirk when he provided an assist for Michael Higdon, in a 4–0 win against Gretna.

[23] In a match against Hearts on 5 May 2008, Scobbie made amends from his mistakes earlier in the season when he scored his first goal for the club and then provided an assist for Carl Finnigan, in a 2–1 win.

[31] Scobbie made his return from injury, starting the whole game, and helped Falkirk kept a clean sheet, in a 0–0 draw against Hibernian on 26 February 2009.

[34] On 26 April 2009, Scobbie scored in a 2–0 win against Dunfermline Athletic in the Scottish Cup semi-final to help the Bairns reach the final.

Ahead of the 2009–10 season, Scobbie was among three players to be linked a move away from Falkirk, as he was keen to sit down with the club's board to discuss the fresh terms.

Following this, he was linked a move return Scottish Premier League, with the clubs like Kilmarnock and St Mirren interested in signing him.

[50] He also found role reversed by guiding a new generation of Falkirk’s young talent to break into the first team, such as, Murray Wallace, Jay Fulton, Craig Sibbald, Rhys Bennett and Stephen Kingsley.

[4][55] After missing two matches due to an injury, Scobbie returned to the starting line–up against Ayr United on the last game of the season and scored the opening goal from the penalty, as Falkirk won 3–2, in what turns out to be his last appearance for the Bairns.

"[58] However at the start of the 2012–13 season, he appeared as unused substitute bench in both legs of the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round against Turkish side Eskişehirspor, as the club went on to lose 4–1 on aggregate and was eliminated in the tournament.

[60] However, Scobbie was unable to regain his first team place at St Johnstone, due to facing competitions from Dave Mackay and Callum Davidson.

At the start of the 2013–14 season, Scobbie played in both legs of in the second round of the UEFA Europa League against Norwegian side Rosenberg, as St Johnstone won 2–1 on aggregate.

[91] Ahead of the 2015–16 season, Scobbie said he couldn’t be more excited to play in Europe once again prior to the match against FC Alashkert in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

[92] Scobbie started in the first leg of the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League against FC Alashkert, as St Johnstone lose 1–0.

After leaving St Johnstone, Scobbie was critical of the club’s chairman Steve Brown for forcing him out of the Saints, and feeling “undervalued” when he offered him a new contract with a 35% wage cut.

[112] However, just six games into the new campaign, he suffered a torn groin muscle in a League Cup tie with Dundee and substituted in the 18th minute, as the club went on to lose 2–1.

[115] Just three matches to his return from suspension, he received a red card for a second bookable offence at the last minute, in a 1–1 draw against Brechin City on 25 November 2017.

[116] After serving a one match suspension, he returned to the first team regularly at full-back and the centre of defence for the club despite being out on two separate occasions.

[118] Having been described a key player to Dundee United’s chance of promotion to the top–flight football, he helped the club qualified for a Play-off spot.

[119] However, Scobbie did not play in the play–offs, as Dundee United were unsuccessful to reach promotion to the Scottish Premiership after losing against Livingston 4–3 on aggregate.

[136] A points per game formula was subsequently used to determine the final standings, with Kelty Hearts declared champions on 13 April 2020.

[138] On 30 March 2021, the league announced that a majority of clubs had voted to curtail the season, with a points per game basis used to finalise standings and Kelty Hearts were declared as the champions.

[146] It was revealed that Scobbie moved to join Stuart Malcolm’s backroom staff as a coach while remaining registered as a player for the 2022–23 season.

[148] His first match as a manager of the club came on 30 October 2023, in a 3–2 win against Camelon Juniors in the Quarter Final of the East of Scotland Qualifying Cup.

There is genuine fear amongst the Berwick fans that the club could be relegated based on recent results and the lack of discipline within the squad.